It is really very difficult to make, as well as modify a blogger template or blogger skin. If a person does not have a technical know how, he would tend to wast his entire day studying how templates work. It is quite simple, yet complicated. One trick is that you must have common sense and a whole lot of patience to get it right. An Application called Notepad++ really helped me in editing the templates' html codes. I use Notepad++ to troubleshoot any problems the template has. Customizing your blogger template is no easy task. You WILL make mistakes from time to time but do not get frustrated it just takes a little patience.
Having a little knowledge in Adobe Photoshop CS3 will give you an edge in designing your template. The first thing you must do is conceptualize your Blog Template's design. Conceptualization shortens the time you spend in front of your PC Monitor and saves an awful lot of energy.
In re-sizing the whole page, look for the code which has the word "body", "outer-wrapper", or page (Note: 1000 pixels with would fit the screen like a glove). Select a suitable background color or image and upload to a photo streaming site. Copy its url and paste in the "background" part of the body.
in personalizing the background color of the main wrapper, side bar and footer, input the color code that you want in the background color section of the template code. You can use the adobe photoshop to choose the color codes you want.
