How to Setup FurbishMag Blogger template

Table of Contents

1. How to Install the Template
2. How to change Theme color
3. How to Update the Navigation Menu
4. How to add Header Logo
5. How to activate Featured Posts
6. Layout and Widget Customization
7. How To activate Related Posts
8. Social Profile Settings
9. Customize Meta Tags

Demo

1. How to Install the Template

1. Unzip the zip file (extract it with Winzip or Winrar)
2. Search for XML file, e.g, "FurbishMag Template"
3. Right click on that xml file and open it with Notepad. Copy entire code.
4. Go to Blogger Dashboard → Choose your Blog
5. From left tab → Theme → Customize → Dropdrop → Edit HTML
6. Select entire code (CTRL + A) and replace it with the one you copied from notepad
7. Click 'Save Theme' and you're done!

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2. How to change Theme color

• From left tab → Theme → Customize Main color theme
• Select your desired color from 'Color Palette', or add custom color code.
• Click save on bottom right and you're done.

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3. How to Update the Navigation Menu

To customize the navigation menu:

• Go to Dashboard
• From left tab → Layout → click Edit icon on Navigation Menu widget.
• Normal Link: Sub Menu
• Sub Link 1.0: Add 1 "_" before text. (1 underscore)
• Sub Link 2.0: Add 2 "__" before text. (2 underscore)
• Mega Shortcode by Recent: {getMega} $label={recent}
• Mega Shortcode by Label: {getMega} $label={Gadgets}

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4. How To Add Header Logo

To Add Header Logo for your template. Follow above steps..

1. Go to Dashboard
2. From left tab → Layout
3. Edit Header widget
4. Choose file → Add logo image
5. Placement → instead of title and description
6. Click Save and refresh your page.

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5. How To activate Featured Posts

To enable featured or label post on homepage. Follow instructions below..

1. Go to Dashboard
2. From left tab → Layout
3. Edit Featured-Post widget
4. Add Post Label title
5. And then add post "Label Name"
6. Click Save and refresh your page.

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6. Layout and Widget Customization

From the Layout section, edit widgets like:

• Homepage Slider
• Ad Banners
• Recent Products by Label
• Footer Widgets

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1. Create atleast 8 posts on your blog
2. Go to post editor → Post settings → Labels
3. Add 'Labels' following by a comma ","
4. Post having similar Labels will appear as related products.

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8. Social Profile Settings

• Go to Dashboard
• From left tab → Layout → click Edit icon on Follow Us widget.
• Scroll down to Link list click 'Edit'.
• On Site name field type 'Facebook' or 'Twitter'
• On Site URL paste 'social profile link'.
• And click save!

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9. Customize Meta Tags

To edit meta tags, search in HTML for:

<!-- Customize Meta Tags -->
<meta content='GOOGLE-META-TAG-HERE' name='google-site-verification'/>
<meta content='BING-META-TAG-HERE' name='msvalidate.01'/>


Update with yours and click save!

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More Questions?

Frequently Asked Questions → General Blogger Settings.