I commissioned Se7en to create the custom template for Froggie back in February. I've since added modules to the sidebar, but it's basically his template.

I tip my hat to Se7en for his free blogger template page. I have an old Blogspot that I pretty much abandoned months ago after leaving it a bombed-out shell of a blog page. Two stalkers from an old orchid forum that may or may not still exist found the place, and started leaving their turds of wisdom as comments. They are, or were, moderators, though neither owns the forum. Frankly, I think they should pee in their own sandbox, not mine.

The result is that I didn't remove the other place, but stopped updating it, wiped out the archives, and left it empty. That's when I started Froggie, which Stalker-Girl and Stalker-Boy haven't found. The ironic thing is that I probably still get more hits per day there than here.

I stumbled across Se7en's free template page earlier this afternoon, and poked around until I found one I liked. I know just enough HTML to be dangerous, but had no trouble saving the old code, and adding back in some visitor tracking code I had in the original sidebar to his free template. Even I can copy and paste code into the correct part of the template. So my old joint has a new facelift. I opted for the freebie template because I really don't use that blog--or haven't in nearly half a year. I have no "vision" per se for it in terms of a graphic look, so there's no point to commissioning a custom design for it.

Do you like the one I selected? It's easy on the eyes. It's one thing to migrate a blog from another page to this one, but I lost at least half my readership in the process. C'est la vie. I think the creepy people have given up trying to read the old blog. I disabled the RSS feature when I gave it today's facelift, so they won't be able to grab a feed.

I highly recommend Se7en if you're looking for a customized blog page. He's easy to work with, his prices are reasonable, and his turnaround time is pretty quick. I think he did a great job on Froggie, with minimal guidance.