How To Setup Droid Blogger Template

How To Setup Droid Blogger Template
 
Droid is a professional blogger template, fully customizable and surprisingly fast. Droid is one of the fastest templates ever released by us. It is also fully optimized for SEO, so you get the best search engine results. You can also significantly improve your ad earnings as they come with multiple sections for ads.

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Main Logo

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Main Logo gadget.

Widget Settings:



Main Menu

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Main Menu gadget.

DropDown Options:

Normal Link Ex: Features
Sub Link Level 1 Ex: _Level 1 "Before the Title add 1 underscore"
Sub Link Level 2 Ex: __Level 2 "Before the Title add 2 underscore"

ALERT: Level 2 Links must be between or below level 1 links.

Widget Settings:


TO SAVE: After adding all the desired links and organizing them in the correct position, click on the Save Button.

Social Icons

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Social Icons gadget.

Supported Icons: blogger, facebook, facebook-f, twitter, rss, youtube, skype, stumbleupon, tumblr, vk, stack-overflow, github, linkedin, dribbble, soundcloud, behance, digg, instagram, pinterest, pinterest-p, twitch, delicious, codepen, flipboard, reddit, whatsapp, messenger, snapchat, email, discord, share, external-link

Widget Settings:



Header ADS

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript, Image or AdSense > in the section Header ADS.

HTML/JavaScript Ex:


IMPORTANT: This ad will only be displayed on the Homepage and Post Page.

Featured Posts

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript > in the Featured Posts section.

Shortcode Structure: {getFeatured} $label={Your Label}
Shortcode Label:  label or recent
Shortcode Example: {getFeatured} $label={recent}

What are Labels?


Widget Settings:


Home ADS 1

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript, Image or AdSense > in the section HOME ADS 1.

HTML/JavaScript Ex:


IMPORTANT: This ad will only appear on the Homepage before main posts.

Main Posts

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Main Posts/Blog Posts gadget.

Widget Settings:



In-Article ADS on "Post Page"

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript, Image or AdSense > in the sections ADS 1 ( before content ) and ADS 2 ( after content ).

HTML/JavaScript Ex:


Move ADS 1 and ADS 2 to inside the post content:

Sortcode ADS 1: $ads={1}
Sortcode ADS 2: $ads={2}

IMPORTANT: After adding a Shortcode apply the Strikethrough style EX: $ads={2}

Example:


IMPORTANT: The ad will only appear if you have inserted in the section, if you want to hide just remove check to not display or remove the gadget. 

Home ADS 2

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript, Image or AdSense > in the section HOME ADS 2.

HTML/JavaScript Ex:


IMPORTANT: This ad will only appear on the Homepage after main posts.

Author Box

The widget receives the blogger profile informations automatically, As long as your profile is marked as public. The icons are displayed if there are links in the description.

Supported Icons: blogger, facebook, facebook-f, twitter, rss, youtube, skype, stumbleupon, tumblr, vk, stack-overflow, github, linkedin, dribbble, soundcloud, behance, digg, instagram, pinterest, pinterest-p, twitch, delicious, codepen, flipboard, reddit, whatsapp, messenger, snapchat, email, discord, share, external-link

Blogger Settings: Go to https://www.blogger.com/edit-profile.g

Find for Additional Information > Introduction > and add your description with HTML links.

HTML Link Structure: <a href="Your Link Here">Icon Name</a>
HTML Link Example: <a href="https://facebook.com/templateify">facebook</a>



Post Layouts and Contact Form

Full Width: full-width
Left Sidebar: left-sidebar
Right Sidebar: right-sidebar
Contact Form: contact-form

Example:



Post List Widgets

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript > in the Sidebar section.

Shortcode Structure: {getWidget} $results={Number of Results} $label={Your Label} $type={list}
Shortcode Label:  label, recent or comments
Shortcode Results:  You must add the desired number of results
Shortcode Example: {getWidget} $results={3} $label={comments} $type={list}

Widget Settings:



Facebook Page Plugin

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript > in the Sidebar sections.

NOTE: To add the Page Plugin, you will need to install the facebook SDK on your blog, how to install it by clicking here.

Add This Code:

<div class="fb-page" data-href="YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE URL" data-width="500" data-small-header="false" data-adapt-container-width="true" data-hide-cover="false" data-show-facepile="true"></div>

INFO: Replace "data-href" content with your facebook page address, and click save

Sidebar Widget Style

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Sidebar gadgets.

Title ShortCode: no-style.
AdSense Widget: This is the standard design for adsense.

Widget Settings:



Footer Menu

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Footer Menu gadget.

Widget Settings:



Footer Copyright (Premium)

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Footer Copyright gadget.

Widget Settings:



Footer Social

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Footer Social gadget.

Supported Icons: blogger, facebook, facebook-f, twitter, rss, youtube, skype, stumbleupon, tumblr, vk, stack-overflow, github, linkedin, dribbble, soundcloud, behance, digg, instagram, pinterest, pinterest-p, twitch, delicious, codepen, flipboard, reddit, whatsapp, messenger, snapchat, email, discord, share, external-link

Widget Settings:



Theme Options


1.1 - Facebook SDK

The Page Plugin as well as facebook comments only work if you have the Facebook SDK installed on your theme. See below for the steps to acquire and install the Facebook SDK.

Get SDK:

Step 01: Go to https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/page-plugin/ and click on Get Code button and copy the SDK Script.

Copying SDK:


SDK en_US:

<script async="async" defer="defer" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2"></script>

Installing SDK:

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Theme Options > Facebook SDK gadget.

Widget Settings:


1.2 - Default Variables

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Theme Options > Default Variables gadget.

Options: monthFormat, relatedPostsNum, followByEmailText, commentsSystem, disqusShortname.

monthFormat: default is "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December".
relatedPostsNum: default is 3.
followByEmailText: default is Get all latest content delivered straight to your inbox.
commentsSystem: blogger, facebook, disqus or hide, default is blogger.
disqusShortname: If you add the disqus form, you will then have to add the username of your form, default is templateify-theme.

NOTE: To add the Facebook Comments, you will need to install the facebook SDK on your blog, how to install it by clicking here.

Widget Settings:



Site Feed

Access your blog Settings > and click on the Other.

Site Feed Settings:


IMPORTANT: For Featured Posts, Related Posts, Recent Comments and Recent Posts Widget load normally, you must configure the site feed to "Full".

How to Customize This Theme?

Access your blog Theme > and click on the Customize button >  and find Background and Advanced options.

Available customizations: Display Options, Backgrounds, Widths, Colors, Fonts Size and more.

Background Example:


Advanced > Layout Options Example:

Boxed Version: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Left Sidebar: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Fixed Menu: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Fixed Sidebar: 0 is false and 1 is true.


Advanced > Theme Fonts Example:


Advanced > Theme Colors Example:


Advanced > Post Options Example:

Post Breadcrumbs: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Comments Count: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Share Buttons Before Post Content: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Post Navigation: 0 is false and 1 is true.



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