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Email Subscription Box For Blogger

2011-11-19T12:58:00.001+05:30

Email Subscription box let your blog readers to get your latest post updates directly to their mailbox. All of us like to have a good template with matching design and widgets but Feedburner provides a default Email Subscription Widget which may not suit to your templates. This post contains simple techniques to Customize your Feedburner Email Subscription Box. For those who don't have a feed burner account first you need to setup your blog feed in Feedburner so, for that log...

Multi-Tabbed Widget For Blogger

2011-10-11T01:26:00.000+05:30

Multi tab Widget is a great space efficient widget for Blogger. It helps to decrease the load time of your Blogger blog by combining three or more than three widgets into one. The tabbed navigation widget features tabs and a content window; when clicking on the tabs, different content is visible in the window beneath. You can use it for Popular posts, Top commenters, Recent Posts, Recent Posts or any widget as you like. Follow these steps to add a Multi-Tabbed Widget to your Blogger...

Blogger Introduces 7 New Dynamic View Templates

2011-10-03T15:07:00.000+05:30

Recently Blogger introduces seven new "dynamic view" templates in Bloger Buzz. These templates are built with latest web technologies like AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3 and 40% faster than traditional templates. This will help you to organize your blog's content in a number of visually rich ways to aid content discovery. Once a single dynamic view is enabled by the blogger, your readers can check out the alternative views. There are seven newly added views: Classic: A modern twist...

Facebook Comments Box Advantage

2011-09-15T01:07:00.000+05:30

Facebook Comments Box is a great social plugin that fortunately now works just perfect with blogger. One should be ware of the advantages of all tools he is planning to use to make his web experience a more favorable one. For webmasters like us traffic is the fruit of our hard work and to get this fruit we try all possible methods. In our last post we discussed about how to add Facebook comments Box to Blogger blog and today we will explain 9 most important advantages of using this great...

Facebook Comment Box For Blogger

2011-09-11T01:21:00.000+05:30

In 2009 Facebook developers introduced their best social plugin called "Facebook Comments Box". This plugin can be embedded in any website or blog and visitors can use their IDs of Facebook, Yahoo, AOL or Hotmail to leave a comment at your site. Facebook comment box is one of the useful tool for bloggers to increase conversations. Now to add Facebook Comment Box to your Blogger blog follow these steps. Step 1: Disable Default Comments Let's start with disabling blogger...

Facebook Like Box For Blogger

2011-08-28T21:18:00.001+05:30

Facebook like box is widely used now days. It is a social plugin that enables Facebook Page owners to attract and gain Likes from their own website. A Fan Box or Like Box allows your Blog visitors to see how many users already like your Facebook Fan Page. Shows recent posts from your Facebook Fan Page. Allows to Like your Facebook Fan Page with one click, without leaving your blog. If you haven't created a Facebook Fan Page for your blog you can create one from...

Facebook Send Button For Blogger

2011-08-19T23:29:00.001+05:30

Facebook has recently launched a new button for sharing in private. This button features are amazing and it’s completely different from the “facebook like button”. It allows your visitors (if they logged in FB accounts) to send your blog posts to their facebook friends, there is no need to mention how important is this and facebook for marketing your blog as we all know that facebook already sending blogs thousands of visitors every day. As Facebook mentioned in...

Google +1 Button For Blogger

2011-08-01T20:53:00.000+05:30

Like Facebook, Twitter sharing button where user can share the content which he/she likes on facebook or Twitter respectively, Now Google has also released an similar button which is know as Google +1. By adding +1 to your pages you can make your Blogger blog stand out. +1 buttons let your readers share your content recommend it on Google search. Read more in this post Google +1 : Public Stamp of Approval When a signed-in Google user is searching, your Google search result snippet...

4 Widgets To Increase Blogger Comments

2011-07-23T20:17:00.000+05:30

Comments on the blog makes a interaction between the blogger and the users.So the comment feature on the blog is considered as an important part of a blog. Getting more comments makes the blog a special one.It will help the users to engage with your blog. Below you will find 4 widgets which wil help you to get more more comments in your Blogger blog. Reply to the comments you receive: When someone does leave a comment, make sure you show them that you read it by...

Top Commentators Widget For Blogger

2011-07-20T18:09:00.004+05:30

You might have noticed the Top Commentators Widget in blogs powered by WordPress. Sometimes, it is referred to as Best Commentators Widget. Now you can also reward your top commentators by displaying their names with clickable links on your Blogger blog and helps you to see who comments on your blog more frequently. The "Top Commentators Widget for Blogger" has some additional features. This allows you to filter out the blog author's name from the top commentators list. It also counts...

Highlight Author Comments in Blogger

2011-07-17T23:35:00.000+05:30

In default Blogger template generally it is difficult to differentiate between comments made by visitors and comments made by you, the blog author. If you only have a few comments per post that may not be enough of an issue for you. If however, you have some posts with lots of comments you may need to make your remarks stand out from those of your visitors. This is especially useful, when a reader come back to check on a reply to his/her question. Highlighting your...

Add Yahoo Smileys to Blogger Posts

2011-07-09T23:57:00.004+05:30

As we know expressions speaks more than words, with a single yahoo smiley we can express our mood. In wordpress this feature is build in. But unfortunately Blogger doesn’t have this feature. But here is an easy trick to add yahoo smileys to your Blogger posts. If you have an embedded comment form in your Blogger / Blogspot blog, then it would be better to add a list of smilies too, which can be used by the readers while commenting. Here is a screenshot of the comment form with smileys...

Change Blogger "Post A Comment" Message

2011-07-08T21:19:00.002+05:30

In default Blogger template " Post A Comment" message prompts readers to make a comment on an article. If you are not using the embedded comment form, then there will be a link " Post A Comment" on your blog. And if you are using the embedded comment form in your blog, then there will be " Post A Comment" message on your Blogger blog, just above the comment box. Now if you want to change the "Post A Comment" message with an image/text in your Blogger blog, then here's a simple...

Customize Blogger Comment Link

2011-07-07T20:24:00.000+05:30

In our previous post we discussed about how to customize blogger comment message. Here is an extension of this hack to change the comment links in your default blogger template. BeforeAfter To replace this comment link in your Blogger / Blogspot blog follow these simple steps. Step 1 : Log in to Blogger, go to your Blogger Dashboard > Design/Layout >Edit HTML and tick the "Expand Widget Templates" checkbox. Step 2 : Now find (CTRL+F) this piece of...

Customize Blogger Comment Message

2011-07-06T23:44:00.000+05:30

In default Blogger templates, if there are no comments in your blog post, the default blogger templates say "0 comments." After the first comment it says "1 comment," and so on. This may be accurate, but it is not attractive. Here is one easy hack that will improve your blogger template is customizing the "Comment Counter" that small snippet of text beneath each blog post. To replace this comment message in your Blogger / Blogspot blog follow these simple steps. Step 1...

Add a Reply Button to Blogger Comments

2011-07-02T21:52:00.000+05:30

You would have seen a reply button to each particular comment in wordpress blogs. It gives you and your readers an advantage to reply directly on any comment. With this hack now your user just have to hit the reply button to any particular comment and a pop window will open and they just need to write comment there and publish it. As it will make comments publish fast and easily. Screenshot : Comment Box Screenshot: To add this feature in Blogger comments and make your...

Replace newer, older & home links with images in Blogger

2011-07-01T21:16:00.000+05:30

Replacing "Older Posts" and "Newer Posts" links with icons or images in Blogger is very nice trick to make your blog look very beautiful. By default Blogger shows "Home", "Older Posts" and "Newer Posts" links at the bottom of your blog. With some nice set of icons or images you can replace these links and turn the footer even more attractive. Before :After : Follow these simple steps to replace newer, older and home post links with images in Blogger / Blogspot blog. Step 1...

Page Navigation Widget For Blogger

2011-06-30T21:51:00.000+05:30

The ability to navigate Blogger blogs has been a long requested feature. Blogger page navigation allows us to number blog pages like those of a book, offering readers the ability to navigate deeper into the archives with ease when compared to the 'newer' and 'older' post links. Muhammad Rias of Techie Blogger had already developed a page navigation system for blogger. It really was an awesome trick which was made at a time when nobody could even think of implementing it on blogger....

Automatic Read More Hack For Blogger

2011-06-29T22:04:00.003+05:30

By default Blogger shows all the contents from your post on your blog homepage. Having everything on your homepage will make your blog homepage load slower. This might result in getting lower page views as your readers can read all your posts on a single page. So, it’s better to give a summary of your posts on your blog’s homepage and then add a ‘read more’ link below that post summary. "Automatic Read More Hack For Blogger" i.e an expandable post hack for blogger with thumbnail of...

Add Favicon To Blogger

2011-04-22T20:46:00.002+05:30

A favicon (short for favorites icon), also known as a website icon, shortcut icon, url icon, or bookmark icon is a 16×16, 32×32 or 64×64 pixel square icon associated with a particular website or webpage. Blogger uses it's own favicon for every blog you create. But you can change it to any favicon you like. Follow these steps to add a favicon to your Blogger or Blogspot blog. Step 1 : Use this site http://www.genfavicon.com/ to create favicons. It enables you to select...

Remove Blogger Attribution Gadget

2011-04-20T14:01:00.001+05:30

By default Blogger features there signature "Powered by Blogger." in every Blogger or Blogspot blog. Even many third party templates does the same. As an example "Awesome Inc. template. Powered by Blogger." Sometimes you cant remove these attribution gadgets because the designer of the template wants to keep the gadget there. Well it has an easy fix. Follow these simple steps to remove the attribution gadget (Powered by Blogger, Awesome Inc. template. Powered by Blogger)...

Remove Subscribe to: (Atom) Links From Blogger

2011-04-17T18:22:00.002+05:30

In default Blogger templates (and indeed, many third party templates), each page will feature a link to subscribe to the Atom feed. Blogger has added it so that the blog visitors can subscribe to your Atom feeds. Most blog readers are familiar with feeds in RSS format, though not with Atom feeds. On the main pages, this will link to the main site feed, whereas on post pages, this will link to the comments feed for a particular post. Moreover it occupies space at the bottom of the template...

Remove Blogger Navbar

2011-04-12T21:35:00.002+05:30

Blogger automatically inserts a little navigation toolbar (i.e Blogger Navbar) in all pages of Blogspot blogs. This Blogger Navbar is placed on top of the browser window. Blogger Navbar is 50 pixels high and spreads across the entire width of the browser window. Main Reasons To Remove It It looks more professional without it : Depending on what your purpose for blogging is, you may choose to remove the blogger navbar because having one makes a blog look more like a ...