Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Add Social Media Sharing Buttons Below Each Post In BLogger

social media sharing widget
As social media is growing day by day and is serving bloggers to increase trafffic to their blog, it would be great if we make easier for our blog visitors or followers to share our post easily on this social networking sites to drive more traffic to our blog. So today in this post i will show you to add social media sharing widget with Google+, Facebook, Twitter and Stumbleupon  sharing button along with counter below every post on blogger. SO lets add this widget to your blog.

1. Go to Blogger Dashboard then Go to Template > Edit Html
2. Before Editing Template Backup your Template
3. Check Mark "Expand Widgets Template" box (On Top Left Corner)
4. Now Search for the code given Below by pressing Ctrl + F
<data:post.body/>
5. Just Below <data:post.body/> paste following code.
<div style='clear: both;'/>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<div align='left'>
<p style='margin:0; border-bottom:2px solid #333;'><font color='#333' face='Arial Black' size='5'>Kindly Share This Post &#187;&#187;</font></p>
<table border='0' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='10'><tbody>
    <tr>
<td style='padding-top:8px;'>
<g:plusone size='tall'/>
<script type='text/javascript'>
  (function() {
    var po = document.createElement(&#39;script&#39;); po.type = &#39;text/javascript&#39;; po.async = true;
    po.src = &#39;https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js&#39;;
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName(&#39;script&#39;)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);
  })();
</script>
</td>
      <td style='padding-top:8px; '>    <script src='http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=5'/>
</td>
      <td style='padding-top:8px;'>   <div id='fb-root'/><script src='http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1'/><fb:like font='' href='' layout='box_count' send='false' show_faces='false'/></td>
      <td style='padding-top:8px;'><a class='twitter-share-button' data-count='vertical' href='http://twitter.com/share'>Tweet</a><script src='http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' type='text/javascript'/> </td>
      <td>
<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<div class='addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style '>
<a class='addthis_counter'/>
</div>
<script src='http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<!-- AddThis Button END -->
</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody></table></div></b:if>
<div style='clear: both;'/> 
  • Replace Kindly Share This Post to what ever text you like.
  • Replace #333 to change font color.
  • Replace #333 to change border color below the text 
If you find any difficulty installing this sharing widget to your blog or have any other questions then leave a comment below i will be glad to help you out.

Saturday, 16 March 2013

Add Recent Comment Widget To Your Blogger Blog

recent comment widget for blogger
Comments are the most important part of any blog or website. It helps you to form a community or relation with your blog followers. It lets your visitors to give feedback or ask any question on you blog post in form of comments. In this tutorial i will teach you to Add Recent Comment widget to your blogger blog. It shows most recent comments on your blog along with the post link on which comment have been posted and name of user who commented. This will let you know about new and most recent comments on your blog and allow you to easily reply to those comments. This widget is coded in Javascript and styled with CSS. You may customize the widget according to color scheme of your blog template. So lets get started.


How To Add Most Recent Comment Widget To Blogger Blog ?

1. Go to blogger Dashboard > Layout
2. Now click on Add Gadget and Select Html/Javascript
3. Paste the code given below in it.
<script style=text/javascript src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/recent comments widget.js"></script><script style=text/javascript >var a_rc=5;var m_rc=false;var n_rc=true;var o_rc=100;</script><script src=http://mybloggersworld.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?alt=json-in-script&callback=showrecentcomments ></script>
<span id=mbw-cr><a href=http://mybloggersworld.blogspot.com>Recent Comments Widget</a></span><style type=text/css> .rcw-comments a {text-transform: capitalize;} .rcw-comments {border-bottom: 1px solid #666; padding-top: 6px!important; padding-bottom: 6px!important;} #mbw-cr {font-family: Arial,Tahoma;font-size:8px;padding-top:6px;display:block;} </style> 
4. Make following changes to the above code. 
  • Replace http://mybloggersworld.blogspot.com with your blog url.
  • Change #666 to change color of border (line below each comment)
  • Change solid to dotted to make the border dotted
5. Save it and you will have Recent comment widget on your blog.

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Thursday, 14 March 2013

Add Facebook Alike Twitter Fan Box To Your Blog

facebook alike twitter fan box
I had already posted on adding Twitter Follow Button to your blog, but Today in this post i am going to show you to add Twitter fan box to your blog which looks similar to Facebook Like Box. This is an third pary widget or application devloped by Mark Carey. This widget can help you to achieve more twitter followers and eventually results in greater traffic from twitter. This twitter fan box shows images or avatar of top 10 newest followers on you twitter account. This widget will let your blog visitors to easily follow you on twitter from within your blog. So lets add this great widget to your blog or website.

How to add ?

1. Go to blogger Dashboard and select Layout.
2. Then click on Add Gadget and select Html/Javascript
3. Now paste the code given below in it.

<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://s.moopz.com/fanbox_init.js"></script><div
id="twitterfanbox"></div><script
type="text/javascript">fanbox_init("mybloggersworld");</script> 
4. Make sure to replace mybloggersworld with your twitter username.
5. Save the widget and you are done.

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Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Downloading Facebook Videos In Few Simple Steps Without Any Software

download facebook videos
While watching videos on Facebook Sometime you like certain video and want to download it on your computer but you are taken a step back because you don't know how to do that. There are tools and software available to download videos from youtube and other major video sites but downloading videos from facebook is something you are not familiar with. Believe me downloading facebook videos is very very easy and the best thing about  it is that it does not require any software. In this tutorial i will teach you to download videos from facebook in few simple steps. So lets get started.

How To Download Facebook Videos ?

1. First open the facebook video you want to download.
2. Then copy the url as shown below.

download facebook videos

3. Now go to savefrom website by Clicking Here
4. Paste the url copied in step 2 in input area as shown below and click on download.

download facebook videos

5. After clicking on download, available video format for the video will appear on right side just below the download button. Click on video format you like to download.

download facebook videos

6. Download will start the moment you click on video format. Enjoy!!

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    Sunday, 10 March 2013

    Win A Chance To Get 3 Free Ad Spot On Our Blog For 30 Days

    bloggers contest
    Good news for all our blog subscribers and followers. I am happy to announce our blog's  first contest. Participating in the contest is really easy and 3 lucky winners will get a chance to advertise their blog or website on our blog to increase traffic to their blog for 1 month completely free. To participate in the contest just follow instruction given below.

    About Contest 

    Contest will start from today 10 march 2013 and will end on 10 april 2013. Three winners will be choosen randomly and will be given a free ad spot to advertise their blog on MBW.
    One winner from Facebook one from Twitter and last one from Google+ will be selected. 
    • First Position -  468 x 60 Adspot In Header Area
    • Second Position - 125 x 125 Adspot on Sidebar
    • Third Position -  200 x 200 Adspot on Sidebar
    bloggers contest

      How to participate ?

      To participate in the contest you need to like us on facebook, follow us on twitter and +1 on Google+ (Subscribing is optional)



      • Subscribe Here (Enter your Email Below)
                     

      Aside from 3 lucky winners. If you subscribe to our blog and are regular followers of MBW you will be rewared with free resources in future such as stylish buttons,templates and more. As we serve our loyal subscribers explicitly.

      Winners will be announced on 15 April 2013. Leave a comment if you have any question.

      Friday, 8 March 2013

      Facebook Redesign News Feed - How To Get New Design ?

      facebook new news feed design
      As Facebook is one of the most popular social networking site, it tends to experiment with its design and add new features For example in 2012 it introduces Timeline and added feature of video calling. On Thursday facebook unveils its redesign News Feed. You can customize the News Feed by selecting options from feeds like: Most recent, friends, group, music etc. The great thing about the new design is that the customized settings will work on multiplatform for Example customized settings for News feed will be shown on your tablet as well as mobile phone or any other devices.

      How To Get New Design ?

      If you join the wait list you will be one of few users who can experience this new feature before others, otherwise it will take few weeks to show up new design for your account. Follow the simple steps given below to try this new facebook look.

      1. First Login to your Facebook account.
      2. Then go to www.facebook.com/about/newsfeed
      3. Now scroll to bottom of the page and click on Join Wait List

      facebook new news feed design

      Few ScreenShots Of New Design

      If you are eager to see the new look of facebook, check out few screenschots of facebooks new design. 

      facebook new news feed design

      facebook new news feed design

      facebook new news feed design

      Video Of Facebook New Look




      Wednesday, 6 March 2013

      Setting Up A 404 Error Page For Blogger Blog

      404 error page not found
      In this tutorial i will teach you to enable and customize 404 Error page for your blogger blog. A 404 Error occurs when you try to visit  a page that does not exist or has been deleted. Adding a 404 error page will let your visitors go back to previous page or Home page and will. This will allow to keep visitors engage on your blog for little longer and decrease bounce rate. The default blogger 404 page is boring and unattractive so we will be styling it using some Html and CSS to make it look more stylish. So lets add and style 404 Error page to your blog. check out live demo of 404 error page by clicking on button given below.

      Creating 404 Error Page 

      1. Go to blogger Dashboard then Settings > Search Preferences
      2. Now under Error and Redirection click on Edit beside custom page not found.

      blogger 404 error page
      3. Inside the box paste code given below.


      <!-- MBW 404 Page -->
      <div class='MBW-404-box'>
        <p style='line-height: 1.6em'><strong>
      <font color='red' size='6'>
      Oops!!!
      </font> <font color='#666666'>
       <!-- mybloggersworld.blogspot.com -->
      Looks like you are trying to access page that does not exist or has been deleted. Please do any of the followings:
      </font></strong></p>
        <ol style='line-height: 25px'>
          <li><a href='javascript:history.go(-1)'>&#171; Go Back</a> </li>
          <li>Report the Problem By <a href='http://www.mybloggersworld.blogspot.com'>Clicking Here</a>&#160;&#160;&#160; (<i>This will help us serve you better</i>) </li>
          <li>Go To Homepage by <a href='http://www.mybloggersworld.blogspot.com/contact'>Clicking Here</a>
            <br/></li>
        </ol>
        <p><br><br></p><p align='center'><font color='#159b24' style='font-size: 135px'><strong>404</strong></font></p>
        <p align='center'><font size='5'>Error Page Not Found</font></p>
      </div>

      4. Now make following changes to above code.

      • Change www.mybloggersworld.blogspot.com to your blog address
      • Change http://www.mybloggersworld.blogspot.com/contact to your contact page
      • Replace #159b24 to change color of 404 text.

      5. Then save the changes.
      6. Now from blogger dashboard click on Template > Edit Html
      7. Seach for ]]></b:skin> and paste the code give below just below it.

      <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;error_page&quot;'>
      <style type='text/css'>
      .status-msg-wrap {
          font-size: 100%;
          margin: none;
          position: static;
          width: 100%;
      }
      .status-msg-border {
          display:none;
      }
      .status-msg-body {
          padding: none;
          position: static;
          text-align: inherit;
          width: 100%;
          z-index: auto;
      }
      .status-msg-wrap a {
          padding: none;
          text-decoration: inherit;
      }
      .MBW-404-box {
        background:#FFFFFF;
        width:96%;
        margin:10px 0px;
        padding:15px 15px;
        border:1px solid #b9b6b6;
        -moz-border-radius:10px;
        -webkit-border-radius:10px;
        border-radius:10px;
        box-shadow: 6px 6px 6px #e3e3e3;
      }
      </style>
      </b:if>
      8. Make following changes to customize 404 Error page

      • Replace #FFFFFF to change background color.
      • Replace #b9b6b6 to change border color.
      9. Save the template and done.

      How to check if its Working ?

      In order to check if you implemented 404 error page properly on your blog and is working correctly visit link given below.
      • htttp://www.yourblogurl.com/somecrap  (Replace yourblogurl with your blog address)

      Saturday, 2 March 2013

      Enable Search Description Or Meta Tags For Blog Post In Blogger

      enable search description in blogger
      In this tutorial i will teach you to enable search description in blogger blog. This will allow bloggers to add search description to individual blog post from within posting area. Meta tags are important part of SEO and this feature will allow you to drive more traffic to your blog. By adding search description people can see what a particular blog post is all about when they search on any search engine. In short search description or meta tags are summary of your blog post.

      How to Enable Meta Tags

      First you need to enable search description for your blog homepage to add search description to individual post. In order to do that follow simple steps given below.

      1. Go to blogger Dashboard and click on Settings > Search Preferences.
      2. Now under Meta Tag, edit description as show below.
      enable search description for blogger
      3. Then choose Yes for enable search dersciption and enter a small description for your blog in less then 150 characters. For demonstration i have added description for my blog as you can see in below picture.
      enable search description for blogger
      4. Then save the changes. 

      Now you will have meta tag description for your blog homepage and also search description option within your post area. You need to manually add description for you article or tutorial each time you publish new blog post.
      enable search description for blogger

      Description Not Showing ?

      If you are using custom or third party blogger template then description might not be showing for your blog. In order to fix this we need to edit blogger template.

      1. Go to Blogger dashboard, Template > Edit Html
      2. Search for <head> and paste the code given below just after it.
      <b:if cond='data:blog.metaDescription != &quot;&quot;'>
        <meta expr:content='data:blog.metaDescription' name='description'/>
      </b:if> 
      3. Now save the template and done.

      Importance Of Search Description

      Search description will help web crawler to higher index your page based on summary  or description you added. So its good practice to always add 2 or 3 lines summary about your blog post. This will result in increase in traffic for your blog.

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