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The comments are an essential part of a blog because in them is reflected the readers' opinions regarding a post or our blog, so it is important to spend a little of our time to make this part looking more presentable, accessible and neat. To set in order our comments, it is necessary to make each comment easy to identify, therefore to know from where it begins and to where it ends, otherwise it becomes a jumble of letters of which the reader can run away. Here are some ways to make some order by separating each comment. - Add a Separator To Blogger Comments - Add a Divider Below Comments in Blogger - Fully Customize Your Blogger Comments By Changing The Background Color and Border

The first method is the easiest, and is about how to put a border below our comments, this is to separate each blog comment in a simple but effective way.

How to Add a Separator/Border To Blogger Comments

Step 1. To add a simple separator go to Template > Edit HTML (check the "Expand Widget Templates" checkbox) and search for the following piece of code:

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Step 2. Then paste the following just above it: - If we are using threaded comments (with the reply option):

.comment-block { border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; } .comments .continue {   border-top: 0px solid $(widget.alternate.text.color); }

- If we are using previous commenting system (with no reply option)

#comments-block .comment-footer { border-bottom:1px solid #000000; }

Note: To change the border's color, replace the bolded color value and to change its thickness, increase/decrease the 1 value. Step 3. Save the Template. Instead of a simple border, we can also add a divider/image between our comments.

How to Add a Divider (Image) Between Each Comment in Blogger

Step 1. Go to Template > Edit HTML (check the "Expand Widget Templates" checkbox) and search for the following piece of code:

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Step 2. Paste the following just above it: - If we are using threaded comments (with the reply option):

.comment-block { background-image:url(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YaY5yi0UcbM/UTpA2jWBJFI/AAAAAAAAC_0/UXbviThYl2w/s1600/74.gif); background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:center bottom; padding-bottom:30px; margin-top: -10px; } .comments .continue { border-top: 0px solid $(widget.alternate.text.color); }

- If we are using previous commenting system (with no reply function)

#comments-block .comment-footer { background-image:url(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YaY5yi0UcbM/UTpA2jWBJFI/AAAAAAAAC_0/UXbviThYl2w/s1600/74.gif); background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:center bottom; height: 50px; }

Note: The URL that is in blue represents the image that you can change as you like, just remember that at the height must set the height of an image with 30px more, for instance, if the image's height is 50px then the value will be 80px. This is for making sure that the image won't overlap the date of comments. (for threaded comments, increase/decrease the padding 30 value) Step 3. Save the Template. But you can still have more styles for each comment, for example adding a background color and a border.

How to Add A Border and A Background Color To Blogger Comments

Step 1. Go to Template > Edit HTML (check the "Expand Widget Templates" checkbox) and search for the following piece of code:

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Step 2. Paste the following just above it: - If we are using threaded comments (with the reply option):

.comment-block { background:#F9F9F9; /* Background Color */ border: 1px solid #f1f1f1; /* Border style */ margin-bottom:20px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4); -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4); box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4); -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; } .comments .comment-thread.inline-thread { background-color: #FAFAFA; /* Background color behind the replies */ border-left: 4px dotted #E6E6E6; /* Border on the left side of replies */ } .comment-content { padding:2px 10px 10px 10px; color:#444444; /* Font Color in Comments */ } .datetime a { font-style:italic; font-size:9px; margin-left: 2px; } .comments .comments-content .user a{ color:#1982D1; /* Author's name color */ font-size: 12px; /* Author's name size */ padding-left: 10px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; } .comments .comment .comment-actions a,.comments .comment .continue a{ display:inline-block; margin:0 0 10px 10px; padding:0 15px; color:#B4B4B7; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; background:#F8F8FB; border:1px solid #C2C2C5; border-radius:4px; height:20px; line-height:20px; font-weight:normal; cursor:pointer; } .comments .continue { border-top: 0px solid $(widget.alternate.text.color); } .comments .comments-content .icon.blog-author { background-image: none; margin-left: -10px; } .comments .avatar-image-container{ margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; width: 40px; max-height: 40px; border: 1px solid #F2F2F2; padding: 1px; } .comments .avatar-image-container img{ margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; max-width: 40px; height: 40px; }

Step 3. Save the Template. - If we are using previous commenting system (with no reply function): Step 1. Search for this line in your template:

Step 2. Then, add the following code just below of it:

Step 3. Look a little further down and you'll see the code and just above it, add this:

Step 4. Now find this:

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Step 5. And just above of it, add this CSS code:

.comments-ct{ background:#F9F9F9; /* Background Color */ border: 1px solid #f1f1f1; /* Bprder Style */ margin-bottom:20px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4); -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4); box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4); -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; } .comment-body { color:#444444; /* Font Color in Comments */ padding:10px; } .comments-ct a { padding-left: 5px; /* Link color */ color: #4A9BD8; } .comment-timestamp a { font-style:italic; font-size:9px; padding-right:10px; padding-left:10px; }

The Up and Down buttons can be used to navigate to the top and bottom of the page content, especially when on the main page there are many articles or when an article has too many comments. These buttons have a fadeIn and fadeOut effect, this means that they will fade slightly when we are scrolling to the top or bottom of the page and additionally, have the function of going up/down the blog.

Demo You can see a live demo on my blog, the buttons are located on the right side. How to put Go Up and Go Down buttons using the jQuery slide effect Step 1. Go to Template, click on the Edit HTML button

Step 2. Select the "Expand Widget Templates" box

Step 3. Search (using CTRL + F) for the following piece of code:

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Step 4. Just above this code, paste this one:

/* Up and Down Buttons with jQuery ----------------------------------------------- */ .button_up{ padding:7px; /* Distance between the border and the icon */ background-color:white; border:1px solid #CCC; /* Border Color */ position:fixed; background: white url(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7zE5N9GdDUk/T6rH17KE6II/AAAAAAAACeQ/aEcKRyEhxsE/s16/arrow_up.png) no-repeat top left; background-position:50% 50%; width:20px; /* Button's width */ height:20px; /* Button's height */ bottom:280px; /* Distance from the bottom */ right:5px; /* Change right to left if you want the buttons on the left */ white-space:nowrap; cursor: pointer; border-radius: 3px 3px 3px 3px; opacity:0.7; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=70); } .button_down{ padding:7px; /* Distance between the border and the icon */ background-color:white; border:1px solid #CCC; /* Border Color */ position:fixed; background: white url(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sukwuViZaYY/T6rH15A8niI/AAAAAAAACeM/YErd0S8lPGA/s16/arrow_down.png) no-repeat top left; background-position:50% 50%; width:20px; /* Button's width */ height:20px; /* Button's height */ bottom:242px; /* Distance from the bottom */ right:5px; /* Change right to left if you want the buttons on the left */ white-space:nowrap; cursor: pointer; border-radius: 3px 3px 3px 3px; opacity:0.7; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=70); }

Note:  - in green are some annotations that explains what styles you can modify on their left side.            - You can change the arrows by changing the URLs in blue.            - To change the buttons background color of buttons, change the white text with your color Step 5. Now search (CTRL + F) for this tag:

Step 6. And just above it, paste the following code:

//<![CDATA[ (function(){var special=jQuery.event.special,uid1='D'+(+new Date()),uid2='D'+(+new Date()+1);special.scrollstart={setup:function(){var timer,handler=function(evt){var _self=this,_args=arguments;if(timer){clearTimeout(timer)}else{evt.type='scrollstart';jQuery.event.handle.apply(_self,_args)}timer=setTimeout(function(){timer=null},special.scrollstop.latency)};jQuery(this).bind('scroll',handler).data(uid1,handler)},teardown:function(){jQuery(this).unbind('scroll',jQuery(this).data(uid1))}};special.scrollstop={latency:300,setup:function(){var timer,handler=function(evt){var _self=this,_args=arguments;if(timer){clearTimeout(timer)}timer=setTimeout(function(){timer=null;evt.type='scrollstop';jQuery.event.handle.apply(_self,_args)},special.scrollstop.latency)};jQuery(this).bind('scroll',handler).data(uid2,handler)},teardown:function(){jQuery(this).unbind('scroll',jQuery(this).data(uid2))}}})(); $(function() { var $elem = $('body'); $('#button_up').fadeIn('slow'); $('#button_down').fadeIn('slow'); $(window).bind('scrollstart', function(){ $('#button_up,#button_down').stop().animate({'opacity':'0.2'}); }); $(window).bind('scrollstop', function(){ $('#button_up,#button_down').stop().animate({'opacity':'1'}); }); $('#button_down').click( function (e) { $('html, body').animate({scrollTop: $elem.height()}, 800); } ); $('#button_up').click( function (e) { $('html, body').animate({scrollTop: '0px'}, 800); } );}); //]]>

To get that vintage Instagram effect for your pictures you don't have to use a program, now you can use CSS and get a similar result! We will apply a shadow inside the image, add a border, we will put a color in it, and on top of our image, we will add another semitransparent image with a grunge style that will give a vintage touch. You can see the example in this picture below, moving the cursor changes to normal but keeps the edge.

Obviously there will be images that will fit better these effects than others, but regardless of that we do, there should be made a few observations:

It is made with CSS styles so as some of you might already know, it will not recognize browsers, specifically Internet Explorer, so using IE browser does not show any effect.

Hovering around the image will change with a transition effect, but only in Firefox.

The images are not centered, you will have to align to left (default), or right.

Having clarified the above, let's start adding the CSS code to our template. Adding a Vintage Effect to Blogger Images Step 1. Go to Template > Edit HTML

Step 2. Select the "Expand widget templates" box

 Step 3. Search for the following piece of code:

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Step 4. Just above it, add the following CSS code:

/* Vintage Images ----------------------------------------------- */ .vintage img { padding:0; float:left; } .vintage { border:10px solid #000; position: relative; float: left; /* Change to right if you want the images to be aligned to the right */ margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; } .vintage:before { content: ""; display: block; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 0; background-color: rgba(255,102,0, 0.6); /* sepia */ background-image:url(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qva8IVtO25k/UFejhDww-zI/AAAAAAAADAY/RnlCb7JO0xs/s000/grunge.png); background-size: cover; box-shadow: inset 0 0 50px #000, inset 0 0 50px #000, inset 0 0 50px #000; -moz-transition: all 1s; -webkit-transition: all 1s; -o-transition: all 1s; transition: all .1s; } .vintage:hover:before { background: none; box-shadow:none; -moz-transition: all 1s; -webkit-transition: all 1s; -o-transition: all 1s; transition: all .1s; }

Note: In the first code, you see in bold the line that corresponds to the color of the image, you can change it to any other color, these are some examples of traditional vintage:

background-color: rgba(0,0,255, 0.5); /* blue */ background-color: rgba(0,255,0, 0.5); /* green */ background-color: rgba(0,255,255, 0.5); /* cyan */ background-color: rgba(255,0,0, 0.5); /* red */ background-color: rgba(255,0,240, 0.5); /* violet */

If you want the image to not change to its original state on mouse hover, then remove the last code:

.vintage:hover:before { background: none; box-shadow:none; -moz-transition: all 1s; -webkit-transition: all 1s; -o-transition: all 1s; transition: all .1s; }

Step 5. After you've made your changes, click on Save Template Step 6. Finally, add this code inside your posts each time you want to apply the vintage effect to an image (switch to HTML tab if you want to use this code inside your post)

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This tutorial will show you how to make a gadget/widget to appear just below the first Blogger post. First, you must understand that the usual gadgets provided by Blogger can be added only in the areas where the design section permits. Still, we can show any element, for example, an AdSense ad, an image, a flash file, a video etc. So what we will do in this tutorial is to display an item under the first post, this means that it will not be visible below the other entries. This is great when you use any automatic summary, although it is not a requirement.

Well, this is easy to do and we will use the isFirstPost conditional tag for that element to show it under the first entry. Adding An Element Below First Post Step 1. First, go to your Blogger Template and click on the Edit HTML button:

Step 2. Check the "Expand Widget Templates" box:

Step 3. And find this line:

  Step 4. Just below it add this code:

margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:10px;"> Here goes the code of the element you want to show

Now, for those of you who have chosen to use the Blogger's Lightbox View to display the images, you have the option to change its style in a whole different way. We'll be able to change the black color of the screen, the border or shadow of the images and the color of the thumbnails background as well. We can customize the Blogger Lightbox entirely on your taste.

Demo Take a look at the screenshots below:

Before:

After:

After adding our CSS code, the entire look of the modal window will be changed: the background color, the bar showing the thumbnails, the edge of images (border), the text that appears in it, transparency and the close button.

All we have to do is to overwrite the default styles and change them for ours. How to Change the Blogger's Lightbox Background and Style Step 1. Go to Template, click on the Edit HTML button (also click on the Proceed button if needed)

Step 2. Search using CTRL + F the following code snippet:

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Step 3. Copy and paste the following code just above it:

/* Blogger Lightbox ----------------------------------------------- */ /* Background Color */ .CSS_LIGHTBOX_BG_MASK { background-color: #ffffff !important; background-image: url(image-url-address) !important; opacity: 0.8 !important; filter: alpha(opacity=90) !important; } /* Images Border */ .CSS_LIGHTBOX_SCALED_IMAGE_IMG { outline: 0px solid #fff !important; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #000000; -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #000000; box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #000000; } /* Close Button */ .CSS_LIGHTBOX_BTN_CLOSE { background: url(image-url-address) no-repeat !important; width: 24px !important; height: 24px !important; } /* Thumbnails Bar Color */ .CSS_LIGHTBOX_FILMSTRIP { background-color: #eaeaea !important; } /* Text Color */ .CSS_LIGHTBOX_ATTRIBUTION_INFO, .CSS_LIGHTBOX_ATTRIBUTION_LINK { color: #000 !important; } /* Index Info (number of images) */ .CSS_LIGHTBOX_INDEX_INFO { color: #555555 !important; }

Note: - The text in green explains to which part the code belongs (it doesn't need to be modified) For example, the / * Background Color * / part can change the background color or even the LightBox background color to an image. If you want to do that, then change this line by replacing the red text with the url address of your image:

background-image: url(image-url-address) !important;

It's quite common to see calendar style dates next to some WordPress posts but for the Blogger platform it isn't always an very easy task to add this. But who said you can't do it? You need to look no further than this blog. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to create a calendar style date for your Blogger posts.

DEMO

How to create calendar style dates in Blogger Step 1. Go to Settings > Language and Formatting - Date Header Format and change the date format as you can see in my example below (put day first, then the month and finally the year)  

Step 2. Then go to Template > Edit HTML

Step 3. Select the "Expand Widget Templates" checkbox

Step 4. And search (CTRL + F) the following line:

Step 5. In case you find it twice, then you should replace it twice with this code:

changeDate('<data:post.dateHeader/>');

changeDate('');

Step 6. Now search for this tag (CTRL + F to find it)

Step 7. And paste the code from below just ABOVE the tag:

//<![CDATA[ var DateCalendar; function changeDate(d){ if (d == "") { d = DateCalendar; } var da = d.split(' '); day = "<strong class='date_day'>"+da[0]+""; month = "<strong class='date_month'>"+da[1].slice(0,3)+""; year = "<strong class='date_year'>"+da[2]+""; document.write(month+day+year); DateCalendar = d; } //]]> /* Calendar style date ----------------------------------------------- */ #Date { background: transparent url(<span style="color: blue;">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NVj6tUKJgLo/UBShW2dCLSI/AAAAAAAACZk/3TkTa8Hzqt0/s1600/calendar07.png) no-repeat; display: block; width:60px; height:60px; float: left; margin: 15px 2px 0 <span style="color: red;">-108px; padding: 0 0 8px 0px; border: 0; text-transform: uppercase; } .date_month { display: block; font-size: 15px; font-weight:bold; margin-top:-1px; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; <span style="color: #6aa84f;">/* Month's color */ } .date_day { display: block; font-size: 28px; font-weight:bold; margin-top:-8px; text-align:center; color:#282828; <span style="color: #6aa84f;">/* Day's color */ } .date_year { display: block; font-size: 10px; margin-top:-8px; text-align:center; color:#282828; <span style="color: #6aa84f;">/* Year's color */ }

Before saving your Template, we can make some changes:

To change the calendar style, replace the url in blue with yours;

If the calendar doesn't appear correctly, change -108 with 0;

With green are marked the areas where you can change the color of the dates

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

-> Add Drop Caps For Blogger Comments

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:

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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:

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

  Step 6. Save your template. Important! If the above code is not working, add one of following codes from this example:

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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):

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Step 3. Add the following code just above ]]>:

.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:

Step 5. Add the red codes before and after as you can see in my example below:

You know those popup messages that slide out from the bottom right corner once you've almost reached the bottom of the page? Well, they used to be available only on WordPress but not anymore; now Blogger users can enjoy it too! The Recommended Post slide Out Widget is an invitation to the reader to read any other post once he has read one of your blog entries. It's both useful for you (can improve your Click Through Rate (CTR) ) and for your blog visitors too.

Demo Scroll down to the bottom of the post and you should see the Recommended Slide Out Widget appearing in the right corner of blog's page.

How to add the Recommended Post Slide out Widget 1. Log in into your Blogger account, then go to Layout 2. Click on Add a Gadget Link:

3. From the pop-up window, scroll down and choose "HTML/JavaScript" option:

 4. Paste this code inside the empty box:

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5. Now Save the widget:

6. Next, go to Template, and click on the Edit HTML button:

 7. Check the "Expand Widget Templates" box:

8. Search (using CTRL + F) for the following code :

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And add immediately below any of these lines, the following snippet:

Now when the reader scrolls down to this div, the slide will open up. 9. Save your template. And that's it! Credit goes to: bloggerplugins.org

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:

When the general block of comments is initiating (.comments-content) a counter called countcomments activates and starts with an initial value of 1. 

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.

Then is incremented in one unit the counter (counter-increment).

See the screenshot:

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:

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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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f6ByQfbwApQ/T4x_8p1FGpI/AAAAAAAAB2A/WJKf-ybmvQk/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.

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:

.hl-email{ background:url(<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u3UaeUufpmI/T8lFuelsg8I/AAAAAAAACQY/tOWbHsgTYKc/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:<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">130px; color:#666;}

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http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=helplogger', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true"> helplogger" name="uri"/>

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

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.

How to add the scrolling social bookmarking bar

Go to Layout

Click on Add A Gadget link

From the pop-up window, scroll down and select HTML/Javascript

Copy the code below and paste it inside the empty box.

Save the gadget.

The code to copy-paste (updated!):

#pageshare {position:fixed; bottom:5%; margin-left:<b><span style="color: red;">-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;}

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Get widget

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:

BUTTON CODE HERE

RSS Feed - Change the text in blue with the url address of your RSS feed.

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:

URL ADDRESS">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'" />

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:

DEMO

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: 

For threaded comments:

Step 3. Add the below code just above it (for threaded comments, add the code after):

:a   :b   :c   :d   :e   :f   :g   :h   :i   :j   :k   :l   :m   :n   :o   :p   :q   :r   :s   :t   Add smileys to Blogger +

Step 4. Now search for this piece of code:

Step 5.

And add the following code immediately above it:

For previous commenting system:

For threaded 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.

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:

Step 3. Add the following code just above it:

$("img[src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/anon36.png']") .attr('src', '<b><span style="color: red;">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zphr2YJH_6w/T6ZZE4YeNBI/AAAAAAAACF0/Tyuj8hkOpdc/s1600/default_avatar.gif') .ssyby('blank') $("img[src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b36-rounded.png']") .attr('src', '<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eKbzORzVaBQ/T6ZXHmdgHqI/AAAAAAAACFs/rVy3T4gxojM/s1600/blogger-user.png') .ssyby('blank')

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):

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zphr2YJH_6w/T6ZZE4YeNBI/AAAAAAAACF0/Tyuj8hkOpdc/s200/default_avatar.gif

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p4JvM7rWNG4/T6ZcU5eKqTI/AAAAAAAACGM/K0DB35A5brE/s1600/facebook.gif

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5nGzg5T-9qA/T6ZbL9JF0iI/AAAAAAAACF8/TvTnURwsNb0/s1600/anonymous3.png

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oivPlkvBNBY/T6ZoNQhfAII/AAAAAAAACGY/3gem5DBmmQ8/s1600/blogger-user.png

This simple trick will help you to modify the avatars size in Blogger comments. For changing the style and size of avatars, we have to add some CSS codes in our Blogger template. So, let's begin:

Step 1. Go to Dashboard - Template - click on the Edit HTML button - Proceed

...now select Expand Widget Template (I recommend to make a backup first)

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

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Step 3. Copy and paste one of the following codes just above it: [Works in Blogger threaded comment system]

.comments .avatar-image-container{ background-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border:1px solid #ccc; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; width: 64px; max-height: 64px; } .comments .avatar-image-container img{ margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; max-width: 64px; height: 64px; }

[for old blogger commenting system]

.avatar-image-container{ border:1px solid #d6d6d6; margin-left: -30px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; background:#fff; height:70px; min-height: 70px; width:70px; min-width:70px; } .avatar-image-container img { background: url(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gcjQ0sgWw7M/T6WpkK4S5AI/AAAAAAAACEQ/hYAWpCPl6P0/s200/anonymous.jpg); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center; background-size: 100%; width:70px; min-width:70px; height:70px; min-height:70px; }

Note: If you want bigger/smaller avatars, change the values in red. To change the anonymous avatar, replace the URL address in blue with your own. (works only for previous commenting system) Step 4. Save the Template. Now view your blog to see the results. Hope you enjoy!

When visitors are searching for content on your blog, you have the following options to display the search results: opening the results in the same window, in a new window or within your own site using an iframe. But the best option is to display the search results in your own site/blog, mainly because you are not sending people off your blog and when they are taken to a new page of search results, so it could be confusing many times because it doesn't look anything like your site or Google. Therefore, displaying the search results within your site, could look more professional and could also increases your page views and your revenue from the ads on the search page. A problem that many bloggers are facing is that the page which displays the AdSense for search results must be at least of 800 px wide, so the posting area must be of minimum 800px and there's nothing like that in most of the blogs. So, what we will do in this tutorial is to set up the search results to be displayed in a static page (none of other posts or pages will be affected) where we'll remove the sidebar, so that we'll have enough space to make the post/page section of 800px wide. Also, we will create a static page specially designed for the search results, then create a new AdSense for search in our AdSense account and finally add a small snippet of code top in your Blogger template to hide the sidebar in that specific page. Search results span the width of the page with the sidebar hidden:

Display AdSense For Search Results Within Blogger Page Step 1. Create a new static page on your blog, you can give it the title 'Search Results' but leave the content section empty and then Publish the page. Step 2. When you publish the page you have the option to add the page to a menu, choose the third option 'No Gadget Link To Pages Manually' click 'Save and Publish'. OR in case this screen will not appear, right click on View Page and select Copy Link Address. We will need this URL of the page when creating the AdSense for search. Step 3. Go To Your AdSense account, then go to My ads tab, select the Search option and Create a New custom search engine. Follow the steps until you come to the Search results option. Step 4. Select the 3rd method "on my website using an iframe", then Enter the URL of the page you created into the URL field and continue.

Step 5. Follow the rest of the set up process, at the end you will be given two pieces of code. The first piece of code is for the actual search bar that you can paste into a Html/Javascript gadget in your sidebar or wherever you want it. The second piece of code you must copy and paste into a new HTML/JavaScript gadget and after clicked on Save - drag it above the Blog Posts area

 Now that you have your page set up with the search results code and your search bar code in your sidebar, it is time to add a snippet of code to your template to remove the sidebar. Adding The Code In Blogger To Change the Results Page Layout Step 1. In Your Blogger Dashboard, go to Template > Edit HTML - then click Proceed 

Step 2. Select the "Expand widget templates" box

Step 3. Find (CTRL + F) the following piece of code

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Step 4. Just below it, paste this code:

.main-inner .columns { padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; } .main-inner .fauxcolumn-center-outer { left: 0px !important; right: 0px !important; } .main-inner .fauxcolumn-left-outer, .main-inner .fauxcolumn-right-outer, .main-inner .column-left-outer, .main-inner .column-right-outer { display: none !important; }

Note: Replace PAGE-URL-HERE with the url address of the page where the search results will be displayed (the one you have added at the step 4)