Not Magazine blogger template is an innovative creation of Cebong Ipiet. Its a 4 column template that becomes 3 column on entering a post. Its a wonderful feature as it gives more space for your post. 
Not magazine, I am not sure why Cebong choose this name, gives ample space to display your content. Let's begin with the menu bar on top that also contains a search box. That's followed by the header, there is space to put your banner ad next to the blog title and description, and below it too there is a thin strip provided to embed a 728x15 adsense ad.
The home page consists of 4 columns, the left hand side column includes a RSS feed option, and you can also add one more blogger widget below it. While the main column might seem narrow on the home page, when you click on the post title the left sidebar disappears, making the post column broader.
Social bookmark icons appear at the end of every post and even the Read more feature is incorporated in this template. The right side columns can be used to display sponsorship ads, if any, or else a welcome note for the readers followed by the remaining content. 
Not Magazine template has additional 3 columns in the footer section, so it is more like magazine style template:) If you write on array of topics, then you can consider using Not Magazine template.
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Smoky template has been converted to blogger by Free Blogger Template and originally designed by Skinpress. 
The 2 column theme has an interesting layout. The header is narrow so there is just about enough space to fit your blog title, and at bottom right of it is the search box. Now comes the interesting part, Smoky template has a featured posts in the form of a numbered slider. So on clicking the number, the corresponding slide or featured post shows up, where you can add post headline, few lines of the post and an image. Each slider also comes with the 'read more' link at the bottom.
To add content for featured posts, go to Edit HTML, search for the code below and change the links.
<div id='board_body'>
<h2>Featured Posts</h2>
<div id='board_carusel'>
<div class='belt'>
<div class='board_item'>
<!-- board_item -->
<p><img alt='IMG ALT' src='IMAGE URL'/><strong><a href='YOUR POST URL'></a></strong> YOUR POST SUMMARY...</p>
<p class='more'><a href='YOUR POST URL'>Readmore</a></p>
<!-- /board_item -->
Adjacent to that is the twitter icon to link your twitter profile. Then comes the navigation bar to browse through the sections on your blog, this bar also has a dropdown menu to add sub-categories.
The main column has the regular layout. The post headline and below that is the labels, time stamp and a speak out icon. Each post has the Read more feature integrated that gives a neat look to the blog. The sidebar has got the subscribe option on top and then ad space to place sponsorship links etc. Then you can add any blogger widgets of your choice.
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