How to Design and Customize Your Blogger Blog – Beginner’s Guide

Start Designing Your Blogger Blog

What You'll Learn in This Guide

  • How to choose and apply a beautiful Blogger theme
  • Customize fonts, colors, and layout for a unique look
  • Add a favicon and blog logo for branding
  • Make your blog mobile-friendly and responsive
  • Add social media icons in the footer
  • Test and preview your design before publishing
How to Design and Customize a Blogger Blog – Theme, Layout, Favicon, and Mobile View

Preview of blog layout customization using Blogger tools.

If you're completely new to blogging, start with our Introduction to Blogging to understand the basics and benefits of starting a blog. Then move on to our Step-by-Step Guide to Create a Free Blog to set up your Blogger blog easily. Once your blog is created, this post — How to Design and Customize Your Blogger Blog – Beginner’s Guide — will help you style and personalize it. After that, you can publish your first post using our Beginner’s Guide to Publishing a Blog Post.

In this step-by-step guide, you'll learn how to easily customize your Blogger blog – even if you're a beginner.

1. Choose the Right Theme for Your Blog

Blogger offers a variety of free themes that you can apply with just one click.

How to do it:

  1. Go to your Blogger Dashboard
  2. Click on Theme
  3. Browse and preview different themes
  4. Click Apply to activate the one you like

Tip: Choose a theme that matches your blog’s niche and is mobile-friendly.

2. Customize the Theme with Built-in Tools

Once you’ve applied a theme, you can customize it to match your style.

Steps:

  1. Go to Theme > Customize
  2. Use options to change background, fonts, text size, blog title style
  3. Click Apply to Blog

Play around with styles, but keep your blog clean and readable.

3. Edit the Layout of Your Blog

Layout helps organize your blog's structure like header, sidebar, and footer.

  1. Go to Layout
  2. Click Edit on any section
  3. Add/remove gadgets like About Me, Popular Posts, etc.
  4. Click Save

Make sure layout is clear and user-friendly.

4. Add a Favicon and Blog Logo

What is a Favicon? It's a small icon in the browser tab and bookmarks. Blogger uses a "B" by default, but you can change it.

  1. Go to Settings > Favicon
  2. Click Choose File (32x32 recommended)
  3. Click Save

Clear cache or use incognito mode to preview changes.

To add a logo: Layout > Header > Edit > Upload Logo > Save

5. Enable Mobile-Friendly View

  1. Go to Theme
  2. Click the gear icon under Mobile
  3. Select Custom or Default
  4. Click Save

Make sure your blog looks good on phones!

6. Add Social Media Icons

You can add social icons in:

  • Sidebar
  • Header
  • Below posts
  • Footer (recommended)

How to add in footer:

  1. Go to Layout > Footer > Add a Gadget
  2. Select HTML/JavaScript
  3. Paste social media HTML (Font Awesome or image icons)

Tip: Include Font Awesome CSS in your theme if using icons.

7. Test and Preview Your Design

  1. Go to Theme section
  2. Click Preview button

This shows how your blog will look before changes go live.

What to check:

  • Font sizes and spacing
  • Header, footer, and sidebar
  • Buttons and colors
  • Menu links
  • Mobile responsiveness

Testing helps maintain a clean and professional look on all devices.

🔁 Even after publishing, you can still make edits anytime!

Final Thoughts

Customizing your Blogger blog is exciting! Explore layout, fonts, colors, and widgets — but always keep it clean and readable.

Next step: Set up your essential pages like About, Contact, Privacy Policy, and Terms & Conditions.

Coming Next: How to Create Essential Pages on Your Blogger Blog