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Tutorial # 32 - Add Social Media Icons to Blogger Header

This tutorial will help you to add social media icons in the top right corner of the page which could increases the likelihood that readers can follow through the various social networks. The icons will rotate when you hover over them.

Step 1: Go to Blogger dashboard > Template > Edit HTML


Step 2
To expand the style, click on the small arrow on the left of <b:skin>...</b:skin>,


Then click anywhere inside the code area to search (using CTRL + F) for the ]]></b:skin> tag

And then add the following code just above it

Step 3: Now search for this line


Step 4: And just above it, add this code


Step 5: Following changes shall be made by you
- Change usernames at lines 4, 6, 8, 10 with your usernames and id: the first is your Facebook username, the second is that of Twitter, in the third you should change the X by the ID of your Google+ profile and in the fourth you will put the name of your blog.
- To change the icons, just replace the urls in the above mentioned lines with the ones of your images.
- You can add more icons if you want, you just have to add before </ul></div> a line like this for each extra icon you want with a Link URL and Image URL:


Step 6: Finally, Save the Template to apply the changes.
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Tutorial # 31 - Social Media Sharing Widget using AddThis

Without any doubt "Sharing is Caring", those who care and like you posts intent to share them to their social media profiles. This widget helps them to share your content and to make it available to other people. This in turn will promote your blog.


There are many ways to add the social media sharing widget in your blog. However we are using "AddThis" to add different types of social sharing widgets in your blog.

Step 1: Visit the https://www.addthis.com/get/sharing page & Click on "SIGN UP FOR ADDTHIS"

Step 2: Create an account in AddThis. You may also log in through Google, Facebook or Twitter accounts

Step 3: Click on "TOOLS"

Step 4: This will provide you with a number of different types of social sharing buttons. We're going to have Floating Sharing Sidebar

Step 5: You will have some settings regarding your social sharing buttons
Changing the settings doesn't affect the code given below. Before pressing the button "Activate" you need to copy the code and paste it just above <div class='post-footer'> in Template > Edit HTML.

If you want to edit or change the settings of the widget, you just need to your account and amend the setting without making any changes in your blog.

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Tutorial # 30 - Custom Numbered Page Navigation Widgets for Blogger

You may have a customized Numbered Page Navigation Widgets. In this tutorial we are providing you various types of page navigation. These can be inserted in your blog by following the steps given below.

Step 1: Go to Blogger Dashboard > Template > click on the Edit HTML button

Step 2: Click anywhere inside the code area and press the CTRL + F keys to open the Blogger search box. Then search for the following tag


Step 3: Now choose one of the numbered page navigation styles given below and copy the code and paste it just above the code.

These are the following codes for page navigation widgets along with their designs:





 Step 4: Now find (CTRL + F) this tag:


Step 5: Add the following script just above it:


After installing, you might want to change these default settings:


 1) perPage: how many posts will be shown in each page (7). This value has to be the same as the number of posts on the main page. Otherwise, add the same number by going to "Settings" > "Formatting" and type it in the "Show at most" field, then click on the "Save Settings" button.
2) numPages: how many pages will be shown in the page navigation (6)

3) to replace the 'First', 'Last', "« Previous" and "Next »" texts, just type your own within the quotes.


Step 6: Click on the Save Template button and you're done.
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Tutorial # 29 - Custom Search Boxes for Blogger

Step 1. Go to Layout > click on the 'Add a gadget' link on the left side

Step 2. Choose HTML/JavaScript from the pop-up window > paste any of the codes of the search box given below inside the empty box

Step 3. Press Save
These are the following Codes for Search Boxes along with their designs:
Formal 1

 Formal 2


 Fancy 1

Fancy 2


 Fancy 3


 Fancy 4


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Tutorial # 28 - Omega: jQuery Image Slider Plugin For Blogger

In Tutorial # 25 we have learnt how to make simple image slider as shown in our home page. Now we are moving forward to next level as in this tutorial we will be having a beautiful image slider for Blogger / BlogSpot made with jQuery and, of course, with HTML and CSS. This slider is known as Omega Image Slider.

It is a lightweight jQuery plugin that will display multiple images in a limited space using navigation arrows (previous-next buttons). On the upper left of the slideshow, we have some small bullet icons indicating the current image that we are viewing and, on the upper right side, is the pause option and a timer letting us know when the next image will be displayed.

Step 1: Go to Layout Template, click on Edit HTML


Step 2: Click anywhere in the code area and press Ctrl-F to open blogger's search box

Step 3: Then search for: 

and just above it add the following code:


Step 4: Then search for:

and just above it add the following code:
Step 5: Click on the "Save template" button to save the changes



Step 6: Use the HTML/JavaScript Gadget to include the slideshow wherever you want

Now we have the option to add the slider either inside one of our posts/pages, or display it as a gadget on the blog' sidebar or below the header. If you choose to add it inside one of your posts, switch to the HTML tab and paste the code below inside HTML box of your post. If you want to add it in the blog sidebar/below the header, go to "Layout", click on the "Add a gadget link" > choose "HTML/JavaScript" from the pop-up window and paste the following html code inside the box:


Step 7
This code contains the images, links and descriptions for each image. The URLs of the links and images that you need to replace with your own. Inside the HTML code of each image, you have the size of each picture that can be changed by modifying the width (590) and height (348) values. To add the description for your pictures, replace the text in red.

If you want to add more pictures, add this HTML before the tag:

Notice that each image and description has an unique identifier (id) and shouldn't be repeated. For instance, in the description text of the first image, we have the id="photo1" and within the image code is the "rel" attribute with the name of the id, that is rel="photo1".


Step 8: After you added your images, click the "Save" or "Publish" button and that's it Now you can enjoy this cool Omega Image Slider for Blogger
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