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Add Rainbow Animation Effect to Links in Blogger

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Got tired of Blogger's default link effect? Want to change your links hover effect? Don't worry, today we have a beautiful link effect for your blog. By using this link effect you can make the links on your blog change through different colors when the cursor is hovered over them. This effect works on JavaScript and it's really easy to implement this Rainbow Animation Link Effect to your blog. Follow the steps below to implement this Rainbow Animation Effect to your Blog.

How to Add Rainbow Animation Effect to Links in Blogger

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger Dashboard
Step 2. Go to Template >> Edit HTML >> and Search for the <head> tag
Step 3. Now Copy the below code and Paste it just below/after the <head> tag

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
var rate = 20;
if (document.getElementById)
window.onerror=new Function("return true")
var objActive;  // The object which event occured in
var act = 0;    // Flag during the action
var elmH = 0;   // Hue
var elmS = 128; // Saturation
var elmV = 255; // Value
var clrOrg;     // A color before the change
var TimerID;    // Timer ID
if (document.all) {
document.onmouseover = doRainbowAnchor;
document.onmouseout = stopRainbowAnchor;
}
else if (document.getElementById) {
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEOVER | Event.MOUSEOUT);
document.onmouseover = Mozilla_doRainbowAnchor;
document.onmouseout = Mozilla_stopRainbowAnchor;
}
function doRainbow(obj)
{
if (act == 0) {
act = 1;
if (obj)
objActive = obj;
else
objActive = event.srcElement;
clrOrg = objActive.style.color;
TimerID = setInterval("ChangeColor()",100);
}
}
function stopRainbow()
{
if (act) {
objActive.style.color = clrOrg;
clearInterval(TimerID);
act = 0;
}
}
function doRainbowAnchor()
{
if (act == 0) {
var obj = event.srcElement;
while (obj.tagName != 'A' && obj.tagName != 'BODY') {
obj = obj.parentElement;
if (obj.tagName == 'A' || obj.tagName == 'BODY')
break;
}
if (obj.tagName == 'A' && obj.href != '') {
objActive = obj;
act = 1;
clrOrg = objActive.style.color;
TimerID = setInterval("ChangeColor()",100);
}
}
}
function stopRainbowAnchor()
{
if (act) {
if (objActive.tagName == 'A') {
objActive.style.color = clrOrg;
clearInterval(TimerID);
act = 0;
}
}
}
function Mozilla_doRainbowAnchor(e)
{
if (act == 0) {
obj = e.target;
while (obj.nodeName != 'A' && obj.nodeName != 'BODY') {
obj = obj.parentNode;
if (obj.nodeName == 'A' || obj.nodeName == 'BODY')
break;
}
if (obj.nodeName == 'A' && obj.href != '') {
objActive = obj;
act = 1;
clrOrg = obj.style.color;
TimerID = setInterval("ChangeColor()",100);
}
}
}
function Mozilla_stopRainbowAnchor(e)
{
if (act) {
if (objActive.nodeName == 'A') {
objActive.style.color = clrOrg;
clearInterval(TimerID);
act = 0;
}
}
}
function ChangeColor()
{
objActive.style.color = makeColor();
}
function makeColor()
{
// Don't you think Color Gamut to look like Rainbow?
// HSVtoRGB
if (elmS == 0) {
elmR = elmV;    elmG = elmV;    elmB = elmV;
}
else {
t1 = elmV;
t2 = (255 - elmS) * elmV / 255;
t3 = elmH % 60;
t3 = (t1 - t2) * t3 / 60;
if (elmH < 60) {
elmR = t1;  elmB = t2;  elmG = t2 + t3;
}
else if (elmH < 120) {
elmG = t1;  elmB = t2;  elmR = t1 - t3;
}
else if (elmH < 180) {
elmG = t1;  elmR = t2;  elmB = t2 + t3;
}
else if (elmH < 240) {
elmB = t1;  elmR = t2;  elmG = t1 - t3;
}
else if (elmH < 300) {
elmB = t1;  elmG = t2;  elmR = t2 + t3;
}
else if (elmH < 360) {
elmR = t1;  elmG = t2;  elmB = t1 - t3;
}
else {
elmR = 0;   elmG = 0;   elmB = 0;
}
}
elmR = Math.floor(elmR).toString(16);
elmG = Math.floor(elmG).toString(16);
elmB = Math.floor(elmB).toString(16);
if (elmR.length == 1)    elmR = "0" + elmR;
if (elmG.length == 1)    elmG = "0" + elmG;
if (elmB.length == 1)    elmB = "0" + elmB;
elmH = elmH + rate;
if (elmH >= 360)
elmH = 0;
return '#' + elmR + elmG + elmB;
}
//]]>
</script>

Step 4. Hit the Save Template button
And you're done...

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How to Create a Tooltip For Hyperlink in Blogger

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What is a tooltip? A tooltip is a text in box which is displayed over a hyperlink, when you move your mouse cursor on the link. Tooltips are used for displaying extra text over links. Tooltips can be used for all sorts of things i.e descriptions, definitions, word meanings etc. You might have seen different types of tooptips on many blogs. So, today we are going to share a simple and beautiful tooltip for your blog. In the image below "Text to Show" is your text and link and the text in the blue box just above it is your tooltip.

How to Create a Tooltip For Hyperlink in Blogger

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger Dashboard
Step 2. Go to Template and Click on Edit HTML button
Step 3. Now search for the ]]></b:skin> tag
Step 4. Copy the below code and paste it just above/before the ]]></b:skin> tag

/* Tooltip Provided by blogolect.blogspot.com */
a:link,
a:visited {
position:relative;
}
.bgttooltip {
width:300px;
position:absolute;
bottom:100%;
margin:0 0 7px 0;
padding:5px;
font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;
font-size:13px;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;
text-shadow:0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.3);
line-height:1.5;
border:solid 1px;
-moz-border-radius:0px;
-webkit-border-radius:0px;
border-radius:0px;
-moz-box-shadow:
0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.3),
0 1px 2px rgba(255,255,255,0.5) inset;
-webkit-box-shadow:
0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.3),
0 1px 2px rgba(255,255,255,0.5) inset;
box-shadow:
0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.3),
0 1px 2px rgba(255,255,255,0.5) inset;
cursor:default;
display:block;
visibility:hidden;
opacity:0;
z-index:999;
-moz-transition:all 0.4s linear;
-webkit-transition:all 0.4s linear;
-o-transition:all 0.4s linear;
transition:all 0.4s linear;
color:#2B2B2B;
background:#2aa4cf;
background:-moz-linear-gradient(top,rgba(192,192,192,0.8),rgba(192,192,192,1));
background: #2aa4cf;
border-color:#2aa4cf;
}
.bgttooltip:before,
.bgttooltip:after
{
width:0;
height:0;
position:absolute;
bottom:0;
margin:0 0 -20px -10px;
border:solid 10px;
border-color:transparent;
display:table-cell;
content:"";
}
.bgttooltip:before
{
margin:0 0 -24px -12px;
border:solid 12px;
border-color:transparent;
z-index:-1;
}
a:hover .bgttooltip
{
text-decoration:none;
visibility:visible;
opacity:1;
-moz-transition:all 0.2s linear;
-webkit-transition:all 0.2s linear;
-o-transition:all 0.2s linear;
transition:all 0.2s linear;
}
.bgttooltip,
.bgttooltip.left {
left:0;
right:0;
}
.bgttooltip:before,
.bgttooltip:after,
.bgttooltip.left:before,
.bgttooltip.left:after {
left:40px;
right:auto;
}
.bgttooltip:before {
border-top-color:#2aa4cf;
}
.bgttooltip:after {
border-top-color:#2aa4cf;
}
/* Tooltip Provided by blogolect.blogspot.com */

Step 5. Click on Save Template button

How to Use this Tooltip for Hyperlink

In the post editor click HTML and paste the following code where you want to use it

<a href="Your-Link-URL">Text to Show<span class="bgttooltip">Your Tooltip Text</span></a> 

Customization:
  • Replace Your-Link-URL with your URL 
  • Replace Text to Show with the text you want to show before hover
  • Replace Your Tooltip Text with the text you want to show in tooptip on mouse hover
Step 6. Click on Publish button
And you're done!!

How to Make a Gadget visible only to blog Administrator

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Sometimes we want to make some gadgets visible only to us in blogger. A traffic counter, or any gadget while we are customizing it, we want to hide all these types of widgets from our visitors, until they are fully customized. So, if you don't know that how to hide a gadget from your visitors, then don't worry, today in this tutorial we'll show you How to Make a Gadget visible only to blog Administrator. The procedure is simple and you just have to add two lines to hide a specific widget from your visitors.

How to Make a Gadget visible only to blog Administrator 

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger Account
Step 2. Go to Template and click on Edit HTML
Step 3. Now search (Ctrl + F) for the widget code that you want to hide
For Example, my widget code is

<b:widget id='HTML8' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'>
            <b:includable id='main'>
  <!-- only display title if it's non-empty -->
  <b:if cond='data:title != &quot;&quot;'>
    <h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
  </b:if>
  <div class='widget-content'>
    <data:content/>
  </div>

  <b:include name='quickedit'/>             
</b:includable>
          </b:widget>

To hide this widget from your users add <span class='item-control blog-admin'> after/below <b:includable id='main'> and </span> before/above </b:includable> tag. Check the example below:

<b:widget id='HTML8' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'>
            <b:includable id='main'>
<span class='item-control blog-admin'>
  <!-- only display title if it's non-empty -->
  <b:if cond='data:title != &quot;&quot;'>
    <h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
  </b:if>
  <div class='widget-content'>
    <data:content/>
  </div>

  <b:include name='quickedit'/>
  </span>           
</b:includable>
          </b:widget>

Step 4. Now click on Save template button
Congratulations: Now this widget is hidden from your visitors.
Note: Sometimes the widget codes are not expanded and are in the form of folds. So to expand the widget code click on the sideway arrow next to the widget's id.
And you're done!

How to Create a Full Widget Page and Remove Sidebar in Blogger

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Have you ever thought about removing the sidebar and creating a full width page in blogger? If you have visited our About Us and Contact page then you may have observed the difference between normal pages and these pages. The difference is that these pages are of full width and with no sidebar, which gives them an eye catching look. So if you are thinking to create a full width page without sidebar, then you're at the right place, today in this article we'll show you How to Create a Full Widget Page and Remove Sidebar in Blogger.

How to Create a Full Widget Page and Remove Sidebar in Blogger

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger Account
Step 2. Go to Pages and Create a New Page
Step 3. Now switch the page editor to HTML by Clicking on HTML tab
Step 4. Copy the below code and paste it in the HTML tab

<style>
#sidebar-wrapper, #midsidebar-wrapper, .gapad2, .blog-pager, .post-header-line-1, .post-footer { display:none !important;} #main-wrapper { width:99%!important;} .post { width:99%!important; }
</style>

  • Change the width 99% according to your needs or you can also use pixels (960) instead of it. 
Step 5. Click on Publish button and check your page of full width and without sidebar.

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How to Submit your Sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools

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Started a New Blogger Blog? Want to rank it better in search results? Without optimization it is not possible? There are hundreds of free SEO tools to optimize your blog. But the best free tool that i prefer is Google Webmaster tools. Google Webmaster tool gives all the information about your appearance in search results. In order to make your blog appear in Google search results it is important to submit your blog's sitemap to Google webmaster tools. What happens on submitting your sitemap to Google? In simple words, submitting your sitemap to Google means to notify Google about your blog posts. On submitting your sitemap to Google, it start sending bots to your blog, and crawling your blog pages thus your blog starts appearing in Google search results. So today we are going to learn that How to Submit your Sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools. Also Read How to Submit your Blog to Google Webmaster Tools

How to Submit your Sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools

Step 1. First of all, you've to Submit your site to Google webmaster tools
Step 2. After step 1 go to Webmaster tools homepage and select your site
Step 3. In the left sidebar click on Crawl and then select Sitemaps
Step 4. Now click on Add/Test Sitemap button and type sitemap.xml in the empty field
Step 5. Click on submit sitemap and refresh the page

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How to Add Keyboard Keys Effect to your Text in Blogger

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Unique design is necessary for a blog. To get organic traffic and user attention you need to develop the blog user friendly and search engine friendly as well. It is possible only if your blog's design is simple, attractive and easy to navigate. Sometimes we need to mention keyboard shortcuts in our blog posts. So, if you add keyboard keys effect instead of simple text, it will impress your visitors and they'll get more interested in your blog. Oh sorry, let me tell you that what is Keyboard Keys Effect? In simple words, keyboard keys effect is just normal text, styled using CSS. In this tutorial, we are going to show you How to Add Keyboard Keys Effect to your Text in Blogger.

How to Add Keyboard Keys Effect to your Text in Blogger

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger Account
Step 2. Go to Template and Click on Edit HTML Button
Step 3. Now search Ctrl + F for the ]]></b:skin> tag and paste Ctrl + V the below code just above/before it

kbd{
border:1px solid gray;
font-size:1.2em;
box-shadow:1px 0 1px 0 #eee, 0 2px 0 2px #ccc, 0 2px 0 3px #444;
-webkit-border-radius:3px;
-moz-border-radius:3px;
border-radius:3px;
margin:2px 3px;
padding:1px 5px;
}

Step 4. Click on Save Template Button

How to Use Keyboard Keys Effect

To use this Keyboard Keys Effect to your text, you need to add <kbd> and </kbd> tags to your text. See the below example to see how it works:

<kbd> This is my Text </kbd>

Create a New Post and switch it to HTML by clicking on HTML tab in the Post Editor
Example 1.
For Ctrl + C

<kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>C</kbd>

Result:

Ctrl + C

Example 2.
For Ctrl + F

<kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>F</kbd>

Result:

Ctrl + F

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How to Customize Blockquote in Blogger

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First of all let me tell you that What is Blockquote? Blockquotes are sections of text which are used to highlight quotes from other text or simply a blockquote is used to highlight a text to make it different from other text on the page. Blockquotes are used to draw attention of your readers to particular parts of your blog or if you're a blogger then you can use blockquotes for highlighting code snippets of widgets/CSS codes. Whatever your purpose, using blockquotes is a perfect way to draw your readers attention. So today, in this tutorial we'll show you How to Customize Blockquote in Blogger. Check the image below to see how this blockquote looks that we are going to share today.

How to Customize Blockquote in Blogger

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger Account
Step 2. Go to Template >> Backup your Template and click on Edit HTML
Step 3. Search for .post blockquote and delete the code with all its occurrences. In most templates code looks like this

.post-body blockquote { blaa blaa blaa } 

If your couldn't find it then no problem, its ok
Step 4. Now search for ]]></b:skin> and paste the following code just above/before it

.post blockquote{background:#ddd;border-left:1px solid #333;border-bottom:17px solid #333;border-top:1px solid #333;border-right:1px solid #333; margin-left:20px}
.post blockquote p{padding:10px}

Step 5. Click on Save Template button
And you're done!

How to Use Blockquote

Using blockquote is extremely easy, from the post editor type or paste whatever you want. Select the text/code that you want to show in blockquote and click on Quote tool.

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Add Page Peel Effect with jQuery in Blogger

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Page Peel effect is actually a page flip effect, when you move your cursor on over it, it flip and shows that whats behind it. There are many ways for adding this effect, and today we are going to share one of them. Just like other Peel effect widgets, it would also appear at the top right corner of your blog and whenever your visitors would move their cursor over the top right corner of your website, it would display the RSS Image with its link. Check the following screenshot to see how it works.

How to Add Page Peel Effect

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger Dashboard
Step 2. Go to Template >> Edit HTML >> Search for the <head> tag
Step 3. Now Copy and Paste the following code below/after <head> tag
Note: If your blog already have jQuery plugin, then ignore this step

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>

Step 4. Now search for </head> tag and paste the following piece of code just above/before it

<style type='text/css'>
img { behavior: url(iepngfix.htc) }
#pageflip {
position: absolute;
right: 0; top: 0;
float: right;
}
#pageflip img {
width: 50px; height: 52px;
z-index: 99;
position: absolute;
right: 0; top: 0;
-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;
}
#pageflip .back-img {
width: 50px; height: 50px;
overflow: hidden;
position: absolute;
right: 0; top: 0;z-index:98;
background: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihz3q3h2zCv7CfnjbVW3Qf06uFaWlBrVKQSLud-kTbP9TPVdOMl1g7fTyj6E6ASKoEspj3a7ZqUjX_xBvzlWGaVo3vreRS5imzfG9AUjpKFB48TUUtXaL6-h_4D9H2n7XIcN10kyAVp8A/s1600/mini_rss.png) no-repeat right top #fff;
}
</style><a href='http://blogolect.blogspot.com'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYOOskp1gqv0QqtqnuJnHX00nJ2WgEcdPi3HTTJRQtY31Q_GnKf8VljKvkRF-ZKbacVAUdzly0Rqx4dYx0RwJQEwXMFkK_k3Lym-kF-bdd9tE-up7AmsRmTYo7584cmbDP0M8LZ6Cg26I/s1600/1x1juice.png'/></a><script type='text/javascript'>
$(document).ready(function(){
//Page Flip on hover
$(&quot;#pageflip&quot;).hover(function() {
$(&quot;#pageflip img , .back-img&quot;).stop()
    .animate({
    width: &#39;307px&#39;,
    height: &#39;319px&#39;
    }, 500);
    } , function() {
    $(&quot;#pageflip img&quot;).stop()
    .animate({
    width: &#39;50px&#39;,
    height: &#39;52px&#39;
    }, 220);
$(&quot;.back-img&quot;).stop()
    .animate({
    width: &#39;50px&#39;,
    height: &#39;50px&#39;
    }, 200);
});
});
</script>

Step 5. Now search for <body> tag and paste the following piece of code just after the close tag '>'

<div id='pageflip'>
<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogolect'><img alt='Blogolect' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRzDkdCzX1NFeCnXV6pyc0eTACmDS0ca4pqthkuDpAt0MSHP0z6w7t7fDrqgu8A_bku1H1trfd8GtlT4t4slFFTziYEeqelRwuYdIBKDAx3yKyOnS4jMjaq4THkx2JAwdNQisWuiQzUBN/s1600/page_flip.png'/></a>
<div class='back-img'/>
</div> 
  • Replace http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogolect with your Link
  • Replace https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihz3q3h2zCv7CfnjbVW3Qf06uFaWlBrVKQSLud-kTbP9TPVdOMl1g7fTyj6E6ASKoEspj3a7ZqUjX_xBvzlWGaVo3vreRS5imzfG9AUjpKFB48TUUtXaL6-h_4D9H2n7XIcN10kyAVp8A/s1600/mini_rss.png with your Image URL or keep it default
Step 6. Hit the Save Template Button
And you're done.