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How To Easily Create Animated Favicons And Add It To Blogger

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Favicon Demo

Favicon is actually the icon that appears next to your Website URL in the browser address bar. A favicon is usually your blog logo. There are many services which only provide you facility to add image to favicons only. But now you can Create Animated Favicons which will allow you to add image with animating text. I will show you How To Easily Create Animated Favicons And Add It To Blogger.

Steps To Easily Create Animated Favicons?

  • Goto FaviconGenerator
  • And Just goto Bottom of the page. Upload your image which you want to use for favicon and type desire text which you want to make animating You will find all the help at favicongenerator

Favicon Generator Screenshot

  • Hit the Generate Favicon Button and you will be taken to this page,

download animated favicon

Here you will see many images just right click the animated one and save it to your computer.

How To Add Animated Favicons In Blogger

    • Go To Blogger > Design > Edit HTML
    • And Search For <b:skin>and just above it paste the code below,
<link href='ADD YOUR FAVICON LINK HERE' rel='icon" type='image/gif'/>
  • Replace ADD YOUR FAVICON LINK HERE with the image URL of the favicon you saved in Picasa album.
  • Save your template and you are done!

View your blog to see it in action on the address bar and tabs. Hope you liked it! Questions are always welcomed here:>>

Snow Falling Effect With Bells Widget For Your Blog

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In this post I have a very cool Snow Falling Effect With Bells widget. You can use to super charge your blog over the Christmas. With just a small piece of code you have Snow Flakes gently falling down your blog. Adding Snow Falling Effect With Bells is very simple and I’m sure it won’t disrupt the readers. Before you add the Snow to your blog you can check out the demo.

LIVE DEMO

Adding Snow Falling Effect With Bells Widget

Adding To Blogger

  1. Go to Design > Page Elements.
  2. Click Add A Gadget.
  3. In Add A Gadget window, select HTML/Javascript .
  4. Copy the code below and paste it inside the content box.
  5. Save the gadget.
  6. Drag the gadget and reposition it under Blog Posts gadget.
  7. Click Save button (top right hand corner).

Adding To WordPress

  1. Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets > Available Widgets.
  2. Drag Text widget into a sidebar.
  3. Paste in the code.
  4. Save.

If below code is not working,  please download this code

<script type="text/javascript">

            //Configure below to change URL path to the snow image
      var snowsrc="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0l_0DkjlekY/Tt-6P7Vam3I/AAAAAAAAFjI/ht10gKN3-Ys/s400/falling-snow.png"
      // Configure below to change number of snow to render
      var no = 15;
      // Configure whether snow should disappear after x seconds (0=never):
      var hidesnowtime = 0;
      // Configure how much snow should drop down before fading ("windowheight" or "pageheight")
      var snowdistance = "pageheight";

    ///////////Stop Config//////////////////////////////////

      var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
      var ns6up = (document.getElementById&&!document.all) ? 1 : 0;

        function iecompattest(){
        return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
        }

      var dx, xp, yp;    // coordinate and position variables
      var am, stx, sty;  // amplitude and step variables
      var i, doc_width = 800, doc_height = 600;

      if (ns6up) {
        doc_width = self.innerWidth;
        doc_height = self.innerHeight;
      } else if (ie4up) {
        doc_width = iecompattest().clientWidth;
        doc_height = iecompattest().clientHeight;
      }

      dx = new Array();
      xp = new Array();
      yp = new Array();
      am = new Array();
      stx = new Array();
      sty = new Array();
      snowsrc=(snowsrc.indexOf("dynamicdrive.com")!=-1)? "   http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0l_0DkjlekY/Tt-6P7Vam3I/AAAAAAAAFjI/ht10gKN3-Ys/s400/falling-snow.png" : snowsrc
      for (i = 0; i < no;    i) { 
        dx[i] = 0;                        // set coordinate variables
        xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50);  // set position variables
        yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
        am[i] = Math.random()*20;         // set amplitude variables
        stx[i] = 0.02   Math.random()/10; // set step variables
        sty[i] = 0.7   Math.random();     // set step variables
            if (ie4up||ns6up) {
          if (i == 0) {
            document.write("<div id=\"dot"  i  "\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "  i  "; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><a href=\"http://dynamicdrive.com\"><img src='" snowsrc "' border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>");
          } else {
            document.write("<div id=\"dot"  i  "\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "  i  "; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src='" snowsrc "' border=\"0\"><\/div>");
          }
        }
      }

      function snowIE_NS6() {  // IE and NS6 main animation function
        doc_width = ns6up?window.innerWidth-10 : iecompattest().clientWidth-10;
            doc_height=(window.innerHeight && snowdistance=="windowheight")? window.innerHeight : (ie4up && snowdistance=="windowheight")?  iecompattest().clientHeight : (ie4up && !window.opera && snowdistance=="pageheight")? iecompattest().scrollHeight : iecompattest().offsetHeight;
        for (i = 0; i < no;    i) {  // iterate for every dot
          yp[i]  = sty[i];
          if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
            xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
            yp[i] = 0;
            stx[i] = 0.02   Math.random()/10;
            sty[i] = 0.7   Math.random();
          }
          dx[i]  = stx[i];
          document.getElementById("dot" i).style.top=yp[i] "px";
          document.getElementById("dot" i).style.left=xp[i]   am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]) "px"; 
        }
        snowtimer=setTimeout("snowIE_NS6()", 10);
      }

        function hidesnow(){
            if (window.snowtimer) clearTimeout(snowtimer)
            for (i=0; i<no; i  ) document.getElementById("dot" i).style.visibility="hidden"
        }

    if (ie4up||ns6up){
        snowIE_NS6();
            if (hidesnowtime>0)
            setTimeout("hidesnow()", hidesnowtime*1000)
            }

    </script>

<br /> <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u4gySN2ZgqE/TQ-G1GVAD3I/AAAAAAAABtw/doqIyU32ngs/s1600/christmas-bells-icon.png" style="position:fixed; top: 0px;left:0px;border:none;"/><img class="aneesh" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u4gySN2ZgqE/TQ-SkcTSrTI/AAAAAAAABt4/Qqpj5MR3tU8/s1600/christmas-bells-icon-right.png" style="position:fixed; top: 0px;right:0px;border:none;"/><br />

<script> if (typeof bp_onload_queue == 'undefined') var bp_onload_queue = [];      if (typeof bp_dom_loaded == 'boolean') bp_dom_loaded = false;     else var bp_dom_loaded = false;      if (typeof bp_async_loader != 'function') {         function bp_async_loader(src, callback, id) {              var script = document.createElement('script');             script.type = "text/javascript";             script.async = true;             script.src = src;             script.id = id;             /*Check if script previously loaded.*/             var previous_script = document.getElementById(id);             if (previous_script) if (previous_script.readyState == "loaded" || previous_script.readyState == "complete") {                 callback();                 return;             } else {                  script = previous_script;             }             if (script.onload != null) previous_callback = script.onload;             script.onload = script.onreadystatechange = function() {                 var newcallback;                 if (previous_script && previous_callback) newcallback = function() {                     previous_callback();                     callback();                 };                 else newcallback = callback;                 if (bp_dom_loaded) {                     newcallback();                 } else bp_onload_queue.push(newcallback);                 /* clean up for IE and Opera*/                 script.onload = null;                 script.onreadystatechange = null;             };             var head = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];             if (!previous_script) head.appendChild(script);          }     }      if (typeof bp_domLoaded != 'function') function bp_domLoaded(callback) {         bp_dom_loaded = true;         var len = bp_onload_queue.length;         for (var i = 0; i < len; i  ) {             bp_onload_queue[i]();         }     }     /*JS gets loaded here */      bp_domLoaded();      /*Loading jQuery Asynchronously */     bp_async_loader("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js", function() {          bp_async_loader("http://blogergadgets.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/snowfall.min.jquery.js", function() {}, "bp-snow");      }, "jQueryjs"); </script> <a href="https://allbloggingtips.com/2011/12/22/snow-falling-effect-with-bells-widget-for-your-blog/" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yPvmBp_p424/TuYsnjeIzaI/AAAAAAAACNY/KrkMl02fzh0/I/snowfall-widget-for-blogger.png" alt="Snowfall Widget for Blogger" /></a>

 

Hope you will like this widget. DO comment if you want to get in touch with me or facing problem with this Snow Falling Effect With Bells!

How To Add Stylish Breadcrumbs Navigation In Blogger

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Breadcrumbs or breadcrumb is a navigation used in user interface, typically it appear horizontally across the top of a web page , after navigation, usually below title bars or headers in blog area. You can also find example of breadcrumbs in my blog after navigation. See a screenshot to know what actually are a breadcrumbs.

How To Add Stylish Breadcrumbs Navigation In Blogger

I suggest every Bloggers who are using Blogspot Platform to add breadcrumbs. This help people to easily know about your post and also it helps you in SEO purpose.

Typical breadcrumbs look like this:

Home page > Section page > Subsection page or Home page >> Section page >> Subsection page.

Backup You Template Before we add Breadcrumbs in Blogger

After backing up blogger template Follow below given simple steps on How To Add Stylish Breadcrumbs Navigation In Blogger

Steps to Add Breadcrumbs in Blogger

  • Login to Blogger Dashboard > Design > Edit Html
  • Find Below code

<b:include data='top' name='status-message'/>

and replace it wit this code:

<b:include data=’top’ name=’status-message’/>

<b:include data='posts' name='breadcrumb'/>

#Step 3. Now Find this code:

<b:includable id='main' var='top'>e

 

  • and replace it with below code
<b:includable id='breadcrumb' var='posts'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.homepageUrl == data:blog.url'>
<!-- No breadcrumb on home page -->
<b:else/>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<!-- breadcrumb for the post page -->
<p class='breadcrumbs'>
<span class='post-labels'>
<a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl' rel='tag'>Home</a>
<b:loop values='data:posts' var='post'>
<b:if cond='data:post.labels'>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<b:if cond='data:label.isLast == "true"'> »
<a expr:href='data:label.url' rel='tag'><data:label.name/></a>
</b:if>
</b:loop>
<b:else/>
» Unlabelled
</b:if>
» <span><data:post.title/></span>
</b:loop>
</span>
</p>
<b:else/>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "archive"'>
<!-- breadcrumb for the label archive page and search pages.. -->
<p class='breadcrumbs'>
<span class='post-labels'>
<a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'>Home</a> » Archives for <data:blog.pageName/>
</span>
</p>
<b:else/>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "index"'>
<p class='breadcrumbs'>
<span class='post-labels'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageName == ""'>
<a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'>Home</a> » All posts
<b:else/>
<a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'>Home</a> » Posts filed under <data:blog.pageName/>
</b:if>
</span>
</p>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='main' var='top'>

Making It Cool with CSS

To add cool effect to Breadcrumbs follow below steps.

  • Find this code
]]></b:skin>

and replace it with

/* Breadcrumbs Css info @ https://allbloggingtips.com */
.breadcrumbs {
padding:5px 5px 5px 0px;
margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;
font-size:95%;
line-height: 1.4em;
border-bottom:2px solid #e6e4e3;}
]]></b:skin>
To add Hover Effect
  • Insert below code after adding code in above step
.breadcrumbs :hover{
border-bottom:2px dashed #e6e4e3;
background:#f1f1f1;
}
If you are using multiple labels for one post then this breadcrumbs will show only the last label you have added, so put label at end in Labels for this post: section for which you want to show in your breadcrumb.

That’s All. If you are using WordPress Theme than i will publish a article on How to Add Breadcrumbs in WordPress themes. Till keep visiting. Got any problem feel free to comment!

How to Setup Free Domain co.cc with Blogger Blog

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Now a day Everyone Provides great Features free of cost to attract the Internet Users towards itself. Blogger is the Fastest Growing free Blog. Sometimes ago, You could not Installed Your own Domain with Blogger. But Now You can easily use Your Custom Domain with Blogger. This is one thing But Now You can also Use Free Custom Domain with Blogger. I am talking about Co.cc Free Domain. Where Co.cc Provides Domain free of cost also providing Custom Domain Feature for Blogger. Haven’t it fun?

Before Reading! You Must have an Co.cc Account. If You Don’t Have Then Create This at  >>  Get co.cc Domain

Lets me show How to Setup Free Domain co.cc with Blogger Blog!

How to setup Blogger for my domain?
Blogger l Co.cc

Here are steps in simple words

  • Login Your Co.cc Account and Goto Domain Settings.
  • Click on Manage Domain on Right side of Your User Panel.
  • Setup Your Respective Domain. (If You don’t have already a Registered Domain. Then First Register a Free Domain)
  • You will see Three Options. Select 2nd Option (Zone Records).
  • Enter the Following Information in the Visible Form:
  1. In Host Field: Enter Co.cc Domain (www is Required)
  2. TTL: 1D
  3. Type: CName
  4. Value: ghs.google.com
  5. Click on Setup Button. After Fill the Form with the Above Information.

 

Now! Login Your Blogger Account:

  • Goto Settings > Publishing and Click on Custom Domain.
  • Click on Switch to Advanced settings.
  • In the Domain Field: Enter Your Co.cc Domain (www is Required)
  • After Word Verification. Click on Save Settings.
  • On the Next Screen! Enter Your Co.cc Domain again and Select the Check box Below (Redirect ..)
  • Again Word Verification and Save Settings.

And you have. Done Check your blog for new domain!

Add Meta Tag to Blogger : Make Blogger Blog Fully Search Engine Optimize!

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Most of us use Blogger.com to start their free blog which may be for making money or sharing your knowledge, voice through blogging. But if your blog is not Search Engine Friendly than you can not archive your goal. For this purpose you need to make your blog fully Search Engine Optimized and add meta tag to blogger so that people searching their keywords will easily knows your site. Just follow following simple steps to add meta tag to blogger.

How to add Add Meta Tag to Blogger? (Updated)

Step 1:

Go to Blogger Dashboard > Design > Edit Html and search for <head>

Step 2:

Delete Every Thing From <head> to <b:skin><![CDATA[

Step 3:

Place following code just after <head>

<b:include data='blog' name='all-head-content'/>
    <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;index&quot;'>
    <title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
    <b:else/>
    <title><data:blog.pageName/> - <data:blog.title/></title>
    </b:if>
    <meta content='Your Blog Description here!' name='description'/>
    <meta content='Your Keywords here!' name='keywords'/>
    <meta content='Author Name here!' name='Author'/>
    <meta content='Author Email Address here!' name='Email'/>
    <meta content='document' name='resource-type'/>
    <meta content='all' name='audience'/>
    <meta content='general' name='rating'/>
    <meta content='all' name='robots'/>
    <meta content='index, follow' name='robots'/>
    <meta content='id' name='language'/>
    <meta content='id' name='geo.country'/>
    <meta content='global' name='distribution'/>
    <meta content='1 days' name='revisit-after'/>
    <meta content='Indonesia' name='geo.placename'/>
  • Replace:-

To add your own description, title, keywords. Please replace all above words with your desire words! as shown below.

Blog Description : Write your blog description
Blog Keywords : Write the keywords of your blog
Blog Author : Write the author’s name(Your name)
Email Address : Write your Email address

Step 4:

Click on Save Template.

That’s it. Now your blog is full Search Engine Friendly. If you face any problem. Just Drop your comment. I will be able to help you about blogger Search engine optimization