Increase the width of the contents section
- Open up your template in blogger
- Scroll down to the section which says #header
- Change width to 80% or whatever you want (from [somenumber]px). 80% is optimal, as I found out by trial and error.
- Scroll down to the section which says #content
- Change width to 100%. This way, the whole window is utilised, instead of just a small column.
- Just below it will be #main
- Change width to 80%
- Just below it will be #sidebar
- Change width to 20%
- Whatever numbers you choose for #main and #sidebar, they should sum up to 100% (of course it should, dummy!)
This should give some space to put slightly wider pictures and more contents that fit in, without becoming a too long column of text.
Put a picture as your blog's banner.
- For this, first change your template to one which already has a picture in it. You can choose anything, but this has the least hassles.
- Load the picture somewhere on the internet.
- Scroll to the section that says #header
- Edit the background information (if already present) to read like background:#476 transparent url("http://locationofpicture") no-repeat left bottom;
- If not present, add the above.
Now your blog will have a mast-head
After you do the above changes, save the template and publish it.