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4 Ways To Customize Feedburner Email Subscription Form

Feedburner Email Subscription is a great service to distribute your blog articles to your feed readers. It is free, fast and best ever because its FREE. However the default Feedburner Email Subscription Form may looks too simple, old or may not match your website design.

4 Ways To Customize Feedburner Email Subscription Form

Here are 4 Ways To Customize Feedburner Email Subscription Form. First go and get your default Feedburner Email Subscription Form here. By default it looks like this.

<form style=”border:1px solid #ccc;padding:3px;text-align:center;” action=”http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify” method=”post” target=”popupwindow” onsubmit=”window.open(‘http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=Your Feed ID’, ‘popupwindow’, ‘scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520’);return true”><p>Enter your email address:</p><p><input type=”text” style=”width:140px” name=”email”/></p><input type=”hidden” value=”Your Feed ID” name=”uri”/><input type=”hidden” name=”loc” value=”en_US”/><input type=”submit” value=”Subscribe” /><p>Delivered by <a href=”http://feedburner.google.com” target=”_blank”>FeedBurner</a></p></form>

1. Add or Change Background Colour on FeedBurner Email Subscription Form

Add background color to feedburner
Add the background image code (e.g. background: url(http://www.example.com/image.jpg)) right after text-align:center;
So the code would be:-
<form style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:3px;text-align:center;background: url(http://www.example.com/image.jpg);"
You can change the image URL to add your own.

2. Change the Width and Height of the Text Box


Adjust the width of the text box width:140px to your requirements.
<input type="text" style="width:140px" name="email"/>
You can change with your desire width.

If you want to change the height of the text box, simply add height:20px right after width:140px and adjust the height to your requirements.
<input type="text" style="width:140px;height:20px;" name="email"/>
You can change with your desire height.

3. Add or Change Background Image on FeedBurner Email Subscription Form

Add background image to feedburner
Add the background image code (e.g. background: url(http://www.example.com/image.jpg)) right after text-align:center;
So the code would be:-
<form style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:3px;text-align:center;background: url(http://www.example.com/image.jpg);"
You can change the image URL to add your own.

4. Add Default Text in the Text Box

Add text in Feedburner
You can add a default text in the text box to make it more attractive to the visitors.
Just remove the code below
<p>Enter your email address:</p><p><input type="text" style="width:140px" name="email"/></p>

and replace with
<p><input type="text" style="width:140px" name="email" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Enter your email address';}" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Enter your email address') {this.value = '';}" value="Enter your email address"/></p>
You can change with your desire default text.

How to Change Font Size and Font Colour of the Text
Add font-size:20px;color:#00CCFF right after width:140px
So the code would be:-
<input type="text" style="width:140px;font-size:20px;color:#00CCFF;" name="email"/>
You can change with your desire font size and font colour.

How to Remove “Delivered by Feedburner” Link
Just remove the following part from your code:
<p>Delivered by <a href="http://feedburner.google.com" target="_blank">FeedBurner</a></p>

That’s all. If you face any problem in Customize Feedburner Email Subscription Form. Feel free to contact me through  your valuable comments!

How To Add Stylish Breadcrumbs Navigation In Blogger

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.

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!

Add Post Views Counter In WordPress Posts Without Plugin

Add Post Views Counter In WordPress Posts Without PluginDid you ever want to know how many times a particular post has been viewed? I will show you How To Add Post Views Counter In WordPress Posts Without Plugin. This is very useful to track post views this will help you in future to write more interesting, quality content articles which can attract more visitors. Just add the following snippets to your template files and you are ready to go for Post Views Counter In WordPress!

I am not responsible if you done any mistake. So Check this video to Adding Code Though File Manager

 

Step 1: Adding Post Views Counter Code in Functions.PHP
  • Go to Appearance > EditorHow to Edit Functions.PHP
  • Under Editor section Select Functions.php in the list of php files on the right of your screen (or just see image below)
  • Paste Below code in functions.php
// Display or Count how many times a post has been viewed. // id = the post id and action = display or count function arixWp_PostViews( $id, $action ) { $axCountMeta = 'ax_post_views'; // Your Custom field that stores the views $axCount = get_post_meta($id, $axCountMeta, true); if ( $axCount == '' ) { if ( $action == 'count' ) { $axCount = 0; } delete_post_meta( $id, $axCountMeta ); add_post_meta( $id, $axCountMeta, 0 ); if ( $action == 'display' ) { echo "0 Views"; } } else { if ( $action == 'count' ) { $axCount++; update_post_meta( $id, $axCountMeta, $axCount ); } else { echo $axCount . ' Views'; } } }
  • After adding above code Click Update File
Step 2: Showing Posts Views Counter in WordPress Posts
  •  Select Single.PHP from right of your screen (See image below)

Single.PHP Screenshot

  • Now Paste below code just after High Lighted Section in above image.
 
    <?php echo arixWp_PostViews( get_the_ID(), 'count' ); ?>

To display the count outside the loop use this:

  <?php echo arixWp_PostViews( get_the_ID(), 'display' ); ?>

If you want them to show in the loop use this instead.

 <?php echo arixWp_PostViews( $post->ID, 'display' ); ?>
  • Finally Click on Update File and You had done.

Check your blog post to check whether counter is working or not!. Feel Free to Ask any question about this Post Views Counter In WordPress

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Use Facebook Smileys and Emotions On Facebook Chat

There’s a stack of guides all over the net listing all the smileys you can send in Facebook and many forum posts discussing the formatting options. We’re yet to find one good one that lumps it all into one page, with the latest facebook smileys codes, in a nice easy to read format, so we’ve decided to oblige. If you know of any facebook smileys or emotions we are missing, let us know!

Al Facebook Chat Emotions and Smiyles

Use Facebook Smileys and Emotions : Complete List !

Here is the list of all Facebook Smileys Emoticons and their shortcuts:

 

 
Emoticons Shortcut Key Description
like thump up facebook chat emoticons (y) (Y) Like / Thumb Up Facebook Chat Emoticons NEW!!
42 red facebook chat emoticon :42: 42 Red Number FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon angel O:) O:-) Angel FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon confused o.O O.o Confused FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon cry :'( Cry / Tears Eye FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon curly lips :3 Curly Lips Facebook Emoticon / cute / cat-like
facebook chat emoticon devil 3:) 3:-) Devil / Satan / Vampire FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon frown :-( :( :[ =( Frown / Sad FaceBook Chat Emoticon
Facebook Chat Emoticon Gasp :-O :O :-o :o Gasp / Surprise FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon glasses 8-) 8) B-) B) Glasses / Blue Glasses FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon grin :-D :D =D Grin Facebook Chat Emoticon (Big Smile)
facebook chat emoticon grumpy >:( >:-( Grumpy FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon heart <3 Heart / Love FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon kiki ^_^ Kiki FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon kiss :-* :* Kiss Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon pacman :v Pacman Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon penguin <(") Penguin Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon chris putnam :putnam: Putnam (Chris Putnam) Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon robot :|] Robot Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon shark (^^^) Shark FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon smile :-) :) :] =) Smile Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon squint -_- Squint FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon sun glasses 8-| 8| B-| B| Sun / Black Glasses FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon tongue :-P :P :-p :p =P Tongue FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon unsure :/ :-/ : :- Unsure Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon upset >:O >:-O >:o >:-o Upset FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon wink ;-) ;) Wink FaceBook Chat Emoticon

 
Facebook smileys and emoticons can add a hint of personality to the message you’re sending and maybe even some humor. If you happen to be at a loss for words, insert an emoticon. There are different variations the emoticons can be used for but they all generally follow the same rules. IF i miss any emotion in this tutorial Use Facebook Smileys and Emotions On Facebook Chat : Complete List !