Blogger
has now officially introduced Dynamic views for all blogs by default.
Now you can change the layout of your custom template into different
shapes. A dynamic view is an automated code that rearranges your div
areas and automatically changes the default style sheet settings into
different flavours and colours. In short it provides your readers with
better readability. This new feature helps you to arrange your posts,
comment body and sidebar in different orientation. It arranges them into
either a stream of thumbnail images or table containing columns of your
latest posts. However this new feature has some advantages as well as
some drawbacks which I have shared below.
How to Enable dynamic View For your blog?
- Go To blogger > Design > Template Designer
- Now you have 7 different layout options namely classic, Flipcard, magazine, mosaic, sidebar, snapshot, Timeslide.
- Choose the one you like and hit the "Apply to Blog" button at the top-right corner
- Done!
Advantages of Dynamic Views
This
dynamic view has the best advantage of being compatible with all major
browsers such as Mozilla, IE8 and Chrome and Safari. It also uses light
theme that tremendously helps in reducing your blog load time. The
layout are perfectly coded so each widget will remain at its position
and wont interrupt neighboring widgets during load time. Stylesheet is
the one officially provided by blogger and it rarely contains any image
so again helps your blog to load quickly. Blogs with this feature
enabled are better browsed, bookmarked and viewed even on smart phones.
Disadvantages of Dynamic Views
You
don't have complete control over the appearances of your widgets and
post body. While applied most widgets stop working and are misaligned.
No special attention is paid to sidebar section. All widgets get
replaced or deleted. The sponsor area and subscription area disappears.
Again applying it though provides you with main delightful bonuses but
if you are running a professional blog with ads on it then better quit
this feature. However if you are running a personal diary or
non-commercial blog then you can surely go for it in order to let your
fans enjoy different flavors of your site.
I hope this little info proves helpful to most of you.