Website templates are very affordable and will save you a lot of time and effort when you want to create a new layout for your website. However a lot of people make mistakes in the process of choosing and using a web template and end up with with a website that is unlike the image they had in mind.

Here are a few tips to help you avoid those mistakes.

The first obvious mistake you should be aware of is using a template that is popular. If a lot of people use the same template as you’re using your website will not appear unique and your credibility as a solid, different website could be tarnished. In other words, you will appear just like your next-door neighbor.

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In this short video you will learn how to create a custom background for your Blogger blog and how to use it to replace your current background.

By the way, want to show off your website’s Easter Bonnet this holiday season? Check out this package of beautiful matching HTML Templates, Blogger and Wordpress Themes.

Till Next Time,

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First I need to apologize for the lack of new blog posts during the past few months.

The reason for my absence is because of my own health and that of family members.

In early December on the same day I found out my sister had been diagnosed with bone cancer, my brother suffered a severe stroke.

While attending to the needs of my brother and sister, my son was hospitalized for several weeks with a collapsed lung and heart problems. Shockingly my son’s wife was just recently diagnosed with cancer.

I’m not telling you all this to gain sympathy, but rather to explain the neglect. Again, I offer my sincere apology and hope to make it up to you by offering you a Free St. Patrick’s Day Mini-Site Template.

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Sneh Roy is a web designer/content developer by day and the creative force behind Little Box Of Ideas by night.

She’s also kind enough to offer this Twitter Vector Icon Pack called “Tweet Me Up Scotty” to you for free.

Each of these 6 high resolution vector icons in PNG format comes in 512×512, 256×256, 128×128 and 64×64 sizes and are FREE for Personal & Commercial Use on Websites and other Media.

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My husband and I spent the last 2 days enjoying the Labor Day weekend with 9 of our 16 grandchildren. As usually happens this time of year, the conversation turned to the type of costumes they’re going to wear for Halloween.

That got me thinking that the readers of this blog may be in the planning stages of what their blogs and websites are going to “wear” for Halloween.

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If you’re a blogger, webmaster or information marketer, sooner or later the time is going to come when you need to resize a graphic or image.

Now if you’re like I was when first faced with this task several years ago, the first thing you do is panic. Actually, I think my first reaction was to paraphrase a line from my favorite movie, Gone With the Wind…

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