18 Grid Focus - New Blogger XML Template
Thursday, August 14, 2008 /

Generally I prefer to design Blogger templates from scratch than convert existing themes, but for Grid Focus, I made an exception.



This beautiful, grid based design is among one of the best and most customizable themes I have ever used. Converted from the original Wordpress theme by Derek Punsalan of 5thirtyone.com, it features a neat three column layout, an amazing navigation bar and integrated links for the home, main-content and blog feeds. Take a look at this theme in action in the demo blog, or read on for download and installation details.







Here is a full page screenshot of the Grid Focus theme for Blogger:





All of the colors in this template can be changed from the Fonts and Colors section in your Blogger dashboard. So if you prefer to have a bright pink background and electric blue links, you can change these features with ease!



In the download package for this theme, I have included both the XML template and a text version of the template. Full instructions for upload and editing of links in the navigation bar are also included in the download.

If you have any problems downloading this theme, please let me know by leaving a comment below. Full support is offered in the Blogger Buster forum if required.





Credits and Copyight Notice

This theme is conveted from Derek Punsalan's original Grid Focus theme for Wordpress and is released under a Creative Commons Non Commercial Attribution License.



This means that you can use this theme in your own personal projects, but you cannot sell this theme!



Please remember to give credit where credit is due! The credit link to 5thirtyone.com must remain intact in this template (this is a condition of use from the original designer).





Over to you!

I hope you enjoy this Blogger template and find the customization options to be suitable for your needs. Feel free to tell me your thoughts and opinions by leaving your comments below.



18 comments:

February 3, 2009 at 7:25 PM Missy said...

I'd also like to see a version with the same post footer that other blogger templates have (with the comments at the bottom instead of the top). Thoughts? I tried fixing it myself, but well, you can probably see how that ended up! Thanks! I love this template and hope it works out for what I need it for. :)

February 20, 2009 at 12:29 PM Enno William said...

When I try to upload this template Grid Focus,
I get: bX-bliced
Most of these errors go away if you try again later, but this one stays and I see it has been reported before...
And I can upload another template without error!

Help!

February 20, 2009 at 12:30 PM Enno William said...

When I try to upload this template Grid Focus,
I get: bX-bliced
Most of these errors go away if you try again later, but this one stays and I see it has been reported before...
And I can upload another template without error!

Help!

February 21, 2009 at 12:49 AM stephen360 said...

im still stuck on the changing, why i counldn't upload my template on the site!!

March 2, 2009 at 12:11 AM rahul s nair said...

Nice work Amanda.. Thanks a lot...

March 4, 2009 at 9:58 PM keriting kribo said...

#amanda
love it, i'm using the theme...thanks a lot.
and your advise about the bx-error, it also worked out...
you're awesome...

March 15, 2009 at 12:04 PM Windzjaya said...

Nice template
I Like to test it on my blog

March 15, 2009 at 12:13 PM Windzjaya said...

Great Template Amanda.
But how I can modified it with my own stuff?
Like Header or Footer?

March 24, 2009 at 10:44 AM Cristhian Mestre said...

I downloaded this great looking template, and I'm already setting it up on my blog. I just wonder how I can change the information on the menu-bar.

Any help will be welcome!
MANY THANKS FOR SUCH A NICE WORK!

March 24, 2009 at 11:04 AM Cristhian Mestre said...

Same question...
How can I modify the navbar or menubar?

Thanks! And... great JOB!

March 26, 2009 at 3:29 AM Cristhian Mestre said...

How can I change the menubar? Great template! Nice job!

April 10, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Zeta said...

it haves a terrible bug,, in the blog posts option of add google adsense, it gives an eternal error

An internal error occurred. Please try again.

i have tried other templates as well. and this one its the unique that gives that error.

anyone knos how to get ride of one collumn?

April 10, 2009 at 5:14 PM
maboroshine said...

:( man getting erro with expanmdable collapsing post in internet explorer.
works fine in firefox .

is very sad cause this is a cool clean layout.

here is a test http://asdadaf.blogspot.com/

May 2, 2009 at 11:17 PM mradvisor said...

HI PEOPLE
I would like to know if I am allowed to upload the images of the template in photobucket? I must be allowed to change the link location, right?

thanks

May 7, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Richard Smith said...

Hi Amanda, this is a gorgeous template, thanks for making it available. I'm trying to customize the menubar with my own links, only it's not clear to me what to write instead of the #

(li)(a href='#' title='Link title')Recent(br/)(span)Work(/span)(/a)(/li)

let's say I wanted that button to refer to a page on my blog, what would I put there?

or if I wanted to have that button refer to a different site altogether, what would I put there?

May 17, 2009 at 11:38 AM indigoCat said...

Hi Amanda,

I tried downloading the code file, but it's missing.
Is the source available somwwhere else?
(same thing happened with the super-custom template)

July 11, 2009 at 7:11 AM security said...

thanks theme was modified
bloggeriz.blogspot.com

August 30, 2009 at 2:57 PM dinu said...

i'm having problems viewing the sidebar in Internet Explorer. Please check http://www.dinuzara.com and let me know what i have to do.
I tried to fix it my self but i did't manage to figure it out

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