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Permalink Reply by Rachel_L on July 12, 2008 at 3:18pm

Mine started as a generic Blogger layout; I tweaked it with some of my digi-scrapping supplies to make it more "me." It's not bad for now. I'm still planning what I really want it to look like!

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Permalink Reply by Dara on October 5, 2008 at 8:58pm

i'm back with another response :-)

My sister and I recently teamed up to design websites! I'm pretty good with the back-end, tech, geeky stuff, but she's the artist. I would have liked the first design to be my own websites (all 3 of them!), but money was calling our name so we've been devoting our time to our first 2 clients.

Send me a message if you need a website/blog design!

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Permalink Reply by Rachel_L on October 5, 2008 at 9:06pm

I always do my templates; it really is very, very easy. I searched for tips on specific things I wanted to do (like three columns) and then used graphic programs to design headers.

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Permalink Reply by April on October 5, 2008 at 10:03pm

Did mine on my own. I used www.scrapblog.com for the artsy elements :-)

April
www.AprilsLittleFamily.blogspot.com

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Permalink Reply by Adeline Chan on October 5, 2008 at 11:25pm

I use template from blogspot.com. Only manage to add a cute cartoon angel on header. The rest...well.....I don't know how to do it. I have this idea of adding flying heartshapes or twinkle stars on the header but don't know how to do it. I wish I have the talent but I have none. hehe....Can any dear mummy here be able to help? Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by kristen andrews on October 6, 2008 at 12:19pm

Nicole from Apron Strings Aflutter, she was amazing!

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Permalink Reply by Heather Heinzer on November 1, 2010 at 12:40pm

I started out with a customizable template and designed all of my own elements. I'm going to be tweaking my header and buttons, they will constantly stay the same, but then I'm going to have fun with the background for different seasons and holidays!

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Permalink Reply by Hoa Giusti on October 31, 2020 at 4:33pm

Still, now, I have designed several blogs, but I would love to share my blogging, web development and designing journey with you. My first blog with a Blogspot one and I remember I didn't work a lot to improve its template. Then I purchased a domain and designed it at web builder provided by the web host. Yes, it was again not worth looking. Due to personal reasons, I didn't pay the hosting and domain registration bills, and it expired.

After losing my job, I decided again to design a website, and this time, I used WordPress CMS, and it was a good experience. Again, I don't have that site because hosting expired too. However, from the last 2-3 years, I am running many sites, few are WP ones, and few are PHP ones. As we are about to face the second lockdown nowadays, that's why I am working on a PHP which is about location-based information for moms. It is the first time when I am working on geo-specific site that's why I am thinking to fetch US postal codes API from here. By the way, GeoName could also be a source, but this site is also offering to fetch data. Hopefully, I would design and build this site successfully very soon. 

Moreover, I also have a dream to make a web portal in Django that's why I am also trying to get some time to learn python. Hopefully, this lockdown would assist me in getting some time to learn python. However, if I address your question, then I don't think freebie templates are worth using, but as a beginner, you should try them. Later on, you should try to design your template your own with the help of different web frameworks. 

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