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Installing a Blogger theme (GUIDE)
This tutorial will get your newly acquired Blogger theme up and running on your blog in just a few minutes. This tutorial is for Blogger themes only. If you want to know how to add a theme to Wordpress, check our guide on installing Wordpress themes.

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1:) Open a new tab or window and go to Blogger.com.

2:)Log in to the website. If you are already logged in, look for this window:

3:) Click the Manage layout link at the bottom.

4:)Now you should see your blog's template. Here you can move sidebar items (called widgets) and add new ones. However, your first task is changing your theme.

5:)In the menu, choose edit HTML.

6:)When you arrive at the Edit HTML page, it's a good idea to back up your existing template. Click the download full template link to do so.

7:) When you made sure you've got a backup of the old template on your hard drive, it's time to change your old template to a new one.

8:) Find the ZIP archive you downloaded from this website and unzip/unrar it.

9:) In the folder contained in the archive, there are three files: license.txt, readme.txt and themename.xml . For instance, if you downloaded the Grandaddy deluxe theme, the .xml file will be named grandaddydeluxe.xml or something similar.

10:) Now you have 2 options.

* Either open the .xml file in a plain text editor (like Notepad on Windows) and copy paste the contents to the edit template field.
*Or, use the restore template function to upload your new template. This seems illogical, but it's the easiest way to add a new theme.