Simplex Portfolio - Blogspot template for Gallery and online Portfolio

Some of you commented in my blog for asking the template named Simplex Portfolio in live demo of previous posts . Now ,I will introduce it to you all . Template :simplex Portfolio .
It's a template for gallery and online portfolio ,I think it the best for showing artwork .
This template has a blog and a gallery ,you can upload your image to gallery and share your thoughts ,your information in Blog . Like templates Simplex Worldnews and Simplex Darkness upgraded ,I made this template for easy to configure via widget system ,and try to make it easy to use . But as usual ,I still need your comment and advice for make this better .
Here is screenshot :


Gallery page


Live Demo | Download

Here is instruction to install this template :

1,Download template and unzip it . You get a template file in xml format and a folder for images. You can upload images to an image hosting and change links in template file accordingly .In template file ,I uploaded images to Imageshack hosting which is unlimited bandwidth ,so you don't need to upload images .

2,Upload template to Blogger .
3,To setup Search form ,Go to Dashboard -> Layout -> Edit HTML .Checked on Expand widget templates .Search for this code
         <form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box" target="_blank">  <div>    <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-5647776272363922:fs5grtk1eoj" />    <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" />    <input type="text" name="q" size="31" />    <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" />  </div></form><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en"></script&gt
Go to Google Adsense , create a searchbox and replace the code above with your own searchbox code .
3,Go to Page elements ,you see this screen :


-Pages widget is for showing pages in your blog .It's located in top-navigation bar of your blog  .You can create a page in Posting section and your page will be shown automatically in top navigation bar.
-To change logo to your site logo ,click on Edit button in logo widget and change url in img tag to yours :

-Menu widget is for adding sub-categories in Gallery category .If you add a link to menu widget ,it will be shown as a sub-category of Gallery .


in this picture ,there are 4 sub categories of Gallery name : dawn ,tree,seasons,and nature
-Gallery widget is used for control the images and slider in homepage .

To show images in slider ,click on edit button in gallery widget and change the title of widget to the category you want .
To show images in homepage but outside the slider ,click on edit button in Gallery widget and change the content of this widget to category you want.

-Gallery bottom widget is for adding ads to homepage .You can click on edit button of Gallery bottom widget and paste the code of Ads into widget content .
-Categories widget is for adding link to category in your website .
In footer of website
-About me widget is for adding blog author information .
-Pages2 widget is for showing pages in blog
-Categories widget is for adding link to category in your website
-Blogroll is for adding link to other site .
This template has many place for adding widget ,so you can add  your owns easily

Usage

-To post in Gallery ,create post as structure bellow :

image 
description

and add label "gallery" to post for Blogger understand that it's a post in gallery . You can also add other labels for sub-categories and add link to these subcategories in menu widget .
-To post in blog ,create a post as normal and add label "blog" for Blogger know that it's a post in blog ,not gallery .
That's all
I hope you love this template . Feel free to add comments and suggestion .
Thanks for all !
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Simplex Worldnews - A new template for magazine

After Simplex News,this is my second template for magazine .I named it Simplex Worldnews . It's a clear and eye-catching template ,designed base on grid .And it's easier to install and use than Simplex News .
This template support page function ,a new function of blogger ,it also reduce loading time and add more space to create ads and widget . You can adjust ,modify or remove existing widgets ,and you can add your own .
Now ,let's take a look on it



Live demo | Download

Note : There's an error with this template .When change url link in template file ,the right sidebar is moved to the left .I tried to fix this template ,and edited download link to newer version in this post . With this version ,you don't need to change url in template file ,it can get blog url automatically ,so you can configure for sections in homepage at Page elements
 

Install instruction for this template :
1,Download this template and unzip it .You get a template file in xml format and a folder of images .You can upload images in folder to a hosting service and change link of images in template file accordingly .
2,Upload this template to Blogger .
3,Go to Page elements :


4,To add logo ,click on edit link at logo widget and add your logo links like this :

<img src="your logo url"/>

logo should be 300x90 for the best appearance in template .

5,To add banner ,click edit link at banner widget and paste your ads code .Ads code could be adsense code ,code for images ads...

6,To add menu ,click edit link at menu widget and add link to menu . You can link to category in your blog or any outside link .

7,To show recent posts in categories in homepage (in live demo ,I showed the categories :world ,us ,health...)  ,click on edit button at HTML/Javascript widget and enter content in structure below :
Widget title : enter the text you want to show in homepage to describe the category
widget content : enter the category (label) you want to show recent posts in .
For example ,I want to show recent posts under World label (category) ,I click on edit link in HTML/Javascript widget ,and enter the text in widget title :World and enter the text in widget content : world
.And you can see the result in Live demo: Recent posts under World label are shown .


8, In the sidebar ,paste the ads content for ads widget . Paste the video embed code for video widget .
9,Do as step 7 for left widget in sidebar .
10,Pages widget and footerpages widget don't need to install because it can get name and link to pages in your blog automatically .You can create page in Blogger Draft mode .
11,There are many "add a widget" link ,so you can add as many widget as you want to enhance blog operation .
12,This template can get feed link automatically ,so you don't need to change link in template file .

I hope you like this product of mine . Feel free to make question or comments here .
Enjoy it ^^
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Simplex Darkness template has been upgraded

Simplex Darkness is one of the most popular template of mine . It was designed in magazine style and it's good with many kinds of website .
Some people commented in my blog for errors ,suggestion ... and thank to them ,I can make a better template.
Most of comments are around the installing ,usage and errors in browsers . So in this version ,I made some upgrades :
-Make this template easier to install .You don't need to editing the code much .
-Some elements such as navigation ,list of page ,the categories are controlled via widget in Page elements
-More spaces to add widget .





Note: Page element is fixed . So now when you open a page ,it will show full post instead of being shorted .Check the live demo for result .Download link for fixed version is provided in this post
here is the screen of Page elements :


Live Demo | Download

How to install :
1,Download template file .This package included a folder of images so you can upload images to your host and change url in template file .
2,Upload template to Blogger .
3, Go to Page elements
To install logo ,click on edit link at the logo widget , and paste image to widget content as structure bellow

Do the same with banner widget . Paste your ads to widget content .
4,To install Page in top-navigation ,go to Blogger in Draft to create page and the page will be displayed automatically in top-navigation .
5,To show post in a category in slideshow ,click on edit button of slideshow widget .In widget title ,enter the title you want to show for the category ,and in widget content ,enter the category(or label ) , for example ,I want to show all recent posts under category 'Feature' in slideshow ,in editing widget dialog ,I do like this :


6,Do like step 5 for elements : morefeat,homepost1,homepost2...homepost7 . Which category you want to show ,enter its title in widget title and widget content .
another example ,I want to show recent posts under Business category in homepage ,I click on edit button ,and enter the content like this in widget configuration dialog :


7,To add ads ,click on edit and paste ads to widget content .
8,To add video ,paste the embed code to widget content .
9,Link list widget at the bottom is for creating a link to other page or feature article .
10,There are many space for adding widget ,so I think it will be easy for you to add your own widget ,ads ,and do some customization .
That's all . I hope you interested in my latest work .
P/s: please help me to check error on Chrome browser . I think I fixed most of troubles.

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