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Red Rise Classic Blogger(blogspot) Template 2007-12-23 05:27:00 Red Rise ClassicBlogger
(blogspot
) Template: You can see the Demo Site HereThis is a beautiful classic blogger template with two columns with one wonderful sidebar.You can change the header image if you want,but the present header is not bad.All the images in the template are hosted by photobucket.So,if bandwidth exceeds,you won't see images in the template.So,I added the images to the download file.After downloading the file,first upload the pictures to your own image server(I recommend Photobucket).Note:This is a classic blogger template.If you are a new blogger,or you don't know how to install a classic blogger template,Please read this.More Templates coming very very soon.Please,leave your comments here if you like the template or if you have any question about the template.Thanks.Don't forget to Subscribe to my RSS Feed,so you don't miss the template.
Beautiful 3 Column Blogger template-Download Now! 2007-12-22 20:09:00 Blue Stars 3 Column
Classic Bloggertemplate
Click Here to See How it looks in your blog.....Template Feautures:3 columnsProfessional lookNavigation menu at the topBeautiful
looking SidebarsHighly Custamisable& many more...............How to install this template?Sign in to your blogger dashboard>Click on the 'layout' link>Edit html [see the screenshots below] Next,Scroll down and click on the 'Revert to Classic Template' and Click on 'OK' when a pop up window comes. That's it,Replace template code with the downloaded template(the template is in the text file)and SAVE THE CHANGES.Note:All the images in the template are hosted by Photobucket(Image hosting service)This template is downloaded by hundreds of people.So,if my account bandwidth exceeds,the images may not show in your blog.So,I provided the images in your downloaded file.All you need to do is upload that images to your own image hosting server(like Photobucket,Imageshack.us).I recommend Photobucket).They provide di Read more:Download
Adding meta tags to blogger(blogspot) blogs,websites-SEO 2007-12-21 23:45:00 If you don't know what meta tags are, and what is the importance of adding meta tags, here is the detailed description on how to add them to your blogger(blogspot
) blogs or any website.Do you know adding meta tags is so important if you want to get more traffic from search engines like google,yahoo,msn,etc,especially the meta description is the most important one.If you don't know what meta tags are,Meta tags are the tags which describes your site and tells the search engines what your site is all about.Adding meta tags is an important factor in SEO
.(Search Engine Optimisation).Meta tags allows search engines to index your web pages more accurately. In other words,Meta tags communicate with the search engines and tells more information about your site and make it index correctly and accurately.Here is an example.This is what I got when I typed 'Kranthi tips' in the Google Search Engine.As you can observe.'Tips and tricks............' is the meta tags description which I added to
How to install a Classic Blogger template in New blogger 2007-12-21 06:07:00 How to Install a Classic
Blogger template
in New blogger:Guys,it is so easy as 123........Here we go...1.Sign in to your blogger account and click on the layout link next to your blog name.2.Click on the 'Edit html' tab3.Scroll down and select'Revert to Classic template'[see the screenshot below] and click on OK when a pop up window comes.That's it! replace the html code with the downloaded code(the one in the text file)and the most important thing!Don't forget to SAVE THE CHANGES. Read more:install
How to add Favicon to blogger(blogspot) blog 2007-12-21 01:20:00 Adding a favicon to the blogger(blogspot
) blog:For those who don't know what Favicon is 'Favicon is a small icon(image) displayed at the beginning of the address bar of the browser.It is also called Favourite Icon,Pageicon and urlicon.The main advantage of creating and using favicon is ,it makes it easy to find your blog or site when someone favourited or bookmarked your site/blog among several other sites. Most of the people use 16*16 pixel favicon(you can also use 32*32 pixel favicon) with ".ico" format.But,you can also use gif,png(image formats) aswell.So,ready to create a favicon?All you need is a program to create a favicon in (.ico) format.If you haven't a program to create in .ico format,No Problem....you can also use png or gif format.If you have Photoshop, or any other programs like that,open it and create a 16*16 image and save it as .png or gif format [look at the below screenshot below] or there are so many online sites which can create a favicon for you,just search by t
How to disable right click in blogger(blogspot) or any webpage 2007-12-20 19:58:00 This post explains how to disable right click on blogger(blogspot
) or any other webpage
using a html(javascript) code.It is so annoying if someone copies(thefts) your blog posts,articles,images and another kind of information owned by you saying that they are the original owners of the content.But,I think 'disabling right click' is not the right solution for that.Most people come to your site to read information and very small percentage of people come to your site to steal your work,images,etc.So,most people feel it insulting and I think it's very unprofessional thing to doIf you want to protect your images,my suggestion is to add a Watermark(logo) of your sitename,or your name on the images,pictures,etc.Note:Using this javascript code,you only disable the right click by warning the visitors that the content is copyrighted.That's all my personal opinion,However if you despirately want to add this feauture,You can get this code here.Where to paste it in blogger ?Sign in to your blo
Submit blogger sitemap to yahoo to index your web pages 2007-12-19 19:47:00 This post explains how to submit your blogger sitemap to Yahoo.By submitting your sitemap to yahoo, they will index your web pages in yahoo search engine and provide you with detailed information related to your blog like which pages are linking to yours,popular pages in your site and you can submit and track feeds for your sites.Also,you have the choice to delete any urls of your blog if you won't want to index certain pages of your site.Submit
ting your site to yahoo is easy and give your web pages more exposure.All you need is a YAHOO ACCOUNT(ID).However,you don't need an yahoo ID to know the information like how many pages are indexed,etc.But,if your blog is a new one or no pages in your blog are indexed(type your blog url in yahoo search and see to check whether your web pages are indexed or not), then you want Yahoo id to submit your sites,feeds,etc.Let't see how to make yahoo index your webpages by submitting your blog sitemap.1.Go to Yahoo Site Explorer2.Click on the 'Sign i
Submit blog to blog directories and increase the traffic 2007-12-19 07:09:00 This post explains how to increase your blog traffic
by submitting your blog to different kinds of blog directories which rates,provide statistics about your blog and provide free traffic and maximum exposure to your blog.Submit
ting your blog to these directories is a very good thing to do particularly if your blog is very new one with low traffic.These blog directories have high pageranks than your blog(since your blog is a new one with pagerank Zero).So, if someone searches for a particular keyword,there is more possibility for the blog directory to appear in the results than yours.So,by adding your blog to these directories,the visitors enters these directories containing your articles(when they click the article,they enter your site) and also your blog posts will be indexed little faster.So,submitting your blog to these directories will gain you more traffic.(If your blog is a new one,then put a visitors tracker button in your blog,sothat you will see how many visitors are coming f
adding text links(hyperlinks) and image links to your blog 2007-12-19 00:54:00 This post explains how to add hyperlinks
to text,how to make hyperlinks open in new window.If you don't know what hyperlinks means?Hyperlink means a link which when clicked go to another section of document or webpage,etc.Here are a few examples:Put youtube videos in your blogDisable navbar in blogger blogAs you can observe the above links,when clicked go to another page.So,how to add the hyperlink,Adding hyperlink(open in the same window):Here is the sample code to do itTEXT HERE Example: put inplace ofTEXT HERE - Googletarget - google.comSo,the html code looks likeGoogleand the output will be GoogleHow to add hyperlink(open in new window):Anyone don't want their visitors to go away from their site.So,placing links which open in new window is very useful and very good thing to do.So,here is the codeTEXT HERE the output will looks like Google (If you click on the link,it will open in the new window)As you can observe,we added the attribute "target......blank" to make this happen.Not
scrolling text-marquee-html codes for bloggers 2007-12-18 21:26:00 This post explains you how to add Scrolling text(also called as marquee)to your blog sidebars,blog posts,etc.Another way to attract the visitors is adding some decoration to the site like scrolling text,etc.But,don't decorate it too much,particularly if your site contains too much text as it irritates and spoils the concentration of the reader.You can add scroll bars to tell your visitors what will be your next updates,popular posts,advertisements,etc.So,how to add the scrolling text in your blog,let me explain it:Adding simple scrolling text:Here is the code to add a simple scrolling text from right to left sidecode to simple scrolling textThe output will be like:Example 1:code to simple scrolling textIf you want some more attraction,then try these,Add a background color to the text,code to simple scrolling textExample 2:code to simple scrolling textYou can choose your background colour by replacing the hexadecimal code(#99ccff).Click here to see the codes of the different colors.Her Read more:bloggers
Hexa decimal color chart for bloggers 2007-12-18 19:16:00 If your blog is looking poor,dull and lacking attracting the visitors,then you will have to spice it up a little bit by changing the colors of sidebars,header,blog posts, trying different combinations and see which color combination best fits your blog.You can change the color of the blog background,sidebar,etc...by going to(see the below image).But blogger provides limitied color codes.So,if you want another color that is not in that blogger list,then simply copy the code from the colour chart as show below.COLOR CHARTHTML CODE COLOR#000000#150517#250517#2B1B17#302217#302226#342826#34282C#382D2C#3b3131#3E3535#413839#41383C#463E3F#4A4344#4C4646#4E4848#504A4B#544E4F#565051#595454#5C5858#5F5A59#625D5D#646060#666362#696565#6D6968#6E6A6B#726E6D#747170#736F6E#616D7E#657383#646D7E#6D7B8D#4C787E#4C7D7E#806D7E#5E5A80#4E387E#151B54#2B3856#25383C#463E41#151B8D#15317E#342D7E#2B60DE#306EFF#2B65EC#2554C7#3BB9FF#38ACEC#357EC7#3090C7#25587E#1589FF#157DEC#1569C7#153E7E#2B547E#4863A0#6960EC#8D38C9#7A5D Read more:bloggers
adding clickable pictures on blogger sidebars,blog posts,etc. 2007-12-18 10:31:00 This post shows you how to add pictures,clickable images,images(open in new window),etc.If your site is full of text,then it will spoil the look of your blog.So,if you add some pictures here and there in the sidebars in your blog,then it will give your blog a professional look.Let's see how to do it.Adding a picture(unclickable one):First upload your photo to any free image hosting site like photobucket.com.They will provide an url(link) directly to the photo.Take a note of the url and use the code below replacing the url( from http to jpg) in the code to your original one.(Set your own dimensions to suite your needs)The image looks like this(unclickable)Code to add a clickable image:Here is the code to add a clickable image(open in the same window)In the above code,kranthitips.blogspot.com is the target url(replace that url with your desired target url) andthe image url aswell(set your own image dimensions).The output image will looks like thisClickable image(open in new window):Here Read more:posts
How to add background image to blogger header 2007-12-18 09:03:00 So, you want to add an image or a picture to your blogger header
to give a unique look to your blog.Adding image to header is not a complex one,it is very simple.Before this,first take a backup of your blog template,so there is a chance to get back to your current template if you made any mistakes.1.First sign in to your blogger account>Edit html and scroll down the template till you see the below one and note down the width(sothat, you will have an idea of which image dimensions best fits your blog) In the above case, my template is minima and the width is 660 px.2.If you have photoshop or any other tools,crop the picture corretly to 660 px(width).If you don't have photoshop,then you can crop a photo by this free online tool Click here.3.So, your image is ready now! click the page elements tab again.Click on the edit button as shown below next to your blog name.4.And you will go to a window just like the below one.First select,the option whether you want to place the image behind the Read more:background
how to submit blogger sitemap to google-useful tip for new bloggers 2007-12-18 04:19:00 This tip explains how to generate and submit blogger sitemap to google webmaster tools:Before doing this,let me say what are sitemaps and how they will help us.The reason we use them is,they will help google bot to crawl,index pages of your site and tell you if there are any problems when they try to index it.It also helps you to know,how many pages exactly are indexed,and what people searched in the search engine to visit your site.Let me explain the detailed procedure on how to submit your blogger sitemap to google.1.First,go to google webmaster tools and sign in with your gmail account.2.After you logged in, you will see this asking you to add a site.Add your blog url(ex:kranthitips.blogspot.com).Don't add with http or www.3.Next,it asks you to verify your site.It is just to confirm whether you are the owner or not.CLICK on the 'verify your site' link.Next,4.There are two ways to verify your ownership but, there is only one way for the blogger users to add a metatag.5.Copy the me Read more:bloggers
Embed flash(flv,swf) files in blogger-useful tip for new bloggers 2007-12-17 21:22:00 This tip explains you how to embed a flash(FLV or SWF videos) movie in your blogger(blogspot) blog or any other blogs.Generally, most people prefer the simple code provided by the youtube to embed their videos.(If you didn't know how to embed/insert a youtube video on your blogger blog,please read thisHow to embed a youtube video in your blog).But,it is not unique content which will be availabel only on your blog.So,if you want to add original(raw) stuff like some interactive flash animations to your blog to attract the attention of your visitors,you will have to know this tip.First,create your flash videos,movies,etc and upload to your server.There are many sources which will allow you to upload your flash files
,but most of them are not free.However, you can upload your flash files on Google pages for FREE.Simply follow the steps as shown in the below pictures.1.Click on the upload link which is at the right side after you logged into 'google pages'Next,I will show you an example.I Read more:bloggers
how-to-embed-YOUTUBE video,movie in your blog 2007-12-17 11:32:00 This post explains, how to embed
(insert) a youtube video
in your blogger blog:So,you want to embed a video(movie
) onto your blog.The process is very simple,even a dummie can do it.If you want to embed your original video,then first sign up for an account in youtube and upload your video and get the embed code.Otherwise,you can easily embed any public youtube video in your blog.Go to youtube.com and search for the video.For example,if you want to embed a britney spears video,search it and copy the embed code on to a windows notepad or anything else.The following process is explained below with pictures for easy understanding.1.Go to youtube.com and search for your required video2.Copy the embeded code(ctrl+c) and paste(ctrl+v) it in windows notepad.3.Sign in in to your blogger acoount and click the New Post button and next,select the option 'Edit html' as shown below and paste the html code as shown below.4.Publish the post.That's it, as you can see now,the youtube video is embeded i
hide-disable-remove-blogger navbar from your blog 2007-12-17 09:51:00 Learn how to hide,disable or remove the blogger navbar(navigation bar) from your blog.First,let us see what blogger navbar is:Blogger navbar allows users to easily navigate to other random blogs and it also has a feauture to search the blogs ,and mark any blog as spam.So,now you have a clear idea of what really a blogger navbar is.So, why so many people prefer to just remove the navbar inspite of the feautures it has like search,etc.Many people think that, it spoils the look of the blog,especially if your blog has differnet subtitle layout which looks too obvious to see for a visitor.Well, let me come to the actual point on how to disable or hide your blogger navbar.Below is the step-by-step procedure on how to do it with photos to make it easy to understand.1.Sign in to your blogger account and click the layout button next to your blog name2.Next,click the edit html tab as shown in the below picture.3.Add the below html code as specified in the below picture.#navbar { height: 0px
Add to Favorites Javascript code for your blog/website 2007-12-26 08:32:00 Add to Favorites Javascript Code for your blog:Make it easier for your visitors to add your blog to their favorites by adding a 'Add to Favorites' link in your blog.Well,it definetly increases the chances to add your blog to their favourites.More Favorites means more people revisit your site and it definetly increases your blog traffic.Here is the Javascript Code:<a href="javascript:window.external.AddFavorite('http://www.kranthitips.blogspot.com', 'Kranthitips-Tips for new bloggers')">Add KRANTHITIPS to your favorites </a>It will look like this:Add KRANTHITIPS to your favorites CLICK ON it if you want to test it and add Kranthitips to your favourites .....lol & You can learn much more tips and tricks.NOTE:Don't forget to change the address(url) in the above code to your blog url.How to install it in your blogger blog?Sign in to your blogger dashboard>layout>add a page element>html/javascriptand paste the above code(by replacing the address with your blog url) an Read more:website
6 FREE ways to DOUBLE your blog traffic in less than a week 2007-12-26 01:16:00 6 FREE WAYS TO DOUBLE YOUR BLOG TRAFFIC IN LESS THAN A WEEK:Everyone want's traffic
.You set up a blog with great content but,no one is visiting your blog,so what's the use of it.So, you need atleast a decent amount of traffic and what's great than getting that traffic for FREE?So,here is the good list of 6 Free ways to get traffic to your blog.1.SEARCH ENGINE:Yea! it brings lots of traffic to your blog.There are millions of people search in the search engines like Google,Yahoo,msn everyday.So,if your blog has so many good posts and is well indexed by google,etc..you will get a good amount of traffic via search engines.There are a few steps to look at if you want a decent amount of traffic from the search engines like "submitting your blog sitemap to google",yahoo to index you blog pages very quickly.And the other important one is adding meta tags to your blog.If you follow these two simple steps,then you will get a decent traffic(massive traffic if your content is good).2.Submitting
Adding Recent Comments Widget to your blogger(blogspot) blog 2007-12-24 11:41:00 Adding RecentComments
widget to your blogger(blogspot
) blog:As in the name 'Recent Comments Widget',this widget shows the most recent comments in your blog.Adding this type of widget to your blog attract the visitors and inspire them to leave a comment.So,this can increase your comments number and increases the interactivity between your readers and you.It will make people to visit your blog again to check the comments if they found anything interesting.So,adding'Recent Comments Widget' will make your visitors come back again and again and increases your traffic(atleast a little bit).So,how to install this widget?1.Sign in to your blogger dashboard>layout>Add a page element>html/javascript2.and copy the below javascript code and paste it.3.Don't forget to SAVE THE CHANGES.Note:Replace the 'myblog.blogspot.com' with your blog name.and one more thing.......This widget shows 5 most recent comments by default.If you want to change this,simply replace the 'a_rc=5" with your desire
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