Get Your Ambush Design Makeover: Ad Themes Blogger Template

The free ads theme template is one of the more professional and popular themes for blogs to display ads. Although it requires some configuration, there are clear instructions to guide you.

The problem comes when you lift the template hood and start tinkering. You could get what we saw at this site: (identity disguised for obvious reasons.)

This the left side of the header. The blog description sits directly on top of the menu buttons (Home, Contact Me) with no space in between.

The image of the header's right side shows a correctly positioned ad and the keyword search box. Most people assume if the default search text will disappear when they start typing in the box. Wrong, this feature has never worked in the Ads template, so visitos must clear the text before typing . You have to customize it to avoid that annoyance.

Now look what happens when a longer ad was put in the header.
It overflowed into the page border. So, what we propose to do is take a look at your Ads template and select the most deserving candidate for a 'makeover' each month. In the makeover we provide the instructions to remedy your most glaring blemishes! Or we suggest just a simple change here and there in your customization to make your design better fit your success image.

Join BWS Blogger's Cafe for the very first design ambush planned for the month of January. Only requirements are 1) sign up for our RSS or email subscription, then 2) fill out this short form to get on the roster. Please specify in the message that you want the Ads Template ambush!

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