Here are the steps to set up your own trip web site . Free!
This website is a great way to recruit and communicate with members of your tour group. It does not cost anything and you can personalize the program as you see fit.
Use our demo program as an example: Click here!
STEP 1. Set up you own Free Site at www.blogger.com by clicking "Create a Blog" and completing the form as requested.
STEP 2. Once you're done, click "Continue" and pick a name for your site.
STEP 3. "Continue" again, select ANY template and "Continue." Then:
a. Open your blog and go to Layout and click "Edit HTML."
b. Eliminate all information shown and replace it by copying and pasting the information below.
STEP 4. You now have a ste like ourDemo. Edit the links on the Side Panel on the right and start posting your own messages.
STEP 5. If you prefer to develop your own, more elaborate web site, please click here!
If you have any questions, please call us at (952) 938-4955!
USE THIS CODE FOR TO PROCEED AS IN STEP 3. ABOVE
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html expr:dir='data:blog.languageDirection' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' xmlns:b='http://www.google.com/2005/gml/b' xmlns:data='http://www.google.com/2005/gml/data' xmlns:expr='http://www.google.com/2005/gml/expr'>
<head>
<b:include data='blog' name='all-head-content'/>
<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
<b:skin><![CDATA[/*
-----------------------------------------------
Blogger Template Style
Name: Rounders 3
Designer: Douglas Bowman
URL: www.stopdesign.com
Date: 27 Feb 2004
Updated by: Blogger Team
----------------------------------------------- */
/* Variable definitions
====================
<Variable name="mainBgColor" description="Main Background Color"
type="color" default="#eec" value="#eeeecc">
<Variable name="mainTextColor" description="Text Color" type="color"
default="#333" value="#333333">
<Variable name="postTitleColor" description="Post Title Color" type="color"
default="#333" value="#333333">
<Variable name="dateHeaderColor" description="Date Header Color"
type="color" default="#586" value="#558866">
<Variable name="borderColor" description="Post Border Color" type="color"
default="#bbb" value="#bbbbbb">
<Variable name="mainLinkColor" description="Link Color" type="color"
default="#456" value="#445566">
<Variable name="mainVisitedLinkColor" description="Visited Link Color"
type="color" default="#234" value="#223344">
<Variable name="titleBgColor" description="Page Header Background Color"
type="color" default="#357" value="#335577">
<Variable name="titleTextColor" description="Blog Title Color"
type="color" default="#fff" value="#ffffff">
<Variable name="topSidebarHeaderColor"
description="Top Sidebar Title Color"
type="color" default="#fff" value="#ffffff">
<Variable name="topSidebarBgColor"
description="Top Sidebar Background Color"
type="color" default="#586" value="#558866">
<Variable name="topSidebarTextColor" description="Top Sidebar Text Color"
type="color" default="#fff" value="#ffffff">
<Variable name="topSidebarLinkColor" description="Top Sidebar Link Color"
type="color" default="#fff" value="#ffffff">
<Variable name="topSidebarVisitedLinkColor"
description="Top Sidebar Visited Link Color"
type="color" default="#fff" value="#ffffff">
<Variable name="bottomSidebarHeaderColor"
description="Bottom Sidebar Title Color"
type="color" default="#abc" value="#aabbcc">
<Variable name="bottomSidebarLinkColor"
description="Bottom Sidebar Link Color"
type="color" default="#99ddbb" value="#99ddbb">
<Variable name="bottomSidebarVisitedLinkColor"
description="Bottom Sidebar Visited Link Color"
type="color" default="#ffffff" value="#ffffff">
<Variable name="bodyFont" description="Text Font" type="font"
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<Variable name="pageTitleFont" description="Blog Title Font" type="font"
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<Variable name="startSide" description="Start side in blog language"
type="automatic" default="left" value="left">
<Variable name="endSide" description="End side in blog language"
type="automatic" default="right" value="right">
*/
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background:#123;
margin:0;
text-align:center;
line-height: 1.5em;
font: x-small Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Sans-serif;
color:$mainTextColor;
font-size/* */:/**/small;
font-size: /**/small;
}
/* Page Structure
----------------------------------------------- */
/* The images which help create rounded corners depend on the
following widths and measurements. If you want to change
these measurements, the images will also need to change.
*/
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width:740px;
margin:0 auto;
text-align:$startSide;
font: $bodyFont;
}
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width:485px;
float:$startSide;
background:$mainBgColor url("http://www1.blogblog.com/rounders3/corners_main_bot.gif") no-repeat $startSide bottom;
margin:15px 0 0;
padding:0 0 10px;
color:$mainTextColor;
font-size:97%;
line-height:1.5em;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}
#main-wrap2 {
float:$startSide;
width:100%;
background:url("http://www1.blogblog.com/rounders3/corners_main_top.gif") no-repeat $startSide top;
padding:10px 0 0;
}
#main {
background:url("http://www.blogblog.com/rounders3/rails_main.gif") repeat-y $startSide;
padding:0;
width:485px;
}
#sidebar-wrap {
width:240px;
float:$endSide;
margin:15px 0 0;
font-size:97%;
line-height:1.5em;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
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margin-top: 4px;
width: 468px;
padding: 0 13px;
}
.main .Blog {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: 484px;
}
/* Links
----------------------------------------------- */
a:link {
color: $mainLinkColor;
}
a:visited {
color: $mainVisitedLinkColor;
}
a:hover {
color: $mainVisitedLinkColor;
}
a img {
border-width:0;
}
/* Blog Header
----------------------------------------------- */
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background:$titleBgColor url("http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/corners_cap_top.gif") no-repeat $startSide top;
margin-top:22px;
margin-$endSide:0;
margin-bottom:0;
margin-$startSide:0;
padding-top:8px;
padding-$endSide:0;
padding-bottom:0;
padding-$startSide:0;
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}
#header {
background:url("http://www.blogblog.com/rounders3/corners_cap_bot.gif") no-repeat $startSide bottom;
padding:0 15px 8px;
}
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margin:0;
padding:10px 30px 5px;
line-height:1.2em;
font: $pageTitleFont;
}
#header a,
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text-decoration:none;
color: $titleTextColor;
}
#header .description {
margin:0;
padding:5px 30px 10px;
line-height:1.5em;
font: $descriptionFont;
}
/* Posts
----------------------------------------------- */
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margin-top:0;
margin-$endSide:28px;
margin-bottom:0;
margin-$startSide:43px;
font-size:85%;
line-height:2em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.2em;
color:$dateHeaderColor;
}
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margin:.3em 0 25px;
padding:0 13px;
border:1px dotted $borderColor;
border-width:1px 0;
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.post h3 {
margin:0;
line-height:1.5em;
background:url("http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_arrow.gif") no-repeat 10px .5em;
display:block;
border:1px dotted $borderColor;
border-width:0 1px 1px;
padding-top:2px;
padding-$endSide:14px;
padding-bottom:2px;
padding-$startSide:29px;
color: $postTitleColor;
font: $postTitleFont;
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text-decoration:none;
color: $postTitleColor;
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background-color: $borderColor;
color: $mainTextColor;
}
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border:1px dotted $borderColor;
border-width:0 1px 1px;
border-bottom-color:$mainBgColor;
padding-top:10px;
padding-$endSide:14px;
padding-bottom:1px;
padding-$startSide:29px;
}
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.post-body {
margin:0 0 .75em;
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line-height:1.3em;
}
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background: #ffffff;
margin:0;
padding-top:2px;
padding-$endSide:14px;
padding-bottom:2px;
padding-$startSide:29px;
border:1px dotted $borderColor;
border-width:1px;
font-size:100%;
line-height:1.5em;
color: #666666;
}
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min-height:1.5em;
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}
.post-footer p {
margin: 0;
}
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border-bottom-color:transparent;
}
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text-align: $endSide;
}
.uncustomized-post-template .post-author,
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display: block;
float: $startSide;
text-align:$startSide;
margin-$endSide: 4px;
}
.post-footer a {
color: #456;
}
.post-footer a:hover {
color: #234;
}
a.comment-link {
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so we hide these two declarations from it */
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padding-$startSide:14px;
}
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/* Respecified, for IE5/Mac's benefit */
background:url("http://www.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_comment_$startSide.gif") no-repeat $startSide 45%;
padding-$startSide:14px;
}
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margin-top:0;
margin-$endSide:0;
margin-bottom:5px;
margin-$startSide:0;
padding:4px;
border:1px solid $borderColor;
}
blockquote {
margin:.75em 0;
border:1px dotted $borderColor;
border-width:1px 0;
padding:5px 15px;
color: $dateHeaderColor;
}
.post blockquote p {
margin:.5em 0;
}
#blog-pager-newer-link {
float: $startSide;
margin-$startSide: 13px;
}
#blog-pager-older-link {
float: $endSide;
margin-$endSide: 13px;
}
#blog-pager {
text-align: center;
}
.feed-links {
clear: both;
line-height: 2.5em;
margin-$startSide: 13px;
}
/* Comments
----------------------------------------------- */
#comments {
margin:-25px 13px 0;
border:1px dotted $borderColor;
border-width:0 1px 1px;
padding-top:20px;
padding-$endSide:0;
padding-bottom:15px;
padding-$startSide:0;
}
#comments h4 {
margin:0 0 10px;
padding-top:0;
padding-$endSide:14px;
padding-bottom:2px;
padding-$startSide:29px;
border-bottom:1px dotted $borderColor;
font-size:120%;
line-height:1.4em;
color:$postTitleColor;
}
#comments-block {
margin-top:0;
margin-$endSide:15px;
margin-bottom:0;
margin-$startSide:9px;
}
.comment-author {
background:url("http://www.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_comment_$startSide.gif") no-repeat 2px .3em;
margin:.5em 0;
padding-top:0;
padding-$endSide:0;
padding-bottom:0;
padding-$startSide:20px;
font-weight:bold;
}
.comment-body {
margin:0 0 1.25em;
padding-top:0;
padding-$endSide:0;
padding-bottom:0;
padding-$startSide:20px;
}
.comment-body p {
margin:0 0 .5em;
}
.comment-footer {
margin:0 0 .5em;
padding-top:0;
padding-$endSide:0;
padding-bottom:.75em;
padding-$startSide:20px;
}
.comment-footer a:link {
color: #333;
}
.deleted-comment {
font-style:italic;
color:gray;
}
.comment-form {
padding-$startSide:20px;
padding-$endSide:5px;
}
#comments .comment-form h4 {
padding-$startSide:0px;
}
/* Profile
----------------------------------------------- */
.profile-img {
float: $startSide;
margin-top: 5px;
margin-$endSide: 5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
margin-$startSide: 0;
border: 4px solid $topSidebarTextColor;
}
.profile-datablock {
margin-top:0;
margin-$endSide:15px;
margin-bottom:.5em;
margin-$startSide:0;
padding-top:8px;
}
.profile-link {
background:url("http://www.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_profile_$startSide.gif") no-repeat $startSide .1em;
padding-$startSide:15px;
font-weight:bold;
}
.profile-textblock {
clear: both;
margin: 0;
}
.sidebar .clear, .main .widget .clear {
clear: both;
}
#sidebartop-wrap {
background:$topSidebarBgColor url("http://www.blogblog.com/rounders3/corners_prof_bot.gif") no-repeat $startSide bottom;
margin:0px 0px 15px;
padding:0px 0px 10px;
color:$topSidebarTextColor;
}
#sidebartop-wrap2 {
background:url("http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/corners_prof_top.gif") no-repeat $startSide top;
padding: 10px 0 0;
margin:0;
border-width:0;
}
#sidebartop h2 {
line-height:1.5em;
color:$topSidebarHeaderColor;
border-bottom: 1px dotted $topSidebarHeaderColor;
font: $headerFont;
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}
#sidebartop a {
color: $topSidebarLinkColor;
}
#sidebartop a:hover {
color: $topSidebarVisitedLinkColor;
}
#sidebartop a:visited {
color: $topSidebarVisitedLinkColor;
}
#sidebar a {
color: $bottomSidebarLinkColor;
}
#sidebar a:hover,
#sidebar a:visited {
color: $bottomSidebarVisitedLinkColor;
}
/* Sidebar Boxes
----------------------------------------------- */
.sidebar .widget {
margin:.5em 13px 1.25em;
padding:0 0px;
}
.widget-content {
margin-top: 0.5em;
}
#sidebarbottom-wrap1 {
background:$titleBgColor url("http://www.blogblog.com/rounders3/corners_side_top.gif") no-repeat $startSide top;
margin:0 0 15px;
padding:10px 0 0;
color: $titleTextColor;
}
#sidebarbottom-wrap2 {
background:url("http://www1.blogblog.com/rounders3/corners_side_bot.gif") no-repeat $startSide bottom;
padding:0 0 8px;
}
.sidebar h2 {
margin-top:0;
margin-$endSide:0;
margin-bottom:.5em;
margin-$startSide:0;
padding:0 0 .2em;
line-height:1.5em;
font:$headerFont;
}
.sidebar ul {
list-style:none;
margin:0 0 1.25em;
padding:0;
}
.sidebar ul li {
background:url("http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_arrow_sm.gif") no-repeat 2px .25em;
margin:0;
padding-top:0;
padding-$endSide:0;
padding-bottom:3px;
padding-$startSide:16px;
margin-bottom:3px;
border-bottom:1px dotted $borderColor;
line-height:1.4em;
}
.sidebar p {
margin:0 0 .6em;
}
#sidebar h2 {
color: $bottomSidebarHeaderColor;
border-bottom: 1px dotted $bottomSidebarHeaderColor;
}
/* Footer
----------------------------------------------- */
#footer-wrap1 {
clear:both;
margin:0 0 10px;
padding:15px 0 0;
}
#footer-wrap2 {
background:$titleBgColor url("http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/corners_cap_top.gif") no-repeat $startSide top;
color:$titleTextColor;
}
#footer {
background:url("http://www.blogblog.com/rounders3/corners_cap_bot.gif") no-repeat $startSide bottom;
padding:8px 15px;
}
#footer hr {display:none;}
#footer p {margin:0;}
#footer a {color:$titleTextColor;}
#footer .widget-content {
margin:0;
}
/** Page structure tweaks for layout editor wireframe */
body#layout #main-wrap1,
body#layout #sidebar-wrap,
body#layout #header-wrapper {
margin-top: 0;
}
body#layout #header, body#layout #header-wrapper,
body#layout #outer-wrapper {
margin-$startSide:0,
margin-$endSide: 0;
padding: 0;
}
body#layout #outer-wrapper {
width: 730px;
}
body#layout #footer-wrap1 {
padding-top: 0;
}
]]></b:skin>
</head>
<body>
<div id='outer-wrapper'>
<div id='header-wrapper'>
<b:section class='header' id='header' maxwidgets='1'>
<b:widget id='Header1' locked='true' title='Event Group Tours (Header)' type='Header'/>
</b:section>
</div>
<div id='crosscol-wrapper' style='text-align:center'>
<b:section class='crosscol' id='crosscol' showaddelement='no'/>
</div>
<div id='main-wrap1'><div id='main-wrap2'>
<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'/>
</b:section>
</div></div>
<div id='sidebar-wrap'>
<div id='sidebartop-wrap'><div id='sidebartop-wrap2'>
<b:section class='sidebar' id='sidebartop'>
<b:widget id='Text1' locked='false' title='Your Free Trip Website!' type='Text'/>
<b:widget id='Image1' locked='false' title='Your Name and Photo Here!' type='Image'/>
<b:widget id='Image2' locked='false' title='Your Itinerary Here!' type='Image'/>
<b:widget id='LinkList1' locked='false' title='Find Helpful Information' type='LinkList'/>
</b:section>
</div></div>
<div id='sidebarbottom-wrap1'><div id='sidebarbottom-wrap2'>
<b:section class='sidebar' id='sidebar' preferred='yes'>
<b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Blog Archive' type='BlogArchive'/>
</b:section>
</div></div>
</div>
<div id='footer-wrap1'><div id='footer-wrap2'>
<b:section class='footer' id='footer'/>
</div></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
