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Zabi
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10:38
I have gotten jealous so many times when I saw my friends’ blogs. Not because of the content of their blog but the way their blog used to look. Most of the blogs on net just look amazing. It is because of the templates applied to the blog. Not just that, they have super cool widgets(non bloggers never mind..), and super cool formatting. After seeing such blogs, when I see my own, I always felt like spitting on it. My blog used to look so bad. The reason is I used to have a basic template provided by blogger.
If you are not a blogger you may not understand what a template is.For your better understanding and for no logical reason lets compare a blog with a cow. Lets say, If blog is a cow then template is the color you apply to the cow(Thinkin why the hell I would color a cow? just carry on reading.) and the udder of the cow is like the content of your blog.(Udder??!!@# don't know what it is? google it..) Not understanding a word of what I am saying. Just carry on reading this nonsense.
I knew I had to change the template. I wanted the best template in the world. I searched every nook and corner of the net for it. Not even one suited my requirement. Not matter how good the template was I could always find some kind of a defect. I rejected templates because of the following reasons,
1) The blog template should not contain pink color.
Pink color is girly and I hate it from the core of my masculine heart.A pink blog gives the same feeling that you are getting now by watching this pink cow. If you are a reader would you lilke to touch the udder of such blog? A dot of pink color is sufficient to reject the blog templarte.
2) The blog should not look girly.
No flowers, no delicate designs, no yellow, no fluorescent, no rainbow colors. If the blog looked remotely girly, it should be rejected. Look at the cows below(Still looking at the gal above? sexy ain't ahe?). you'll hate them the moment you see them and touching the udder is out of question.
3) No Dark colors either
Dark colors are best suited for punks’ and weirdos’ blogs.What is the use of such blogs if you cant even see the content of the blog propely like the udder of this cow in the above image. I could never read a dark colored blog more than 10 mins because it is very stressful to read. Also I write very long posts to give enough pain,so I did not want to stress my reader with the additional pain of seeing a dark background.
4) A blog should not contain too many decorative items.
A teddy bear on the top, a pussy cat on the side and a flower at the bottom. If a blog contains so many stupid things in it then the reader just can’t concentrate on the content of the blog properly. Tell me seriously, If you see such blog like this cow, Where will you focus? The ship at the top or the udder at the bottom.All I wanted is a nice header to catch the attention and a plain body to maintain the attention to the content.
Even if all the above criteria are satisfied, the blog on the whole, should finally look good to me. It should contain some X factor which I cannot explain here in words. Only if it has that then it would be selected.
With all the above conditions in my mind, I searched for about 2 years and browsed at least 10,000 templates to finally select the present one. Even with this one I found a number of faults after applying it. Here, I applied my knowledge of software engineering. I edited the HTML to change a couple of colors in the header and footer, changed font sizes of various texts and finally…finally……finally accepted it.
Phew.. What a tough job. Finding a right template is an art like finding a gal friend. After all this I am wondering did I apply the similar approach while hunting for a girl friend. No wonder I didn't get one but I managed to get template to my satisfaction. Finally, there is one thing that I
should not forget, content is what matters the most at the end of the day. I hope I dont forget that. So tell me me guys how is my new template.
should not forget, content is what matters the most at the end of the day. I hope I dont forget that. So tell me me guys how is my new template.
nice new layout :)
but y u gt cows as examples :|, except fr the one gal
For people who do not under stand blogging language, can have fun looking at the cows.. :p
Nicee template :) .. your hard work of selecting from 10000 templates has paid off :P ....
HI Zabi,visited your blog as promised.
Firstly could you tell me the meaning of your interesting name?
Then I see you have imparted bovine, oops no, divine knowledge on selection of templates. So how do you rate mine? :P
Then again this new template of yours doesn't actually go with your spicy name, in my opinion! SO has your search really ended after all?
:P
Cheers
(hope you didn'tmind me pulling your tail, oops again, leg!)
@Charmed one:Thanks dear
@Vibhuti: grrrrr.. I am comparing blogs with cows not myself... I have taken so long to get a template of my choice. If I keep in mind, the tastes of others then I may take an eternity. I think I have already mentioned what I think about dark colored blogs. :).Thanks for reading and commenting dear.
No templates shemplates for my blog, I like it simple.Ya u r right dark templates are difficult to read
haha loved the cows..wonder where you found them though..
what is your intention to put an orange colored leaf for the caption "very spicy"? :P
@manjari.. Make ur profile public so that I can see you and get back to your blog..
@spartan aka sandeep neeli: Nothing yaar.. the template came with orange leaves, want to change it to chillies but am worried I will mwssup the whole design..
haha....cows!! chick looks hot btw!!
erm...my blog is a bit dark..
so it falls in ur rejected category??? :P
thanx for following me :)
hey zabi unfortunately u can't select a gal like u select a template from templates.com:))))...n ma blog is also dark..but its not dat weired..
Nice templates!:)
and also wana say:D :D By looking @ ur display pik here on blog...
Have anybody ever said this that you look like Sreesant:D :D :D
@free lancer: Not like that, I dont like dark colored blog and not necessarily every one will. So let your blog look the way you like. Thanks for hopping in.
@Monali Churi: I know, Tas why I failed every time.
Gauri Mathur : Sree santh? yuck I may remotely look like him but am absolutely not a crazy ass like him. Thanks for hopping in and posting ur comment. :)
When I opened your blog after quite some time, I thought, Ah! Where did he get such a lovely template. Scrolling down, I found out where. Well, I know as much of HTML as I know Greek or Chinese, and I realize this template is not my cup of cow's milk. The text is interesting too. Keep them coming!