Setting Up the Avellin Site Identity and Header
Set Avellin’s site title, description or logo using Blogger’s native Header gadget, then fine-tune the masthead in Theme Designer.
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Avellin signature features
Start with the recipe tools that make Avellin different.
Avellin includes a dedicated recipe-post layout with Jump to Recipe and Print Recipe controls, plus a searchable Recipe Index page with category filters. Set these up early so the rest of the theme can be built around your recipes.
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Setting Up Avellin Navigation and Dropdown Menus
Build Avellin’s main menu with Blogger Pages and create multi-level dropdowns using the built-in hyphen hierarchy.
Configuring Avellin Theme Options: Sticky Navigation and Sidebars
Use Avellin’s Theme Options widget to control sticky navigation and sidebar visibility separately for each Blogger page type.
Customizing Avellin in Blogger Theme Designer
Use Avellin’s built-in Theme Designer controls for typography, colors, widths, homepage sections, recipe cards and article styling.
Configuring the Avellin Featured Recipe
Choose whether Avellin’s homepage hero uses the newest post or the newest post from one exact Blogger label.
Editing the Avellin Homepage Recipe Categories
Replace Avellin’s six homepage recipe-category images, names and links from Blogger Layout.
Editing the Avellin Seasonal / Editor’s Pick Section
Update the image, title, description and destination used by Avellin’s lower-homepage Seasonal / Editor’s Pick feature.
Setting Up the Avellin Homepage About the Author Section
Customize Avellin’s homepage author portrait, introduction and About-page link.
Customizing the Avellin Footer
Edit Avellin’s About text, footer navigation, recipe-category links, social links and legal links from Blogger Layout.
Setting Up Social Links and Icons in Avellin
Configure Avellin’s navigation and footer social links and let the theme map supported network names to their icons.
Translating Avellin
Use Avellin’s built-in language packs or manual translation list for fixed theme text without editing the template XML.