U Comment I follow

This blog is part of the U Comment I follow movement in blogosphere.Means comments on this blog are made do follow and will be spidered.Unfortunately the comments field in wordpress and blogger are made NOFOLLOW by default.This is done as a measure to reduce spam.But this has stopped link love.Do you wish to join this movement? Goto Blogger Beta Template HTML with widgets expanded and replace<a expr:href='data:comment.authorUrl' rel='nofollow'>with<a expr:href='data:comment.authorUrl'>And to make other bloggers know that you are part of the movement just add a U Comment I follow logo from Randa Clay DesignUpdate: This blog is no...

My Blog Post widget for your Blog

I have created a widget that will list my blog's recent posts on your blog.If you are using blogger you can add this widget to your blog.This widget will list my blog's latest 5 posts on your blog.To add this widget you can use the button below.Thanks to Beautiful Beta for helping me in making the widgets.. Once you install this widget on your blog your blogs's sidebar will show the latest posts on my blog. So grab the widget and get a backlink from my blog. <script style="text/javascript" src="http://files.bloggerplugins.org/widgetposts.js"></script><script style="text/javascript">var numposts = 5;var showpostdate = false;var showpostsummary = true;var numchars = 50;var standardstyling = false;</script><script src="http://www.bloggerplugins.org/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showrecentposts"></script>...

First Letter of your Blog post in Capital Letters

This hack will let you make the first letter of your blogpost in Caps like you see in my blog here..See the T is in Caps(with styling).Wanna get this.So here is the trickGoto Blogger Template>Edit HTML and ReplaceNow Goto Blogger Settings> Formatting and insert the following in the Post Template and save the settings.<t></t> Now whenever you try to create a post in blogger you will see <t></t> in the Create Post Box Now place the first letter of your blog post within the <t></t> tags.Here i have placed T within the tags like <t>T</t>his hack will let you(this is how my post begins)The result is a large Capital that stretches over 5 lines.Thanks :Beautiful BetaSource: http://www.bloggerplugins.org/2007/09/first-letter-of-your-blog-pos...

Buy Me a Beer / Buy me a coffee for blogger

I got some requests about implementing the Buy me a beer / Buy me a coffee widget after each of your blog post..So i decided to write this out for you..Goto your Blogger Template> Edit HTML and expand the widget templates..Now find <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'/>and immediately after that place the text from this file after properly editing it with your paypal email address(replace youremailaddress with the email address using which you registered at paypal)..If you have any doubts leave a comment.. and if you like the trick then why not buy me a coffee from that link below!!??Source: http://www.bloggerplugins.org/2007/09/buy-me-bear-buy-me-coffee-for-blogger.ht...

Social bookmarking elements after each blog post(includes Stumbleupon,Twitter,Facebook)

Update:-Facebook Icon Added Social Bookmarking Icons for Blogger - The social bookmarking blogger widget will add neat social bookmarking icons below each of your posts so that your readers can bookmark your posts at various social bookmarking sites like digg,stumble,magnolia,delicious,google,yahoo etc.. This is the updated version of my previous post post on the same.. in this i have added a new stumble upon button.If you use this you will get the bookmarking icons after each blog post as you see on my blog here . To get this working on your blog do the following steps.. 1)Goto Blogger Template>Edit HTML back up your template and expand...

U Comment I Follow Blogger Widget/Plugin

As you guys know the comment field of my blog is do follow..If you too have a blogger blog whose comment field is Do Follow,then let others know of this by adding the Do follow widget to your blog.If you don't know of the Do Follow movement read about it here.. If you are already having a Do Follow comment field for your blog then add the following plugin / widget to your blog Note: Dofollow Widget is no longer available as i am not a part of it now. Update: This blog is no longer a part of the DO FOLLOW movement.. I am shutting it down due to excessive comment spam.. Source: http://www.bloggerplugins.org/2007/09/u-comment-i-follow-blo...

Optimise Blog Title for Search engine Results and increase visitors

The Default blogger Post/Page Titles are in the Format Blog Name: Post Name . But don't you feel that the Post Title should be given a little more importance on the Post Page? The search results including those on search engines like Google and Yahoo use these titles.So it is always better to keep your title more related to your post content.So don’t you think that it would be better if Title Starts with your Post Title and ends with your Blog Title.I do believe that it will definitely improve your Click Through Rate. The result of applying this hack is as follows: Login to your blogger account From your Dashboard opt for Layout/ Design/Template...

Merge Multiple RSS Feeds Into One Using Google Reader / Yahoo Pipes + Feed Burner

One of the major questions of the bloggers is that can they mix up feeds from different sources or blogs..So i thought of writing about it..you can do it in two ways via yahoo Pipes or the Google reader..I am explaining both methods here..Google Reader...1)Goto www.google.com/reader2)Add the blogs or sites whose rss feeds you want to merge.3)Now goto Settings>Subscriptions and add the feeds that you want to merge, to the same folder(Set the folder name as the name of the feed you want at the end..)4)Now goto Settings>Tags5)You will see a new tag whose name is your folder name6)Make it public by clicking the image next to it..7)Now click view public page right to your folder name8)On the right of that page you will see a a feed that you can subscribe to..9)Copy that feed url Its your...

Drop Down Subscription Box or Widget

Everybody knows the imprtance of Rss feeds.So its better to give the readers an option to subscribe to your feeds in their favourite Rss Reader..Here in this blog you can see a Drop Down Subscription box on the left.Here is how i implemented it..Goto your Blogger Template>Edit Html and find and place the following code just above it..(it not necessary to put it exactly above body { but i mentioned it to avoid confusion.)Now add the following widget to your blog.(The widget will work only if you have done the template edit mentioned above)Note: If you are reading this in a Feed Reader the widget installer wont be displayed.So visit the actual article on the site to install the widget.Source: http://www.bloggerplugins.org/2007/10/drop-down-subscription-box-or-widget.ht...

Theme Switcher For Blogger

Theme changer or Theme switcher is a really a little complicated thing when comapared to the other hacks here..Here i introduce a theme changer for our blogger beta.DemoHere is the method to do itGoto your Blogger Template>Edit Html and back up your Template by downloading it..Now In the Template code find <b:skin><![CDATA[you will notice some variable defenitions and some style defenitions below it copy all the data below the above code till ]]></b:skin>and save the copied text as a text file on your desktop.Now in the text file you will see codes like <Variable name="sidebarTitleBgColor" description="Sidebar Title Background Color" type="color" default="#ffd595" value="#eed595">This means that the variable "sidebarTitleBgColor" by default has the value #ffd595...

Rate your Blogger Posts with 5 Star Ratings

Blogger Officially has a Star Ratings Widget, but the Rating Stars provided by Blogger are too small and not so beautiful. Outbrain has come up with an alternate Rating system which can be easily added to any platforms including Blogger. You can see a Demo of this Ratings Widget at the Bottom of this post.How to Install Outbrain Star Ratings?Method 1Register at the Outbrain Website and Activate your account(check your email after registering) Select the Recommendation Type (Text / Thumbnail) and Choose Blogger as your Platfrom. Type your blog URL , agree to the Outbrain Terms and Click the Install Button. You will be prompted to add...

Embed a search box in Blogger Header

This trick enables you to embed a search box or some adsense ads within the bog header.As you see here, i have embedded an adsense search box below the blog description.To use this hack first backup your template.Now Edit the Template Html as explained below after expanding the widget template.Find this piece of code.<div class='descriptionwrapper'> <p class='description'><span><data:description/></span></p> Now if you want your search box or adsense ads to appear below your Blog Description,place the adsense code just below the above code.Now if you want your search box or adsense ads to appear above your Blog Description,place the adsense code just above the above code.Source: http://www.bloggerplugins.org/2007/10/embed-search-box-in-blogger-hea...

Recent Comments Widget for Blogger

The Recent Comments Widget for Blogger displays recent blog comments on your sidebar.You can use this widget to display the recent comments of any blogger blog.You can customize the number of comments to display in the widget, whether or not to display the post name, the comment-date, and the size of the comment(in characters). This widget might encourage your readers in leaving comments on your blog :) How to Install the Recent Comments Widget For Blogger Before installing the Recent Comments Widget, take a look at the following Settings in the Widget Installer. This should be the URL of a blogger Blog. If you are installing the Widget on...

Recent Posts Widget for Blogger

The Recent Posts Widget for blogger displays recent post titles and their summaries in your sidebar. You can customize this widget to display the recent posts of any blogger blog that you like. You can customize the number of posts to display, whether or not to display a post summary and even set the size of this summary(in number of characters). For Further enhancements, you can add your own CSS styling and improve the look and feel of the widget, How to add the Recent Posts Widget for Blogger? Before adding the Widget just take a look at the Widget Settings Blog URL - This should be the URL of a blogger Blog. If you are installing the Widget...

Orkut Profile widget for blogs (blogger and others)

Orkut is nowadays becoming more and more popular.So i thought of making up a new orkut profile badge widget for blogger(actually it can be used on any web page). To do this just login to your orkut account and get the following details 1)Your Profile pic Url This can be done by right clicking your profile pic and choosing copy image location 2)Your Profile Url 3)Your Scrapbook Url 4)Your Send message Url 5)Your Write Testimonial Url 6)Your Send Teaser Url Use these details in the widget creator(below) and get the widget added to your blogYour reviews will be most welcome..If you need anything added please leave a comment here. Preview(Note:-I...

Add Blogger Sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools

I hope you do know about Google Web Master Tools. This tool enables Webmasters to provide a better and detailed information of their site to Google.This will greatly help you in your SEO needs.Webmaster Tools allows you to submit your blog's sitemap so that Google gets a better idea of your blogs structure. Blogger’s robots.txt file automatically specifies a sitemap URL[The blog feed], but it would be even better if you manually add the sitemap URLs to GWT. Wordpress and other blogging platforms have some Sitemap generator plugins for the same.If you are using blogger you can use your blog's atom.xml feed as your sitemap. Note:- If you have...