Blogger How - Blogging tips

How to Implement Google plus comments in Blogger Custom Templates

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:41:00 +0000

Blogger introduced new Commenting system in Blogger, using Google plus comments. It is very easy to implement it on default templates. But how to enable it on Custom templates?. Here it is.. with a simple template hack...

How to search and find certain code in the new Blogger Template Editor

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000

The new Blogger Template Editor is out. So everything gonna change. The tutorials too. In the new editor, we should use different procedure to find and replace code.

Add and Customize Facebook Like Box using CSS

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:02:00 +0000

Most of us are using Facebook Like box to increase the count of Likes. The default like box can be customized to different style using CSS. The complete tutorial on how to add, customize and stylify your Facebook Like box / Fan box to your Blogger blog.

Getting started with Google webmaster tools

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:39:00 +0000

Setting up Google Webmaster Tools is very easy. Here is the steps for verifying your blog in Google webmaster tools.

Exclude Blogger post previews, template previews and app mobile preview from Google analytic

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:56:00 +0000

Even if are excluding our visits using filters in Google Analytics, still some visits from Blogger previews are recorded wrongly. How to filter these preview visits?

How to exclude your visits from Google Analytics for Blogger

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:42:00 +0000

Most of us visits our own blog several times a day. How to exclude and filter these visits to your own Blogger blog from Google Analytics tracker.

Remove links from individual Blogger posts or page titles

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:02:00 +0000

Individual posts and pages contain title links which points to the same post/page, which is not required. Read this tutorial to remove link from individual post titles and page titles.

Show Google plus profile link instead of Blogger profile link as Blog author

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:33:00 +0000

If you are using custom Blogger templates and recently switched to Google plus profile, didn't notice your Author link is pointing to old Blogger profile link?. Here is the hack to point your Google plus profile URL.

Change author name without changing Google plus profile name

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:14:00 +0000

If you have connected your Blogger profile with Google plus profile and want to show different author name without changing Google plus profile name, then this tutorial is for you.

How to Remove "showing posts with label" from Blogger label page

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:39:00 +0000

Whenever you click on any label link, a status message "Showing posts with label .... show all posts" shows up. We can remove this message using a simple hack.

How to find your section Id of Sidebar, header, footer, content wrapper etc on Blogger

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:28:00 +0000

Section ID or simply Id is an important variable used while styling your blog. Most of us are going to need this Id for changing styles or hide some sections. Here is how to find it..

Backup Blogger blog - series

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:30:00 +0000

Backup Blog - template, posts and comments, this is an essential step to the Blog protection. These articles explains different ways of backing up your blogger blog

How to backup & restore posts from Blogger blogs

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:10:00 +0000

It is always good to take backup of your blog posts. In case of any problems like blog deletion and suspension, it will help you to retain the data.

How to backup/Restore your Blogger/ Blogspot blog template

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:17:00 +0000

Most of us are doing so many template edits and hacks. But the chances of making mistakes during the editing is high. In order to restore older form, we need backups. How to take a backup of blogger template and to restore them.

Remove or customize shadow of images on blogger blogspot blogs

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:01:00 +0000

Default templates of Blogger has some shadow on their image background. How remove it or change shadow color, side of the shadow, width of shadow etc.

How to use your blogspot blog URL to comment as OpenID

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:21:00 +0000

Most of us don't know about Blogger blog domain name(example: bloggerindraft.blogspot.com) can be used to comment on other OpenID compatible websites including Blogger blogs. How to enable it and How to use it? Here it is..

Avoiding poblems due to country specific redirection in Blogger

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:29:00 +0000

The country specific domain redirection caused Blogger users many SEO problems and widget errors. Correct these errors by doing these hacks.

Blogger is redirecting blogspot blogs to their country level domains

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:03:00 +0000

Last year, Blogger started to redirecting blogspot blogs to their country level domains names. Why they started this redirection and what are the affects?

Why Blogger stats is not correct and how to correct it

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:47:00 +0000

Blogger stats also tracks the pageviews of your blog. But there is a difference in count between Blogger stats and Google Analytics. Why and how to correct.

Blogger comment policy - Advanced guide

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:35:00 +0000

Blogger users tend to make mistakes while selecting comments settings. If you have more than 5 comments per day (including spam) what should be your comment settings?. An analysis..

What should be your Comment policy - A beginner's guide

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:54:00 +0000

Most of the newbie bloggers tend to make mistake while selecting comment options. A good policy helps to get higher number of comments.

Sitemap on Blogger - How to add and configure

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:06:00 +0000

The sitemap helps the search engine spiders to point out the links on our blog. But where is Blogger sitemap?. How to add it find by Search engine spiders?

Why do you need Google Webmaster tools for blogger

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:23:00 +0000

Google Webmaster tools is one of the bloggers' important tool. Why this is important in search engine optimization. Here is why..

Series on Google webmaster tools for blogger users

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:57:00 +0000

Google Webmaster is a popular tool for managing your online presence. It helps you to decide how the blog appear in search results. This series will help you to master this tool.

Woah bar alternative to hello notification bar, implementation on blogger

noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed Basheer) — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:35:00 +0000

Hello bar is a popular notification bar which is available as premium bar and also with attribution link to their website. The problem with this bar is it costs money. One of the free alternative to the hello bar is the woah bar which is developed by jobdeals. It can be implemented on blogger. Here it is how.