Monday, 4 June 2012

How to Create Drop Caps (Big First Letters) in Blogger/Blogspot

Here's another way you can customize your Blog. In this case, your Posts and Comment's first letter. The effect is a large first letter stretching down three or four lines with the text wrapped around. The drop cap letter can also use a different font and can be a different color to the rest of the text. You often see this style in newspapers, literature, magazines. In this tutorial i will show you how to apply automatically Magazine text style in Blogger Posts and Comments. So let's start adding it!

-> Add Drop Caps For Blogger Posts

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-> Add Drop Caps For Blogger Comments

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Big First Letter for your Blogger / Blogspot Posts

Step 1.
  •  If you are using the old Blogger interface:
Go to Dashboard - Design - Edit HTML - Expand Widget Template (make a backup)
  • If you are using the new Blogger interface:
Go to Dashboard - Template - Edit HTML - Proceed - Expand Widget Template (make a backup)

Step 2. Search (CTRL + F) for this piece of code:

]]></b:skin>

Step 3. Just above it, add the following:

.capital:first-letter {
float: left;
display: block;
font-family: Times, serif, Georgia;
font-size: 40px;
color: #000000;
margin:0px 5px 0 0;
padding:0 0 0 10px;
}

Customize:

Color - change the color highlighted in blue with the value of your desired color
Size - to change the letter size, increase/decrease the value highlighted in pink.

Step 4. Now search for this code:

<data:post.body/>

Step 5. Then immediately before and after add the red fragments you see in the example below:

 <div class='capital'><data:post.body/></div>

Step 6. Save your template.

Important! If the above code is not working, add one of following codes from this example:


<p class="capital"><data:post.body/></p>

Or

<span class="capital"><data:post.body/></span>


Big First Letter For Blogger/Blogspot Comments

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger account, then go to Design (Layout) >> Edit HTML >> check the "Expand Widget Templates" box

Step 2. Search (CTRL + F) for this piece of code (if you have already added this code, skip step 2 & 3):

]]></b:skin>

Step 3. Add the following code just above ]]></b:skin>:

.capital:first-letter {
float: left;
display: block;
font-family: Times, serif, Georgia;
font-size: 40px;
color: #000000;
margin:0px 5px 0 0;
padding:0 0 0 10px;
}

Customize:

Color - change the color highlighted in blue with the value of your desired color
Size - to change the letter size, increase/decrease the value highlighted in pink.

Step 4. Then Search for this piece of code:

<data:comment.body/>

Step 5. Add the red codes before and after <data:comment.body/> as you can see in my example below:

<p class="capital"><data:comment.body/></p>

Step 6. Save your Template.

That's it! Now you have a cool drop cap first letter on your blog.
If you have any question, leave a comment below!

Saturday, 2 June 2012

Numbered comments on threaded comments for Blogger/Blogspot

In a past tutorial, I've been talking about how you can add numbered comments to your blogger blog and today we'll learn how we can add numbered comments along with comment bubbles on the threaded comments as well.

What the following CSS trick will do for you:
  1. When the general block of comments is initiating (.comments-content) a counter called countcomments activates and starts with an initial value of 1. 
  2. Then, each time the code flow goes through a review of any level, either a principal or a reply comment (.comment-thread li), content will bring us in front (:before) of the body of the comment, the number that is the counter at the time.
  3. Then is incremented in one unit the counter (counter-increment).
See the screenshot:
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Isn't that great? Well, i'm pretty sure many of you have been waiting for this cool trick. So let's begin applying it for our threaded comments system.

Steps to add bubble comments count

Step 1: Go to Dashboard - Template - Edit HTML (click on Proceed if needed)

    ...Expand Widget Templates:



    Step 2: Search (CTRL + F) for this piece of code:

    ]]></b:skin>

    Step 3: Add the following code just above it:

    .comment-thread ol {
    counter-reset: countcomments;
    }
    .comment-thread li:before {
    content: counter(countcomments,decimal);
    counter-increment: countcomments;
    float: right;
    z-index: 2;
    position:relative;
    font-size: 22px;
    color: #555555;
    padding-left:10px; 
    padding-top:3px; 
    background: url(
    https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9jW4ILd_o6a3g1bf7bvJmu65dQL4RXK9uW5_p0SnDuVlYRv1RJs4LdGZ0gUBLm2UI2K3jB9CfcDqVbzDnqLYMa-9NDh4lul1IHlWnu-09oiJoHNy8VqIpaeR88v3_wp23n0_md_DOBjI/s1600/comment+bubble2.png) no-repeat;
    margin-top:7px; 
    margin-left:10px; 
    width: 50px; /*image-width size*/
    height: 48px; /*image-height size*/ 

    }
    .comment-thread ol ol {
    counter-reset: contrebasse;
    }
    .comment-thread li li:before {
    content: counter(countcomments,decimal) "." counter(contrebasse,lower-latin);
    counter-increment: contrebasse;
    float: right;
    font-size: 18px;
    color: #666666;
    }

    Note:
    • for no bubble icon, remove the code in red (including the blue code)
    • to change the comment bubble, replace the code in blue with the URL address of your own icon. If you're not sure what icon you should use, you can find some cool icons in my previous posts (see these tutorials here and here)
    • to change the position of comments count, increase/decrease the values (3 & 10) from padding-top and padding-left
    • to change the position of comments bubble/icon, change the values (10 & 7) from margin-left and margin-top
    Step 4: Now Save the Template and you're done!

    If you enjoy reading this blog, please share and subscribe. For any questions, leave a comment below.

    Friday, 1 June 2012

    How to add “Email Subscription Form” to Blogger Blogspot

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    When you are providing useful information in your blog, then many times some readers will need to get the latest updates from your blog. For that purpose, you need an Email Subscription Form in your blog, so that the interested visitors can easily get the latest updates.


    To add email or Feed Subscription Form to your blogger blog (blogspot) is very easy.
    Just follow the next steps:

    1. Log in to Blogger, then go to Layout > click on "Add a Gadget" link:


     2. From the pop-up window, scroll down and click on the "HTML/JavaScript" gadget:


     3. Paste the following code inside the empty box:
    <style>
    .hl-email{
    background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEISNcxHJFG5ZVxtgCd45OQEoqUL2S2nycrNkj3kgFUUuWqB0aes_jOYbJDsk3qSIKYsw0dIpkeaHOAZDhTrc_j0F_By43NYSADRWJN6rIDXnQI2lM9AV9uvt0_DJIFQOJkYkvJrNyHAk/s1600/mail.png) no-repeat 0px 12px ;
    width:300px;
    padding:10px 0 0 55px;
    float:left;
    font-size:1.4em;
    font-weight:bold;
    margin:0 0 10px 0;
    color:#686B6C;
    }
    .hl-emailsubmit{
    background:#9B9895;
    cursor:pointer;
    color:#fff;
    border:none;
    padding:3px;
    text-shadow:0 -1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
    -moz-border-radius:6px;
    -webkit-border-radius:6px;
    border-radius:6px;
    font:12px sans-serif;
    }
    .hl-emailsubmit:hover{
    background:#E98313;
    }
    .textarea{
    padding:2px;
    margin:6px 2px 6px 2px;
    background:#f9f9f9;
    border:1px solid #ccc;
    resize:none;
    box-shadow:inset 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
    -moz-box-shadow:inset 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
    -webkit-box-shadow:inset 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); font-size:13px;
    width:130px;
    color:#666;}
    </style>
    <div class="hl-email">
    Subscribe via Email <form action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify" id="feedform" method="post" target="popupwindow" onsubmit="window.open('http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=helplogger', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true">
    <input gtbfieldid="3" class="textarea" name="email" onblur="if (this.value == &quot;&quot;) {this.value = &quot;Enter email address here&quot;;}" onfocus="if (this.value == &quot;Enter email address here&quot;) {this.value = &quot;&quot;;}" value="Enter email address here" type="text" />
    <input type="hidden" value="helplogger" name="uri"/><input type="hidden" name="loc" value="en_US"/>
    <input class="hl-emailsubmit" value="Submit" type="submit" />
    </form>
    </div>

    Settings 
    • Replace the url address in green to change the email icon
    • Increase/Decrease the 130 width value for a wider text area
    • Replace http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=helplogger with your Feedburner Email Feed link. You can get it by visiting your feedburner account then navigate to Publicize and then to Email Subscriptions.
    • Replace helplogger with your feed title. It appears at the end of your feed link. In my case it is http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=helplogger

    4. Now Save your widget and check your blog. Enjoy!

    Thursday, 31 May 2012

    Add Floating Social Media Sharing Buttons To Blogger

    The Floating Social Media Sharing is a very popular widget on all the top blogs, being a very good way to increase the number of times your posts get shared on Twitter, Facebook and other social networks. It has some of the following functions: Facebook Like, StumbleUpon, Twitter Share, Digg This, Google+ and RSS Feed Icon and each of them comes with a live counter. You can add more sharing buttons or social bookmarking icons later if you wish.

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    How to add the scrolling social bookmarking bar


    The code to copy-paste (updated!):

    <!-- floating share bar Start helplogger.blogspot.com--> <style type="text/css"> #pageshare {position:fixed; bottom:5%; margin-left:-721px; float:left; border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;background-color:#fff;padding:0 0 2px 0;z-index:10;} #pageshare .sbutton {float:left;clear:both;margin:5px 5px 0 5px;} .fb_share_count_top {width:48px !important;} .fb_share_count_top, .fb_share_count_inner {-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;} .FBConnectButton_Small, .FBConnectButton_RTL_Small {width:49px !important; -moz-border-radius:3px;/*bs-fsmsb*/-webkit-border-radius:3px;} .FBConnectButton_Small .FBConnectButton_Text {padding:2px 2px 3px !important;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;font-size:8px;} </style> <div id='pageshare' title="Get this from Helpblogger.com">
    <div style="margin-left:8px;"><div class='sbutton' id='like' style='margin: 5px 0 0 5px;'><script src='http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1'></script><fb:like layout='box_count' show_faces='false'></fb:like> </div></div>
    <br /><div class='sbutton'><a class='twitter-share-button' data-count='vertical' data-via='Helplogger' expr:data-counturl='data:blog.url' href='http://twitter.com/share' rel='nofollow'>Tweet</a><script src='http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js'; type='text/javascript'></script>
    <br /><div class='sbutton' id='su'> <script src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=5"></script> </div> <div class='sbutton' id='digg' style='margin-left:3px;width:48px'> <script src='http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js' type='text/javascript'></script> <a class="DiggThisButton DiggMedium"></a> </div> <div class='sbutton' id='gplusone'> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script> <g:plusone size="tall"></g:plusone></div><br/><a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/helplogger' rel='nofollow' target='_blank' title='Subscribe To Our Rss Feed'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1034MSUY8IKstLcpzD11dZItdLi7TL47Ir7vphGlvZ0tlLQI5bJlYhEiADMp7KgiRgytnFWhLT8y7lCxJ8sCf3ESDhhjlZYkXnfACuZfIoAwuQFKn0YtuPc9NurdMsFvEp28CohJ5qpPp/s1600/icon_rss_reader.png'/></a><div style="clear: both;font-size: 9px;text-align:center;">Get <a style="color: #3399BB;" href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com/">widget</a></div><!-- Do not remove this link --> </div> <!-- floating share bar End --></div>


    Customization:
    • Vertical alignment - Change the value of bottom in code line 3. The code positions the button relative to the bottom of your browser window. To fix the distance even when window is resized, specify the value in px (pixels) instead of %.
    • Horizontal alignment - Change the value in red of margin-left. Negative value pushes the button to the left of the main blog column, positive value pushes it to the right. Increase or decrease the value based on your needs.
    • Twitter setting - Replace Helplogger with your Twitter username
    • Replacing and removing buttons - You can replace existing buttons with your own. Each button is represented by this code: <div class='sbutton'> BUTTON CODE HERE </div>
    • RSS Feed - Change the text in blue with the url address of your RSS feed.
    Enjoy :)


    Create A Rollover Image Effect (change image on mouseover)

    The Rollover effect is one in which an image web object changes (swaps itself) on mouse over to another web object (called rollovers) and reverts back to the original image on mouse out. Rollover images are preloaded into the page when it is loading, this ensures that the rollovers are displayed quickly. The onMouseOver and onMouseOut attributes of the link tag are used to make this functional.

    Demo:  Place your mouse over the image below to see its rollover effect


    Making Rollover Effect Image

    You have the following code:

    <a href="URL ADDRESS"><img src="URL OF THE FIRST IMAGE GOES HERE" onmouseover="this.src='URL OF THE SECOND IMAGE GOES HERE'" onmouseout="this.src='URL OF THE FIRST IMAGE GOES HERE'" /></a>

    Change the colored texts as it follows:

    1. URL ADDRESS

    This is the address where somebody will be sent when clicks on the image.
    Example, my blog address: http://www.helplogger.blogspot.com

    2. URL OF THE FIRST IMAGE GOES HERE

    Replace the orange text (two times) with the URL address of the image which will appear before you hover over it.

    3. URL OF THE SECOND IMAGE GOES HERE
    Replace the text in blue with the url of  the image that will appear when the cursor hovers over it.

    Now you can paste your image inside a blog gadget, going to Layout > click on Add a Gadget link (right side) > Select HTML/JavaScript from the pop-up window, then add it to your sidebar.

    You can also add it inside your post by going to New Post > Switch to HTML tab and then paste the code in the empty box.

    That's it. Enjoy ;)

    Saturday, 12 May 2012

    Add Facemoods Emoticons To Your Blogger Comments

    Here are some amazingly funny emoticons compatible with your Blogger comments - also with threaded commenting system! If you want to know how to add them, just follow the next steps:

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    Step 1.

    Go to Dashboard - Template - Edit HTML - Proceed


    ...and select Expand Widget Template (don't forget to make a backup)

      Step 2. Search (using CTRL + F) for this code:

      • For previous commenting system: 
      <h4 id='comment-post-message'><data:postCommentMsg/></h4>
      • For threaded comments:
      <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'>

      Step 3. Add the below code just above it

      (for threaded comments, add the code after):

      <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
      <div style=' width: 450px; text-align: left; border: 1px dashed #0084ce; background: transparent; padding: 10px; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; '>
      <img border='0' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17tUTE3ezCURkFAJ-L6RBEL6jskHPKGbnCZ95MTETXRjR13QMaP42HBF2eHAdfhLGx4kEB5RwpFZ04INp_58Yr19hO9llcPv4gaMvA-RPXlkSf1tim7jn69NMmt2kv-1JHEUeQbW05eLq/s1600/helplogger.blogspot.com(1).gif'/> :a
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      <img border='0' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLp_rdvwgagELH6psbA3WV5P8ailHwEaVEk_WLeyk6xtTwQwQPBYJZCXZDC9_RwHmz98hBnHeu5rywdRDrX56vvtEzUy5gRjV2uus9VXDeeH-fPWeNEXRwlCCs3aKuWI2cl7NB06w1nIz/s1600/helplogger.blogspot.com(19).gif'/> :s
      &#160;
      <img border='0' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWavS7u9dxKwbdAWnwFwm7_uHRXkXLSJUjxGQ5rmDpz_dKiOAMwc3ZCSbbLmmZN8on5KgmvU9mYp54JKzS8pYpiysRlIW-w3NKFCMHNQ_pKVxgdju7k94B7GapOD1d8tB5cKl5Dqd2sxR/s1600/helplogger.blogspot.com(20).gif'/> :t   <a href='http://helplogger.blogspot.com/2012/05/add-facemoods-emoticons-to-your-blogger.html' style='color: rgb(30, 122, 183); font-size: x-small;'>Add smileys to Blogger + </a>
      </div></b:if>

      Step 4. Now search for this piece of code:

      </body>

      Step 5. And add the following code immediately above it:

      • For previous commenting system:
      <script type='text/javascript' src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/facemood emoticons.js"/>
      • For threaded comments: 
      <script type='text/javascript' src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/facemood emoticons threaded.js"/>

      Step 6. Save the Template. Now, enjoy your comments!

      Sunday, 6 May 2012

      How to Change Default Anonymous Avatar in Blogger Comments

      In the last tutorial, I wrote about how you can change avatars size in blogger comments and in this simple tutorial, I will show you how to change or customize default avatar of anonymous commenters or Blogger users with no picture added on their profiles. After Blogger announced new feature of threaded comment, we can still customize it by adding a jQuery plugin to our template and replacing the default anonymous avatar found at this

      URL http://img1.blogblog.com/img/anon36.png
      and the one for blogger users http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b36-rounded.png

      ...with our own.

      anonymous, default avatar, blogger blogspot

      Step 1.

      Go to Dashboard - Template - click on the Edit HTML button and then Proceed



      ...then select Expand Widget Template (don't forget to make a backup)

        Step 2. Find (CTRL + F) this code in your template:

        </body>

        Step 3. Add the following code just above it:

        <script src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js'/>
        <script>
        $(&quot;img[src=&#39;http://img1.blogblog.com/img/anon36.png&#39;]&quot;)
        .attr(&#39;src&#39;, &#39;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwCoOPiMEG1RztXXaIqnP0b-6RF9Hu5gYi1bs-nOmeP8wUN1Xwe47thbxGlbhvAQww7XgVrJYFR7suuYhaUqyo6jepKvN6DuRPt2dbNTKAU5WXjYY3KFyrOuU-t08PAeJMwk0jUD3XG8/s1600/default_avatar.gif&#39;)
        .ssyby(&#39;blank&#39;)
        </script>
        <script src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js'/>
        <script>
        $(&quot;img[src=&#39;http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b36-rounded.png&#39;]&quot;)
        .attr(&#39;src&#39;, &#39;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbqQ9wlwe4190bOVSFuWVP77sXbyYoVcq0x4gHpZxTCcvdpTzWXOBrrGnBBmlg69-aE4wVfhIM06T3mkltWL9v3droBZBCzoLnncoNkT_f4ycPV3vbCut-6hfuguvZzMy3b9wWtvBccU/s1600/blogger-user.png&#39;)
        .ssyby(&#39;blank&#39;)
        </script>

        Step 4. Save the Template

        How to change avatar:

        For Anonymous users: Replace the code in red with the url address of your image
        For Blogger users: Replace the URL in blue with your own.

        You can choose one from these below (copy the url address):


        https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwCoOPiMEG1RztXXaIqnP0b-6RF9Hu5gYi1bs-nOmeP8wUN1Xwe47thbxGlbhvAQww7XgVrJYFR7suuYhaUqyo6jepKvN6DuRPt2dbNTKAU5WXjYY3KFyrOuU-t08PAeJMwk0jUD3XG8/s200/default_avatar.gif


        https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3age7iE2Q4a6SWZ2o-CaLafzrIwm5a1kw0RohoM3yRrzo4nrWugSXZO3RaZfkawC9sRF9iBTBLcyOZ5PEVkTZiHEyaJwoQFfCM51-aJeZBYBSWoOCtYmwhJv-zGVjk3WZ6_5BlNU_f7A/s1600/facebook.gif


        https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkQaAMzMMAEv11dl6dI5I_CeXyRnE3dxT4ivFaJ-E-kZCp9C3HxRS_xPTLhTdolaacaZ1wlaAh7xBzkTPlKLKu7BpKY9ECuBWAm0zWKH3lKTqEpfcHbrd05EgjNBBxhFVZ6g0WdUgVsc/s1600/anonymous3.png



        https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZWpPZBgXkRfQvfWgERaA1sG7qx5kZbqUZVKcnhcJ1-nIN7ns7njvbL0-nYz-APaGVHQ7NNpOeGkuKX_vaSVSY4CpN6w816PAdZy6dH-Koo3U-vNCwiy4PYp57RI1Z4OqO4ECErg8DbEk/s1600/blogger-user.png


        That's it!
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