Christine's Templates Blog

Visitor Friendliness

2009-07-16T18:25:00.011-05:00

Have you ever gone to a website and had to leave because the page took forever to load, the colors were headache inducing, the font was too small or the contrast not enough to read the letters? Have you ever seen a page that doesn't load correctly, is inconvenient because of faulty or slow badly working javascript? (A surprising number of big name sites have this problem.) Have you ever seen a

Pink and Green Color Scheme, Free Background Images

2009-07-15T23:26:00.022-05:00

I have a new pink and green scheme on this blog.I've been playing with fractals this evening, and was inspired to use one on this blog as the background image. It creates a nice generic geometric look. You can download it here. Please do not link directly to my image, download your own copy. I've put it as the background both for the body and the contentcontainer.body {margin:0px;padding:0px;

BlogList Widget

2009-07-13T15:37:00.007-05:00

Howdy Bloggers!I am still alive over here, just haven't been doing much of anything regarding blog templates lately. A customer wrote and asked about changing colors on the BlogList widget so I wrote some new code for you all to add to your blog if you're using that widget. Here's the link - http://cmbs.cnc.net/blogtemplates/bloggerinst.html#bloglistAny problems, let me know.

Christmas 2008 Free Template

2008-12-01T05:54:00.007-06:00

Hello Bloggers!For Christmas I'm giving away this (Christmas 2008) template. It comes in only one variety: two column, side column on right, fluid width. It does have a full width banner section below the header and a full width footer section at the bottom into which you can place widgets if you want to use them. On the Fonts and Colors page, it does not allow any color changes, it does allow

Able To Take Orders Again

2008-09-03T10:13:00.002-05:00

Ok I am able to take template orders again. The relevent pages are back on my website.

No New Orders - Again

2008-08-31T07:36:00.002-05:00

Well there is a hurricane headed right for where I live this morning, supposedly going to get bad sometime tonight or tomorrow morning. Last time I went without electricity at my house for over a week, so it seems wise to just delete the pages from my site again to prevent any new orders in case I can't fill them. The pages will be back where they belong when I am again able to fill orders.

August 2008 Brown/Blue/Red Color Scheme

2008-08-28T09:30:00.004-05:00

Here is another new color scheme, this one uses a background tile from citrusmoon. If you use an image from online, always be sure to read and adhere to the terms of use published on the website.The colors I used in this scheme are:#FFFFFF #C0B284 #5C624F #884A1F#71542A #5D4117 You don't need to use a background image to use these colors. To add a background image, first save a copy of your

Back in Business

2008-08-28T08:28:00.001-05:00

My computer is back in fine working order and the web pages are back where they belong on my website. I can take template orders again now.

No New Template Orders For Now

2008-08-20T10:49:00.004-05:00

I have lost internet access at my house due to lightening attacking my computer, and won't get it back for a week or more so I have deleted the pages on my template site which display the templates. This is my only option right now to stop people from placing orders. The pages will be back online when I have internet access from home again. I have refunded payments to those who have ordered

July 2008 Summer Color Scheme

2008-07-13T13:52:00.008-05:00

Hello Bloggers!Anyone in a mood for some bright summery colors? I've got lots for you here. Use them all or just a few, and have fun playing with your blog's color scheme!#FFFFFF#FCFAED #F8F3D7 #EFE4A4 #F8E3D8 #D26226 #F8D8DD #E77586 #EAF4FB #2080B3 #DDF8D8 #C4F2BB #EDF8D8 #6E9D1C #F8D8ED #DD2798 #4C4C4C If you are inspired to change your color scheme, leave a link in the comments so I can have a

Pastel Green and White Color Scheme

2008-05-25T21:06:00.002-05:00

Hi Everyone :)I've got another color scheme for you. This is a simple four color scheme. I've used a blue-ish green with a purple for the link hover color, but you could use any colors you like.#F7F9F8#DFEAE4#395747#563848Sign into your Blogger account, click on the Layouts tab and go to the Edit HTML page to save a copy of your current template before making any changes. Then go to the Fonts and

April 2008 Spring Color Combo

2008-04-06T14:36:00.010-05:00

Hi Folks!With Spring breaking out all around us I thought I'd make a new color combination for Spring and share it with you all. This color scheme uses a background tile from Squid Fingers. It's not required, you could just use a plain background color instead. If you do use the free tile, be nice and give a link back to Squid Fingers on your page. Copy and paste into an HTML/Javascript widget:

Consolidating RSS Feeds

2008-03-09T14:22:00.005-05:00

I will now be doing all updates through Christine's Templates Blog. The updates will display through the RSS feed on my templates hompage, and both RSS feeds will now be the same. I think this will simplify things. Subscribe to my templates News and Updates Feed

Blue and Gray Combination

2007-11-26T22:58:00.001-06:00

Here is a nice blue and gray color combination you can use if you like. dark blue - 38374Adark gray - BEBEBElight gray - DDDDDD

Bill the Lizard

2007-10-13T15:09:00.000-05:00

The new template I started on the other day is called Bill the Lizard, named after a character in Alice in Wonderland. It's currently dressing this blog.It is very similar to Widgetopia, with a slightly different look. The Blog Title and Blog Description are next to each other, the Date and Post Title are also next to each other, and there's a box containing all the widgets (in this color scheme,

Exciting October in Christine's Blog Template World

2007-10-11T02:53:00.000-05:00

It was October 2006 when my current template website went online, so it's already a year old! Time flies.I got a big burst of motivation and recently rewrote the Widgetopia, PhotoBlogger, and Newspaper templates. They all now have more font and color options, more places to put widgets, more pre-made color schemes, and no tables! I was excited to get this done. The templates without tables load