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Editing Templates 2007-11-30 05:27:00 The great thing about Blogger/Blogspot templates is their flexibility. Depending on your skills and creativity, there is virtually limitless range of design variations that you can implement. Unlike other blog hosting services, such as Wordpress, Blogger does not require you to pay fees to modify the templates. However, there is a downside to this. Blogger does not provide readily available professional looking templates, such as three-column layouts or templates with built-in navigation bars. Consequently, if you want to modify the Blogger template and extend its functionality, you either need to download templates from other site or directly edit your own template. The second option is preferable, especially if you want to have a unique blogsite design.There are web sites and blogsites (such as this one) that offer HTML and CSS tutorials. However, the main problem when it comes to editing Blogger template codes is finding the specific sections that need to be edited. Although the Blo Read more:Templates
The Importance of RSS Feeds 2007-11-29 01:11:00 Have you noticed the orange icon above? You might already have seen this icon in many other sites. This icon is the universally recognized standard symbol of RSS feeds. The acronym, RSS, stands for "really simple syndication." RSS feeds allow the contents of sites or blogs to be automatically published in other sites or feed readers without the need for manually posting the contents.For instance, if your blog is subscribed to MyBlogLog, the contents of your blog are partially displayed on this site. This is made possible by the RSS feeds of your blog site. The RSS feeds are also responsible for allowing your site to be easily indexed by search engines such as Google.If you are using Blogger/Blogspot services, the default RSS feed of your blog is called "Atom." Try clicking the "Atom" link found at the bottom-most part of the post body of your blog. Clicking the said link will open a new page that displays the contents of your blog, minus the widgets and layout design. This page is know Read more:RSS Feeds
Collapsible Posts (Dropdown Posts) 2007-11-28 01:47:00 If you like your blog posts to be truncated without actually eliminating a single word, then the "collapsible post" option is the best option for you. This option allows your blog post to be partially displayed on the main page of your blogsite. In this manner, only the first paragraph or selected paragraphs will be displayed. Some blog readers do not have the patience to scroll down on your blog posts to find the articles that are interesting to them. The collapsible option allows your readers to conveniently scan your main blog posts. Your readers will be able to read the rest of the post by simply clicking the "Read More..." link at the bottom of each article post. In this blogsite, I have used the "Please continue reading..." link.However, the collapsible option is not readily available in Blogger/Blogspot. You first need to implement some CSS and HTML codes in the template of your blogsite. Here are the steps that you should follow to include the collapsible option in your Blogger
Site Within a Site 2007-12-05 02:16:00 Do you want your favorite site to be displayed within your blog?. There are Javascript codes that you can create and copy-paste on your website or blogsite to enable you to create i-frames. An i-frame is actually like a picture frame contained within another picture frame. It may also be compared to a window within a window. An i-frame allows you to view other sites within your own site. Hence, there is no need to navigate away from your site. You can simultaneously view two sites. For instance, if you scroll down to the footer area of this blogsite, you will see an i-frame displaying my Wordpress blog (Philippine Affairs). This is made possible by the i-frame codes that I have embedded on this site.To conveniently create an i-frame for your site, you must first create the code in Bitty Browser. Follow the step-by-step graphical instructions below:Step1: Open Bitty Browser page.Step2: Go to the settings page by clicking the "change something" link.Step3: Choose the "change the content
Embedding PowerPoint Slides 2007-12-04 00:46:00 Have you noticed that the Blogger/Blogspot post editor only offers photo and video upload? The illustration below shows the icons that you should click if you want to upload photos or videos from your hard desk. However, what if you want to upload PowerPoint
or PDF files? There are no straightforward options that you can choose. Hence, the best option would be to first convert the files into some sort of codes and copy-paste or embed them onto your blog in similar manner that YouTube videos are embedded on blog posts.To embed a PowerPoint file onto Blogger, you must first create an account in Slide Share. After creating an account, you can then upload the PowerPoint files that you created. However, the maximum file size that is allowed is 30 Megabytes. Well, this is enough for general purposes. Uploading may take some time, depending on the file size. On the other hand, the process of converting the file into Slide Share format may take longer time. Hence, you should be patient.After y Read more:Slides
Play Online Backgammon 2007-12-17 05:46:00 Do you want to play online backgammon just for fun or for real money? There are many backgammon sites that offer software downloads as well as actual tournaments. Unlike other types of games that involve dice rolling, backgammon also requires some degree of skills. If you want to play challenging backgammon online games with real people, MisterGammon.com is one of the best backgammon sites that you can visit. This site offers the latest information on online backgammon tournaments as well as tips on game strategies that can help you to improve your skills. The site is very easy to navigate and the loading time is fast. This site is credible and has over 100,000 regular players. You can be assured that your online funds will be secured if you sign-up for membership.
CSS Blockquote Formats 2007-12-16 06:15:00 'An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.'--Mahatma GandhiThe block quotation above was formatted using the <blockquote> tags. If you cannot view the styles that I have applied in the quotation above, switch to Mozilla Firefox browser. This browser is far much better than other browsers in terms of displaying CSS formats and in terms of being user-friendly. The Blogger/Blogspot default settings simply format blockquotes as indented. If you want to add decorative quotation marks and background color, you have to do some tweaking with the CSS codes. You can easily create blockquotes by higlighting the selected texts and clicking the "quote icon" found on the upper frame of the text editor as shown in the illustration below.The format of the quotation above should look something like the one shown in the illustration below -- without the red oval, of course!I have used the CSS codes shown below to achieve the effects that you see. Simply copy-paste these codes ont Read more:Formats
Online Backgammon Portal 2007-12-16 05:46:00 Backgammon is a game that involves both chance and strategy. Very few people really know how to play backgammon. However, for those who have been hooked with the game, it is quite addicting, especially if large stakes are involved. Backgammon games can be played online. There are several sites that offer live backgammon tournaments. If you are looking for an excellent backgammon site, Gammon-World.com is one of the best backgammon portals that you can visit. This site also offers tutorials on strategies of the game. The site is minimalist in concept with very few distractions, allowing online players to easily navigate its pages. Read more:Portal
Online Slot Machines 2007-12-16 02:55:00 Online slots are among the oldest type of web-based gambling ever developed. Even during the early years of the internet as a public domain, online slot machines were already providing entertainment and price opportunities for the online community. Play slots are popular because of their simplicity and high probability of winning. An online slot machine is obviously far more convenient than the traditional casino slots. Sloterix.com is among the pioneer online slots. Its varieties of interactive games are easy to play and the website design is very ergonomic. Technical support is excellent and round the clock. Hence, you can be assured of high quality services.
Domain Names 2007-12-15 06:26:00 'What's in a name? That which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet.' -- Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)What's in a name? Well, pretty much everything. An identity is directly connected to a name. Shakespeare was being philosophical when he wrote the famous dialog quoted above. You may indeed call a rose a skunk and it would still smell as sweet. However, that would create confusion, not to mention that a lot of people would disagree with you.When it comes to naming a website or blog, the name is a primary determining factor of the site's potential popularity or success. For instance, if you have a website or blog that focuses on children's toys, you obviously should not name it as adult-toys.com. Your site has a greater chance of being stumbled upon by search engine users if it is appropriately named.I had committed this mistake of naming some of my blogsites with very long and non-descriptive nam Read more:Names
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A Web Portal to Online Casinos 2007-12-15 02:35:00 The web is pretty much a crowded place. Finding your way requires some sort of guide map, especially if you are looking for specific sites such as online casinos. If you are a professional gambler, a gambling addict or simply someone who enjoy the thrill of high-stake games, then Gamblux.com is the perfect site for you. This site is not actually a gambling site but a portal or gateway to the best online casinos. The navigation tools and layout of this site are great. Hence, you will not get lost. Here, you can find casino news, comprehensive casino guide, and a wide range of game options. Read more:Portal
Online Hotel Reservations 2007-12-14 02:50:00 If you are planning to have a Roman holiday this Christmas, you might end up being frustrated in finding Rome accommodation (pun intended). Rome is one of the busiest cities this time of year. You can expect a deluge of pilgrims in that ancient city. If you have not booked reservations at least two weeks in advance, you could not expect to find the best accommodations such as Hotel
Venice. Your Roman holiday might end up as a penance rather than a vacation. There are many online sites that offer hotel booking services complete with tour package. However, only few of these truly offer high quality services commensurate to the fee required.Aside from hotel rooms, you might also want to avail a Rome apartment. In this manner, you will be assured of privacy. Most online reservations also offer other service packages such as bed and breakfast, transportation, plane reservations, guided tours and even audience with the Pope. Finding the right website is sometimes confusing with all the fuss Read more:Reservations
Hosting Template Codes 2007-12-13 22:03:00 Have you ever wondered how to host your Blogger/Blogspot HTML template codes? Well, there is the option of posting them on your blogsite or website. But then, in order to do this, you must first have to change the arrow brackets of the tags so that they can be displayed as texts. A convenient method of doing this is to copy-paste the template codes onto MS-Word and use the Replace command to replace all the arrow brackets with the corresponding ampersand (&) symbols. For details regarding this, you may read this related post: Displaying HTML Tags. After replacing all the arrow brackets, you can then post the template codes on your site. However, this method is a bit tedious and may introduce unnecessary XML codes that might not be parsed by the Blogger HTML editor.Another option would be to simply upload the text file (Notepad) version of your template to a web host. There are many web hosting services that you can avail. Some are for free while others require payments. The best f Read more:Hosting
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Custom Writing Services 2007-12-13 04:51:00 Even with the available help essay services on the Internet, some students still find it very difficult to write high quality research papers. Sometimes, the problem lies on the writing skills and not on the availability of information. If you want custom papers for your project, thesis, term paper or dissertation, you may simply buy an essay from credible websites. Technically, it would not be considered as plagiarism if you avail custom writing services, especially if you provided the rough draft, sources and format specifications. Services
such as these simply polish and organize your research papers.
Menu Bar with CSS Definitions 2007-12-12 02:40:00 (Related Topic: Adding a Menu Bar)Menu bars are the basic navigation tools of a website. Menu bars allow the visitors or users of a website to conveniently navigate from one page to another. Without the menu bar or any other navigation links, all the contents of a website have to be placed on the front page. This would be tantamount to printing a whole book as a long scroll rather than the more practical leaf-page format. The menu bar is comparable to the index or table of contents of a book. It allows the readers to find the particular page or contents that they want. Thus, the need for scanning the whole book is eliminated.Even blogsites may need menu bars for easy navigation. For instance, this blogsite features a simple menu bar located at the top portion of the header area. This menu bar leads to the different resources and information found on this blogsite. Since each blog post is located on a unique page, you can link the important pages to the items of your menu bar. For insta Read more:Definitions
Small Business Web Hosting 2007-12-11 04:48:00 Our age is the age of information. Virtually all types of information can be accessed with a few clicks of the mouse buttons. In fact, we are overwhelmed by too much information that we sometimes do not even know which information is right. The internet is a worldwide library that made it possible for the easy access to information. Aside from academic concerns, the internet is the gateway to global marketing. The amazing thing about web marketing is that you can actually do business 24 hours a day even when you are asleep or simply twiddling your thumbs. Your customers can literally come from any part of the planet. If you intend to start a web-based business, you must first find the right web hosting site for your business.Small
business web hosting sites are ideal for start-up individual enterprises. When it comes to web marketing, the possibilities are endless. You can offer very obscure products and services, yet you will be surprised to find a sustainable market demand. There are Read more:Hosting
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Understanding Style Sheets (CSS) 2007-12-08 02:21:00 There are actually different types of style sheets that can be integrated with HTML documents. However, the most commonly used type of style sheet is the Cascading Style
Sheet or CSS. As the name implies, this style sheet is a layered style sheet. This means that different formats can be implemented using different attributes. CSS is an extension of the HTML language. CSS allows generalized formatting of a web document without the need for individually tagging each element. Basically, CSS provides the general formatting for the texts, graphics and layout a HTML document or web page.You can consider CSS as some sort of generic formatting tool that is much similar to the formatting tools of word processors. CSS tells the browser how a particular type of page element will be displayed. For instance, the post titles (header texts) of this blogsite are displayed as left aligned, blue color, and black during mouse hover. All of these characteristics are declared in the style sheet. Without t Read more:Understanding
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Taking a Screenshot 2007-12-19 02:57:00 Taking screenshots or snapshots of your PC screen is very easy to do. The picture that you see below is an example of screenshot image of this site. Screenshot
images can be created by simultaneously pressing the CONTROL key and PRINT SCREEN key (Ctrl+PrtSc). After doing this, open the Paint program found under the Accessories category of the MS-Windows menu. Use the Ctrl+V command to paste the image. You may then do some editing before saving the image file. If you want more advanced options, you may choose other image editing application programs such a CorelDraw or PhotoShop. Read more:Taking
Drivewire - Auto Parts and Accessories 2007-12-19 02:35:00 If you are looking for dependable aftermarket auto parts such as Ford auto parts, one of the best sites to visit is Drivewire.com. This site offers a wide array of product options, covering virtually all types of car makes and models. Finding the car parts that you need is very easy because of the convenient navigational tools of this site. You can easily access specific product catalogs by simply clicking the corresponding links. This site offers great product discounts that are highly competitive. Online shopping is the best way to purchase the auto parts that you need. Transaction is hassle-free and it may take just a few clicks of your mouse buttons. Read more:Accessories
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Page Rank 2008-03-08 03:10:00 Most bloggers monetize their blogs by writing paid reviews and by posting ads. Monetized blogs are good source of extra income but in order to get more offers from paid review sites, your blog site needs to have good Google PR. Good PR means that your site has greater chance to be found when using certain search keywords. Hence, advertisers prefer to offer paid reviews to blog sites that have higher page ranks.In terms of search engine optimization (SEO), sites with higher page rank are easier to find. To check the page rank of your site, you may visit this link: Page Rank
Checker. The ranking system is from 0 to 10. Ten is the highest possible rank. "N/A" may also appear for your blog. This simply means that your site has not yet been indexed by Google. Hence, PR is not yet available.High
Optimizing Web Presence 2008-01-06 09:09:00 Online marketing is a very competitive world. You may need to consult a SEO specialist to optimize your site’s web presence. An SEO expert is someone who knows the ins and outs of web marketing. Trafficare.com is a SEO company that has the expertise that you can rely upon if you are looking for high quality SEO services. Search engine optimization is not simply about page ranking but also about quality contents and products. Read more:Presence
Play Online Backgammon 2008-01-06 09:01:00 There are many online backgammon sites that you can visit. These sites offer live online tournaments as well as software downloads. GammonFortune.com is one of the most reliable sites that you can visit if you want to simply play backgammon games either for fun or for real money. This site offers software downloads, tutorials and live tournaments. The minimalist site design is very easy to navigate. Your backgammon online game experience may never be the same.
Article Checker: Combatting Online Plagiarism 2008-03-12 03:06:00 The internet is a global library that is accessible to almost everybody from any part of the globe. Information on virtually all topics can be found on the internet. However, the internet is more than just a source of information. It is also a powerful marketing tool. There are hundred millions of commercial websites competing for attention. Although there are many expensive and powerful softwares that can be used for SEO purposes, the content of a website is still the most important factor. Search engines such as Google, Yahoo MSN are still keyword-based. These search engines search the web and rank websites based on the relevance, uniqueness and freshness of contents.Hence, it is very important to have unique article contents in websites. Duplicate contents tend to be ignored by search e Read more:Article
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RSS Feed Editor 2008-03-26 06:19:00 You are most likely familiar with RSS feeds if you are a blogger. On the other hand, if you are not yet acquainted with RSS, it stands for “really simple syndication.” It is an internet tool that allows word contents of websites (including blogsites) to be automatically published in other sites. Subscribing to RSS feeds is a convenient way to receive regular updates from certain sites without actually visiting these sites. To put it simply, an RSS feed is a method of broadcasting the contents of websites. Simple as it may seem, creating an RSS feed requires a special software application that is otherwise known as RSS creator.An RSS feed creator allows you to customize the contents of your site’s RSS feed. You can accomplish several sophisticated tasks without any thorough knowledge Read more:Editor
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JavaScript Dialog Box 2008-04-04 03:43:00 If it is the first time that you visited this site or if you happen to have reloaded this site, you will be prompted by a dialog box asking your name. After entering your name, a message will appear above the picture of my son on the left sidebar. This trick is made possible by the simple JavaScript
codes that I have added.To add the same feature in your blogsite or website, follow the simple instructions below:Step1: Open the HTML template of your blog. Add the codes below to the new Page Element.<script type="text/javascript">var yourName = prompt("I'm John David. May I know your name?", "Reader");</script>Step2: Add another new Page Element and paste the codes below.Hello <script type="text/javascript">document.write(yourName)</script>! Welcome to this blogsite t Read more:Dialog
Uploading Music to Blogger 2008-04-11 03:29:00 Do you want to upload your favorite music files to Blogger
? Unfortunately, Blogger only allows video and picture uploads. But there is another way to go around this problem. You can first upload your music files to other websites such as Esnips or Imeem and then you can embed the codes in your blogsite. Visitors of your blogsite can directly play the music files. However, the music files created through the aforementioned method are inconvenient to download.Another simpler method is to first upload your music file to Googlepages, as shown in the illustration below:After uploading your music files, right click the link and choose copy link location (note: this might only work if you are using Mozilla Firefox browser). You can then paste this link URL onto your blog page or sidebar. On the o Read more:Uploading
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Introduction to HTML Forms 2008-05-06 03:54:00 The form that you see below is the comment form of YPEC's sign up page. HTML forms are easy to create and to implement, provided that you have a web host or server that will receive and process the input data. The comment page of this post is another example of HTML form.HTML forms utilize CGI and PERL programs for them to function. CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface while PERL stands for Practical Extraction and Report Language. CGI is the interface that allows communication between the server and the user while PERL is the program that allows the transfer, encoding, and interpretation of data.Forms
allow your site to be interactive by providing interface for the readers. HTML forms can be created by using the <form> tags.HTML forms have two basic elements, namely, input and a Read more:Introduction
Affordable Web Templates 2008-05-17 02:42:00 Are you frustrated hiring web designers for your business websites? Do you feel that the money that you pay for professional fees does not give you the return that you expect? The solution to your problem is not necessarily as expensive or as sophisticated. Your problem can be solved by simply downloading affordable but highly professional web templates. You do not even need knowledge of HTML or w Read more:Templates
Optimizing Web Presence 2008-07-02 00:06:00 If you have an online business, it will be a failure if your target customers are unable to find it. The stylish web design, expensive software applications, and top quality products of your site will be virtually useless if very few people are able to find your site. Even if people truly need the products you are offering, how can you make a sale if your target customers do not even know that you Read more:Presence
Casino Guide 2008-07-01 05:39:00 The age of the internet has brought great convenience. The internet has made the world seem to be a smaller place. Distances were bridged and communication was made easier. The world has become a global community. In the process, it also has also created a community of its own. It created a virtual village that mimics the real world. Entertainment, commerce, communication, and information are now Read more:Casino
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