CarsYard Setup Guide – Create a Vehicle Listing Website on Blogger

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Table of Contents

1. Template Installation
2. Upload Data.xml file
3. Homepage Slider
4. Multi tabs
5. Whatsapp Form
6. Navigation Menu
7. Featured Post
8. Homepage slide Image
9. Post title background Image
10. Related Posts
11. Social Profile
12. Meta Tags

Install Template

If you've downloaded the template file. First step you'll be doing is..

1. Unzip the zip file (extract it with Winzip or Winrar)
2. You will get four files along with the theme logo
3. Search for XML file, for example: AzonStore Template
4. Right click on that xml file and open it with Notepad. Copy entire code.
5. Go to Blogger Dashboard > Choose your Blog
6. From left tab > Theme > My Theme > Dropdrop > Edit HTML
7. Select entire code (CTRL + A) and replace it with the one you copied from notepad
8. Click 'Save Theme' and you're done!

Upload Data.xml file

If you've downloaded the template file. Search for 'Upload Data.XML' file.

1. Go to Dashboard
2. From left tab > Settings > Manage Blog > Import content
3. Click Import and choose 'Upload Data.XML' file.
4. Once uploaded, Refresh your blog URL

Add Homepage description

You will find 2 description for homepage.

1. Go to Blogger Dashboard
2. From left tab > Layout
3. Edit Home-description-left widget
4. and then edit Home-description-right widget
5. Make changes and click Save.

Edit Multi tabs title and description

1. Go to Blogger Dashboard
2. From left tab > Layout > Scroll to Tab-descrip-1
3. Edit Tab-descrip-2 and Tab-descrip-3
4. Make changes and click Save.

Change Whatsapp form number

1. Go to Blogger Dashboard
2. From left tab > Layout
3. Edit Whatsapp Form widget
4. value='500500500'/>
5. Change number and click Save.

Navigation Menu

To customize navigation menu.

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

Activate featured post

1. Go to Blogger Dashboard
2. From left tab > Layout
3. Edit Below Featured Post widget
4. {Groony} $results={6} $label={Sports Cars} $type={grid}
5. Replace Sports Cars with your post label
6. Click Save and you are done.

Add homepage slide background image

To change background image. Search for below Code.

1. <!-- Homepage image 1 -->
2. <!-- Homepage image 2 -->
3. Replace background: url(https://blogger url with your desired URL
4. Click save and we are done.

Change post title background image

Search for below Code.

1. <!-- Post title background image -->
2. Replace background: url(https://blogger url with your desired URL
3. Click save and we are done.

Activate Related Posts

To enable related or similar posts. Follow instructions below..

1. Create atleast 8 posts on your blog
2. Add 'Labels' by heading to Post settings
3. Post having similar Labels will appear as related posts.

Social Profile

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

Customize Meta Tags

To edit Blog 'Meta Tag' Search for below Code.

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

More Questions?

Frequently Asked Questions - General Blogger Settings.

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