In this Blogger tutorial I expand on my previous article about how to add a 3-4 column footer to Blogger by showing you how add border styling to the new footer. You will learn how to add a border around all of your footer columns or around only part of the footer columns. You will also learn how to add different border styles and border colors to customize your 3-4 column footer.
If you have just landed here and need instructions on how to add a 3 or 4 column footer to your Blogger blog then please refer to how to add a 3 or 4 column footer to a Blogger template (Blogspot template)
This is a walkthrough designed to assist bloggers with no experience of CSS styling who want to enhance their Blogger template with borders and other CSS styling. By following these examples you will gain the knowledge you need to make many types of custom changes to the borders of your new Blogger footer. For help with changing the background of your blogger footer please see my article How to Change the Background a Blogger Footer.
How to Add Borders to the Footer of a Blogger Template
To add lines (commonly known as borders) to a Blogger template footer we need to add some CSS styling.
Before beginning to add borders there are 3 values to consider:- width of the border (line thickness eg 1px, 2px, 3px and so on)
- line style of the border (solid, dotted, dashed, double)
- color of the border (hex color)
- How to Add a Border Around the Outside of a Blogger Footer
First we add the border property and then add the border style, border width and the border color values. In these following examples just by changing these values we can achieve lots of different results.- To Add a Dashed Border Around the Outside of a Blogger Footer
With the following code a dashed black line 1px thick will be added around the outside of the footer.#footer-columns {
margin:0 auto;
clear:both;
}
Change to:
#footer-columns {
border: 1px dashed #000000;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
- To Add a Dotted Border Around the Outside of a Blogger Footer
By changing the dashed black line to a dotted border it is simple to get a different line style.#footer-columns {
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
Change to:
#footer-columns {
border: 1px dotted #000000;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
- To Add a Solid Border (Blue 3px thick) Around the Outside of a Blogger Footer
To add extra emphasis we can change the line color and its thickness. Here I have made the line blue rather than black and thickened it from 1px to 3px.#footer-columns {
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
Change to:
#footer-columns {
border: 3px solid #336699;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
- To Add a Partial Border to a Blogger Footer
Sometimes we might want to add a border to only one part of the footer area rather than the whole thing. Again we add theborder property but we append it with the following values: (top, bottom, left, right) depending on where we want to place the border.- To Add a Solid Border to the Top of a Blogger Footer
#footer-columns {
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
Change to:
#footer-columns {
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
- To Add a Solid Border to the Bottom of a Blogger Footer
#footer-columns {
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
Change to:
#footer-columns {
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
- To Add a Dashed Border to the Top of a Blogger Footer
#footer-columns {
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
Change to:
#footer-columns {
border-top: 1px dashed #000000;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
- To Add a Dotted Border to Both Top and Bottom of a Blogger Footer
#footer-columns {
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
Change to:
#footer-columns {
border-top: 1px dotted #000000;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
- To Add a Dotted Border 4px thick to Both Top and Bottom of a Blogger Footer
#footer-columns {
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
Change to:
#footer-columns {
border-top: 4px dotted #000000;
border-bottom: 4px dotted #000000;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
- To Add a Blue Solid Border 5px thick to Both Top and Bottom of a Blogger Footer
#footer-columns {
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
Change to:
#footer-columns {
border-top: 5px solid #336699;
border-bottom: 5px solid #336699;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
In this Blogger tutorial (Blogspot tutorial) I have shown you how to make some simple customizations to the borders of a Blogger footer. This tutorial is intended as an extension of my earlier tutorial on adding a three or four column footer to Blogger. However it is also suitable if you are using a custom template and want to enhance the footer styling further. You have learned how to add borders to a Blogger footer and change the position, color, width and styling.
If you want to know more about CSS styling I will be publishing further articles in the future. Look out for my next article in this series How to Add Backgrounds to a Blogger Footer.
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In this Blogspot tutorial you will learn how to convert your existing Blogger footer (Blogspot footer) into a 3 column footer or a 4 column footer. With more columns in your Blogger footer you will be have the extra room to accommodate more widgets such as Flickr photos and Twitter updates. Also you will be able to put less frequently used widgets such as recents comments, archives, followers, About Me etc at the bottom of your template so that only the most important widgets are loaded first.
This tweak involves adding code to the footer section of your existing Blogger template to change it to 3 columns or 4 columns. The tutorial is not beyond the capabilities of Blogger newbies and webmasters with intermediate skills but care needs to be taken when modifying your Blogger template so back up before you start. For best results a Blogger template with a width of around 900px is best.
How to Add a 3 Column Footer to Blogger- Log in to Blogger if not already logged in
- Navigate to Layout > Page Elements
- Move any existing widgets out of the footer section and place them in the sidebar temporarily and save changes
- Navigate to Layout > Edit HTML
- Back up your template as a precaution by downloading it to your computer
- Find the following section in your Blogger template
<div id='footer-wrapper'>
<b:section class='footer' id='footer'/>
</div>
If you are having difficulty finding this section trying searching for footer-wrap or something similar as sometimes this section is called something else in some templates. - To Add a 3 Column Footer to Blogger
Replace all the code located in Step 6 with the following<div id='footer-columns'>
<div id='footer1' style='width: 30%; float: left; margin:0; text-align: left;'>
<b:section class='footer-column' id='col1' preferred='yes' style='float:left;'/>
</div>
<div id='footer2' style='width: 40%; float: left; margin:0; text-align: left;'>
<b:section class='footer-column' id='col2' preferred='yes' style='float:left;'/>
</div>
<div id='footer3' style='width: 30%; float: right; margin:0; text-align: left;'>
<b:section class='footer-column' id='col3' preferred='yes' style='float:right;'/>
</div>
<div style='clear:both;'/>
</div>
To Add a 3 Column Footer to Blogger with a Lower Footer Section
Replace all the code located in Step 6 with the following<div id='footer-columns'>
<div id='footer1' style='width: 30%; float: left; margin:0; text-align: left;'>
<b:section class='footer-column' id='col1' preferred='yes' style='float:left;'/>
</div>
<div id='footer2' style='width: 40%; float: left; margin:0; text-align: left;'>
<b:section class='footer-column' id='col2' preferred='yes' style='float:left;'/>
</div>
<div id='footer3' style='width: 30%; float: right; margin:0; text-align: left;'>
<b:section class='footer-column' id='col3' preferred='yes' style='float:right;'/>
</div>
<div style='clear:both;'/>
<p/>
<div id='footer-bottom' style='text-align: center; padding: 10px;'>
<b:section class='footer' id='col-bottom' preferred='yes'>
</b:section>
</div>
<div style='clear:both;'/>
</div>
To Add a 4 Column Footer to Blogger
Replace all the code located in Step 6 with the following<div id='footer-columns'>
<div id='footer1' style='width: 25%; float: left; margin:0; text-align: left;'>
<b:section class='footer-column' id='col1' preferred='yes' style='float:left;'/>
</div>
<div id='footer2' style='width: 25%; float: left; margin:0; text-align: left;'>
<b:section class='footer-column' id='col2' preferred='yes' style='float:left;'/>
</div>
<div id='footer3' style='width: 25%; float: left; margin:0; text-align: left;'>
<b:section class='footer-column' id='col3' preferred='yes' style='float:left;'/>
</div>
<div id='footer4' style='width: 25%; float: right; margin:0; text-align: left;'>
<b:section class='footer-column' id='col4' preferred='yes' style='float:right;'/>
</div>
<div style='clear:both;'/>
</div>
- Save changes to your Blogger template.
- Navigate to Layout > Page Elements. You will now see a 3 column footer, 3 column footer with a lower section or a 4 column footer depending on what option you chose.
- Move the desired gadgets to the new Blogger footer columns. Create new widgets to fill up the footer columns if necessary. Save your changes.
- Click View Blog to admire your new footer section
Tips and Troubleshooting- To Add Padding Between Footer Columns in Blogger
To create some padding between the columns add the following code to the style section of your Blogger template - before </b:skin> tag.
#footer-columns {
clear:both;
}
.footer-column {
padding: 10px;
} - To Add a Border to the 3 or 4 Column Blogger Footer
- For Top Border Only of the 3 or 4 Column Footer
Paste the following code before the </b:skin> tag
#footer-columns{
border-top:1px dotted $bordercolor;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
Replace $bordercolor with a hex color if default color is not displayed. Change this color to suit your template. For example
#footer-columns{
border-top:1px dotted #113355;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
} - For a Box Border Around the 3 or 4 Column Footer
#footer-columns{
border:1px dotted $bordercolor;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
Replace $bordercolor with a hex color if default color is not displayed. Change this color to suit your template. For example
#footer-columns{
border-top:1px dotted #113355;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
}
In today's Blogger tutorial you have learned how to add a 3 column footer or a 4 column footer to your Blogger template (Blogspot template). You have also learned how to add some styling such as a border above the footer and around the footer. As always I am available to answer questions if you need assistance. Good luck!
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