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Active Rain Custom Blog Builder

This tool makes it easy to customize your Active Rain blog without editing any CSS or HTML. Just follow the instructions below...

You will first want to select a main background color. To make sure your blog is easy to read, your main content area will remain white. However, you have the ability to choose the background color of the outside area of your blog. Just click on the Background Button to select your color.


Next, you need to specify your header background color. Again, just click on the Header Background button below to select your color.


Now chose the background color for the main menu.


Next, you will need to select the Menu text color. Be sure that this is a contrasting color from your menu background color



Okay, two optional steps. You can add a custom graphic to your header and background. Just be sure to follow these rules.

  • The header graphic needs to be exactly 950px by 125px (you can download a Photoshop Template by clicking here)
  • You must give a "full path" to your images. In other words, the paths should look something like this http://www.domain.com/header.jpg
  • The Background image can be anything you want, but it must have a full path.

Header Image


Background Image