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Choosing a blog template can be quite challenging as one has to pay utmost attention to fine details because a blog, may it be personal or professional, portrays the virtual ‘avatar’ of the person or the organization. For some, the blog site’s appearance is at par with their physical being and the words on the site are an embodiment of their life or expertise. Hence, choosing the right template becomes mandatory. Following are some examples of the top Joomla blog templates.

Yootheme - Noble

Move your mouse over imageRated as one of the top 10 Joomla templates for 2010, Noble from Yootheme is a template with a very elegant design. Noble comes as a pleasant surprise from Yootheme which hardly strays from its standard, de-facto designs. The attention paid to details in the whole design of the template is also remarkable, giving it a subtle and elegant appeal.

Noble comes packaged with Yootheme ’s Zoo blog which makes it a perfect template for a blog or private website. It is available in 8 customizable styles where the different background colors, color style for the content, illustrations and textures can be combined to create up to 480 template variations. The template also incorporates the date element which many would want for a blog site.

Bottom-line: With a high level of customization, the Noble template can be a great choice for blogs where it can be customized to every detail according to preference.

JoomlaXTC - TypoGrafik

Move your mouse over imageTypoGrafik from JoomlaXTC presents the user with a clean and fast loading CSS design which is accompanied by the perfect typography. Owing to this, it can be a great template for blogs and especially, super blogs. The template also features JoomlaXTC’s new Theme Magic framework which gives complete control over the template and presents more opportunities for its customization.

The design and appearance of the TypoGrafik makes for a lively viewing and helps retain the reader’s attention. Accompanied or embedded in the template are extensions like NewsPro, JomSocial Avatar Wall, JXTC Twittix and Eventlist Wall which further enhance the quality of the blog.

Bottomline: The TypGrafik comes out as a fun and lively template for blog which has a richer feel thanks to its perfect typography.

TemplatePlazza - Magz Plazza

Move your mouse over imageAn ideal blogging template, Magz Plazza is one of the latest and most popular templates from Template Plazza. The template is built on TPframework2 and a neat JQuery layout plug-in. This allows the arrangement of content vertically rather than horizontally and provides flexible control over the number of columns on not only the front page but the blog categories as well.

The default template has a unique design that hosts majority of the content on the frontpage and is also a lot suitable for a tech blog. Magz Plazza is also iPhone ready which means that if the mobile mode is activated in the backend, the website will have a different layout on iPhone.

Bottom-line: With its unique design based on the TPframework2 and JQuery, the Magz Plazza is a great choice for a tech blog.