How To Create A Drop Down Menu To Blogger/Blogspot

In this particular tutorial, I will show you how to create a drop down menu in a navigation. Just a simple code that can be fully customized to make your desired changes. A drop down menu is useful when you want your blog-content to be fully organized or simply wanting to be organized in your own blog. So lets start to the process.







How To Create a Drop Down Menu

Step 1. Proceed to Blogger Dashboard >> Lay-out>> Add gadget
Step 2. Select an HTML/JavaScript Widget just under the header and paste the following code inside it,
<div id='bttnavbar'>
      <ul id='bttnav'>
        <li>
          <a href='#'>Home</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href='#'>About</a>
       </li>
        <li>
          <a href='#'>Contact</a>
        </li>
  <li>
           <a href='#'>Templates</a>
            <ul>
                <li><a href='#'>Hacks</a></li>
                <li><a href='#'>Downloads</a></li>
                <li><a href='#'>Advertise</a></li>
              </ul>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </div>
<br />
Short Customization:

Replace # with your own Page Links and the bold text ( green) with your relevant page names.
The orange bold code is responsible for the drop down menu.
If you want to make some drop down navigation,you can copy and paste it under any tab you want just before  </li>
To add another tab, paste this code above  </ul>
 Step 3. Click Save.

 Let us move to the second part of the tutorial 

 1. From the Blogger Dashboard >> Go to Template >> Edit HTML
 2. Backup your template then search for this piece of code, ]]><b/:skin>
 3. Just above it paste the code below,
/*----- BTT Drop Down Menu ----*/

#bttnavbar {
    background:  #158aee ;
    width: 960px;
    color: #FFF;
        margin: -20px; 30px; 0px; -10px;
        padding: 0;
        position: relative;
        border-top:0px solid #960100;
        height:35px;
}

#bttnav {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#bttnav ul {
    float: left;
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#bttnav li {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
 border-left:1px solid #333;
 border-right:1px solid #333;
        height:35px;
}
#bttnav li a, #bttnav li a:link, #bttnav li a:visited {
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
   font:normal 12px Helvetica, sans-serif;    margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
        text-decoration: none;
   
}
#bttnav li a:hover, #bttnav li a:active {
    background: green;
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
    text-decoration: none;
        margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
   

   
}
#bttnav li {
    float: left;
    padding: 0;
}
#bttnav li ul {
    z-index: 9999;
    position: absolute;
    left: -999em;
    height: auto;
    width: 160px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#bttnav li ul a {
    width: 140px;
}
#bttnav li ul ul {
    margin: -25px 0 0 161px;
}
#bttnav li:hover ul ul, #bttnav li:hover ul ul ul, #bttnav li.sfhover ul ul, #bttnav li.sfhover ul ul ul {
    left: -999em;
}
#bttnav li:hover ul, #bttnav li li:hover ul, #bttnav li li li:hover ul, #bttnav li.sfhover ul, #bttnav li li.sfhover ul, #bttnav li li li.sfhover ul {
    left: auto;
}
#bttnav li:hover, #bttnav li.sfhover {
    position: static;
}
#bttnav li li a, #bttnav li li a:link, #bttnav li li a:visited {
    background: green;
    width: 120px;
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
    font:normal 12px Helvetica, sans-serif;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
        text-decoration: none;
z-index:9999;
border-bottom:1px dotted #333;

}
#bttnav li li a:hover, #bttnavli li a:active {


    background: orange;
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;     margin: 0;
    padding: 9px 12px 10px 12px;
        text-decoration: none;
}

Short Customization: (Optional)

Replace #158aee to change the background color of your Main menu
Replace the red highlighted text to change font color, size and family
Replace green to change the background of a tab on mouse hover
Replace green to change the background color of the drop down menu
Replace orange to change the background color of drop down menu upon mouse hover
Change the yellow highlighted text in order to change the borders of your tab names




Step 4.Save your template and you are done!




How To Add Recent Comment Widget With Thumbnails


Did you encounter a problem regarding the manner of inviting your readers to post creditable comments from your post? Where posting a comment takes time for the readers to think of what will be their comments to be posted in the comment box area. Because it takes time, they just simply search and go for another blog to find for the answers of their questions. But when they leave a short comment, it means that they are interested with the topic or they want to ask another thing which you did not include in your article.In the long run you as a blogger can build circle of readers in your blog. In order for you to that, we will put a widget in your sidebar that would invite them to leave their comments below your post because as they leave comments it will automatically be found in your Recent Comment widget in your sidebar. Let's do it friends.




How to Add Recent Comment Widget With Thumbnails


Step 1. Proceed to Blogger Dashboard, click Lay-out and hit Add Gadget, 




Step 2. After clicking the Add Gadget, a pop-up window will appear. Scroll down and select
HTML/Javascript (click the plus sign)






Step 3. Write a title of your widget and place the code below inside the empty box








<style type="text/css"> 
ul.w2b_recent_comments {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

.w2b_recent_comments li {
    background: none !important;
    margin: 0 0 6px !important;
    padding: 0 0 6px 0 !important;
    display: block;
    clear: both;
    overflow: hidden;
    list-style: none;
}

.w2b_recent_comments li .avatarImage {
    padding: 3px;
    background: #fefefe;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #ccc;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #ccc;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #ccc;
    float: left;
    margin: 0 6px 0 0;
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.avatarRound {
    -webkit-border-radius: 100px;
    -moz-border-radius: 100px;
    border-radius: 100px;
}

.w2b_recent_comments li img {
    padding: 0px;
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
    display: block;
}

.w2b_recent_comments li span {
    margin-top: 4px;
    color: #666;
    display: block;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-style: italic;
    line-height: 1.4;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
    // Recent Comments Settings
    var
 numComments  = 5,
 showAvatar  = true,
 avatarSize  = 60,
 roundAvatar = true,
 characters  = 40,
 showMorelink = false,
 moreLinktext = "More »",
 defaultAvatar  = "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=mm",
 hideCredits = true;
//]]>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/w2b recent comments with avatars.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://name of your blog.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?alt=json&callback=w2b_recent_comments&max-results=5"></script>

Short Customization:
1.To change the number of comments to appear in the widget, replace the value of 5 in numComments= and max-results=5"
2. Change the  bold text in red name of your blog with your own blog's name
3. Change the thumbnail size (avatar) 60 with your own 

Step 4. Hit Save Template and enjoy.

Top 3 Best Blogger Platforms



Friends! Do you want to join in the blogging world? Would you like to become famous and even rich because of your thoughts and ideas, or consider this activity as a channel to have a huge circle of friends around the globe.... ? Okay! 
Before joining to these blogging environments, its very important to identify which among the world's famous blogging platforms is best in your goal. Most of these platforms are free and so easy to use. But few require a higher stage in terms of technicalities and require you a purchase web hosting.
1. WordPress
The most popular blogging platform in the world. WordPress is both a free publishing tool (via WordPress.com), and a content management system for self-hosted blogs (via WordPress.org). With a huge library of plugins and themes, WordPress provides a full spectrum of blogging solutions for casual bloggers as well as full-fledged businesses.Some of the most popular blogs in the world run on WordPress, such as Wall Street Journal blogsPeople Magazine and Tech Crunch. The blog you’re reading right now runs on WordPress as well.

Advantages:

  1. WordPress blog is very flexible and can run everything from an eCommerce store to a video-focused tum blog.
  2. It's Free. The only expenses associated with running a WordPress blog are server and domain costs.
  3. It has hundreds of thousands of plugins, courtesy of its vibrant open-source developer community.
  4. It is more than a decade old and which gone through countless updates.
  5. A wide theme library means you can customize your blog’s appearance to your heart’s content.

Disadvantages:

  1. With great power, comes great complexity. WordPress, for all its power and speed, can be difficult to use for the average newbe, although excellent tutorials such as this WordPress course do help mitigate this flaw.
  2. To take full advantage of WordPress features, you need to host it on your server, which can add significant overhead in terms of hosting, domain and CDN costs.
  3. Customization often requires tinkering with code.

Highly Recommended for:

  • Professional bloggers.
  • Media companies and businesses that require a stable, professional blogging solution.

2. Blogger
Also called BlogSpot, Blogger is a Google owned blogging platform. Blogger was one of the earliest blogging services and was instrumental in bringing blogging to the mainstream. An oft-ignored property in Google’s cache of services, it nevertheless, continues to remain popular among casual bloggers. Popular blogs on the Blogger platform include the Twitter blog , PostSecret, and most of Google’s own blogs.


Advantages:

  1. Blogger has been around longer than the dinosaurs, so all stability issues have pretty much been ironed out.
  2. Monetization is easy thanks to built-in Google AdSense modules.
  3. So easy to get started, even a caveman could do it.
  4. If you’re the curious type, you won’t be able to harm the site by fiddling with the backend code.

Disadvantages:

  1. If you’re the curious type, you won’t be able to customize the site by fiddling with the backend code.
  2. Difficult to set up on your own domain name.
  3. Limited themes and design styles.
  4. Little community support in the form of plugins.

Highly Recommended for:

  • Casual bloggers
  • Businesses that want a simple bogging solution mainly for internal audiences.

3. Tumblr

Fresh off its $1.1B acquisition by Yahoo, Tumblr is one of the hottest web properties at a moment. Tumblr pioneered the tum blog or micro blogging phenomenon. Instead of writing complete posts, users are encouraged to share individual pictures, info graphics, comics, videos and links.Popular companies with a Tumblr  presence include The Atlantic, The Economist and GQ.

Advantages:

  1. Publishing on Tumblr is as easy as choosing the post-type (image, video, text, or link) and hitting publish.
  2. Tumblr’s Control Panel makes it extremely easy to manage multiple blogs.
  3. Large variety of stunning themes.
  4. Mobile friendly interface; dedicated mobile apps.
  5. Ability to publish posts on the fly through SMS, email or audio message.

Disadvantages:

  1. Highly visual design does not encourage text-heavy blogging.
  2. Lack of comprehensive CDN, caching, or anti-virus plugins.
  3. Emphasis on sharing devalues original content, particular textual content.

Highly Recommended for:

  • Casual bloggers who want something between Twitter and WordPress.
  • Businesses trying to expand their brand through visual content.

Take your time in choosing your blogging platform. A lot of these have free trials,sign-up, for which you like and try. Wait until you are ready and confident to use your chosen platform before you promote it. Blogging is a livelihood when associated with absolute patience and hard work.



                                

How to Create a Blog Site in Blogger





1. Look for the google search and type www.blogger.com in the address space
 ( pls. see #1 on the picture)



Note: If you dont have a gmail account yet. Please create a gmail account to use this particular blog site. Sign up for free. Once your gmail address is ready, go back to http://www.blogger.com to create a blog.




2. At the right upper portion of this picture, sign in using your new gmail address and password.




3. Type a display name. This name will be printed on all of your blogs. 




4. Choose a title (i.e. Blogging Tips and Tricks) and URL address ( i.e. http://www.mybloggersnipers.blogspot.com ). This address will be the website link to your readers.


 5. Select a template background for your blog. Click on the image you prefer

 and click; then continue. 




6.Your blog website has been created! Click and Start Blogging. 











How to Add Static Facebook Pop Out Like Box At The Right Side Of A Blog With A Hover Effect

One of the most amazing features in blog post is to see on the page our circle of friends through an easy yet awesome access to them around the globe. 

At the right portion of this blog is a cool Floating Facebook Like Box that slides very smoothly upon pointing it with the mouse. This widget is very important to your blog for it encourages other people to like your posts and likewise it spreads your blog freely to the all parts of the globe. In this post, I'm going to show you the steps on how to make it. Don't you worry my dear friends, I will make it very simple. 

                 


Adding Static Facebook Pop Out Like Box at the Right Side Of A Blog With A Hover Effect 

Please follow the steps below:

1. Proceed to Blogger Dashboard, and click  Template >> Edit HTML

2. Be sure to  check the "Expand Widget Templates" box at the topmost portion.

3. Search (CTRL + F) for this tag 

</head>

4. Add the code below just above the </head> tag.  
<scrpt src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery.min.is"></script>

5.  After that ,please save your template. 
6. Now go to Layout >> Page Elements >> Click add a new Gadget >> Choose   HTML/JavaScript and in the HTML box, paste the code below:
<style type="text/css">
/*<![CDATA[*/
#fbplikebox{display: block;padding: 0;z-index: 99999;position: fixed;}
.fbplbadge {background-color:#3B5998;display: block;height: 150px;top: 50%;margin-top: -75px;position: absolute;left: -47px;width: 47px;background-image: url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmMk4_UY1fhk-AVDqH8oSMuuZmkpBKHTHh0vOhTrg3rvosCvk0In_Bhd_QmapoJvsUBeZwSQyfkK7Qch4-f9IwXwv3M-gs55Ho6KWz45Va26WJQLg3xWBw3rnFb8Va6Nj6iM28R_Dk1E/s1600/vertical-right.png");background-repeat: no-repeat;overflow: hidden;-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 8px;-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 8px;-moz-border-radius-topleft: 8px;-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 8px;border-top-left-radius: 8px;border-bottom-left-radius: 8px;}
/*]]>*/
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
/*<![CDATA[*/
    (function(w2b){
        w2b(document).ready(function(){
            var $dur = "medium"; // Duration of Animation
            w2b("#fbplikebox").css({right: -250, "top" : 100 })
            w2b("#fbplikebox").hover(function () {
                w2b(this).stop().animate({
                    right: 0
                }, $dur);
            }, function () {
                w2b(this).stop().animate({
                    right: -250
                }, $dur);
            });
            w2b("#fbplikebox").show();
        });
    })(jQuery);
/*]]>*/
</script>
<div id="fbplikebox" style="display:none;">
    <div class="fbplbadge"></div>
    <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=Your Facebook Fan-page URl &amp;width=250&amp;height=250&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;show_faces=true&amp;border_color=%23C4C4C4&amp;stream=false&amp;header=false" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:250px; height:250px;background:#FFFFFF;" allowtransparency="true"></iframe>
</div>


7.  You are almost done, now gonna replace Your Facebook Fan-page URL   in the codes above with the URL of your facebook fan page.
Also replace the : symbol in your URL with %3A and / with %2F

For example, my facebook fan page is:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bloggingtipsandtrix/533310753378603?ref=hl

After replacing the characters above, your facebook fan page should look like this:
http %3A %2F %2Fwww.facebook.com %2Fpages %2FBloggingtipsandtrix %2F53331078603?ref=hl
Note:  Please neglect the color red and pink for  I used it only for guiding purposes.
          Now, if it doesn't work, try not to replace the symbols found in yourfacebook fan page  url as stated above.


Other customizations (optional):
- to change the width and height of your facebook box, change the bolded-italic values (250)
- to change the background color of the facebook fan box (logo), replace#FFFFFF with the hex code of your color (click  here to choose  one)
- if you want to change the color of the facebook badge (facebook button) replace this code #3B5998
with your own.

8. Save your widget.



                                   

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