April 2012 ~ Bloggers Festival Guru

Friday, April 13, 2012

Floor - jQuery Rich Blogger Template

Best Blogger Templates Style - Floor Is an Excellent Two Column Blogger Template with a Right Sidebar.The template uses the latest jQuery effects throughout including in the auto featured slider and animated links.The Template Colors Dark and mainly Black and Dark Blue.The Templates Features Include a stunning featured posts slider, Drop down menu, Site search, Ribbon wrap around effects, numbered page navigation and 3 column footer.You can download This jQuery Rich Blogger Template for Free from BestBloggerTemplates.Net.

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Friday, April 13, 2012 by Wajahat · 0

Namisan - Stunning Slider Blogger Template

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Best Blogger Templates Style - Namisan Is an awesome Two Column Blogger Template with a Right Sidebar.The Template Colors are Black, White and Pink.The Templates Features Include a breathtaking featured slide show, top menu links, fixed read more posts on home page, Numbered Page Navigation, Stylish Comments Section and more.You can download This Magazine Blogger Template for Free from BestBloggerTemplates.Net.

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by Wajahat · 0

Game Zone -Gaming Magazine Blogger Template

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Game Zone Is a Two Column Blogger Template with a Right Sidebar.The Template Colors Are bright mainly white.A great template that will work not only on Gaming Blogs but on all blogs.

The Templates Features Include :

Navigation menu.
Split header with blog title on left and Search and Social icons on the right.
Featured posts slider or image slideshow.
125x125 banner section in the sidebar.
Fixed read more with thumbnails on the home page.
4 Columns in the footer for extra gadgets and widgets.

You can download This Gaming Theme Blogger Template for Free from BestBloggerTemplates.Net.

by Wajahat · 0

16 Best Free Blogger Templates Featuring Amazing jQuery Featured Slideshows

One of the popular features of Blogger Blogspot Templates is the Featured Post Slider or Slideshow Carousal.Not too long ago a very plain Image Slider was the best you could hope for and you were lucky to even get that.However now with so many awesome Free Blogger Templates and Designers creating templates and converting Css and Wordpress Themes to Blogger the options are fantastic.We constantly see templates of premium quality with stunning Image Sliders available for free download.In this post i will list 16 of the Best Blogger Templates With Featured Post Sliders, Image Sideshows and Picture Carousals.All the Sliders are created with jQuery which allows some cool features such as the transitions (The effect between each slide).

So in no particular order here is the list !

Sixteen Free Blogger Templates With Fitted Featured Sliders

-Click On The Screenshot Of Each Template For The Demo and Download Details.

Namisan - Stunning Slider Blogger Template

Namisan has the latest jQuery Featured Slideshow from Cu3er with stunning transitions that completely slice up the images between slides.A well coded template packed with gadgets and features Namisan has a two column layout with right sidebar.

Ocenolis Magazine - Advanced Blogger Template

A colorful Three Column Blogger template with Two right sidebars.The Featured Slider, Image Slideshow Displays the images in a stacked fashion which rotate on click.

Nyke - Magazine Blogger Template

The Featured Slider, Image Slideshow has a very unique rounded bottom and a number of coll transitions between images.The template has a two column layout with right sidebar.

Nyke - Advanced Magazine Blogger Template

Floor - jQuery Rich Blogger Template

This is a dark colored template with a right sidebar.This template has a featured Carousal section brilliantly built into the design.Using jQuery the slides, info and link approach from different directions.

Game Madness - Assassins Creed Blogger Template

The Featured Slider, Image Slideshow on the Game Madness template spans the full width of the blog with nice transitions from each corner.The template has lots of extra gadgets and a gaming theme.

MoonLight - Clean Magazine Blogger Template

The Featured Slider, Picture Slideshow on Moonlight has a more simple design but fits neatly above the posts with auto scroll and manual scroll options.The template has a minimalist design with two columns and a right sidebar.

Simplex Buzz - Full Background Slideshow

Simplex Buzz has a very unique Slideshow indeed as the blogs entire background is the slideshow !.Then template also has a secondary featured posts section and a two column design with right sidebar.

Oracle - Advanced Magazine Blogger Template

Oracle has a beautifully fitted Featured Slider, Image Slideshow with the sides fading away.The slides auto scroll with a manual scroll option.The template also has a two column magazine design with a left sidebar.

Extreme - Portfolio Magazine Blogger Template

Extreme Portfolio has a full featured section below the header were users can scroll through featured posts.The template also has a second categories section and a two column layout with right sidebar.

Superb - Advanced Blogger Template

Superb has a really amazing and unique Featured Slider, Image Slideshow.The slides are stacked and move across with the titles listed vertically on the side.Superb has lots of other great features and a two column layout with right sidebar.

Modern Photography - Abstract Style Template

Modern Photography is a specialist Blogger template with a cool large Featured Slideshow, Image Carousal.The slider has a continues scroll and manual scroll option.The layout is two column with a right sidebar.

Calenotis - Photographers Magazine Blogger Template

Calenotis has a beautiful full width Featured Slider Slideshow that has a 3D design.The slides are on auto scroll with a number of different transitions.The template also has a professional magazine design with a two column right sidebar layout.

Magulesco -Featured Magazine Blogger Template

Magulesco has an extremely clean professional design.The Featured Slider Slideshow sits over the header and body with a wide crisp design.The slides have some neat transitions with description section on each.The template also has a two column magazine design with right sidebar.

Dimenzion - 3D Style Blogger Template

Dimenzion has a classic featured slider with the featured posts listed to the right of the slides for navigation.The templates design is bright and somewhat unique with a two column right sidebar layout.

Glow - Free Premium Blogger Template

Glow has a beautifully constructed Featured Slider Slideshow.The slides are visible as thumbnails on the left of the full size slider.The template also has a glowing two column magazine design with right sidebar.

Mahasoli Tribune - Magazine Blogger Template

Mahasoli Tribune features a stacked style image slider, each image has a description and all images overlap to open out when clicked.The template has a magazine design with a two column right sidebar layout.

That's the list have you a favorite ?

You can check out more Blogger Templates With Featured Sliders Here.

For Help check out the Blogger Template Video Help Page on BestBloggerTemplates.Net for instructions on uploading and using custom templates.

Here on Spice Up Your Blog i have more great templates lists including My Favorite Gallery Templates, Magazine Templates and Some Strange Odd Templates.

Add Your Comments And Questions Below.

by Wajahat · 0

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Creating Customized HTML Text Area Boxes

Its really important to keep everything as attractive as possible while writing posts. Text Area boxes are a useful method of showing long bunch of text or code on your blog. Just last month I wrote two posts 25 Vertical Navigation Menus and 30 Horizontal Navigation Menus where I have used a lot of coding and all those coding were displayed inside fully customized text areas that made the post looked clean and neat. Text boxes are good only if there length and height is well controlled and today with this tutorial we will learn several ways of styling our default text areas.

Kindly see a demo first,

Live Demo

Before

After

How to Customize the Text Area Box?

To do this follow the steps below,

Go to Blogger > Layout > Edit HTML
Search for </b:skin>
And just above it paste the code below,

.mbt-textarea {
padding:0;
margin:0;
background: #fff;
width:400px;
height:40px;
color:#666;
font:12px arial;
border:1px dotted #289728; }
.mbt-textarea:hover {
color:#289728;
border:2px solid #666;
}

4. Finally save your template!

How to show the Stylized Text Area Effect inside Blogger Posts?

To display this customized text area you only need to add the following code in the Edit HTML section of your Blogger Editor,

<textarea class="mbt-textarea" readonly="readonly">WRITE-TEXT-HERE</textarea>

Simply replace WRITE-TEXT-HERE with your text that you want to appear inside a box.

How to Customize The CSS of The Text Box?

If you wish to change the font, color or in short the entire look of the text box then you just need to edit the following areas in the CSS code above,
background: #fff; –> This Changes background color of the text area
width:400px; –> This changes width size of box
height:40px; -> This changes box height
color:#666; -> This changes font color inside text box
font:12px arial; –> This changes font size and font family respectively
border:1px dotted #289728; } –> This changes the border size, style (i.e dotted, solid, dashed) and color. Editing it will change the look of the border/outline across the text
.mbt-textarea:hover {
color:#289728; –> This changes font color on mouse hover
border:2px solid #666; -> This changes border size, style and color on mouse hover
Now Simply edit the above codes as guided and create a perfectly suiting Text box for your beloved blogs. I hope it will be as interesting for most of you as it seems :> Do not hesitate to ask for any help if needed!

Thursday, April 12, 2012 by Wajahat · 0

Top 10 Widely Used Image Hover Effects

You might have seen a roll over Image effect in many professional and commercial blogs. By roll over I mean that when you hover your mouse cursor on the Image, the image border colour and style/appearance changes. Well using some simple CSS you can add some amazing effects to your Blog Images. Without wasting any time lets jump straight to the steps to be followed.

This tutorial uses a simple pattern for adding codes i.e First you will need to add a CSS code just above ]]></b:skin> and then you will need to add a small HTML code like class="xyz" to the image code inside your posts. That’s it! :>

First and Foremost See them in action!

Live Demo :- 10 Amazing Image Hover Effects!

How To Add the Top 10 Amazing Image Mouse Hover Effects To Blogger?

To do this follow these steps,

Go to Blogger > Layout > Edit HTML
Search for ]]></b:skin>
And now paste any of your preferred CSS: code just above ]]></b:skin>

Now whenever you write a post, simply upload an image in your blogger Editor and then switch to the Edit HTML mode and search for this code <img and paste the HTML: code of your preferred Image effect just after <img as shown below,
image-hover-effects

Number #1

CSS:

.simple1 {
padding:5px;
border:1px solid #ccc;
}
.simple1:hover {
padding:5px;
background-color:#ccc;
}

HTML:

class="simple1"

Number #2

CSS:

.simple2 {
padding:5px;
background-color:#ccc;
border:1px solid #ddd;
}
.simple2:hover {
padding:5px;
background-color:#eee;
border:1px solid #666;
}

HTML:

class="simple2"

Number #3

CSS:

.black-white {
padding:5px;
border:1px solid #ccc;
}
.black-white:hover {
padding:5px;
background-color:#fff;
border:10px solid #000;
}

HTML:

class="black-white"

Number #4

CSS:

.dashed {
padding:5px;
border:1px solid #ccc;
}
.dashed:hover {
padding:5px;
background-color:#fff;
border:2px dashed #000;
}

HTML:

class="dashed"

Number #5

CSS:

.top-bottom {
padding-top:5px;
padding-bottom:5px;
border-top:3px solid #ddd;
border-bottom:3px solid #ddd;
}
.top-bottom:hover {
background-color:#fff;
border-top:3px solid #000;
border-bottom:3px solid #000;
}

HTML:

class="top-bottom"

Number #6

CSS:

.curtain {
padding-top:10px;
padding-bottom:10px;
border-top:2px solid #ddd;
background-color:#000;
border-bottom:2px solid #ddd;
}
.curtain:hover {
background-color:#fff;
border-top:3px solid #000;
border-bottom:3px solid #000;
}

HTML:

class="curtain"

Number #7

CSS:

.red {
padding:5px;
border:1px solid #ccc;
}
.red:hover {
padding:5px;
background-color:#E71305;
border:10px solid #ddd;
}

HTML:

class="red"

Number #8

CSS:

.Fadein{
filter:alpha(opacity=100);
-moz-opacity: 1.0;
opacity: 1.0;
border:0;
}
.Fadein:hover{
filter:alpha(opacity=50);
-moz-opacity: 0.30;
opacity: 0.30;
border:0;
}

HTML:

class="Fadein"

Number #9

CSS:

.Fadein2{
filter:alpha(opacity=50);
-moz-opacity: 0.30;
opacity: 0.30;
border:2px solid #000;
}
.Fadein2:hover{
filter:alpha(opacity=100);
-moz-opacity: 1.0;
opacity: 1.0;
border:2px solid #000;
}

HTML:

class="Fadein2"

Number #10

CSS:

.thumbnail{
position: relative;
z-index: 0;
}
.thumbnail:hover{
background-color: transparent;
z-index: 50;
}
.thumbnail span{
position: absolute;
background-color: #7AA1C3;
padding: 0px;
left: -1000px;
border: 1px solid gray;
visibility: hidden;
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
}
.thumbnail span img{
border-width: 0;
padding: 0px;
}
.thumbnail:hover span{
visibility: visible;
top: 0;
left: 5px;
}

HTML: For knowing how to apply this popping effect in detail read this post –> Image Pop-up Effect

<a class="thumbnail" href=""><img src="Add Image URL Here" width="100px" height="100px" border="0px" /><span><img src="Add Image URL Here" /><br /> Image Description here </span></a>

You can enjoy playing with these codes using HTML Editor. I hope you will find this tutorial pretty useful in further enhancing your cool blogging experience :>>

by Wajahat · 0

Releasing Highly Stylized “Contact Me” Form For Bloggers and Web Developers – Available For Free Of Charge!

A Contact Form is a must for every website and weblog for feedback and suggestion purposes. There are many free email services that let you create free online Contact Forms but most of these forms are casual in look and appearance and are already used by millions of websites. Then how can you make your free form look any different from others?

Well luckily after spending some hours of hard work I have successfully created a well stylized and optimized code that is unique in every aspect and that is capable enough to turn your free Contact form from this,

to this,
MBT-Stylized-Contact-Me-Form

This new stylized version has CSS effects added to it. Text inside fields appear in different colours and the radio buttons change colour on mouse hover. Click Here to see it in action.
You need to follow two simple steps to get to the end result,

Sign Up to create a Normal Contact Form
Stylize Your Contact Form*

Sign Up To Create A Normal Contact Form

First and foremost you need an account at a free email service to create a normal looking contact form which will be controlled by the email service itself. Go to Email Me Forms and Sign Up for an account and then follow the steps below

Go To Control Panel

After you have created an account click the link “Create a New Form” at the right-hand pane under Control Panel as shown below,
email--me-form-control-pane

Then There will a total 7 steps which are illustrated in the images below. But Before going for step#1 kindly create a thank you page for your blog. This thank you page will appear when readers have successfully submitted their message to you using the contact form. You can see my Thank you Page as an example. Make sure you give it an old date.
Once you have created it then follow each step below carefully,

1. Step#1

Add a name for your contact form, enter your email address, leave spam Email address emtpy, add your thank you page URL/link and let number of fields be 6.
EMAIL-FORM-STEP1

Hit Next

2. Step#2

Change your options to the ones shown in the image below. As far as the Required? Portion is concerned, you can set it according to your will but set other options the way they are shown in the image below,
EMAIL-FORM-STEP2

Hit Next

3. Step#3

Change your options to exact ones below,
EMAIL-FORM-STEP3

Hit Next

4. Step#4

For step 4 only edit the part as shown in the image below and leave the above portion as default. Make changes for regions indicated by blue arrows only.
EMAIL-FORM-STEP4

Hit Next

5. Step#5

Follow the image below,
EMAIL-FORM-STEP5

Hit Next

6. Step#6

And this is how your contact form looks like,
EMAIL-FORM-STEP6

Hit Next

7. Step#7

Copy the link indicated in the image below. This is your the ID for your form. We only need this ID link and not the HTML code they provide because you deserve a better stylized code!
EMAIL-FORM-STEP7

Now jump to the next important part shared below

Stylize Your Contact Form

First you will need to add a CSS code to your selected blogspot template. To do this follow the steps below,

Log into your blogger account
Go to Layout > Edit HTML
Back Up your template
Search for ]]></b:skin>
And finally add the code below just above ]]></b:skin>

input.mbt1 {
color:#FF8E1F;
font:10px 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif;
background-color:#fff;
border:1px dotted #0080ff;
}
input.mbt1hov {
color:#0080ff;
font: bold 10px 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif;
border:1px solid;
}
textarea {width:100%; color:#0080ff;
font:12px 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif;
background-color:#fff;
border:1px dotted #0080ff; }
textareahov { width:100%;
color:#0080ff;
}

Save Your template

Now open your blogger Editor and create a new post entitled as “Contact Me” . You can give it any title you like. Give this post an old date so that it should not appear in recent posts.

First Create a Welcome Note as shown in the image below. You can see my Welcome Note as an example.

Then Click the Edit HTML tab at the top right-hand corner and add the code shared below just below the visible text.

<form action="PASTE THE EMAIL ME FORM ID LINK HERE" charset="UTF-8" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post"><table bg="" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="color:white;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"></span><div id="mainmsg"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table bg=""border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="color:white;"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;">Name</span></td><td><input class="mbt1" maxlength="100" name="FieldData0" size="30" value="" type="text"> </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;">Email</span></td><td><input class="mbt1" maxlength="100" name="FieldData1" size="30" value="" type="text"> </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;">Country</span></td><td><input class="mbt1" maxlength="100" name="FieldData2" size="30" value="" type="text"></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;">Age</span></td><td><input class="mbt1" maxlength="100" name="FieldData3" size="30" value="" type="text"></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;">Subject</span></td><td><input class="mbt1" maxlength="100" name="FieldData4" size="60" value="" type="text"> </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;" >Message</span></td><td><textarea cols="60" name="FieldData5" rows="10"></textarea></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td align="left"><input maxlength="100 " name="hida2" size="3" style="display: none;" value="" type="text"><input onmouseover="this.className='mbt1 mbt1hov'" onmouseout="this.className='mbt1'" class="mbt1" name="Submit" value="Submit " type="submit"> <input onmouseover="this.className='mbt1 mbt1hov'" onmouseout="this.className='mbt1'" class="mbt1" name="Clear" value=" Clear " type="reset"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="center"></td></tr></tbody></table></form>

Kindly replace the bolded green text in the code above with the URL of your contact form. Copy this code as it is and don’t try to edit it. Paste it as instructed in the image below,
EDIT-HTML-MODE

That’s it, You are Done! Click the Publish Button and see a beautiful contact form on your weblog

Let me know how you liked it. Any suggestion is highly appreciated.

by Wajahat · 0

Customize Blogger Comment Form – Make It Possible!

Today's tutorial is the most demanded and most wished but rarely answered in blogosphere. For some designers customizing the Blogger Comment Form is somehow not possible whilst for others it is tricky but from today onwards InshAllah every blogger will actually be able to customize the Blogger Comment Form in the best way possible! After some trial and errors we actually succeeded in altering Blogger’s official CSS coding. We are happy to have brought you with a tutorial that will indeed enable you to have a customized Comment Form far better than that of Wordpress, Typad etc. Please have a look at some examples below,

Now Hover Your Mouse Cursor at these comment forms for 3-4 seconds to see something different!
Baby Comment Form with message for spammers

Simple Comment Form with message for spammers

Orange Comment Form with message for spammers

We hope you liked this new discovery! Lets now learn how to customize the blogger comment form/box to suit your preferences.

Adding A Customized Comment Form To Your Blog

Note:- The Following CSS code is for the Comment Form With a Baby in it. Other CSS codes will be provided to subscribers only. If you haven’t subscribed yet kindly subscribe now and inform us by leaving a comment with your Email ID.
Follow these steps,

Go To Blogger > Layout > Edit HTML
Check The Box “Expand Widget Templates” at the top right corner.
Search for the code below, Tip:- Press Ctrl + f

<div class='comment-form'>

4. Replace this code with the code below,

<div id='mbt-form'>

5. Now Search for ]]></b:skin>
6. Just above ]]></b:skin> paste the CSS code below,

#mbt-form iframe{
background:#ffffff url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyANsFsAu-f1Vpz1OJ-qEF6lTn9OGI2rBjq9OYUHKDytHi0FaDW2UqtRGds4dVZ7kxXwhgwS4BTiaIoX5QKBM4t9Y4-3g5p99Yim_x4KWaljH-xQYsUzoZ6qbz-XLArTg7wG1khAI6HdnY/s400/plz-do-not-spam1.gif) no-repeat bottom right;
border:7px solid #C7C7C7;
padding:5px; font:normal 12pt "ms sans serif", Arial; color:#7EB2AC; width:450px; }
#mbt-form iframe:hover{
background:#ffffff url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2uMQOS6if_cRT3bewUp4XxDbL8NyOl41gTLJLFiRL9aSuOoOmqb3mP1PvJeIPgmg0-V5pKxF4R-tkrJX14JaETZbyuekpJnuthuxQLHbek6Qu8o6Ngi6m09wbsd2CpnaFvqggHh7NBln3/s400/plz-do-not-spam2.gif) no-repeat bottom right; border:7px solid #7EB2AC;
}
#mbt-form a{
color:#7EB2AC;
}

7. Save your template and view your blog to see a different touch :>

Customize The Blogger Comment Form To Suit Your Blog Layout

Now Lets discuss the important areas in the CSS code above to help you customize your Blogger comment form according to your preferences.
There are three important areas, which are,

#mbt-form iframe
#mbt-form iframe:hover
#mbt-form a

Here are the details for each section
1. Customization For Active Mode

#mbt-form iframe

This part is responsible for the active appearance of comment box when mouse cursor is not hovered on it. It includes the following style properties,
background: This property is responsible for the background color, background image and background image’s position. Where,

#ffffff : This is the background color. You can change it using our Color Chart
url : This is the URL for the background image. I used the baby in this case. You can change this image with anything you like.
bottom right: This positions the background image. I positioned the baby on bottom right corner. You can position the image at bottom right or bottom left or top right or top left

border: This CSS property defines the border size/width, style and color of the comment box. I have set these values for the Comment form in active mode(not on mouse over),

border size to 7px,
border style to solid. You can choose solid, dotted, dashed etc. See this page on border styles
border color to #C7C7C7. Use our CSS Color Chart for using a different color.

padding: This CSS property is responsible for the distance/gap between the Comment Form border and its text area. You can increase this value if you wish to insert an image at top right or top left corner of the form.
font: This CSS property defines the boldness, font family and the size of the text. I have set the following for the text “Comment as:”

boldness to normal,
size to 12pt
font family to "ms sans serif". If in case the browser doesn’t has the "ms sans serif" font then I have set Arial as a backup.

color: This property defines the color of the text “Comment as:” . Use our Color Chart for changing the text color.
width: This property sets the width of your Comment Form. You can see the comment from of my blog is wider than normal because I have adjusted its width. Set the width of your comment form a bit smaller than that of your post width. You can find your post width by finding the following code in your template (Edit HTML)

.post

2. Customization For Mouse Hover Mode Now lets discuss the CSS properties for the form’s appearance when a mouse cursor is hovered on it.

#mbt-form iframe:hover

It has almost the same explanations for background and border as we discussed earlier. Setting these two CSS properties will effect the second image only that appears on mouse hover.
3. Customization For The Link Colors

#mbt-form a

This part defines the color of these two links -> “Sign out” and “Subscribe by email” . These links appear at bottom right corner of every Blogger Comment Form.
color: This sets the link color. Set a link color as contrast to the background color.

That’s All!

I hope this tutorial will be of great help to bloggers and designers. We request everyone to kindly link back if you wish to share this unique tutorial with your readers and friends. We thank you for your patience.
Any question is welcomed :>

by Wajahat · 0

LOCK and UNLOCK Blogger Widgets

By default almost widgets in blogger blogs are editable. By Clicking the edit button, you can either perform edit, remove or cancel functions. You may have observed that some widgets can not be removed from page elements for example the Header widget which lets you add a background image to your header or add your site logo. All those widgets which can not be removed are LOCKED and we learn today how to UNLOCK those widgets. We will also learn how to LOCK any widget we want so that it could only be edited but not removed.

How To LOCK/UNLOCK a Widget in Blogger?

Go To Blogger > Design
You will see many widgets in your page element section. Get the ID of the widget you want to remove. You can get the widgetID by placing your mouse cursor at the Edit link of that specific widget. You will see a link appearing near the status bar of your Mozilla/Chrome browser like this,

3. Simply note down the widgetID which in my case is HTML12. You widget ID is one that appears between widgetid= and &action
The Widget that you want to lock looks like this in UNLOCK mode,
UNLOCK MODE:
BLOGGER WIDGET

    You can clearly see that there are three buttons which are REMOVE, CANCEL and SAVE
    Now we want to delete the REMOVE button so that the widget could only be edited but not removed.
    4. Now go to Blogger > Design > Edit HTML
    5. Backup your template
   6. Search for your widget ID. (In my case I will search for HTML12
   7. You will find a code similar to this,

<b:widget id='HTML12' locked='false' title='Subscribe Now!' type='HTML'/>

8. Now to LOCK the widget simply let locked to true
9. Save your template and Your Widget is now LOCKED.
Go to Page Elements section and you will see that your widget has no REMOVE button now.
LOCKED MODE:
LOCKED BLOGGER

To UNLOCK the widget back, simply repeat the same process and change locked to false
That's all! Have fun :>

by Wajahat · 0

Customize Blogger Navbar - Add It To Sidebar!

We can make a custom navbar using the Blogger Official Search and Navbar widget provided in different color schemes. This is again a great trick using the Iframe Technique. This idea came into my mind just last night when I observed that the source file of our blog had two Iframed widgets one is the poll widget and another is the Navbar. Fortunately, this is again a first time shared tutorial by us. Although we often remove Blogger Navigation bar but its Search function and share and follow links can prove very important.

Live Demo
Below you can see a customized version of the same navbar in two modes.

When users Log in, they will see this:

When users Log out of Blogger, they see this:

On clicking the share link, readers can share your blog post on Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz or Google Reader.

navbar share option

On clicking the follow button, you can follow the blog updates:
follow button on navbar

The following Navigation colours are available:
TAN:

BLACK:

SILVER:

BLUE:

Add Blogger Navbar To Sidebar

You can use the code below to add the Navbar anywhere you want and not just the sidebar. You can add it to your blog posts also. To add the widget to your sidebar simply do this:

Go to Blogger > Design
Choose a HTML/JavaScript Widget
and Paste the code below inside it,

<iframe 
src="http://www.blogger.com/navbar.g?targetBlogID=8193278726666811965&amp;
blogName=My+Blogger+Tricks&amp;publishMode=PUBLISH_MODE_HOSTED&amp;
navbarType=SILVER&amp;layoutType=LAYOUTS&amp;
searchRoot=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mybloggertricks.com%2Fsearch&amp;
blogLocale=en&amp;homepageUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mybloggertricks.com%2F&amp;" 
marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" 
frameborder="0" height="30px" width="237px" id="navbar-iframe" 
allowtransparency="true" title="Blogger Navigation and Search"></iframe>

Make these changes:

Replace 7193277726666811965 with your BLog ID. Go To Blogger > Design and now look in your browser address bar, you find a long digit code. Copy it and paste it in place of this number 7193277726666811965
Replace My+Blogger+Tricks with your Blog Name. It is the name of your blog that you see in your blogger dashboard. Remember to separate each word with a plus sign (+)
Replace SILVER with your prefered colour scheme in capital letters. You can try four colour schemes which are : 1) BLUE 2) BLACK 3) SILVER and 4) TAN
Replace www.MyBloggerTricks.com with your blog link (exclude http://) If your blog URL is http://xyz.blogspot.com then simply write xyz.blogspot.com

4. Save your widget and you are done!
View your blog and start playing with the official search box along with the free follow and share option. Have fun!

by Wajahat · 0

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