Add a Customized Three Column Footer Widget In Blogger ~ Log-Tutorial

Instructions To Follow:

STEP #1
Log in to Blogger, go to Layout -> Edit HTML
and mark the tick box "Expand Widget Templates"

STEP #2
Now find (CTRL+F) this code in the template:

]]></b:skin>

And immediately before it, paste this code:

/* -----   LOWER SECTION   ----- */
#lower {
       margin:auto;
       padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
       width: 100%;
       background:#333434; }
#lower-wrapper {
       margin:auto;
       padding: 20px 0px 20px 0px;
       width: 960px;
}
#lowerbar-wrapper {
     border:1px solid #DEDEDE;
       background:#fff;        float: left;
       margin: 0px 5px auto;
       padding-bottom: 20px;        width: 32%;        text-align: justify;
       font-size:100%;
       line-height: 1.6em;
       word-wrap: break-word;
       overflow: hidden;
}
       .lowerbar {margin: 0; padding: 0;}
       .lowerbar .widget {margin: 0; padding: 10px 20px 0px 20px;}
.lowerbar h2 {
      margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
       padding: 3px 0px 3px 0px;
       text-align: left;
       color:#0084ce;         text-transform:uppercase;
      font: bold 14px Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;        border-bottom:3px solid #0084ce; }
.lowerbar ul {
      margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
      padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
      list-style-type: none;
}
.lowerbar li {
      margin: 0px 0px 2px 0px;
      padding: 0px 0px 1px 0px;
      border-bottom: 1px dotted #ccc;
}

Step#3 Now find the bellow code

</body>just before it, paste this code:

<div id='lower'>
<div id='lower-wrapper'>
<div id='lowerbar-wrapper'>
<b:section class='lowerbar' id='lowerbar1' preferred='yes'>
</b:section>
</div>
<div id='lowerbar-wrapper'>
<b:section class='lowerbar' id='lowerbar2' preferred='yes'>
</b:section>
</div>
<div id='lowerbar-wrapper'>
<b:section class='lowerbar' id='lowerbar3' preferred='yes'>
</b:section>
</div>
<div style='clear: both;'/>
</div> </div>

Now click Save Template

Customization

You can easily customize the look and colours of the this footer widget. I have bolded the important parts in the CSS code above. Read the descriptions below carefully to better stylize your three column widget. For changing colours use our Hex Color Code Chart & Generator or Html Color Codes Generator

background:#333434;   Changing the six digit colour code will change the background colour of this widget.

width: 960px; This is the width of the widget. If you want you can adjust this width value in accordance with the width of your blog.

background:#fff; and    width: 32%; is the background colour and width of the three columns where the widgets are added.

color:#0084ce; This is the Colour of Title Headings

font: bold 14px Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;  Edit this to change the font size and family.

border-bottom:3px solid #0084ce;   Edit this to change the thickness, style and colour of the border that appears at the bottom of Title Heading

border-bottom: 1px dotted #ccc; Editing this will change the size, style and colour of the border that appears below links.

That’s All!