Simply Faster Free Blogger Template

Simply Faster is a super fast Designer template, with several added features not available in default templates offered by Blogger.  This is BloggerSentral’s second Blogger template; the first one was Tinted Panes.

Demo

Features

This template comes with a these extra features:

1. SEO optimized page title, as explained in SEO friendly Blogger page title.
2. Auto read-more (expandable post) with thumbnail on multi-post pages
   The auto read-more uses Blogger generated 72px x 72px thumbnails (instead of resizing big images into thumbnails), loads only short snippets instead of whole posts and doesn’t use Javascript. 
   All of these translate to smaller page file size, which means faster loading speed and increased number of posts (because it is less likely to trigger auto-pagination).
3. The most recent post display in full on homepage
   On homepage, the most recent post will appear in full, to make it stands out from the rest of posts. You can limit how much content to show on homepage by applying Blogger’s jump-break.
4. Header for label-search and archive pages
   Comes with page header at the top of label-search  and archive pages. The purpose is  to tell a visitor what label page or archive page he/she is currently viewing. In case of a label page, it replaces the ugly default “Showing newest posts with label XXXX" status message.
5. Clutter-free static pages  
   Sidebars and footers are removed from static pages. The post area is then widened to fill up the entire page width.
6. Fully customizable using Template Designer 
   Tinted Panes allows you to customize the layout, number of columns, widths, fonts, backgrounds and colors right from the inside of the Template Designer. 
   You are allowed to change almost every setting in Template Designer, with one exception –DO NOT SWITCH TO ANOTHER TEMPLATE (Template Designer > Templates). Changing the template will reset it to Blogger default settings and  will remove the added features.

How to install

1. Copy Simply Faster template code from this page.
2. Go to Design > Edit HTML  (New interface: Template > Edit HTML).
3. Right-click inside the code window, Select All and paste in the code.
4. Preview before saving.
5. To keep your existing widgets, click Keep Widgets button.
6. View your blog.
7. Rearrange the widgets if necessary.

This template is free to use, as long as the attribution (that links back to this post and http://www.bloggersentral.com/) is kept intact.