How To Install And Setup TechMag Blogger Template

 

TechMag is an awesome free & premium blogger template. It is fully customizable so that you can create your own amazing design using the newest blogger/blogspot tools. TechMag is a clean and very fast blogger template. Its design is totally exclusive and is perfect to take your website to another level.

TechMag Blogger Template is fully optimized and delivers incomparable results when it comes to Google Lighthouse. It is sure that you will not find any blogger templates with similar results.

TechMag Blogger Template is perfect for anyone looking for a simple, fast, customizable and mobile-friendly blogger template. If you are looking for some of these features, without a doubt TechMag is the ideal blogger template for you.

Maybe this can help you!

• Tutorial: How To Install a Blogger Template?
• Video: TechMag - Professional Blogger Template (Full Installation)
• Tutorial: How To Setup Templateify Post Shortcodes 2

Main Logo

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

Widget Settings:

Social Icons on Header

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, telegram, messenger, snapchat, email, discord, share, external-link

Widget Settings:

Main Menu

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

Normal Link and DropDown Options:

Homepage Link Example: Add the text and in the site url field add {homepage}
Normal Link Example: Features
SubLink Level 1 Example: _Level 1 "Before the Title add 1 underscore"
SubLink Level 2 Example: __Level 2 "Before the Title add 2 underscore"

Widget Settings 01:

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

MegaMenu Options:

Shortcode: {getMega} $label={Your Label} $type={msimple}
Shortcode Label: label or recent

What are Label?

Shortcode Example: {getMega} $label={Economy} $type={msimple}

Widget Settings 02:

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

Navbar Menu

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

Widget Settings:

Trending Posts

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > Popular Posts in the Trending Posts section.

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 Example:

Main Posts

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

Widget Settings:

Recent Posts Headline: Replace text for hide to remove the headline

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 Post ADS 1 ( before content ) and Post ADS 2 ( after content ).

HTML/JavaScript Example:

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

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

IMPORTANT: After adding a Shortcode apply the Bold style. Example: $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. 

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 introduction.

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

IMPORTANT: The "Introduction" is required for the author box to be displayed! But the links are not required. 

Social Icons on Sidebar

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > Link List > in the Sidebar section.

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, telegram, messenger, snapchat, email, discord, share, external-link

Widget Settings:

Post Widgets on Sidebar

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

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

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

Footer ADS

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

HTML/JavaScript Example:

About Section

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

1.1 - About Us

1.2 - Follow Us

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, telegram, messenger, snapchat, email, discord, share, external-link

Widget Settings:

Footer Copyright (Premium)

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

Widget Settings:

Footer Menu

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

Widget Settings:

Cookie Consent

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Cookie Consent gadget.

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:

https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v5.0

Installing SDK:

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

Widget Settings:

1.2 - JSON Variables

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

{
  noThumbnail: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6TQsxvLy_ilek4SQ7k2Ul5xvXHM9x6rSaQkPkvWv1IXLjdS7rhB_himHRcvPCt6EJULUY9hSRR6kDcfeuy25NjLKcd3vRpgeCEzD8fhM2mXHwHmJ02gCLpvnRGC1T6XPwMELrfCsYA6s/s72-c/nth-ify.png",
  relatedPostsNum: "3",
  cookieExpiresDays: "7",
  followByEmailText: "Don't worry, we don't spam.",
  commentsSystem: "blogger",
  disqusShortname: "templateify-comments"
}
noThumbnail: default is https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6TQsxvLy_ilek4SQ7k2Ul5xvXHM9x6rSaQkPkvWv1IXLjdS7rhB_himHRcvPCt6EJULUY9hSRR6kDcfeuy25NjLKcd3vRpgeCEzD8fhM2mXHwHmJ02gCLpvnRGC1T6XPwMELrfCsYA6s/s72-c/nth-ify.png
relatedPostsNum: default is 3
cookieExpiresDays: default is 7
followByEmailText: default is Don't worry, we don't spam.
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-comments

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:

How to Customize This Theme?

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

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

Background Example:

Advanced > Background:

Background Image Size Cover: 0 is false and 1 is true.

This option will adjust the image to the screen size. (Do not use this option if you intend to use a small image that will be repeated)

Advanced > Theme Options:

Dark Mode: 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 Widths:

Boxed Layout: 0 is false and 1 is true.

Advanced > Post Options:

Post Breadcrumbs: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Comments Count: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Post Navigation: 0 is false and 1 is true.

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