True Contemplation is a free beautiful elegant blogger XML template based on a Douglas Bowman's classic template, i.e. Minima Black. It has 3 columns (and one footer section) that is still minimalist. All of these columns are ready to widgetize. The basic color is grey, but you can easily change most of the colors and fonts through your Blogger dashboard.

The header is flexible. You can change the beautiful header image to anything you want without any coding.

If you want to use your own image for the header, the image width has to be 512 pixels with 296 pixels height. All you need is then just go to your the Layout > Page Elements > Header Edit tab.

Last but not least, the minimalist "Read more..." expandable posts link keeping the representative picture is available to shorten posts.

To view this template in use, click here. To download the template (xml file) fully, click here.

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I saw a beautiful elegant template last week. The name is Cellar Heat Premium Blogger Template. It is an adaptation of Cellar Heat Dark Wordpress theme.

Cellar Heat WordPress theme is originally created by Evan Eckard. The design of this theme focuses on patterns and typography. It is designed especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers. Since November 13, 2008, it has been available for Blogger, especially for MagzNetwork readers.

I like this template so much, that I decide to use it for one of my blogs. However, this is rather contrastive in my view. I, therefore, make some modifications. Here is the result: Cellar Heat Dark Uncontrast.

You may view this template in use here or download it here. By downloading and using this template, you agree to the following terms:

• You may NOT resell this theme
• A link back to Evan Eckard, Smashing Magazine, MagzNetwork, and M Shodiq Mustika must be retained in the footer (either modified or unmodified)
• You may use this theme for personal or commercial projects
• You may modify, translate or distribute. Don’t forget to contact Evan Eckard and Smashing Magazine

Please read the instruction carefully if you don’t want to get any problems.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION

1. Download and extract the zip file.
2. Login to your Blogger Dashboard
3. Go to Layout > Edit HTML
4. Upload XML Template file (DO NOT copy and paste the code directly to template editor box)
5. Find this code:
   

   #post-one img {
   border:none;
   }
   #post-one a img {
   border:2px solid #000000;
   }
   

   and change that into this code:
   

   #post-one img {
   border:none;
   margin:7px 4px 8px 4px;
   }
   #post-one a img {
   border:2px solid #89876E;
   }
   

6. PLEASE DO NOT PREVIEW YOUR BLOG. Go to Layout > Page Element
7. Edit “Top Menu” widget. Add at least one link, for example you can make a link to your blog homepage with “Home” anchor text
8. Edit “Recent Posts” widget. Change Feed URL to
   http://YOURBLOGNAME.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
9. Go to Settings > Formatting, choose TIMESTAMP FORMAT style: “Wednesday, Januari 30, 2008″
10. Finish. Preview your blog to see the result.