HOW TO PERSONALIZE YOUR BLOG (I hope this is helpful Alicia)

This post is to help my sister in law Alicia P. out. Alicia I hope this is helpful, and if you have any more questions just let me know, and I will try my best to help you :)

The first thing you want to do is choose a template

There are lots of websites that have free blogger templates, but many of them require you to download them to your computer. I don't like to do that, so I use this website. http://www.pyzam.com/toys. On this website all you have to do is copy the html code for the template that you want. Then you go back to your blogger dashboard and select new post Once in the new post section there should be some links at the top. You want to click on Layout Once in the layout section you will want to click on edit html This is where you will find the html coce for the template that you are currently using. Highlight the whole thing and delete it.
Once it is deleated, you can paste the new code in that space. Make sure to save it before you leave that section.

Then if you want to, you can change the fonts, colors, and size of the text. And just so you know, even though it gives you the option to change the background color, it won't work. Everything else can be changed to how you want it though!

YOu can also add things to the side of your blog along side your blog posts. The way that you can do this is by going to the layout link, and there you will find a link that says Add a page Element This will bring up a list of options that you can add to your blog. You can also add a picture at the top by choosing to edit you blog title. This will give you the option to add a picture there if you want to.

If you want to add music to your blog
There are a couple of sites that I have used to get music play lists.
The one that I like the best is http://www.playlist.xom. This site does require you to create an account with them. The only personal information that they ask for is your email adress though. This site is where I got the playlist that I am using right now. Of the two that I have used this one has a LOT more of the songs that I try to look up, and the links almost always work. Just listen to the song before you add it to your list because sometimes it is the wrong thing, or part of it is missing.
Once you have created the playlist that you want, click on the link that says something like add this to your myspace (I can't remember exactly what it says) It will then give you options of diferent places that you can post your playlist. If I remember right you want to choose option E. It will then ask you to choose the playlist that you want to get the code for (some people have more than one i guess) So just click on the playlist. It will then give you some options

First choose if you want your songs to automaticly start when your profile is pulled up.
Then choose if you want your songs to be chosen at random to play, or if you just want it to play in the order that you have chosen them in.
Then choose the color that you would like it to be.
Then click on Get the code
This will then give you the html code that you need to copy.
You will then want to go back to the Layout section on your dashboard, and click on Add page Element. You will then want to click on the option that allows you to add codes. (I can't remember exactly what it says) This will pull up a box where you can paste your code. Remember to save it, and you are done!

You can arange your page elements however you want to by clicking on them and dragging them wherever you want them to be. just remember to save it before you leave that page!
Well, I guess thats just about all that I can think of I hope this is helpful to you! And if you have any more questions please let me know!!!