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Choosing or Changing the Color Scheme of Your Blogcast Site

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Last Updated: December 18, 2008 10:57 AM

Here's the Lowdown: From the Templates tab, you can select from a variety of specific color themes.

In Quick Blogcast, the color scheme carries throughout all pages in your blog. For businesses, it is best to choose a color scheme that matches your corporate identity or branding. For individuals, you may select any color scheme that suits your taste or that promotes the atmosphere you want to create on your blog.

To Select or Change the Color Theme of Your Blog

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Quick Blogcast.
  3. Click Manage Account next to the account you want to modify.
  4. Select the Templates tab.
  5. In the Blog section, click Change Template to activate the Template Selector.

    NOTE: If you have not yet assigned a Blog Template, click the Dashboard tab, and then click Assign in the Quick Blogcast section. The Site Links page displays, where you can select the Quick Blogcast site you want to assign to your Dashboard. Click the Templates tab to return to the Templates page.

  6. In the Available Templates area, you can do one of the following, and then click a template thumbnail to select it:
    • Scroll through the templates available in the Category you previously selected during setup.
    • Click Filter and complete the following for a more advanced search:
      Category
      Select a category that best describes the type of site you want to build.
      Templates that work with
      Click the icon(s) that represent the product(s) for which you want to use the template, and then click Update. For example, if you want your Blog site to match your shopping cart, select both Site and Store so only templates that work with both display.

    NOTE: In the Available Templates area, change the color scheme of your template by clicking one of the color swatches next to the thumbnail of the template.

  7. Click OK.

You can further modify your template on the Customize Template page. For more information, see Using the Customize Template Page.

NOTE: You must publish your blog for the changes to take effect.