Recent Posts with Thumbnails Widget for Blogger

This post explains how to add Recent Posts widget in Blogger with image thumbnails:

Yesterday, when I was working on my new Magazine style wordpress to Blogger template conversion (I'll release the template tomorrow)
..this idea popped up in my mind. This feature is also requested so many times here.. so, here we go..
After many trial n errors, I finally did it!

Features:
Thumbails to Recent Posts
Comment Count

So, let's see how to install this cool widget in your blog..

1. Sign into Blogger dashboard
2. Go to Layout » Add a gadget » html/javascript

3. Just copy and paste this code..




<script language="JavaScript">

imgr = new Array();


imgr[0] = "http://i43.tinypic.com/orpg0m.jpg";

imgr[1] = "http://i43.tinypic.com/orpg0m.jpg";

imgr[2] = "http://i43.tinypic.com/orpg0m.jpg";

imgr[3] = "http://i43.tinypic.com/orpg0m.jpg";

imgr[4] = "http://i43.tinypic.com/orpg0m.jpg";
showRandomImg = true;

boxwidth = 298;

cellspacing = 8;

borderColor = "#ffffff";

bgTD = "#000000";

thumbwidth = 40;

thumbheight = 40;

fntsize = 12;

acolor = "#666";

aBold = true;

icon = " ";

text = "comments";

showPostDate = false;

summaryPost = 40;

summaryFontsize = 10;

summaryColor = "#666";

icon2 = " ";

numposts = 5;

home_page = "http://schemar-mag.blogspot.com/";

</script>

<script src="http://myblogtalk.com/bloggertemplates/js/recentposts_thumbnail.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Explanation:

(Edit the values to fit your blog)

boxwidth - Width of the widgetcellspacing - Space between cells (default one is good)
borderColor - Border color (add the background color of your template to perfectly blend it in the template)
thumbwidth & thumbheight - Width and Height of the thumbnail (default are good)fntsize - Font size of the titleacolor - Color of the titleaBold - you want bold titles? (true or false)
numposts - How many posts you want to show?
home_page : http://schemar-mag.blogspot.com/ (change this to your blog url)
This script is currently hosted in my server ( http://myblogtalk.com/bloggertemplates/js/recentposts_thumbnail.js ).
But, it is STRONGLY Recommended to download the script and upload to your own hosting (google for free javascripts hosts) and replace that url with yours.

4. Last but not the least.. Save the Changes.

That's it guys!

Note : Make sure you selected YES in Settings » Site Feed » Full » Allow Blog Feeds

Releasing Mind Blowing Magazine style Blogger Template "Falkner Press"

After the huge hit of my previous two Magazine style Blogger Templates Turnout Mag and SchemerMag, here is my latest yet another Mind Blowing Blogger Template "Falkner Press".
Yes! It's simply Mind Blowing with so many cool features including Automatic Thumbnails and Automatic Post summarize on homepage, Youtube video integration,etc.
This was converted from a wordpress theme designed by CamelGraph.com.

LIVE DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Main Features:
* Automatic Thumbnails on posts
* Automatic Post Summarize
* Featured Content Slider
* Adsense ready
* PSD Custom Logo Included
* Youtube Video embedding Integrated
* Fully SEO Optimized
* Advertisement Block Ready
* 3 Columns
* Social Bookmarking Icons
* Twitter Updates widget
* Feedburner Email Subscription ready
* Thumbnails on Recent Posts in Sidebar
* Integrated Search box
* Beautiful top Navigation bar
* Cross-browser compatible
* and many more....

Step by Step Installation Guide:

(Make sure you backup your current template before installing any new template)

Step 0 : First Follow the basic installation steps here.

Step 1 : Edit the Logo

The logo *psd (photoshop) file is included in the download file. Open it with Photoshop and Edit the logo and Save it in .jpg format.
Next, upload that image to some image host like tinypic, photobucket,etc.. and get the image link to that file.
Help : Don't have photoshop ? or don't know how to edit the logo ? Leave a comment here with your site name.. I'll make it for you..
If you want the logo quickly.. Post your request here. I'll quickly help you out!

Go to Layout » Edit html
Find this url

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcgPT_FmwOxfAXeMJ5lckmtlSgiWYGqd51V65XuNVn9-5ffmj5Nj83MvzHKhzkTObWYmZ3KYlxdwcffBSCROZYMZ4VtQ-m3QHa-xO74XZ4MbvMaFVTqwXWmfLHLfA6VGJg4f2FDt8QKEz/
and replace it with your image url.

Step 2 : Edit the top Navigation links


Go to Layout » Edit html and find this code

<ul>

<li><a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'>Home</a></li>

<li><a href='WEBSITE URL HERE'>About</a></li>

<li><a href='WEBSITE URL HERE'>Archives</a></li>
<li><a href='WEBSITE URL HERE'>Contact</a></li>


<li><a href='WEBSITE URL HERE'>Disclaimer</a></li>


<li><a href='WEBSITE URL HERE'>Forum</a></li>


<li><a href='WEBSITE URL HERE'>Subscribe</a></li>


<li><a href='WEBSITE URL HERE'>History</a></li>


<li><a href='WEBSITE URL HERE'>Profiles</a></li></ul>


See the pattern..you can easily understand. Simply replace the WEBSITE URL HERE with your target url. Also, Edit the anchor texts to your liking (About,Archives,Contact,etc)

Step 3 : Edit the Latest Twits


If you use twitter, You can use the integrated twitter twits widget. Simply find this


<a href='http://twitter.com/bloggertricks' id='twitter-link' style='display:block;text-align:right;'>follow me on Twitter</a>

</div>

<script src='http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<script src='http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/bloggertricks.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=1' type='text/javascript'/>

and replace bloggertricks with your twitter id.

Don't use Twitter...? then simply delete this code from the template.

From...

<b:widget id='HTML5' locked='false' title='Twitter' type='HTML'>

...................

...............

<script src='http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/bloggertricks.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=1' type='text/javascript'/>

</div>

</div>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>

</b:includable>

</b:widget>

Step 4: Edit Feedburner Email subscription and Feed count Button

This is another cool feature in this template.. built in Email subscription form and Feed count button.

Search for this line


http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=bloggertricksdotcom

and next, this line


<p><a href='http://feeds2.feedburner.com/bloggertricksdotcom'><img alt='' height='26' src='http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~fc/bloggertricksdotcom?bg=FD6D00&amp;fg=202931&amp;anim=1' style='border:0' width='88'/></a></p>

and Edit those urls to your feedburner links.
Don't have Feedburner yet ? You can signup here.

Step 5 : Add Youtube Video



Go to Layout tab.. and you can see like this



Click on the edit button and paste your youtube video code.
Don't forget to change the width and height of the video to 250 x 190 px to fit perfectly in the layout. You can edit the width and height values in the youtube embed code.
Help: How to add Youtube videos to Blogger

Don't want Youtube Video Widget ? then, simply remove this code from the template.


<b:widget id='HTML2' locked='true' title='VIDEO (250 x 190)' type='HTML'>

<b:includable id='main'>

<!-- only display title if it's non-empty -->

<data:content/>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>

</b:includable>

</b:widget>
Step 6 : Setup Mini Updates (Recent Posts with thumbnails)

This template has inbuilt Recent Posts with Thumbnails widget. All you have to do is enter your blog url and it will do the rest.
Look for this code in the template




home_page = "http://falknerpress.blogspot.com/";

and replace the url with your Blog url.

Step 7 : Edit Social Bookmarking links



In the footer, you will see three widgets, 1.About me 2. Be my Frined? and 3. Advertisement widget.
The 1 & 3 widgets can be directly added by going to Layout tab.
All you need to edit is the second widget 'Be my Friend'. Using Social Bookmarking sites is a smart way to drive traffic to your sites.. So, if you don't have any of those accounts, Just take time to register..they are free and worth it :)

Find these lines:

<ul>


<li><a href='http://your-feedburner-url.com' target='_blank'>Subscribe</a></li>


<li><a href='http://digg.com/users/bloggertricks' target='_blank'>Digg</a></li>


<li><a href='http://www.facebook.com/people/bloggertricks' target='_blank'>Facebook</a></li>


<li><a href='http://bloggertricks.stumbleupon.com'>Stumble It!</a></li>


</ul>


</div>

<div class='share-list2'>


<ul>


<li><a href='http://technorati.com/faves?add=http://your-blog.blogspot.com/'>Technorati</a></li>


<li><a href='http://twitter.com/bloggertricks' target='_blank'>Twitter</a></li>


</ul>


and Edit them accordingly.

Step 8 : Featured Content Slideshow

Check out the Live Demo to see how it looks.

Edit the Slideshow...
Go to Layout » Edit html and find these lines..
Observe the pattern, it's easy!
wait! First prepare your images... the images should be 490(width) x 280 (height) pixels. Use Photoshop or any other image editing software to crop the images to 490 x 280 px and then upload the images to some image host like photobucket,tinypic,etc.

Next, find this code

<div id='myGallery'>

<!-- First Picture Start -->

<div class='imageElement'>

<h3>Title One </h3>

<p/>

<a class='open' href='http://bloggertricks.com'/>

<img alt='Marley And Me' class='full' src='IMAGE URL'/>

<img alt='Marley And Me' class='thumbnail' src='http://54800.com/wp-content/uploads/a1.jpg'/>

</div>

<!-- First Picture End -->

.........................................

..........................................

</div>


The pattern is like this

<div id='myGallery'>


<!-- First Picture Start -->


<div class='imageElement'>


<h3>Title 1 </h3>


<p/>


<a class='open' href='LINK 1 '/>


<img alt='Marley And Me' class='full' src='URL OF IMAGE 1 '/>


</div>


<!-- First Picture End -->


<!-- Second Picture Start -->


<div class='imageElement'>


<h3>Title 2 </h3>


<p/>


<a class='open' href='LINK 2 '/>


<img alt='Marley And Me' class='full' src='URL OF IMAGE 2 '/>


</div>


<!-- Second Picture End -->


<!-- Third Picture Start -->


<div class='imageElement'>


<h3>Title 3 </h3>


<p/>


<a class='open' href='LINK 3 '/>


<img alt='Marley And Me' class='full' src='URL OF IMAGE 3 '/>


</div>


<!-- Third Picture End -->



</div>


Got it? Now edit those links and Save the Changes!!
Now, FalknerPress template is successfully installed!

Extras

Here are few more things you can learn about this template..
Adsense Color Codes:

Here is the Color Palattes you can use to perfectly blend your adsense ads in the layout

1. Adsense in Left sidebar:
Preview:









Colors to use:











2. Adsense in Right sidebar:

Preview:


Colors to use:



3. Adsense just below Featured Content Slideshow:
(468 x 60px)

SAME COLORS as 2nd one







4. Adsense in Footer:
Colors to use:




That's it guys! Hope you like the template :D

Like the template? or If you have any questions ? Comment here...

[Hack] How to Post Larger (HQ) Images in Blogger Posts

This is one of the most wanted blogger hacks, which makes it possible to post big size pictures in blogger posts.
Normally, If you upload a large image to blogger(with large thumb size selected), it will automatically resize it and then post it as thumbnail . But, the image quality of the resized image is very poor. So, to make the image look more clean and sharper, this trick will come handy.

Normally Uploaded Image: (with large thumbnail selected)


Image after applying the hack:



So, lets learn how to do this..

1.First, calculate how much image size(large) you want to display ( normally, its just a bit less than your main body width). Suppose, take this blog as an example, the main body width is about 570px. So, the maximum width to post a large image is 570px. But, to make the image looks nice, we have to give some padding to it.so,choose the width which is a bit less than the post body width.. like 560px.

Now, Go to Layout » Edit html

Find this

]]></b:skin>

Add this before that line:




img {
max-width: 560px;
width: expression(this.width > 560 ? 560: true);
}

Change the value in red depending on the previous step.

Note: Do check if you have the img{ tag already in your template. If its there, just add the additional couple of lines to it.




max-width: 560px;
width: expression(this.width > 560 ? 560: true);





Save the changes.

2. Now, while doing your posts, upload the images normally like you did previously. Once the image is uploaded, go to Edit html tab, and the image code will look something like this




<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jNFS8yCkEm-I2_wfD5fLNcVEfCk3j6DJN1xFDuH0fmIIelXPSMJ-VrkKIdIsKXjo4jJrz8EZXuVsJZJEzzw-jJDFRIlLs0ZYHJS8wA_lwYO7WZnvS_HqOQEnOmrQtuY3LPtsce_rT5DZ/s1600-h/megan+fox.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jNFS8yCkEm-I2_wfD5fLNcVEfCk3j6DJN1xFDuH0fmIIelXPSMJ-VrkKIdIsKXjo4jJrz8EZXuVsJZJEzzw-jJDFRIlLs0ZYHJS8wA_lwYO7WZnvS_HqOQEnOmrQtuY3LPtsce_rT5DZ/s400/megan+fox.jpg" alt="Normal Picture without the hack" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350218059319919970" border="0" /></a>

All you have to do is Just remove that bolded text (width and height attributes) and replace s400 to s800.

So, the final code looks like this




<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jNFS8yCkEm-I2_wfD5fLNcVEfCk3j6DJN1xFDuH0fmIIelXPSMJ-VrkKIdIsKXjo4jJrz8EZXuVsJZJEzzw-jJDFRIlLs0ZYHJS8wA_lwYO7WZnvS_HqOQEnOmrQtuY3LPtsce_rT5DZ/s1600-h/megan+fox.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jNFS8yCkEm-I2_wfD5fLNcVEfCk3j6DJN1xFDuH0fmIIelXPSMJ-VrkKIdIsKXjo4jJrz8EZXuVsJZJEzzw-jJDFRIlLs0ZYHJS8wA_lwYO7WZnvS_HqOQEnOmrQtuY3LPtsce_rT5DZ/s800/megan+fox.jpg" alt="Normal Picture without the hack" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350218059319919970" border="0" /></a>

Done! Now, your uploaded image will look big in the post.

How to Use Blogger to Upload your Javascript (.js) files ?

This post explains how to host javascript(.js) files in blogger itself, so you don't need to worry about bandwidth limitations,etc:-

"How to host Javascript files for Free with unlimited bandwidth ?" is one of the most frequently asked questions in the blogger community. There are tons of hosting providers out there who can help you host your .js files for Free, but all have some bandwidth limitations and also they are not very reliable.

My friend Switcher previously explained how to use google sites to host your javascipt files for free in his blog (you can read that post here)... I used that method to host javascript files of my previously released magazine style blogger template ' Falkner Press '... but, the problem is even google sites have bandwidth limitations. So, if the bandwidth exceeds at a particular moment, the javascript files don't load which results in complete template mess up.

So, if you have those kind of problems, here is a simple trick.

I'll take Falkner Press template javascript files as an example.
If you look at the top of the template code, you see something like this:



So, as you can see, there are three javascript files (highlighted with colors) in the template. The files are hosted at google sites.


2. Copy each of those three links and paste them in your browser and download all those three files.

3. Now, open each file with Wordpad (not notepad) and copy that code.

4. Now, here is the trick...
Paste the code you copied (copied from first file) in your blogger template like this.


<script type='text/javascript'>

//<![CDATA[

PASTE THE JAVASCRIPT CODE HERE

//]]>

</script>





What about if you have 2 javascript files or three (like falkner press template) ? Simple! Just repeat the process again... like this..




5. And the Final and Most Important step... SAVE THE CHANGES ;)

Benefits of this trick:
» No file size limitations
» No bandwith limitations
» Super fast page loading (coz files are stored in blogger itself)

Free SEO Tools for Blogger

If you want to get some good amount of visitors to your blog from search engines, you need to do a bit of SEO to your blog like meta tags, title tags, heading tags, choosing good keywords,etc.

But,its a bit difficult to do all that stuff on your own..especially if you are new to blogging and know less about design stuff(html,etc). Many sites are charging lots of bucks monthly for SEO tools like backlink checker, keyword researcher, etc. But, some people can't afford it.. So, I decided to create "SEO Tools" section here in BloggerTricks with full of useful SEO,design tools (ofcourse..for Free :D) which can help your blog traffic,search engine rankings,revenue..
With these tools, you can get to know lot of information about your blog like..your keywords, the keywords you should be targetting, how fast your blog is loading, your site pagerank,backlinks in search engines,etc.
I'm working on this new Tools section from a week now..and it is finally ready and I'm very happy to release it :)

Here are some of the top tools in the list..

Meta Tags Generator

Adding Meta Tags is one of the Best way to increase your search engine rankings.
This tool automatically creates you effective, error free, meta tags code. All you have to do is provide some basic information like your blog description,etc.. and it will generate your meta tags code for you.
If you don't know how to add meta tags to Blogger... Read this tutorial.

Help: How to add Meta Tags to Blogger

Blogger Ad Code Converter

Adding adsense inside blog posts can maximize your earnings a lot. But, if you directly paste adsense code in blog template, it will give you bx error. So, you need to first convert the code....and this tool will do just that. Just put your adsense code in the box and it will generate the encoded code which you can put anywhere you want in your template. You can also use this tool for any other codes too.. (abrite,chitika,etc)
I'll write a detailed post about how to add adsense inside blog posts in different positions soon..

Favicon Generator

Ever wondered about that short icon next to the address bar in your browser ? It is called FavIcon. It will give your blog a cool and professional look.
Use this Free Online Favicon Generator tool to create stunning favicons in many sizes like 16 x 16 , 32 x 32 , 48 x 48 , 64 x 64 ,etc.

Help: How to add Favicon in Blogger

Google Pagerank Checker

Google Pagerank plays a vital role in Search Engine Rankings. Improving your backlinks,etc can increase your pagerank.
Use this Free Online Google Pagerank Checker tool to check your blog pagerank easily.

Link Popularity/Backlinks Checker Tool

Increasing Quality Backlinks to your site increases your blog traffic, search engine rankings, pagerank,etc. So, try to get as many inbound backlinks as you can.

Use this Backlink Checker tool to check How many backlinks your site have in Google and Yahoo. Note down your site backlinks and check back from time to time to see if your backlinks increasing or not and try to improve your blog accordingly.

Keyword Suggestion Tool

If you are trying to rank for some specific keywords in search engines, you need to know all the relevant Keywords in that niche. Good Keywords increases your blog PPC, revenue and your traffic.

So, use this Free Keyword Suggestion Tool to get some keyword ideas.

Keyword Density Checker Tool

Repeating keywords often in your site make Search Engines to consider it as spam which decreases your SERP's (search engine rank positions). On the other hand, if you don't have proper keywords, you lose traffic and rankings.

So, use this free Keyword Density Checker tool to scan your blog and find out how often keywords are repeating and optimize your site according to that.

Instant Domain Name Search

If you're trying to register a domain name, you don't need to load hundreds of pages trying to find a good domain name. All you need is Just One ! With this Instant Domain Search Tool, you can know if a domain name is available or not (.com, .net or .org) instantly while you're typing.

Website Speed Test

Adding tons of images, javascript codes,etc slow down your blog page loading speed which is not good. So,Use this Free Website Speed Test checker tool to find out your website loading speed and try to optimize it as much as you can.

Online 3D Logo Maker Tool

Adding a cool header logo image to your blog makes your blog look more professional and nice.
But, what if you don't know photoshop, image editing well ? Don't worry! Use this Free Online Logo Maker tool to create Stunning Logo images to your blog. Hundreds of Font styles and text effects (shadow,reflection,glossy,etc) to choose from.

Email to Image Converter

Never type your email address directly in public forums,blogs,etc.. because, Spammers use harvesters to search email addresses and spam your inbox. So, instead of typing email address directly in your Contact Us Pages, forums,etc.. Use this Email to Image Converter tool to convert your email address into an image which makes it difficult for Email harvesters to find your address.

Nofollow Link Checker Tool

Search Engines don't follow and crawl links with nofollow tag and it don't benefit you SEO wise.. So, if you have your links in other sites, Use this tool to find out if they are using Nofollow tag to your links or not.

Reciprocal Link Checker

If you have purchased or exchanged links with other sites, make sure they are linking back to you properly. Use this Tool to scan your partner's website and find out if they are linking back to you or not.

Numbered Page Nagivation hack for Blogger

This post explains how to add numbered page navigation widget to blogger (blogspot) blogs:

What is Numbered Page Navigation ?

In blogger, by default, you see Older posts, Newer Posts links near the bottom of the page which is useful to your blog visitors to navigate to other posts of your blog. But, the problem is.. people hardly notice those newer and older posts links.. which means.. less pageviews to your blog.

So, to increase your blog pageviews you can use this cool looking, advanced numbered page navigation to your blog.



So, how to add this to your Blogger blog ?
(first backup your blog template before editing anything)

1. Sign into your Blogger account » Settings » Formatting
Choose the number of posts you want to display on homepage


2. Go to Design » Edit html » tick the expand widget templates

Scroll down to the bottom of the template code and find this

</body>

PASTE this code above that line

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "static_page"'>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var pageCount=5;
var displayPageNum=5;
var upPageWord ='Previous';
var downPageWord ='Next';
</script>

<script type='text/javascript'>

//<![CDATA[

function showpageCount(json){var thisUrl=home_page_url;var htmlMap=new Array();var thisNum=1;var postNum=1;var itemCount=0;var fFlag=0;var eFlag=0;var html='';var upPageHtml='';var downPageHtml='';for(var i=0,post;post=json.feed.entry[i];i++){var timestamp1=post.published.$t.substring(0,19)+post.published.$t.substring(23,29);timestamp=encodeURIComponent(timestamp1);var title=post.title.$t;if(title!=''){if(itemCount==0||(itemCount%pageCount==(pageCount-1))){if(thisUrl.indexOf(timestamp)!=-1){thisNum=postNum}if(title!='')postNum++;htmlMap[htmlMap.length]='/search?updated-max='+timestamp+'&max-results='+pageCount}}itemCount++}for(var p=0;p<htmlMap.length;p++){if(p>=(thisNum-displayPageNum-1)&&p<(thisNum+displayPageNum)){if(fFlag==0&&p==thisNum-2){if(thisNum==2){upPageHtml='<span class="showpage"><a href="/">'+upPageWord+'</a></span>'}else{upPageHtml='<span class="showpage"><a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+upPageWord+'</a></span>'}fFlag++}if(p==(thisNum-1)){html+='<span class="showpagePoint">'+thisNum+'</span>'}else{if(p==0){html+='<span class="showpageNum"><a href="/">1</a></span>'}else{html+='<span class="showpageNum"><a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+(p+1)+'</a></span>'}}if(eFlag==0&&p==thisNum){downPageHtml='<span class="showpage"> <a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+downPageWord+'</a></span>';eFlag++}}}if(thisNum>1){html=''+upPageHtml+' '+html+' '}html='<div class="showpageArea" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 10px;"><span style="COLOR: #000;" class="showpageOf"> Pages ('+(postNum-1)+')</span>'+html;if(thisNum<(postNum-1)){html+=downPageHtml}if(postNum==1)postNum++;html+='</div>';var pageArea=document.getElementsByName("pageArea");var blogPager=document.getElementById("blog-pager");if(postNum<=2){html=''}for(var p=0;p<pageArea.length;p++){pageArea[p].innerHTML=html}if(pageArea&&pageArea.length>0){html=''}if(blogPager){blogPager.innerHTML=html}}function showpageCount2(json){var thisUrl=home_page_url;var htmlMap=new Array();var isLablePage=thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")!=-1;var thisLable=isLablePage?thisUrl.substr(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")+14,thisUrl.length):"";thisLable=thisLable.indexOf("?")!=-1?thisLable.substr(0,thisLable.indexOf("?")):thisLable;var thisNum=1;var postNum=1;var itemCount=0;var fFlag=0;var eFlag=0;var html='';var upPageHtml='';var downPageHtml='';var labelHtml='<span class="showpageNum"><a href="/search/label/'+thisLable+'?&max-results='+pageCount+'">';var thisUrl=home_page_url;for(var i=0,post;post=json.feed.entry[i];i++){var timestamp1=post.published.$t.substring(0,19)+post.published.$t.substring(23,29);timestamp=encodeURIComponent(timestamp1);var title=post.title.$t;if(title!=''){if(itemCount==0||(itemCount%pageCount==(pageCount-1))){if(thisUrl.indexOf(timestamp)!=-1){thisNum=postNum}if(title!='')postNum++;htmlMap[htmlMap.length]='/search/label/'+thisLable+'?updated-max='+timestamp+'&max-results='+pageCount}}itemCount++}for(var p=0;p<htmlMap.length;p++){if(p>=(thisNum-displayPageNum-1)&&p<(thisNum+displayPageNum)){if(fFlag==0&&p==thisNum-2){if(thisNum==2){upPageHtml=labelHtml+upPageWord+'</a></span>'}else{upPageHtml='<span class="showpage"><a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+upPageWord+'</a></span>'}fFlag++}if(p==(thisNum-1)){html+='<span class="showpagePoint">'+thisNum+'</span>'}else{if(p==0){html=labelHtml+'1</a></span>'}else{html+='<span class="showpageNum"><a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+(p+1)+'</a></span>'}}if(eFlag==0&&p==thisNum){downPageHtml='<span class="showpage"> <a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+downPageWord+'</a></span>';eFlag++}}}if(thisNum>1){if(!isLablePage){html=''+upPageHtml+' '+html+' '}else{html=''+upPageHtml+' '+html+' '}}html='<div class="showpageArea"><span style="COLOR: #000;" class="showpageOf"> Pages ('+(postNum-1)+')</span>'+html;if(thisNum<(postNum-1)){html+=downPageHtml}if(postNum==1)postNum++;html+='</div>';var pageArea=document.getElementsByName("pageArea");var blogPager=document.getElementById("blog-pager");if(postNum<=2){html=''}for(var p=0;p<pageArea.length;p++){pageArea[p].innerHTML=html}if(pageArea&&pageArea.length>0){html=''}if(blogPager){blogPager.innerHTML=html}}var home_page_url=location.href;var thisUrl=home_page_url;if(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")!=-1){if(thisUrl.indexOf("?updated-max")!=-1){var lblname1=thisUrl.substring(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")+14,thisUrl.indexOf("?updated-max"))}else{var lblname1=thisUrl.substring(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")+14,thisUrl.indexOf("?&max"))}}var home_page="/";if(thisUrl.indexOf("?q=")==-1){if(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")==-1){document.write('<script src="'+home_page+'feeds/posts/summary?alt=json-in-script&callback=showpageCount&max-results=99999" ><\/script>')}else{document.write('<script src="'+home_page+'feeds/posts/full/-/'+lblname1+'?alt=json-in-script&callback=showpageCount2&max-results=99999" ><\/script>')}}

//]]>

</script>
</b:if>
</b:if>

In that above code, Edit the part that I highlighted in red color according to Step 1. It determines the number of posts that to be displayed per page. (Make sure, the number you set is same like the one in Step 1)


3. Control + F and search for all the occurrences of this code

 'data:label.url'

 
and replace it with this


'data:label.url + "?&max-results=5"'

Again, the number in the above line depends on the number you set in the STEP 1.

4. Now, the styling part.. I've made x styles.. you can choose the one you wish..



 (i) Default



Code




.showpageArea a {
text-decoration:underline;
background: #ffffff;
padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;

}
.showpageNum a {
text-decoration:none;
border: 1px solid #cccccc;
border-top: 1px solid #cccccc;
margin:0 3px;
padding:3px;
}
.showpageNum a:hover {
border: 1px solid #cccccc;
background-color:#cccccc;
}
.showpagePoint {
color:#333;
text-decoration:none;
border: 1px solid #cccccc;
background: #cccccc;
margin:0 3px;
padding:3px;
}
.showpageOf {
text-decoration:none;
padding:3px;
margin: 0 3px 0 0;
}
.showpage a {
text-decoration:none;
border: 1px solid #cccccc;
padding:3px;
}
.showpage a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
}
.showpageNum a:link,.showpage a:link {
text-decoration:none;
color:#333333;
}

Copy the above code. Find this line and paste that code ABOVE IT.

]]></b:skin>

Save the changes.

I've made a few more navigation styles.. I'll post them in a few min.. look for it.

 

Free $75 Google Adwords Coupon

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Remember the last time we offered many useful online coupon codes like Godaddy Promo Codes, ClearTrip Coupons etc. Today you are going to find about a new useful coupon from Google Adwords which is going to give you a 75$ Free Advertising on Google and its network websites.
Why advertise on Google

• Effective. Advertise on the most used search engine worldwide to grow your business.
• Pay for results. You only pay when someone clicks on your ad and comes to your site.
• Full control. You decide how much to invest and can change, pause or resume your ads anytime.

To get started you need to visit this link, and enter all the required details. Do make sure that you have a very good running business website which adwords team would review. If they find your website is worth advertising and if there is no prior advertising done on the ad network then the chances of getting the coupon increases.
Once the form is filled you will get the following message :

Thank you for your interest in Google AdWords! We will review your request for a free trial and if approved, we will send you your coupon code via email – please note that this may take a couple of hours! Thank you for your understanding.

Complete Working Godaddy Promo Codes and Coupons

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I recently got 2 enquiries regarding latest working coupons for Go Daddy Bulk Domain Registration
promo codes which can help you save a lot of money while you register / renew domain names. Also some of these coupons can help you save money when you are planning to book a web hosting package. These coupons keep expiring and new ones are announced regularly, so i will keep updating the list with new ones. Also some coupons may work for some people and they might not work for others because of your account levels and the membership plans you have with godaddy. Make sure you select a good domain name and read some domain name selection tips before registering new domains.
Here is the List of coupons and Promo Codes from Godaddy :
Some Latest Coupon Codes :
.mobi 10.29-gdp0129c renew
.INFO $6.99 -gdp0130c (renew)
.net $6.20-gdp0119d (reg+renew)
.com 7.15 -hash3 (reg+renew)
.ws $8 gdp0108e (renew)
.biz $6.99. -cjcbentld gets (renew)
.us $6.79 (renew)-cjcbentld
TDNAM -$2(discount) -gdbb776 -

OYH3 – $3 off / $6.95 any .COM
OYH1 – 10% off whatever
GDM1207 – 5.99$ for .org
BTPS7 – 20% any order of $50 or more
BTPS20 – 25% any order of $100 or more
BTPS4 – 10% off anything
OYH2 – $5 off a $30 purchase
chill1 – 10% off
chill2 – $5 off $30
chill3 – $6.95 .coms
hash1 – 10% off
hash2 – $5 off $30
hash3 – $6.95 .com registration
gdd1101c – 10% off any order of $40 or more
LOL65 gives you 5.99 .net buys
gdm0716 5.99 .net renewal and buys, 7.95 .coms
command10 10% off any order
gdd1101c – 10% off on orders $40 or more
OYH1 – 10% off anything
OYH2 – $5 off a $30 purchase
OYH3 – $6.95 for .COMs
Todd -10% off anything
cjcdeal105 – Save $5 off a $30
cjcdeal106 – Save $10 off a $50
cjcdeal107 – Save $20 off a $100
DLTV – Save $10
gdm1225g – 25% of an order of $75 or more
gdbb776 – .com and .net – $5.99 renewals
BTPS7 – 20% off any order of $50 or more
OYH3 – $3 off .com
Please make a comment here if the coupon works for you and in case it didnt work for you so others dont use it because these coupons expire regularly and new ones are announced.

Selecting Domain Name

Everyone on the internet is always in search of domain names which are good easy to remember and available for registration because as of today already 96,787,761 domain names are redistered [source - Total domain names count]
Now while registering a domain name many people always look out for keyword stuffed domain names like www.mainkeywords.com but lets assume every 1 word and 2 word domains are all registered. Here are some suggestions while registering a domain name.
1. Always register a .com domain name rather than a .info domain name if you are really serious about your project.
2. Never book a domain name like www.applyforacreditcardonline.info just for targetting a keyword like “Apply credit card online” because keywords stuffing is not always suggested.
3. If you are looking for a credit card related domain name just give a search in google for the keyword – “Apply credit card” and you will find websites having the following title – Credit Card Applications, Compare Credit Card, Online Credit Card, Credit Card Offers, Online Credit Card, capital one credit card, Bank of america credit card, best credit cards, citibank credit card and lots more from which you need to reshuffle the keywords back and front and try to make a good combination using some additional words if necessary like – top, best, zoom, pedia, szoom, hub, shub, city, scity, time, stime, times, depot, sdepot, plus, plus, book, sbook, world, sworld, gears, base, guru, brains, minds, talk, 9, ideas and some more suffix or prefix keywords you would like to add. These keywords gives your domain name a professional look because the 4-6 words domains or hiphen domains dont look professional.
4. Here is a example domain name which we registered when we were looking for a domain name related to Health Tips – www.helpfulhealthtips.com which now Ranks #2 for the highly competitive keyword – “Health Tips” – Results 1 – 10 of about 250,000,000 for Health Tips. This is a clear example of why to add some related keyword in the suffix or prefix of a domain name.
5. Always register a domain name for a longer period if you are looking for a serious project on the website and dont signup with offers like 1$/year domain name registrations which companies like yahoo.com offer since they charge heavily on renewal time.
6. Dont buy expired domain names just by seeing their old page rank, because page rank does not help in long term and the expired domain would have got many previous penalities. Always go for a new fresh domain name registration or a domain name from a good seller which has a good archieve record with no search engines ban due to previous black hat optimization.
7.Go for a local TLD registration of you are targetting local visitors, for example if you are targeting visitors who would come to your website in search of gadgets information go for a domain name like gadgetsinformation.in
Will update here with more tips and tricks on domain name selection for Top Search engine rankings.

ow to Submit Tax Information for Google Adsense Account

Adsense is an ad serving service for web-masters to show related ads in their site and earn from a CPC factor. Most Indian bloggers use adsense to show ads on their blog. There are a lots of guide to adsense basics, adsense setup, etc all information in Adsense Category.
Some of us earn much from adsense and make blogging our primary work, and some of us uses adsense as a extra earnings. But these earnings are tax payable. As a beginner, someone is curious about many factors, as will his earnings pre tax-deducted, or there’s need of PAN card, or how to pay tax to government, etc etc. The best thing here is that we don’t have to pay tax directly. We have to pay tax on our total income as it is some legal income, and the tax amount depends on how much you earn.
For individuals, the tax is free for earnings upto 1.40 lacs p.s, which is a very high limit for casual bloggers who earn through adsense a little pretty-some amount, only huge earners (pro bloggers) have to think about it. But as Google itself is in USA, it confirms from us if there is some US activities belonging to our site, content for which they will deduct and report tax information. We, Indian bloggers sign-up using India address, but Google re-confirms it from us after our unpaid earnings reach an amount of 10$ (actually more than 9$). We can get our payment by cheque once our earnings reach at-least 100$. We need to provide tax information or else our earnings will be on hold, and we cannot encash them, even we reach payment level. For providing correct tax information, follow the below screen-shots.

1. Go to Home–>Payments
2. Click on “Please submit your tax information”
3. Click on “Submit your information now” at next page
4. Give the three selection as “No” (one will come after at same page) and click on continue
5. Here is your confirmation page. There in the box, enter your name and submit the information, it’s your legal signature

Adsense Payments Settings

Submit Tax Information

Tax Info US Citizen

No US Activities

Verify Adsense PIN Number

Now we have to enter adsense PIN, which is mailed to us in our registered address. PIN mailer is sent after balance reaches 10$.

1. After you get our PIN in an envelope, follow following instructions,
2. Go to Home–>Payments
3. Click on “Please enter your PIN”

Then verify your address by giving the pin you got by mail. The page shows your PIN generation status and date. (Note: If you have not received your PIN within 3 weeks, you may request that it be resent.)

45 Link Building Tips To Help You Promote Your Blog

Get­ting Links for Writ­ing Content

1. Write con­tent that is use­ful — Writ­ing resource­ful con­tent will always attract links, hands down. If you write an arti­cle that is over­flow­ing with use­ful and resource­ful infor­ma­tion — peo­ple will link to it.
2. Don’t for­get track­backs — This handy fea­ture for Word­Press can be great way of return­ing the com­pli­ment for a ded­i­cated link.
3. Remind your read­ers to link to you — After each posts, just throw in a quick reminder that your arti­cle can be socially book­marked or linked to.
4. Make a Top “X” List — Alex’s post on “100 Lists To Become A Bet­ter Blog­ger” is the most suc­cess­ful post on Blo­gus­sion, to-date. This just goes to prove how much peo­ple love “lists posts” such as your “Top X [Something]”
5. Debunk a Myth — There’s only one thing bet­ter than com­ing up with an idea, is to prove some­one else one wrong. Peo­ple love oppo­si­tion and to see a debate bub­ble up, so don’t be afraid to chal­lenge other people’s opinions.
6. Write with a touch of con­spir­acy — Just rein­forc­ing tip #5. If you can cre­ate that atmos­phere of retal­i­a­tion, it will always raise a few eyebrows.
7. Spread the Love — Ded­i­cate a post or two per week to link to other blogger’s posts that you found use­ful. More often than not, they will tell their read­ers “Mr.X linked to my post, how cool!”
8. Trade arti­cles with web­mas­ters — Sim­i­lar to guest post­ing, just swap arti­cles with a fel­low webmaster.
9. Release a Press Release — This guide shows you how to write + sub­mit a good Press Release.

Freebies/Giveaways for Link-Baiting

10. Hold a con­test with an incen­tive. Con­tests are great for link-baiting because when peo­ple talk about it, there will always be “Check it out here” tagged along with it.
11. Release a free design. If you can make/buy a cus­tom WP-Theme then release it for free to your guests, you can really kick off on a viral mar­ket. Just don’t for­get the “Designed by [YOUR LINK]”
12. Release a free plu­gin. This serves a sim­i­lar pur­pose as a design, but not so much with a direct back-link. Instead, if your plu­gin is use­ful, the incom­ing links will just grow exponentially.
13. When run­ning a con­test, reward your ref­er­ees that bring the most refer­rals. This will encour­age them to blog about your contest.

Con­nect­ing With Communities

14. Become active and post on rel­e­vant forums
15. Become active and com­ment on rel­e­vant blogs.
16. Try not to for­get your sig­na­ture on forums, oth­er­wise the whole thing is an epic fail.
17. When com­ment­ing on blogs, try to use post URLs instead of just your Blog URL — This can help reg­u­late your links evenly amongst your blog, and not just solely to your front page.
18. DON’T spam com­mu­ni­ties with your links to your site, offer a rea­son for them to visit and con­tribute with a purpose.
19. Sub­mit your blog to direc­to­ries — These are still help­ful when it comes to get­ting indexed, espe­cially these direc­to­ries listed here.
20. Search up DoFol­low Blogs/Forums — These will carry the most sig­nif­i­cant back-links.
21. Browse Craigslists and they can pro­vide you with a free or cheap link.
22. Build on your Tech­no­rati Profile
23. Become a Spon­sor — Whether it be a theme, whole web­site or a small project; the spon­sors always get mentioned.
24. Run for Char­ity, and request oth­ers to help spread the word.
25. DON’T spam. This tip can­not be rein­forced enough. A deleted com­ment will server no purpose.

Direc­to­ries, Social Book­mark­ing + Dis­cus­sion Groups.

26. Write con­tent for Arti­cle direc­to­ries — Pub­lish con­tent for direc­to­ries such as eZin­eArti­cles, GoAr­ti­cles or iSnare. In the “About Author’s” area, you can leave a link to your website.
27. Build a Squidoo Page  — It’s easy and if you have the time to develop it, it can be very author­i­ta­tive. If you don’t there’s heaps of ser­vices out there to help you out.
28. Join Dis­cus­sions over at Yahoo! Answers — Pro­vid­ing use­ful answers, along with a link is an easy way to earn a back-link.
29. There’s also Google Groups — It’s almost the same as Yahoo! Answers, but owned by Google.
30. Sub­mit your voice on Digg — First build a solid pro­file, where you have a net­work of loyal dig­gers. If you can hit the Digg front page, you are likely to get linked to by a lot of web-masters.
31. Build on your Twit­ter pro­file then link to your site using your “Bio Area.”
32. Tweet about your posts using Twit­ter, then request retweets from your followers.
33. Offer a “Tweet This Post” link on every post your write, this will make Tweet­ers eas­ier to tweet about your article.

Direct Link Build­ing

34. Con­tact your fel­low blog­gers with a per­son­al­ized email — ask­ing for an rec­i­p­ro­cal link exchange. How­ever, keep this to a min­i­mal and be very selec­tive in who you choose to trade with.
35. Post around on forums ask­ing for rec­i­p­ro­cal link exchanges, but yet again be warned on your selection.
36. If you are a part of orga­ni­za­tions, clubs or schools — Ask them if they can link to you, because these types of web­sites are more often than not; authoritative.
37. DON’T ask Dar­ren Rowse, Shoe­Money, Matt Cutts or Yahoo, MSN and Google for back-links. It’s just a waste of time, espe­cially the last three “contacts”

Paid Link Building

38. Buy a Review — Most sites that offer reviews will nat­u­rally link to the reviewed product/site.
39. Many web­mas­ters buy links on pop­u­lar blogs for author­ity, even though it’s against the Google TOS (Use at your own risk)
40. Rent links from oth­ers web­site — Text-Link-Ads is most likely your best option.

Using Blo­gus­sion for Link Building

41 Leave a com­ment — All our com­ments are do-follow, so the link you chose as your URL will get link-love automatically.
42. Top Com­men­ta­tors  — As you can see on the side­bar, we use this awe­some plu­gin. Every month, our most con­tribut­ing mem­bers will be rewarded with a link.
43. We use Com­mentLuv — Every com­ment you post, will carry a link to your lat­est blog posts.
44. Link to our posts — We uti­lize the uses of ‘track­backs.’ Hence any links to our posts, will auto­mat­i­cally be rewarded with a back-link to them! So, Why not share this post with your read­ers and followers?
45. Buy a Paid Review — We link to our reviewed sites/products.

31 Practical Website Interface Design Tutorials

Designing a website has never been easier. If you asked a web designer who been long enough in the industry, they could tell you there’s actually not much resources, articles nor communication channels regarding web design/develop in the older days, let alone high quality free tutorials.
If you intend to create your own personal websites or perhaps redesign your blog theme, it’s not something too hard already. Thanks to generous designers and contributors, the net is full of great tutorials with step by step guides helping you building web interfaces and navigation. And with this blog post, we’ve probably just scratched the surface of what’s out there. We’ve previously showcased you 40 great Web Interface Design, and today we want to show you another 31 Practical Interface Design Photoshop tutorials. Full list after jump.

Headers and Navigation

Creating effective navigation for websites are essentially important as they determine how visitors surf and navigate your website. We’ve hand-picked some really sleek and simple navigation tutorials for the showcase. Making tweaks and changes will come pretty easy once you’ve mastered these tutorials.

1. Retro Dark Blue Header Design

   How to create a dark blue header with a retro spin on it.
   
   

2. Wii Web Header

   How to design the Wii header found at Nintendo.com.
   
   

3. Colorful Design Studio Header

   How to create a colorful design studio header layout.
   
   

4. Metallic Header Design

   
   

5. Nature Theme Header

   
   

6. Professional Dark Header

   How to create a simple, yet effective navigation for your website.
   
   

7. High-Detailed Plastic Navigation Bar

   Navigation menus can vary from ordinary text links to the most complicated dropdown menus. This tutorial is describing detailed process of creation of “plastic” navigation bar.
   
   

8. Curled Corner

   Learn how to create a sleek content box that features a curled corner to give it a more dimensional approach.
   
   

9. Green Navigation

   How to make a stylish looking green navigation with a shine effect.
   
   

10. Blue on Black Navigation Bar

    How to combine several layer styles to create a beautiful yet simple navigation bar.
    
    

11. Clean White Navigation Bar

    Simplicity is the key to beautiful web layouts. Learn how to draw a beautiful navigation bar in Photoshop.
    
    

12. Modern Web Search Bar

    How to create a modern web search bar with a drop down menu.
    
    

13. Dark Navigation Box

    How to make a more advanced styled navigation box using some more effects and tools.
    
    

14. Clean Blue Navigation Box

    How to use some tools and effects to make a navigation box for a web layout which you can apply the same techniques to make content boxes etc.
    
    

15. Create a Professional Gaming Header

    How to create a professional gaming header design.
    
    

16. Volkswagen Inspired Navigation

    This tutorial assumes that you know your way around Photoshop enough not to need too much hand-holding. You should know your way around the Layers palette and know how to add Layer Styles, use Custom Shapes and Clipping Masks without much explanation.
    
    

17. Design a Unique Bookmark Box

    How to create a unique, and professional-styled bookmark/promote box for your personal Blog, or maybe even your website.
    
    

Full Layouts

For those who wish to create a website and with no idea at all, here are tutorials that guide you through designing the entire webpage layout, head to toe.

1. The Art Institute Photoshop Template

   Easy steps to create a sleek template.
   
   

2. Talkmania Arhitecture layout

   
   

3. Creative Studio Web Page

   
   

4. Clean black and green webdesign

   
   

5. Unique Grungy Website Layout

   How to design a cool grungy website layout.
   
   

6. Clean Business Layout Tutorial

   
   

7. Web 2.0 Blog Layout

   Several new techniques are covered in this tutorial, such as interesting use of the drop shadow element. We’ll also cover creating a see-through navigation bar, as well as creating our own unique icons for this layout!
   
   

8. The Ultimate Grunge Design Tutorial

   This tutorial will discuss how to create a fantastic grunge layout in Photoshop. It uses some techniques that are fairly common, and a couple that I’ve not seen discussed elsewhere before.
   
   

9. Real Estate Web Design

   Create a clean and contemporary website design for a real estate related website.
   
   

10. Agency Layout

    
    

11. Vibrant Modern Blog Design in Photoshop

    This tutorial will cover the process of designing a vibrant and colourful modern blog layout in Adobe Photoshop.
    
    

12. Photography portfolio

    Awesome photography portfolio design with a lot of content boxes and an attractive look.
    
    

13. Konvicted Art

    First photoshop tutorial and we thought it’s great.
    
    

14. Unique Desktop Layout

    How to make a unique desktop style layer, using common work desk objects.