Creating BlogEngine .NET Theme

October 30, 2007 17:27 by Young Park

Creating BlogEngine .NET Theme from existing CSS Template is not very difficult. I've created several .NET Theme which I'm currently in use at several different blogs. Check this out here:

My Korean Blog
Modern Worship

To create a theme from existing templates, watching this video tutorial might help you.

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Here's brief instruction on how to create BlogEngine .NET Theme:

1. Open the folder of the existing template
2. Create a Master page named site.master
3. Copy PostView.ascx, CommentView.ascx, and noavatar.jpg file from existing Themes to current working folder. It should be now like this:

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4. Copy and Paste this code above right below <%@ Master ... %>

<%@ Register Src="~/admin/menu.ascx" TagName="menu" TagPrefix="uc1" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="BlogEngine.Core" %>

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5. Open a template file (For example, index.html) and paste the inner code of <body></body> tags
6. Insert a link reference to .CSS file in the header part
7. Now Copy and Paste the Following Code to appropriate space More...

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Good Source for Web Site Templates

October 29, 2007 07:37 by Young Park

To create a good web site needs to have a good design, so that users may feel attractive to your web site (or blogs).

These are the good resources where you can download free templates and modify for your needs.

Free CSS Templates

Open Source Templates

Open Source Web Design

4 Web Templates

Open Designs

Open Web Design

Style Shout


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