This customization will be visible only to you and your friends can not see it but it will put a good impression on them when they connect to Plus through your personal computer. :> There is another add-on available too that will change the entire color scheme of your Google Plus account. I will share it in my coming posts.
If you wish to customize your dashboard then read this post:
If you needed any help then feel free to post your question. Peace! :)
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[/a][a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/05/use-windows-live-writer-kick-blogger.html" target="_blank"]Windows Live writer[/a] offers an option where you can ping social networks and search engines whenever you publish a new post. Pinging is not a bad thing unless you do it frequently like 3-4 times a day. According to some previously asked questions WLW team has confirmed that the Ping function if turned on can put unnecessary burden on the servers that can cause you getting banned by search engines, blog directories and social networks. [a name='more'][/a]This can badly effect your search engine listings and social network repo if you are requesting an update request frequently from different traffic sources may that be search engines or social media networks. However if you want a special attention of search engines and blog directories for a selected post then you can do that by temporarily activating your Ping function as follows:
Go To WLW Options menu and select Ping Servers as shown below,
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Check the box and paste the following pinging URLs inside the big box,
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080
http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx
http://api.feedster.com/ping.php
http://rpc.pingomatic.com
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
The above URLs will ping technorati, google blog search, Feedburner, Feedster and most importantly pingomatic which will update dozens of directories about your latest blog update.
Please use this utility carefully and ping all these services only when you think that your post is not indexed or needs special attention. You can do this for unique posts 3-4 times a week but not daily. But don't be too afraid of using this tool, I use it too but when I need to. Stay safe and have fun. Peace and blessings. :)
Here is yet another PNG set for Feedback buttons which can be added in a similar method as we did for the previous [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/floating-feedback-buttons-set-for-blogs.html" target="_blank"]Feedback Buttons[/a] set. This time we will mouse hover effect to these buttons. The buttons will change color on mouse hover. You can do that using a simple code as shared below,
<a style="display:scroll;position:fixed;bottom:10px;left:0px;" href="URL OF CONTACT PAGE" title="Feedback Please, Can't go further without your help"><img onmouseover="this.src='IMAGE LINK 2'" src="IMAGE LINK 1" onmouseout="this.src='IMAGE LINK 1'"/></a>
Make these changes:
4. Save your widget and you are done!
The rules are old. Kindly subscribe by submitting your Email ID below,
Activate your feeds and post the same Email ID below so that I could send the icons immediately. By subscribing once you get free access to all blogger resources published so far.
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June 2011 saw a rapid change in Google's development performance. We heard of Google [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/add-google-1-button-to-your-blogger.html" target="_blank"]+1 Button[/a], then the [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/google-1-button-will-start-appearing-on.html" target="_blank"]+1 Project[/a], the [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/1-report-stats-added-to-google.html" target="_blank"]+1 Metrics[/a], then Social Plugins tracking in Analytics and [a name='more'][/a]now just few days have past that the entire search format and appearance have been changed. Now the Webpage titles are immediately followed by Webpage URL and then Description in the last. Previously the webpage titles were followed immediately by description but now URL has taken a jump up. This signals towards the priority of Webpage URL over Page Description.
To be honest no one can give a confident answer except logical views. Every single move taken by Google has always put a drastic impact on web traffic and with the latest introduction of +1 recommendation plugin this shift in URL position can have a significant meaning.
Now you see a black navigation bar appearing at the top with all available search options. After the query is being submitted by the user, a left pane appears where you are given several search tools. An interesting new feature is that now you can view what information is been fed in Google every single second by clicking the latest Link under Any time option. You can also select a custom time range to search for specific data over a selected time period. All these new developments made Google to stand out once again.
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and not just that! Looks like even Google designers are bored with the old search button and therefore they changed it into a attractive light blue one,
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Keeping the design thing aside, what do you think the sudden change in the position of Page URL and Page Description can cause to search engine ranking criteria. Can it effect your +1'd recommendations?
Make sure that you have some basic writing skills and does not make grammatical errors. And further with more and more writing, your language would get polished. The better your article would be the more readers would like to visit your own blog. But this doesn't mean at all that your blog would get to the highest point without any of you own effort at your own blog. You need to follow the basic SEO techniques at your own blog too.
Plus as they say "Content is king" makes quite a sense. If people would visit your blog through MBT, they would certainly be needing something to read, and you got to make sure that you grab that moment. In an all, I would definitely recommend writing at MBT. You may want to read [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/how-to-write-and-submit-guest-post.html" target="_blank"]How to Write and Submit a Guest Post[/a], to get to know about Guest posting.
To all of the young bloggers there, i would say- do work hard, [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/8-time-management-tips-for-bloggers-how.html" target="_blank"]manage your time[/a] well and you would certainly get the reward. And thanks to the MBT audience that liked my guest posts and gave great responses in the comments.
Thanks a Lot! :)[/a]
Hassam Ahmad Awan
About the Guest Author:
Hassam is a young A Level Student who loves to learn and share tech related stuff. He has an ambition to become a Software Engineer. He is a passionate blog author and publishes regular tutorials to newbie bloggers at [a href="http://bloggingehow.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"]BLoggingeHow[/a].
You can always keep in touch with him at [a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/BLoggingeHow/126203964129170" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"]@Facebook[/a]
[a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SjBfQAHvOO4/Tg3CmJ7vZNI/AAAAAAAAEDg/lTzPp4JktRw/s1600-h/nickname%25255B4%25255D.png"]
[/a]If you have a lengthy name like mine :p then may be you would like to use a nick name instead when you publish new posts. This name will appear normally like your profile name under your post titles and visitors can see who the author is. By default in all BlogSpot blogs the name of the author display is one with which appears in all his blogs. But sometimes you may want a different name to be displayed if you own an associated blog. I have also come up with a code that will display different author names on label pages. I will share it soon.
The steps are really simple,
<data:post.author/>
5. Replace it with your nickname. That's it!
You can also add an image instead of a text using the code below,
<img src="ADD IMAGE LINK HERE" border="0" />
For a good quality image kindly keep your nickname image dimensions to be 150px by 20px. You can also add your signature to it in the form of a gif image.
Hope you liked this new interesting trick that can add more colors to your blog.
If you want one like mine then use this code,
<div style='float:right'>
<p style='font:12px bold arial, verdana; float:left; margin:5px; 15px;'>Liked us?</p>
<g:plusone href='http://www.mybloggertricks.com' size='standard'/>
</div>
Make sure to replace my blog link with yours.
2. If you have previously added the +1 buttons to your blog then you can skip this step else continue.
</head>
and just above it paste the following code,
<script src='http://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js' type='text/javascript'> {lang: 'en-US'} </script>
3. Save your template and you are done!
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So Far we added social networking buttons below posts in different forms and today we have yet another cool design with our [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2009/09/presenting-animated-social-bookmarking.html" target="_blank"]Flapper Icons[/a] in it. These social icons are arranged in symmetrical order and size with image [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2009/09/learn-how-to-add-image-pop-up-and.html" target="_blank"]opacity effect[/a] added to each by default. The social buttons go fade on mouse hover and stick to the bottom of all your posts thus increasing the traffic to your blog. The steps of installing it are really simple.
[a name='more'][/a]To add these icons below posts kindly follow these steps,
]]></b:skin>
and just above it paste the Opacity code below,
/*------------ MBT Image Opacity--------------*/
.Fadein img {
filter:alpha(opacity=100);
-moz-opacity: 1.0;
opacity: 1.0;
border:0;
}
.Fadein:hover img {
filter:alpha(opacity=30);
-moz-opacity: 0.30;
opacity: 0.30;
border:0;
}
5. Next search for this code,
<data:post.body/>
and just below it paste the following code,
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'><center><span style='color: #7AA1C3; font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;'><b>Thanks For Making This Possible! Kindly Bookmark and Share it.</b></span><br/><br/>
<a class='Fadein' expr:href='"http://technorati.com/faves?add=" + data:post.url' rel='external nofollow' target='_blank'><img alt='Technorati' height='64px' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ztFifBgOFQM2-Zxi8KdaXureGgWLbi4-iLRocnUh9u-xKx93uTTtT1Wb8Ddd3q3RhE9O6BDVI8oC-A5BeQcBYSuJ1gC3xEz5GR8qF7jKkJVCipMGR2nz_nkwYWofOb7M-wI_w_QLqBw/s400/TECHNORATI1.png ' width='64px'/></a>
<!--DIGG-->
<a class='Fadein' expr:href='"http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=" + data:post.url' rel='external nofollow' target='_blank'><img alt='Digg This' height='80px' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGiIg26dKP-4iKVVjkJXdilw8y-B-LH5XGOxkw-kMGo-4odFxAJ_xbBD6RJKcvR8r6Viy_H6qzLzvQBvBd2cB828kb0XErpRGP989JSnrBB3-heC5eb1fFQwk3KwcwcJcy06jPWQx0ck/s400/DIGG1.png ' width='80px'/></a>
<!--Stumble-->
<a class='Fadein' expr:href='"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' rel='external nofollow' target='_blank'><img alt='Stumble' height='100px' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZF2PcZ2xMWlEp7oHgNJzKREHV_6tmWVnobrUd8fXn0fV9beFl5tQtcWD2g057r5Y45RFfNDvjRzZWpuOMMZh5OGl_czyH9KmO78byN14EPzgdjNe6_1oKwmgUTzYpYJO1sXnSoUCbzSM/s400/stumble1.png' width='100px'/></a>
<!--Reddit-->
<a class='Fadein' expr:href='"http://reddit.com/submit?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' rel='external nofollow' target='_blank'><img alt='Stumble' height='100px' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtf30UmikzUn5CUpx-N9C4cR1RLUQ5isCn9HyDKUMZGYT6NdnKSXO0c8D_TxGfYVwLW97QDdM0eC70Vfca1khT4l6iuf1LZhedY6f3Q05FoGOi47jh87vvypo7NXtUW6AQ7QpGNaSwCY/s400/REDDIT1.png' width='100px'/></a>
<!--Facebook-->
<a class='Fadein' expr:href='"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=" + data:post.url + "&t=" + data:post.title' rel='external nofollow' target='_blank'><img alt='Facebook' height='80px' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0n8abE6JFUFd7iCuLNHAVaCTvIOID4EIE6TQQS8W0dy_xwrwcWabQ1t9TGaEjWf5SA-H_TePe4tHuxDeN5v2mxA4aQBnpILfB71gfSHQv-EUdQrpRltdYEC9tVXywbqhOIL8RJxgXG0/s400/FACEBOOK1.png ' width='80px'/></a>
<!-- Twitter -->
<a class='Fadein' expr:href='"http://twitthis.com/twit?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' rel='external nofollow' target='_blank'><img alt='Twitter' height='64px' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1bzPBrJiqoiivbNaW56blQCkXKgvM6PHfhnAUYL87_c3dHXdjWsfYMJ9v0IWFAy9JRAeWOcq5CHSO3ytYuajfgH4As0MNE4uDhthbcW-ImYpObm_MP7L8r2YUDebDXkLg_QW3xlPhjk/s400/TWITTER1.png' width='64px'/></a></center>
</b:if>
6. Save your template and you are done!
Visit your blogs to see a beautiful change. :) You may also like these social networking buttons and widgets,
This is a guest post by Bhavesh Mohanlal Pamecha from [a href="http://www.plentyofebooks.net/" target="_blank"]Plenty of Ebooks[/a]
[/a][a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/free-blogging-apps-for-iphone-ipod.html" target="_blank"]Apple iOS[/a] and Google [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/05/mobile-blogging-using-android-phone.html" target="_blank"]Android[/a] are the most widely used mobile operating systems in today's smart phones and are considered to safer than a traditional Desktop operating system. Due to the increasing popularity the privacy features provided are not enough to maintain a certain security level. [a name='more'][/a] Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
For an in-depth, technical evaluation view this 23 Page "White Paper" ([a href="http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/about/media/pdfs/symc_mobile_device_security_june2011.pdf?om_ext_cid=biz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2011Jun_worldwide_mobilesecuritywp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"]PDF INFO[/a]) released by Symantec.
If you wish to add the same menu to Blogger Template Designer templates then read this post -> [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/07/add-custom-drop-down-menu-to-templates.html" target="_blank"]Custom Drop Down menu[/a]
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</div>
Replace # with your Page Links and the bolded text with relevant page names. The yellow highlighted code is responsible for the drop down menu. You can copy and paste it under any tab you want just before </li>
To add another tab just paste this code above </ul>
<li>
<a href='#'>Tab Name</a>
</li>
3. Now Go to Design > Edit HTML
4. Backup your template and search for ,
]]></b:skin>
3. Just above it paste the code below,
/*----- MBT Drop Down Menu ----*/
#mbtnavbar {
background: #060505;
width: 960px;
color: #FFF;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0;
position: relative;
border-top:0px solid #960100;
height:35px;}
#mbtnav {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#mbtnav ul {
float: left;
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#mbtnav li {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border-left:1px solid #333;
border-right:1px solid #333;
height:35px;
}
#mbtnav li a, #mbtnav li a:link, #mbtnav li a:visited {
color: #FFF;
display: block;
font:normal 12px Helvetica, sans-serif;
margin: 0;
padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
text-decoration: none;
}
#mbtnav li a:hover, #mbtnav li a:active {
background: #BF0100;
color: #FFF;
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
}#mbtnav li {
float: left;
padding: 0;
}
#mbtnav li ul {
z-index: 9999;
position: absolute;
left: -999em;
height: auto;
width: 160px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#mbtnav li ul a {
width: 140px;
}
#mbtnav li ul ul {
margin: -25px 0 0 161px;
}
#mbtnav li:hover ul ul, #mbtnav li:hover ul ul ul, #mbtnav li.sfhover ul ul, #mbtnav li.sfhover ul ul ul {
left: -999em;
}
#mbtnav li:hover ul, #mbtnav li li:hover ul, #mbtnav li li li:hover ul, #mbtnav li.sfhover ul, #mbtnav li li.sfhover ul, #mbtnav li li li.sfhover ul {
left: auto;
}
#mbtnav li:hover, #mbtnav li.sfhover {
position: static;
}#mbtnav li li a, #mbtnav li li a:link, #mbtnav li li a:visited {
background: #BF0100;
width: 120px;
color: #FFF;
display: block;
font:normal 12px Helvetica, sans-serif;
margin: 0;
padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
text-decoration: none;
z-index:9999;
border-bottom:1px dotted #333;
}
#mbtnav li li a:hover, #mbtnavli li a:active {
background: #060505;
color: #FFF;
display: block;
margin: 0;
padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
text-decoration: none;
}
Make these changes:
4. Save your template and you are done!
Visit your Blogs to see a beautiful Navigation menu just below Header. Have Fun! :)
If you have any questions feel free to post them.
[/a]Today's player is much different from the [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2009/11/customize-color-scheme-of-wordpress-mp3.html" target="_blank"]music mp3 player[/a] I previously shared. It created by [a href="http://www.alsacreations.fr/dewplayer-en" target="_blank"]alsacreations[/a] and provided for free use. It is called Dewplayer, which is a smart easy to use flash mp3 player that comes in different sizes and shapes. You can create a beautiful playlist in your blogger blogs with it and with a professional look. I personally liked it a lot! Turn off the music below and lets try this new discovery.
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<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="dewplayer-mini.swf" width="160" height="20" border="0" id="dewplayer" name="dewplayer"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="dewplayer-mini.swf" /> <param name="flashvars" value="mp3=MBT.mp3" /> </object>
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="dewplayer-classic.swf" width="200" height="20" border="0" id="dewplayer" name="dewplayer"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="dewplayer-classic.swf" /> <param name="flashvars" value="mp3=MBT.mp3" /> </object>
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="dewplayer-multi.swf" width="240" height="20" border="0" id="dewplayer" name="dewplayer"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="dewplayer-multi.swf" /> <param name="flashvars" value="mp3=MBT.mp3" /> </object>
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="dewplayer-rect.swf" width="240" height="20" border="0" id="dewplayer" name="dewplayer"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="dewplayer-rect.swf" /> <param name="flashvars" value="mp3=MBT.mp3" /> </object>
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="dewplayer-bubble.swf" width="250" height="65" border="0" id="dewplayer" name="dewplayer"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="dewplayer-bubble.swf" /> <param name="flashvars" value="mp3=MBT.mp3" /> </object>
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You learned how to [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/07/show-nick-name-in-posts-instead-of.html" target="_blank"]replace author name[/a] with a nickname in posts and now its time that you may change the author name appearing in comments also with either a text or image. This will again display a custom name instead of the blogger profile name. This will help you to use different names on each of your blog instead of the profile name. The steps are really simple to implement. Follow up:
[a name='more'][/a]Go To Blogger > Design > Edit HTML
Backup your template
Click the "Expand Widgets Template"
Search for this,
<data:comment.author/>
This code will appear twice so replace it twice with your custom nickname. You can either use a fancy text name like this one,
J0|-|N
or an image,
<img src="ADD IMAGE LINK HERE" border="0" />
Replace the bolded text with image link. Keep you image as small as 150px by 20px in size.
5. Save your template and you are done!
I just hope you find this tiny trick useful. For any help, feel free to post your questions. Peace out buddies. :)
<a href="http:xyz.com">Download</a>
<a rel="nofollow" href="http:xyz.com">Download</a>
<a rel="noindex" rel="nofollow" href="http:xyz.com">Live DEMO</a>
[a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qcMwHlCUbk8/Tg9vKA8_4AI/AAAAAAAAEFI/gy5yoBO9ktA/s1600-h/Gdlogo_Everythingtagdpi%25255B6%25255D.jpg"]
[/a]On June 24, 2011, The [a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303339904576405610949743734.html" target="_blank"]Wall Street Journal[/a] reported that private-equity firms KKR and Silver Lake Partners, along with a third investor, are nearing a deal to buy the company for between $2-2.5 billion and just today that rumour became a reality.
[a href="http://godaddy.com" target="_blank"]GoDaddy[/a], the world’s largest domain registrar and webhosting company has been sold to three private equity firms at $2.25 billion. Godaddy has more than 45 million domains names under management and is four times bigger than it first competitor. It is well known for their different style of advertising campaigns using Female celebrity models. Godaddy started advertising in super bowl and then expanded their market circle so widely that within years of its launch it received sports sponsorships.
[a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-85uz1X8FgY0/Tg9vMNnsPnI/AAAAAAAAEFQ/3X4LqmuJaQI/s1600-h/godaddy_pic%25255B6%25255D.jpg"]
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The deal was sealed by private equity firms KKR & Co., Silver Lake Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures. Company founder and CEO Bob Parsons expressed his views to [a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/07/go-daddy-sold-for-225-billion.html" target="_blank"]Los Angeles times[/a] in these words:
“What these guys see is a company with a lot more potential internationally and more potential to make partnerships and acquisitions. They’ll help us finance and they’ll help us recruit talent.”
