Monday, December 30, 2013

Animated Colour changing Background for Blogger

Changing Background
Animated Colour Changing Background for Blogger - Today I am going to teach you how you can make your background change to different colours with animation using keyframes CSS. Inspite of using big images you can use these CSS codes which load extremely fast and you the user too gets too see some interaction on the background.

The live demo of this design hack can be seen by click the button below.



Live Demo

The demo ofcourse looks awesome so in order to add this animated background in your blog/website follow the below steps.

Removing existing code


First of all you have to remove the existing background code to avoid any conflict in between and minimize excessive code. For this search the body selector from the CSS codes in your blog. Under that search for background property and remove the property with the value (Do Not Remove the Selector). In case you don't know what selector, property and values in CSS codes are refer to the below image.

 CSS Syntax 

Adding the code


Now we have to add the animation codes in the blog template. For this paste the below given code just above ]]></b:skin> <


body {
    animation: colorBackground 20s infinite; /* Chrome, Firefox 16+, IE 10+, Opera 12.10+ */
     -webkit-animation: colorBackground 20s infinite; /* Chrome, Safari 5+ */
      -moz-animation: colorBackground 20s infinite; /* Firefox 5-15 */
        -o-animation: colorBackground 20s infinite; /* Opera 12.00 */
}

@keyframes colorBackground {
      0% { background-color: #fbcf61; color: #fbcf61; }
     20% { background-color: #6bd57e; color: #6bd57e; }
     40% { background-color: #ff6f6f; color: #ff6f6f; }
     60% { background-color: #57cff4; color: #57cff4; }
     80% { background-color: #0ed4c8; color: #0ed4c8; }
    100% { background-color: #fbcf61; color: #fbcf61; }
}
@-webkit-keyframes colorBackground {
      0% { background-color: #fbcf61; color: #fbcf61; }
     20% { background-color: #6bd57e; color: #6bd57e; }
     40% { background-color: #ff6f6f; color: #ff6f6f; }
     60% { background-color: #57cff4; color: #57cff4; }
     80% { background-color: #0ed4c8; color: #0ed4c8; }
    100% { background-color: #fbcf61; color: #fbcf61; }
}
@-moz-keyframes colorBackground {
      0% { background-color: #fbcf61; color: #fbcf61; }
     20% { background-color: #6bd57e; color: #6bd57e; }
     40% { background-color: #ff6f6f; color: #ff6f6f; }
     60% { background-color: #57cff4; color: #57cff4; }
     80% { background-color: #0ed4c8; color: #0ed4c8; }
    100% { background-color: #fbcf61; color: #fbcf61; }
}
@-o-keyframes colorBackground {
      0% { background-color: #fbcf61; color: #fbcf61; }
     20% { background-color: #6bd57e; color: #6bd57e; }
     40% { background-color: #ff6f6f; color: #ff6f6f; }
     60% { background-color: #57cff4; color: #57cff4; }
     80% { background-color: #0ed4c8; color: #0ed4c8; }
    100% { background-color: #fbcf61; color: #fbcf61; }
}

Code Source - Immam Vel

After adding the code, save the template. You are done now. Now you and your visitors can see this animated colour changing background in your blogger blog.

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Popular Mistakes That Every Bloggers Do

Blogging has emerged out as an outstanding way of earning online money but not all of them are successful. Out of 10, only 2 bloggers are successful in achieving their goals. It is due to the fact that they do not pay much attention on several key factors that are essential in the blogging process. An expert bloggers knows all the tips and tricks to take his blog to the top notch position. If you are also willing to get successful and start earning from your blog, you need to prevent yourself from doing the popular bloggers mistake.

Some of the common mistakes which are mostly done by the bloggers are discussed as follows. You can go through them and overcome the shortcomings so as to become a successful blogger.

Bloggers_mistake

Purpose of the blog

There are many people who get into the process just for earning money without knowing the motive or purpose of starting the blog. This is a wrong practice as without any goal, you are certainly not going to move in the right direction. So, before starting the blogging process, make sure you know the various aspects of your blog like whether it is informational or not, the target audience, writing purpose etc. if you know the purpose behind creating a blog, you will be able to plan effective strategies and create success plans so that you can bring your blog to the number position on search engines.


Irregular posting

In order to generate more traffic towards your blog, it is necessary that you update your blog regularly and that too with unique and informative content. Posting on regular basis ensures that your existing readers will visit the blog daily. It is also an effective way to boost the traffic on the site. If you do not post for extended periods, the readers might look for information elsewhere. So, make sure that you keep posting at regular intervals and do keep a check on the quality of articles or information posted.

Be patient

Blogging is an activity that requires hard work and time. You will not start getting huge amounts as a result of blogging in few days or weeks. You will have to be patient and keep posting on the blogs as per the demand of the readers. If you lose your faith and stop posting, you might never achieve your goals.

You are not interactive

There are many bloggers who just post the contents as their duty and are not interactive with the readers. This might lose the readers� interest. Hence, you should go through the comments or questions asked by the readers and reply to them. Also, make use of social media networking sites to interact with the readers.

Take your blogs to number one position by avoiding the above discussed popular bloggers mistake. This will help you in meeting your blogging goals at the earliest.

Author Bio: Sohan Jayasinghe is the owner and author of Bloggertrix.com .He has been blogging since 2009 and writing Blogger trix since 2010.If you want to contact him, Just leave a message via contact us page.

Monday, December 23, 2013

Awesome Christmas Lights Widget for Blogger

For this Christmas vacation, I hope to give flash lighting for decorate your blog.This is just CSS effect with animation.Every modern browsers support with this decoration. You can add this Christmas Lights effect as widget with simple steps.Use below button for demo.

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFjFLeW2M5lZ_i5Y9qCRWpMwnnRo-E51AGQcSFBlxhQ9oX9DtiaxaLcpzk3fTfmZ4qHNRNKq5_WOKzygEeGo1PBZjT9h9ZGxHcsX3qsWrzW6OFYH_AfFgiUogKiSSpZ4ezuXec_EhNUk/s320/christmas-lights.gif


How to Add Christmas Lights Widget for Blogger


1. Go to Blogger Dashboard > Layout
2. Click Add Gadget and select 'HTML/Javascript'
3. Paste below code.
<div style='position: fixed; top: 0%; right: 0%;'/>
<a href="http://www.bloggertrix.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Blog Tips" src="http://tester2.synthasite.com/resources/flashing%20christmas%20lights%20right.gif"/></a>
</div>
<div style='position: fixed; top: 0%; left: 0%;'/>
<a href="http://www.bloggertrix.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Blog Tips" src="http://tester2.synthasite.com/resources/flashing%20christmas%20lights%20left.gif"/></a>
</div>
4. Now save your HTML/Javascript'.

You are done. If you have any problem related to this Christmas Lights Widget for Blogger. Just leave a comment.I will help to you.
Author Bio: Sohan Jayasinghe is the owner and author of Bloggertrix.com .He has been blogging since 2009 and writing Blogger trix since 2010.If you want to contact him, Just leave a message via contact us page.

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Facebook Slide Out Share Button for Blogger

Facebook Share Button
It has been long time since I have not posted a new widget so here is a much awaited Facebook Slide Out Share button for Blogger blogs.

This widget has many features such as -
  • Lightweight Size
  • Compact Design
  • Supports all Major Browsers
  • Attractive and Elegant
  • Made with CSS3 and beautiful transitions.
  • Shown only on Post pages
The live demo of this widget can be seen by clicking the below button.

Live Demo



Once you have seen the demo, to add this widget in your blog you can use the following methods -


Method 1 : One Click Installation


You can add this slide out share button to your blogger blog with the click of a button. To add this widget just click the below button and choose the blog in which you want to add this widget.



Save the layout and you are done. The slide out share button will be on your blog and would be shown on all the post pages.


Method 2 : Adding Manually


Many people would like to add and customize the code on their own. If so, you can copy the below code and paste it in the HTML/JavaScript widget.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<style>
/* Widget by AllBloggerTricks.com */
#fixed-share {background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #4C6699;border-bottom: 3px solid #30476F;bottom: 60px;box-shadow: 0 8px 8px #888888;font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 15px 30px 15px 15px;position: fixed;right: -147px;text-align: left;text-transform: uppercase;transition: all 1s ease 0s;z-index: 10;}
#fixed-share:hover {right: 0}
#fixed-share:hover > #share-box {right: 147px}
#share-box {background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #4C6699;bottom: 72px;box-shadow: 0 8px 8px #888888;height: 40px;position: fixed;right: 1px;text-align: center;transition: all 1s ease 0s;width: 40px;}
</style>
 <div id="fixed-share">
 <div id="share-box">
<img src="http://s10.postimg.org/s1a8ghl6t/Fb_Logo.png" />
</div>
<span>Support Us<br/> <script>(function(d){ var js, id =
'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js =
d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true; js.src =
"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1";
d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);
}(document));</script>  <fb:share-button expr:href='data:post.url'
type='button_count'/> </fb:share-button>
</span></div>
<!-- Widget  by AllBloggerTricks.com -->
</b:if>

After adding, save the widget and template.

You are done now. Now you and your visitors can see this awesome Facebook Share button on your blogger blog.

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Less Known but Amazing Free Template Providers


Blogger Templates
Blogger is an immense platform and it is one of the major platform around us. Blogger has fans all over the world and from there come beautiful template developers too. But many blogger post in regional languages or target their country, hence they are popular in a certain region but not much known by people of other countries. So today I am going to share a list of blogs which provide amazing blogger templates for free.

The list below is in no particular order, all the providers are equally well and give the best to their blog visitors.



Uong Jowo


Blogger Templates Uong Jowo

Uong Jowo is a blog which provides amazing template for News/Magazine blogs. The blog has a big collection of such templates. One can also find many WordPress templates there. Moreover many of the templates there are responsive. There are many more features in their templates such as Label based posts display in homepage, ticker etc.

Visit Site

Loefa Ceebook


Blogger Templates loefa Ceebook

Loefa Ceebook of Abdal Latif has been publishing blogger templates since long time. There template are versatile, neat and really amazing to work with. Though some of their template are paid ones but there are still beautiful templates available for free download. Clean layout and attractive view of their templates is what make them better than the rest.

Visit Site

Urang Kurai


Blogger Templates Urang Kurai

This list without mentioning Urang Kurai would be incomplete. Andre Pandet is one of the finest blogger template designer. He specializes in Gallery templates. One can see the richness of his work in his templates easily. Though less known but undoubtedly he is one of the greatest blogger template along with other designers like Tien, MKR, Biyan etc. I personally love his original work and his beautiful templates.

Visit Site


Blog Johanes


Blogger Templates Blog Johanes

Blog Johanes is actually the blog which inspired me to write up this post. Johanes Djogan has one of the largest premium, original and rich and unique work in his blog. He mainly creates template for anime blogs and for anime bloggers this blog is no less than heaven. Seeing his huge collection and his work on the template he is a great developer too. A visit to his blog should be every blogger lover just in case they want to see some beauty.

Visit Site

Themeforest


Blogger Templates Themeforest

Well Themeforest should not have been here as its not free but still many of the bloggers are not aware that they can buy blogger templates too from Themeforest. Previously Themeforest had low quality and dull templates but suddenly it has got a momentum and beautiful templates are added their every week. Yes, they would cost you a bit but what you would get is an amazing work for your work. I already wrote a post about Themeforest. You can check the Top 5 Templates at Themeforest (written on 24th Aug) with the adjacent link.

Visit Site


I hope these sources will help you to get better and unique templates for your blogger blog. Do see their works by paying a visit to their blogs.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Killer Method To Market Your Blog And Boost Traffic

Today blogging is considered as one of the best ways to gain online recognition as well as earn money. Hence, the competition in this field has also increased to a great deal. In addition to writing unique and valuable content for your blog, it has become necessary to promote it so as to gain a good number of readers. You need to market your blog so as to get a huge readership and attention online. With so many blogs present online, it becomes really tough to direct traffic to your blog. Having a proper promotional strategy is the basic requirement to move ahead in the process and get success.

website-traffic-boost

Promoting the blog not only enhances its visibility but also proves to be effective in generating leads and also brings in more business. Here are some effective promotional tactics which can be implemented to market your blog. 


Social media marketing

You might be aware of the power of social media platforms like facebook, twitter, YouTube etc. All these sites receive a huge amount of traffic everyday and can be the best hotspots for blog promotion. You can create fan pages and communities and promote your blog among huge number of people for free.

Conduct contests and offer attractive prizes

In order to generate traffic towards your blog, you can start contests and offer attractive prizes to the winners. People might start visiting your blog with the motive of winning the contest and getting prizes thereby increasing the blog traffic.

Ad banners

There are some reputed sites that provide the facility of creating banners and adding  them on their sites. You will have to pay a certain amount for availing this facility. The visitors of that website can easily be directed towards your site by these ad banners.

Guest blogging

You can also market your blog by means of guest blogging. The process requires posting a high quality blog on other�s website and getting a backlink to your blog. This is an effective way to get high traffic from top ranking sites to your blog. There are certain things that you need to keep in mind while guest blogging. You need to select a high ranking blog in your same niche and produce a high quality and informative content so as to get it approved from the blog owner.

Social bookmarking

Backlinks play an important role in generating traffic to the blog. So, you should get backlinks from the top social bookmarking sites. Most of the sites provide backlinks for free and you can easily promote your blog by means of these sites.

Blog commenting

Commenting on the blogs operating in the same niche can be an effective way to promote your blog among the interested group of people who can be active readers of your blog also.

The above discussed methods are effective in blog promotion and can help you market your blog and generate huge bucks. All you need to do is to prepare your action plan and work  accordingly so as to get the best results.
Author Bio: Sohan Jayasinghe is the owner and author of Bloggertrix.com .He has been blogging since 2009 and writing Blogger trix since 2010.If you want to contact him, Just leave a message via contact us page.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Finally PageRank Updated In 6th December 2013

Hi Guys, Good news for every bloggers and webmasters.There is a confirmed page rank update by Google on 6th December. Actually most of bloggers and webmasters were waiting for this moment, now its over.Usually page rank get updated with the average of three to four months.But this time took more time to update page rank.Last update was February 2013.Finally, after 10 months Google page rank updated.

Read:  How to Boost Your Page Ranking in 2013
            Awesome SEO Tricks To Boost Website Ranking


Matt Cutts has mentioned that there will no page rank update in 2013.
You can see his tweet below.



How to Check Your Page Rank?


There have lot of tool to check website /blog page rank.Follow these steps.

1. Go to http://www.prchecker.info/
2. Add your URL and click the Check PR
3. Add the Captcha code and click Verify.You will see your PR

This is the latest Google Page rank update. How is your page rank ? share with comments.
Hope you all guys have a good page rank in this time.Happy blogging. :)

Author Bio: Sohan Jayasinghe is the owner and author of Bloggertrix.com .He has been blogging since 2009 and writing Blogger trix since 2010.If you want to contact him, Just leave a message via contact us page.

Friday, November 29, 2013

Awesome Way To Drive Traffic From YouTube To Your Blog

Creating a blog and earning money from it is no more a difficult task with so many internet marketing platforms that can be used to drive traffic to the blog and earn more readers. Though most of the bloggers use the common SEO techniques for promoting their blog, there are several other easy ways in which you can direct traffic to your blog. If you wish to try something exciting, you can use YouTube as a website for marketing your blog. Driving traffic from YouTube is really easy and can be done easily by adopting some SEO techniques in the process.

youtube-traffic


YouTube is popularly known for uploading and sharing videos where you can create your own profile and upload high quality, informative videos related to your blog. The final video should be appealing and engaging and should narrate your message to the audience so that they visit your blog to seek more information. If you have selected this platform for promoting your blog, here are some awesome ways in which you can drive traffic from YouTube to your blog.

Read:  10 Steps to Jump Start Traffic to a New Blog
           Awesome 8 Tips To Get More Traffic To Your Blog

Way To Drive Traffic From YouTube To Your Blog


1. Create a YouTube Profile: the first and the most important thing in the process is to create a 
    channel for uploading the videos on the website. Creating a profile in accordance with your blog
    will help you to a great deal in uploading the videos and promoting them among the potential
     audience.

2. Upload Blog relevant videos: another important thing is to create impressive videos related to 
    your blog. The videos should be in accordance to the content discussed on the blog so that the
    readers can easily be directed to the blog.

3.  Use of keywords and transcriptions: use of keywords and transcription is a great thing for SEO
     and can help you in boosting your search engine rankings and appear on the first position of the
     search engine page when a search with a related keyword is done. So, try to identify the
     commonly used keywords related to your blog and add them to  the video description. This will
     also help people in reaching your post easily and sharing it on other platforms, which in turn
     enhances its visibility.

4. Link the video with the blog: Place the URL of your blog at the end of the description for an
    appropriate closing. Placing the blog URL will direct traffic from YouTube to your  blog
    successfully.

5. Allow commenting, sharing and embedding: a good number of positive comments on the video 
    indicate that it is really useful and can catch the attention of visitors. The  sharing option enables
    the visitors to share the video among different communities and  platforms thereby enhancing its
    visibility as well as blog traffic.

6. Keep updating the videos: in order to gain more traffic, you need to keep updating more relevant
    videos so that the interested visitors can get more info.

The above discussed tips are really helpful in driving more traffic from YouTube towards your blog. Using the several options available to you wisely will help you to a great deal in getting enormous traffic to your blog.
Author Bio: Sohan Jayasinghe is the owner and author of Bloggertrix.com .He has been blogging since 2009 and writing Blogger trix since 2010.If you want to contact him, Just leave a message via contact us page.

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Add Expanding Photo Stack Effect for Blogger

Last month I posted a tutorial about Animated Caption and Description Hover Effect for Blogger Images. By using it, you can add that caption and description effect to blogger images.Today im gonna explain simple tutorial about How to add Add Expanding Photo Stack Effect for Blogger Images. Every modern browsers support with this effect. You can add this to blogger side bar by re-size images.Im just using CSS3 for this animation effect.Hope you can understand it.if you have any problem regarding to this tutorial let me know. Use below button for demo.

Expanding+Photo+Stack


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How to Add Add Expanding Photo Stack Effect for Blogger


1. Go to Blogger Dashboard > Layout
2. Click Add Gadget and select 'HTML/Javascript'
3. Paste below code.
/* The CSS Code for the image starts here bloggertrix.com
<style>
#btrix_imgstack{
  width:300px;margin:0 auto;margin-top:2%;
}

#btrix_imgstack a{
  width:288px;
  height:200px;
  position:absolute;
  display:block;
  border:6px solid #f0f0f0;
  border-radius:2px;
  box-shadow:0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,.3);
  transition:margin .5s;
  -webkit-transition:margin .5s;
}

#btrix_imgstack img{
  width:288px;
  max-height:100%;
}

#btrix_imgstack a:first-of-type{
  margin-top:-5px;
  margin-left:-20px;
  transform:rotate(-3deg);
  -webkit-transform:rotate(-3deg);
}

#btrix_imgstack a:nth-of-type(2){
  margin-top:-5px;
  margin-left:-10px;
  z-index:-1;}

#btrix_imgstack a:last-of-type{
  transform:rotate(3deg);
  -webkit-transform:rotate(3deg);
  z-index:-2;}

#btrix_imgstack:hover a:first-of-type{
  margin-left:-310px;
  margin-top:5px;}

#btrix_imgstack:hover a:nth-of-type(2){
  margin-top:-5px;}

#btrix_imgstack:hover a:last-of-type{
  margin-left:290px;
  margin-top:5px;}

#btrix_imgstack a:first-of-type:hover,#btrix_imgstack a:last-of-type:hover{margin-top:-5px;}
#btrix_imgstack a:nth-of-type(2):hover{margin-top:-10px;}
</style>
<div id="btrix_imgstack">
 
  <a href="#">
    <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmFIsyPCvBikNOvGmako5TtS34ECeEcOdsYfQfc_DvXXWqcbbC-WZNnMve2g_a4Sv8fPtX5xFFLIzB7AvwUDSPIKOQWdg9rC4kDEvElCzhFknN6h1LLi4gxSxMRAquSeiAJElq3nPhR8/s1600/btrix_image1.jpg" alt />
  </a>
 
  <a href="#">
    <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7yPnYKNCpGmGz-h76mB3Vk9MjIBD7n82bgwmwQg0MS9VwCqy9qy6oungsWihnU8C-WTuZBXtHkNZzm5r_nL76gTUlksGhzuZHLgDJYFwMTantERQw4RcZ8YmifQDm_rYy-XAsKIxh0g/s1600/btrix_image2.jpg" alt />
  </a>
 
  <a href="#">
    <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYVg7VMdsmEQUutNWFl6y8aFyHBXEZ_yC_x8tyye9kuUlZkixM3uiTj-zS5A0M3u76VYAxffHClR-LdadIZHUjZgODafJu8lx971mh3K5Q3MyBbEW5MDbw1owix4wpNIC4Dc0iTI0tpE/s1600/btrix_image3.jpg" alt />
  </a>
 
</div>

Replace # with your links.
Replace Red color Link with your Image link.

4. Now save your HTML/Javascript'.

You are done. If you have any problem related to this Expanding Photo Stack Effect for Blogger. Just leave a comment.I will help to you.
Author Bio: Sohan Jayasinghe is the owner and author of Bloggertrix.com .He has been blogging since 2009 and writing Blogger trix since 2010.If you want to contact him, Just leave a message via contact us page.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Review of Blogger's Official App for Android

Blogger's Official App
Heyya ! While I was just scrolling slackly on my Facebook's news feed I found that fellow bloggers were sharing posts and articles that Android has some 81% share in the world smartphones and iOS was in dust. That was the moment I realized how big Android was. Subsequently it came into my mind that there is an official app for blogger too but I have never used it. So I decided to review this app so that fellow bloggers can know about it and maybe it will help them one day.

The app I reviewed is v2.1.1 and was updated on November 10, 2013. The app is available at the Play Store free of cost. You can download it by clicking on the below link.

Blogger Official App for Android



First Impression


The first impression for the app for me was quite well. It was smooth and interactive. Looked clean, simple and extremely clear to what where is. Moving on I found that it was simply a app to edit, create and work out with just posts. There was no Stats, Page Editor or Blog Settings option. Summing up the things I found the first impression of the app quite well but was dissatisfied as there was no introduction of some of the important elements of the blog in the app.

After briefly going through the apps I acquired a bunch of Pros and Cons of this app which I am going to list below.

The Pros


Lets have a quick look at the positive aspects of the Blogger Official App.
  •  The app is basically designed for travel bloggers. Functions such as Geo Tagging, Picture uploading helps a travel blogger easily update his blog without using PC, Macs or Laptops.
  • If you want to shoot a quick blog post then this app is for you. For news blog this app can be used beneficially.
  • Just like travel bloggers this app also helps photo bloggers largely with its feature to add, view, edit pictures easily.
  • The app is designed well, its interactive and clean. Its smooth to use and uses each part of the screen very well. Everything is organized is a good manner.
  • Its syncs all the posts you make within a fraction of seconds. This can be helpful if a blog has more than one author.


The Cons


Every coin has 2 sides so its here. No doubt the blogger app helps us in various way but it too has some faulties which are listed below.

  • There is no option for important things of the blog such as Stats, Blog Settings, Template Editor, Dashboard etc.
  • The app can not be used by all the professional bloggers and is limited to people who have personal blogs.
  • People have reported many errors about this app. I too faced Not Responding Popup while uploading picture from camera but it was just for a few seconds.
  • More importantly the app is primarily made and optimized for Tablets and a little work has been done for smartphones.

The Final Verdict


The final words from me would be that the Blogger App is really good but it still needs a lot of work. With the increasing number of blogger users the blogger team should pay more attention to its apps too. The blogger app should surely be in the smartphones of Travel and Photo bloggers. It can be used by normal bloggers too but would not be able to do all their desired tasks. The app has a lot of potential but requires little work.

Alternatives


Since blogger is a huge platform many other app developers have too made apps for Blogger you can check them below.

  1. Blogger-droid
  2. Blogaway
  3. Naver Blog
  4. Bloggeroid
  5. Blogpost
And many more...

Saturday, November 2, 2013

3 Ways to easily Backup your Blogger blogs

Backup blogs
First of all Happy Diwali to all the readers of All Blogger Tricks. May this Diwali bring lot of brightness and happiness in your life.

Today I am going to tell you how you can easily backup your blogger blogs in 3 different ways. Backing a blog is a thing which must be practiced by every blogger. Though Blogger is owned by Google and is one of the most secured platform and can't be hacked easily still we never know if our password gets stolen or we by mistake delete a post.

A blogger must backup his blog periodically and to make this task easier I am going to tell you how you can do this by 3 different methods. So here they are - 



Method 1 : The Traditional Way


This is certainly the most common method and many of you out here may know it. In this method we Import the blog posts and download the blog's template from Blogger.com itself. A detailed post on the same can be find on the below link which I have wrote earlier.


Method 2 : Downloading Data from Google Dashboard


This is probably the easiest method to backup all your blog's template and posts with just few clicks. So to make backup from this method follow the steps below -

1. First of all go to Google Dashboard. You would be asked to login there.

2. After logging in, click "Download Your Data" link which will be on the left sidebar.

3. Click on Create an Archive Button.

4. A list of many Google Products will come, from the list select Blogger. After Selecting click on the button "Create Archive" which will be at the top of the list.

Backup Blogger  blogs

 5. After clicking a Progress Bar will show the status of your archive being created. After few seconds a download button will appear. Clicking that you will again be prompted to Sign in for security reasons.

6. One you sign in again, you can download the backup of all the blog you have in your blogger account with their template and posts. The backup is now saved in your local disk.

Method 3 : Backup via Software


The third method is also quite easy. In this method we will use a third party software which is Blogger Backup Utility. This software helps you download the posts of your blogger blog (no template backup) easily with the help of the blog's feed. You get various options to workout with the software. To make a backup from Blogger Backup Utility follow the below steps - 

1. Download Blogger Backup Utility from HERE. Extract and Install the Software.

2. From the available blogs dropdown select Add/Update/Remove Blogs option.

3. Enter your Blogger ID and password and wait for the blogs list to be fetched. 

4. Once the process is completed select the desired blog from the dropdown and get a look at the below options such as as save post in individual or single file etc.

Backup blogs software

5.  Lastly click on Backup Posts button and the backup will be saved in the folder selected. Thats it. Your posts are now backed up and saved in your local disk.

I hope these methods will help you in making your blog more secure. Thanks for visiting ABT.

How to Add Blogger Related Links to Below Blog Posts

In this tutorial im gonna explain, how to add blogger related link list below posts.So, this is the exact one of bloggertrix.com related post. By using this trick,It helps to keep your readers in your website too long.It more important for increase pageviews and SEO as well.Few months ago i posted about Thumbnail View With Related Post For blogger. So, those who are not interested in links style, you can go for thumbnail effect.

Every steps are explained well.If you have a problem, just comment below.And im not gonna make new demo for this tutorial like i do.You can get a demo, end of this article.happy blogging. :)

Blogger-Related-Links

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How to Add Blogger Related Links to Below Blog Posts


1. Go to Blogger Dashboard > Template
2. Backup your template
3. Click on Edit HTML
4. Find  ]]></b:skin>   and add below code just below it

/* The CSS Code for the menu starts here bloggertrix.com
<!--Related Posts Scripts and Styles Start-->
<!--Remove--><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<style type='text/css'>
#related-posts {
float:center;
text-transform:none;
height:100%;
min-height:100%;
padding-top:5px;
padding-left:5px;
}
#related-posts .widget{
padding-left:6px;
margin-bottom:10px;
}
#related-posts .widget h2, #related-posts h2{
font-size: 1.6em;
font-weight: bold;
color: black;
font-family: Georgia, &#8220;Times New Roman&#8221;, Times, serif;
margin-bottom: 0.75em;
margin-top: 0em;
padding-top: 0em;}
#related-posts a{color:#0c0080;}
#related-posts a:hover{color:#0ab0fd;}
#related-posts ul{
list-style-type:none;
margin:0 0 0px 0;
padding:0px;
text-decoration:bold;
font-size:12px;
text-color:#000000
}
#related-posts ul li{
background:transparent url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqf4n9R-OaTMa-HSzutsVOL-OOS99sdg9U-Paa6VICPgIb03kySrZEyeeyOxyevRY-uEqqzJla8feauQBPBvshETiKzGYIrbXPXnoCHTh1vlob1OTRIqZjQeiTyLm9dC8AjzW26Ij8dk/s1600/btrix_arrow-icon.png) no-repeat ;
display:block;
list-style-type:none;
margin-bottom: 13px;
padding-left: 30px;
padding-top:0px;
height: 20px;
margin-top: -5px;}

  #related-posts ul li:hover{
background:transparent url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRZ4ZTKfwauzYyLx1whzEh34ima0pr6iyCJ5x5T0EitQ32Q9PSmfXTbQCXvpgJf6YAzBD5i_9fYTJgjFx9IhveOJfrKfjCEPjMFKXFQB5vO4g5b32iGuDRDnwNocNaBQ5ple2_BcBeWM/s1600/btrix_arrow-icon2.png) no-repeat ;
display:block;
list-style-type:none;
margin-bottom: 13px;
padding-left: 30px;
padding-top:0px;}</style>

5. Again  Find  <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'>  and add below code just below it
<!-- Bloggertrix Related Posts Code Start-->
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<div id='related-posts'>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<script expr:src='&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/&quot; + data:label.name + &quot;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=related_results_labels&amp;max-results=6&quot;' type='text/javascript'/></b:if></b:loop>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var maxresults=10;
removeRelatedDuplicates(); printRelatedLabels(&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;);
</script>
</div>
</b:if>
<!-- Related Posts Code End-->
You can change maxresult as your like ( how many related posts need to visible)

8. Now save your Template.

You are done. If you have any problem related to  How to Add Blogger Related Links to Below Blog Posts. Just leave a comment.I will help to you.

Author Bio: Sohan Jayasinghe is the owner and author of Bloggertrix.com .He has been blogging since 2009 and writing Blogger trix since 2010.If you want to contact him, Just leave a message via contact us page.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

How To Recover Your Blog From Hummingbird Penalty

If you are a blogger, you might be aware of the recently introduced Hummingbird Algorithm  introduced by Google. This recently introduced algorithm has created a trouble for those having duplicate content or poor backlinks to their sites. Though there are many who have been facing challenges to recover their blog, there are several others who have been benefitted for their efforts. Before searching for the methods to recover your blog from hummingbird penalty, it is necessary that you have an understanding of what Humming bird algorithm is.

Hummingbird-Penalty


The newly introduce Hummingbird algorithm was introduced by Google so as to enhance the efficiency of search engine results. With the increased use of conversational keywords for making the searches, the requirements of the search engines have changed to a great deal. In order to evaluate the search made the user and come up with the best results, Google uses the page rankings and quality of the links of the web page before coming up with the end results. However, if you have been affected with the introduction of this algorithm and have been penalized, here are some effective tips following which you can recover your blog from hummingbird penalty.

Read: What Is Hummingbird Algorithm And How Does It Affect To Website

Uniqueness of the Content


If you have been copying content from other sites or the content already posted has errors, this is the right time to update your blog or website with high quality and error free content. A unique, informative and error-free content can help you in increasing the page rankings to a great deal. The more accurate information you have on your blog, the more are the chances to appear on the search engine whenever a search using a related keyword is made.

Read: Reaching Out to Users with Search Engine Optimized Content

Grab high PR links


If you have been using paid links services to grab backlinks to your website or if you have your blog linked with porn site etc, you might become a victim of hummingbird penalty. You should get those links removed and try to get high quality links naturally.

Use of conversational keywords


With the increased use of mobile phones for browsing and using long conversational phrases for searching the matter, it has become necessary that the blog owners evaluate the usage of keywords and try to focus on the ones that are most commonly used by people in the present scenario. 


Get authorized by Google+


Having an authorized membership with Google+ will benefit you in enhancing the search engine rankings. So, you should try to get registered with the search engine in order to reap benefits in future.

Read: Awesome 8 tips to Increase Google Plus Followers

On-page optimization


On-page optimization provides an opportunity to the bloggers to enhance their visibility via reputed channels. Using social media sites for promotion can also prove to be beneficial in the process.


If your blog has noticed a decline in its rankings due to the recently introduced hummingbird algorithm, the above discussed tips will guide you in overcoming the hummingbird penalty. All you need to do is to evaluate your blog and recognize the shortcomings. These shortcomings can be resolved so as to meet the standards set aside by Google and enjoy the benefits of higher search engine rankings.

Author Bio: Sohan Jayasinghe is the owner and author of Bloggertrix.com .He has been blogging since 2009 and writing Blogger trix since 2010.If you want to contact him, Just leave a message via contact us page.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Recent Comments Widget v3 for Blogger

Recent Comments Widget v3 for Blogger
Hello folks, I am back with yet another remake of a widget and this time its the Popular Posts widget originally coded by Danish Harish and later edited by many fellow bloggers. Just like them I have too made a minute change in the widget and added hover animation in it.

The live demo of this widget can be seen by clicking the below button.

Live Demo


Once you have seen the demo, to add this widget in your blogger blog follow the instructions given below.

Adding the Widget


To add this widget in your blog firstly go to Blog Title ? Layout ? Add Widget ? HTML/JavaScript. Add the below given code.

<style type="text/css" scoped>
ul.allbloggertricks_recent{list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0;}
.allbloggertricks_recent li{background:none!important;display:block;clear:both;overflow:hidden;list-style:none;border:1px solid transparent;border-radius:9px;max-height:100px;-webkit-transition-duration:.5s;-moz-transition-duration:.5s;-o-transition-duration:.5s;transition-duration:.5s;-webkit-transition-property:0;-moz-transition-property:0;-o-transition-property:0;transition-property:transform;margin:0 0 6px!important;padding:3px!important}
.allbloggertricks_recent li:hover{border:1px solid #ddd;
-webkit-transform:rotate(6deg);-moz-transform:rotate(6deg);-o-transform:rotate(6deg) }
.allbloggertricks_recent a {text-decoration:none;}
.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;width:35px;height:35px}
.allbloggertricks_recent li span{margin-top:4px;color: #222;display: block;font-size: 12px;line-height: 1.4;}

</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
    var
 numComments  = 5,
 showAvatar  = true,
 avatarSize  = 35,
 roundAvatar = true,
 characters  = 40,
 defaultAvatar  = "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=mm",
 hideCredits = true;
 maxfeeds=50,
 adminBlog='Your Name';
//]]>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://files.allbloggertricks.com/Scripts/abt-recent-commentsv3.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/feeds/comments/default?alt=json&amp;callback=allbloggertricks_recent&amp;&amp;max-results=50">
</script>

Add the above code and follow the below instructions.

Setting up the Widget


After adding the code check the configuration of the widget.

numComments - Shows the maximum number of comments to show in the widget.
showAvatar - Change to false if you want to hide avatar in the widgets.
avatarSize - The size of the avatars in the widget measured in pixels.
roundAvatar - Change to false if you do not want the avatar to be round in shape.
characters - No. of characters to show in the comment.
defaultAvatar - The picture to be used when a comment has no avatar.
adminBlog - Replace Your Name with the admin's name so his comments can be hidden.

After making all the changes save the template. You are done now. Now you and your visitors can see this awesome recent comments widget on your blogger blog.

Lastly here comes the update notes of this widget.

v.1 - 11.01.2012
  • Released
  • Script by Harish Dasari
v.2 - 14.05.2012
  • Script modified by Asep
  • Admin removed Comments
v.3 - 09/15/2013
  • Script modified by Afandi Kusuma
  • Expanded clickable area
  • Fixed HTML5 validation issues by Kang Ismet
  • Added animation on hover by AllBloggerTricks
 More work and the expansion of this widget by fellow bloggers will be encouraged.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Animated Caption and Description Hover Effect for Blogger Images

Last month I posted a tutorial about Image Swap Animation with Using CSS Keyframes. Actually you can add that swap animation for blogger images if you want to make blog attractive.Anyway,Today im gonna explain simple tutorial about How to add Animated Caption and description Hover effect for blogger Images. Every modern browsers support with this effect. You can add this to blogger side bar by re-size images.Im just using CSS3 for this animation effect.Hope you can understand it.if you have any problem regarding to this tutorial let me know. Use below button for demo.

Animated-Caption-and-description-Hover-effect


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How to Add Animated Caption and description Hover effect for Blogger Images


1. Go to Blogger Dashboard > Layout
2. Click Add Gadget and select 'HTML/Javascript'
3. Paste below code.
/* The CSS Code for the image starts here bloggertrix.com
<style>
#bt_imageeffect {
   margin: 20px auto;
  width: 100%;min-height: 300px; padding: 20px 0;
  text-align: center;
 }
.galleryItem {
 display: inline-block;;
 position: relative;
 width: 250px; height: 250px;
 padding: 0;margin: 0 20px;
 border: solid 10px #fff;

 -webkit-box-shadow:  0px 0px 5px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
 box-shadow:  0px 0px 5px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
}
.galleryItem img {
 width: 250px;height: 250px;
}
.caption {
 position: relative;
 display: inline-block;
 width: 250px; height: 250px;
 z-index: 10;
}
.caption::before {
 content: attr(data-title);
 position: absolute;top: 0; left: 0;
 width: 250px; height: 0;
  font-family: 'Croissant One', cursive;
 font-size: 1.8em;font-weight: 600;
 line-height: 1.4em;color: #086FA1;
 background: #fff;
 overflow: hidden;
 -webkit-transition: all 0.9s ease;
 -moz-transition: all 0.9s ease;
 -ms-transition: all 0.9s ease;
 -o-transition: all 0.9s ease;
 transition: all 0.9s ease;
}
.caption::after {
 content: attr(data-description);
 position: absolute;
 bottom: -0;left: 0;
 width: 250px;height: 0;
  font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive;
 font-size: 1.1em;
 font-weight: 400;
 line-height: 1.4em;color: #fff;
 background: #222;
 overflow: hidden;

 -webkit-transition: all 0.9s ease;
 -moz-transition: all 0.9s ease;
 -ms-transition: all 0.9s ease;
 -o-transition: all 0.9s ease;
 transition: all 0.9s ease;
}
.caption:hover::before {
 height: 125px;
}
.caption:hover::after {
 bottom: 0;height: 125px;
}
</style>

<div id="bt_imageeffect">
<li class="galleryItem">
  <a class="caption" data-description="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce id sapien condimentum, sagittis erat rhoncus, bibendum nisi." data-title="Nature Scene" href="#">
  <img alt="Nature Scene" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRUMHAkpe26mti1-Gfuw0HEbcz64b9RRwcQ2wY27tcUsxpTjotXwdjyE-ACd0Fq7TTzVKrFPFupFM-FmNZsOHJRZ7e0hQFeo0cTirZoXAgNYJgZxjshvbhIo1dddR_IWLkHRjZVo1x0Y/s1600/Green+Nature+Wallpapers.jpg"/>
  </a></li>
<li class="galleryItem">
  <a class="caption" data-description="Vivamus ut sem id magna consequat porta vitae ut sem. Proin eget commodo risus, vitae blandit velit. " data-title="SunFlower" href="#">
  <img alt="Sunflower" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2KN6YZW2H2ZahXj3geTiePtHDIb_O6oFrtDgtGuJKWx6SPpPWq0TpRyakADhRbX2bXcP4lV64H6Ps4RHIXHSB1DnXMQw0-dgZFca3a9z9B6yAhqS11VTWXoF2_GEO85For6Na1M1u4o/s1600/nature_3.png" />
  </a></li></div>

Replace # with your links.
Replace Blue color text With your image description
Replace Red color Link with your Image link.

4. Now save your HTML/Javascript'.

You are done. If you have any problem related to this Animated Caption and description Hover effect. Just leave a comment.I will help to you.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

What Is Hummingbird Algorithm And How Does It Affect To Website

Google is one of the most common and widely used search engines used for searching information from the web. Google keeps on standardizing the parameters for websites and blogs so that the users can get relevant information. The previously introduced updates that affected the websites to a great deal were Penguin and Panda updates. These were penalty based and has affected the websites and blogs to a great deal. With the increasing use of internet and Google, it has become a challenge for the search engine to fetch information for the keywords and phrases used by the people. In order to meet their search requirements, Google has come up with a new search algorithm with the name of Hummingbird algorithm.

googles-hummingbird-algorithm

A search algorithm is the complete process used by Google to browse the web and come up with the latest information related to the topic. Hummingbird Algorithm was though announced on 26 September 2013, it was implemented almost a month ago. The main motive of this algorithm is to enhance the efficiency of the searches made by the users. It is not introduced to clean the SERPs as it was the case with Penguin and Panda updates. The introduction of this algo has made it easier for the users to make conversational queries and voice searches even through their mobile phones.


How Does Hummingbird Affects A Website?


Well, Hummingbird algorithm is not going to ruin your website rankings or SEO strategies adopted from several years for obtaining the top notch position. However, there will be some affects that you will have to deal with so as to maintain your search engine rankings. This search algo has enhanced the efficiency and accuracy of the searches made by the people and Google Now Cards have made it possible for the mobile users to obtain their desired information in just a few clicks. So, if you are concerned about your rankings, here are some key tips that can be taken into consideration.

Start using conversational queries as keywords

Most of the people today use phrases instead of a single keyword to search for relevant 
information. In order to get ranked in such searches, you should start optimizing your  website or 
blog with such keywords and phrases.


Relevant and informative content


In order to gain good rankings, the websites previously focused more on uniqueness of  the 
content but with Hummingbird algorithm they will have to add more quality and  informative
content to their websites. Having fluff or low quality content is surely going  to affect your
rankings to a great deal.


Revise the anchor texts


Google generally makes use of anchor texts to understand what the site is all about. So,  you need
to re-consider the backlinks and get them optimized via relevant keywords.


Hummingbird algorithm is not going to affect your SEO strategies to a great deal. However, you will have to make small improvements to appear on the search engine results whenever a search using a keyword related to your website is made.
I will share more tips about how to recover your website Hummingbird algorithm update. Keep in touch. Good luck.