Tags: Make Money

7 Simple Ways for Students to Make Money Online

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As a student, didn't you ever wished to have some extra pocket money to spend? If your answer is Yes then you're at the right place. Today we'll learn 7 Simple Methods for Students to Make Money Online. What you do all the day after your college/school? Playing games, chatting, watching movies, etc. Right! You're also wasting your time in doing all these activities, just like all other students. Don't you think that its your precious time and you shouldn't waste it. Playing games, Movies and chatting is not everything in this world. Why don't you spend your time in doing something new? Why don't you double your pocket money by spending your time in doing simple jobs and in return you'll earn money.

7 Simple Ways for Students to Make Money Online

But during your college/school days, it's difficult to do a full time job. But don't worry, now you don't have to do a full time job to earn money. All you need is a PC and Internet. Friends, chatting, Facebook, etc. is nothing but just a waste of time. That's why I recommend everyone and especially students to spend their time in developing the skills for their career rather than playing games and other stuff.

So here are 7 Simple Ways for Students to Make Money Online. These methods don't require long-term efforts, just start earning within a few minutes. You can easily double or 3x your pocket money by using these simple ways. The first one is:

Make Money by Uploading Videos on YouTube

YouTube, everyone knows about it, the No.1 online video broadcasting website. YouTube is ranked in the Top 3 most visited websites on the web. If you're looking to make some quick money, then YouTube is a great way to make money. All you've to do is to create video tutorials, upload them to YouTube and monetize your videos with Adsense.

Adssene will pay you for displaying ads on your videos. For this you have to become a partner of YouTube, but the problem is, this service is only available in some countries. The countries where YouTube Partnership program is available:

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden and the United States.

Freelancing - Become a Writer

Freelancing is probably the easiest way for students to make money and the revenue is also high. If you start freelancing and become a writer, all you've to do is to write articles for your clients for their websites, magazines, etc. Payments are fixed for either words ($5/500 words), projects or hourly rates. Check this article to learn more about freelancing and where you can work as a freelancer:

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Top Websites for Earning Through Freelancing

Become a Blogger - Start your Own Website

Blogging is another great way for students to start their career online and start earning. But blogging requires time and hardwork. It's not that much easy as you think. It hardly takes just 5 minutes to start your own blog but, to make it successful, you've to work hard. You can start your website on any topic, in which you're interested such as pictures, movies, games, etc. Check these articles to learn how to start your own website:

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How to Create a Blogger Blog - Complete Series

Fiverr

Fiverr is the world's largest marketplace starting at $5. You can offer anything that you want for $5. Its just simple, all you've to do is Create an Account >> Create a Gig (I will design a logo for $5, I will record a video for $5 or whatever you want) >> Now publish your gig, people will see your gig and if they get interested they'll order you. Complete their order and earn money. For each $5 order, you'll earn $4 and $1 to fiverr.

Fill Out Online Surveys

Make Money by just filling out online surveys. Filling Online Surveys is a popular way that most of the students are using to make money in their spare time. Research companies are always recruiting new members for surveys to test their new products. For a few minutes of form filling you can easily make money, some surveys offer up to £3 for completing the survey.

Paid Surveys sites include:

Palm Research

PaidViewPoint

Toluna

Cash Crate

Design T-Shirts

Designing T-Shirts is another easiest way to make money. You can make some extra money by designing T-shirts and submitting your designs to t-shirts producing companies. Designing T-shirts is easiest way because all you've to do is to design your shirt, it doesn’t involve manufacturing, packaging, shipping etc. you only have to be creative. After designing your T-shirt design you can sell it in the marketplace or you can also open your online shop.

Recommended:

How to Make Money by Designing T-Shirts

6 Websites for Selling your T-shirt Designs

Make Money with Hubpages

If you don't want to start your website from ground level and you don't know anything about SEO but you're a good writer, then Hubpages is best for you. All you need to do is to write an article on any topic at Hubpages and publish it. Once you publish it, if your content is interesting and highly professional then you'll receive thousands of views and your visitors will increase. Now just associate your Adsense account with Hubpages and earn money.

There are tons of other methods for students to easily make money. We just shared 7 of them and we'll try to share some more articles for students to make money online. At last, don't get scammed in selling your products or work and don't let these little side jobs take away you from studying. What do you do to make some extra cash? Let us know in the comments! Do share this article with your friends and don't forget to subscribe us!

Tags: jQuery / Slideshows / Widgets

How to Add Slidorion Featured Posts Slider to Blogger Blog

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In this tutorial we're going to share an article on How to Add Slidorion Featured Posts Slider to Blogger Blog.

An Image Slider is used to show most popular or featured posts on a blog. Mostly bloggers use image sliders for attracting their visitors to specific posts, because visitors are likely to get more attracted to sliders. Today we're going to share Slidorion Featured Posts slider for blogger. Slidorion slider is a combination of an image slider and accordion. It displays an image with its title and description. The right side consists of an accordion like slides menu and the images on the left side. The slides are linked to respective tabs with a large array of eye catching effects. In this tutorial we'll show you that How to Add Slidorion Featured Posts Slider to Blogger Blog.

How to Add Slidorion Featured Posts Slider to Blogger Blog

First and foremost, log in to your Blogger Account >> Select a Blog >> Template and click Edit HTML. Click inside the template code area, press Ctrl+F to search and search for the </head> tag. Now copy the below code and paste it just above/before the </head> tag

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[

/*!
* Slidorion, An Image Slider and Accordion Combined
* Intructions: http://www.slidorion.com
* Created by Ben Holland - http://www.benholland.me
* Version: 1.2.0
* Copyright 2013 Ben Holland <hi@benhlland.me>
*/
!function($){"use strict";$.fn.extend({slidorion:function(options){var defaults={autoPlay:!0,controlNav:!1,controlNavClass:"slidorion-nav",easing:"",effect:"random",first:1,interval:5e3,hoverPause:!1,speed:1e3},opts=$.extend(defaults,options),firstSlide=window.location.hash.match(/slidorion/i)?location.hash.split("/")[1]-1:null;return this.each(function(){var current=firstSlide||opts.first-1,effect=(opts.first,opts.effect),interval=opts.interval,controlNav=opts.controlNav,controlNavClass=opts.controlNavClass,zPos=1,intervalPause=!1,active=!1,prevEffect="",obj=$(this),autoPlaying=null,$slider=$(".slider",obj),$accordion=$(".accordion",obj),$slides=$slider.find(".slide"),$linkHeaders=$accordion.find(".header"),$linkContent=$accordion.find(".content"),effects=["fade","slideLeft","slideUp","slideRight","slideDown","overLeft","overRight","overUp","overDown"],slideEffects=["slideLeft","slideUp","slideRight","slideDown"],overEffects=["overLeft","overRight","overUp","overDown"],animationOptions={queue:!0,duration:opts.speed,easing:opts.easingOption},sliderCount=$slides.length,accordionCount=$linkHeaders.length,randomEffectMap={random:effects,slideRandom:slideEffects,overRandom:overEffects},init=function(){sliderCount===accordionCount?(opts.autoPlay===!0&&(autoPlaying=setInterval(function(){playSlider(current,effect)},interval),obj.data("interval",autoPlaying)),opts.hoverPause===!0&&opts.autoPlay===!0&&obj.hover(function(){intervalPause=!0,stopAuto()},function(){intervalPause=!1,restartAuto()}),resetLayers(),$slides.eq(current).css("z-index",zPos),zPos++,$linkContent.hide(),$linkHeaders.eq(current).addClass("active").next().show(),controlNav&&(obj.append('<div class="'+controlNavClass+" "+controlNavClass+'-left"></div><div class="'+controlNavClass+" "+controlNavClass+'-right"></div>'),$("."+controlNavClass+"-left").click(leftNavigation),$("."+controlNavClass+"-right").click(rightNavigation)),$linkHeaders.click(sectionClicked)):console.log("The number of slider images does not match the number of accordion sections.")},getRandomEffect=function(effect,arr){return effect=arr[~~(Math.random()*arr.length)],effect==prevEffect?getRandomEffect(effect,arr):effect},animation=function(current,section,effect){if(!active){active=!0,opts.autoPlay===!0&&opts.intervalPause===!1&&restartAuto();var $current=$slides.eq(current),$new=$slides.eq(section),currentWidth=$current.outerWidth(),currentHeight=$current.outerHeight();randomEffectMap[effect]&&(effect=getRandomEffect(effect,randomEffectMap[effect]));var changeSlideCSS=function($el,settings){var defs={left:"0",top:"0",zIndex:zPos};$el.css($.extend(defs,settings))},animateSlides=function($el,settings){if($el instanceof Array)return $.each($el,function(){animateSlides($(this),settings)}),void 0;var defs={left:"0",top:"0"};$el.animate($.extend(defs,settings),animationOptions)};switch(prevEffect=effect,effect){case"fade":$new.css({"z-index":zPos,top:"0",left:"0",display:"none"}).fadeIn(opts.speed);break;case"slideLeft":changeSlideCSS($new,{left:currentWidth,top:0}),animateSlides([$current,$new],{left:"-="+currentWidth});break;case"slideRight":changeSlideCSS($new,{left:"-"+currentWidth+"px",top:0}),animateSlides([$current,$new],{left:"+="+currentWidth});break;case"slideUp":changeSlideCSS($new,{top:currentHeight,left:0}),animateSlides([$current,$new],{top:"-="+currentHeight});break;case"slideDown":changeSlideCSS($new,{top:"-"+currentHeight+"px",left:0}),animateSlides([$current,$new],{top:"+="+currentHeight});break;case"overLeft":changeSlideCSS($new,{left:currentWidth}),animateSlides($new,{left:"-="+currentWidth});break;case"overRight":changeSlideCSS($new,{left:"-"+currentWidth+"px"}),animateSlides($new,{left:"+="+currentWidth+"px"});break;case"overUp":changeSlideCSS($new,{top:currentHeight}),animateSlides($new,{top:"-="+currentHeight});break;case"overDown":changeSlideCSS($new,{top:"-"+currentHeight+"px"}),animateSlides($new,{top:"+="+currentHeight});break;case"none":$new.css({"z-index":zPos})}setTimeout(function(){active=!1,resetZpos($new)},opts.speed)}},sectionClicked=function(){if(!active){var section=$(this).index()/2;return section===current?!1:($linkHeaders.removeClass("active").next(".content").slideUp(),$linkHeaders.eq(section).addClass("active").next(".content").slideDown(),animation(current,section,effect),zPos++,current=section,!1)}},playSlider=function(current){$linkHeaders.eq(getNextSlide(current)).trigger("click",sectionClicked)},stopAuto=function(){clearInterval(obj.data("interval"))},restartAuto=function(){clearInterval(obj.data("interval")),autoPlaying=setInterval(function(){playSlider(current,effect)},interval),obj.data("interval",autoPlaying)},leftNavigation=function(){$linkHeaders.eq(getNextSlide(current-2)).trigger("click",sectionClicked)},rightNavigation=function(){$linkHeaders.eq(getNextSlide(current)).trigger("click",sectionClicked)},getNextSlide=function(tempSection){return tempSection++,tempSection===sliderCount?0:0>tempSection?accordionCount-1:tempSection},resetZpos=function($el){zPos>3*sliderCount&&(zPos=2,$slides.css("z-index","1"),$el.css("z-index",zPos),zPos++)},resetLayers=function(){for(var i=sliderCount-1;i>0;i--)$slides.eq(i).css("z-index",zPos),zPos++};init()})}})}(jQuery);

//]]>
</script>

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[

jQuery(document).ready(function($) {

   $('#slidorion').slidorion({
       autoPlay: true,
       effect: 'fade',
       hoverPause: true,
       interval: 3000,
       speed: 800,
       controlNav: false,
       controlNavClass: 'nav'
   });

});

//]]>
</script>

<style type="text/css">
@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Yanone+Kaffeesatz:400,200,700);

.slidorion {
   position: relative;
   width: 640px;           /* Set to slidorion width. Is equal to .slider + .accordion width */
   height: 350px;           /* Set to slidorion height. Is equal to .slider and .accordion height */
   background: #CBCBCB;
   padding: 10px;
   border: 1px solid #BBB;
   -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 34px #bbb;
   -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 34px #bbb;
   box-shadow: 0 0 34px #bbb;
   line-height: 20px;
}

.slider {
   width: 62.5%;
   height: 100%;
   position: relative;
   float: left;
   overflow: hidden;       /* Hides the animations */
}

.slider .slide {
   position: absolute;
   top: 0;
   left: 0;
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
}

.accordion {
   width: 37.5%;
   height: 100%;
   font-family: Verdana;
   background: #eee;
   box-shadow: -3px 0px 3px -1px rgba(51,51,51,0.3);
   position: relative;
   z-index:999;
   overflow: hidden;
   float: left;
}

.accordion .header {
   padding: 8px 14px;
   font-size: 12px;
   font-weight: bold;
   color: #333;
   background: #ededed;
   background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ededed 59%, #dcdcdc 100%);
   background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #ededed 59%,#dcdcdc 100%);
   background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #ededed 59%,#dcdcdc 100%);
   background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #ededed 59%,#dcdcdc 100%);
   background: linear-gradient(top, #ededed 59%,#dcdcdc 100%);
   border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
}

.accordion .header:first-child {
   border-top: none;
}

.accordion .header:hover {
   background: #EDEDED;
   cursor: pointer;
}

.accordion .header.active {
   border-bottom: none;
   background: #676767 !important;
   color: #FFF;
}

.accordion .content {
   height: 208px;           /* This height needs to be changed as it depends on the accordion height and number of tabs */
   font-weight: normal;
   font-size: 12px;
   line-height: 20px;
   margin: 0;
   padding: 16px;
   border: none;
   background: #d6d6d6;
   background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #d6d6d6 0%, #ffffff 10%);
   background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #d6d6d6 0%,#ffffff 10%);
   background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #d6d6d6 0%,#ffffff 10%);
   background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #d6d6d6 0%,#ffffff 10%);
   background: linear-gradient(top, #d6d6d6 0%,#ffffff 10%);
   overflow:auto;
}

.accordion .content p {
   margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.slidorion .slidorion-nav {
    position: absolute;
    top: 200px;
    width: 16px;
    height: 27px;
    z-index: 9999;
    background: url('../img/arrows.png') 0 0 no-repeat;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.slidorion .slidorion-nav-left {
   left: 30px;
}

.slidorion .slidorion-nav-right {
   right: 310px;
   background-position: -16px 0;
}
</style>

Click Save Template button. Now its time to add the HTML, go to Layout >> Add a Gadget >> Scroll down and select HTML/JavaScript gadget from the list. Now copy the below HTML code and paste it in the empty widget box.
Note: You can add it anywhere you want

<div id="slidorion" class="slidorion">

    <div class="slider">
        
        <div class="slide"><a href="SLIDE-1-LINK-HERE"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-gQlrQA5hV-SsImEJatyQ_KOwqOyRx7brsbR_4rso-9StvpSObmYK7amTn0TQ2AvrsIZwqGCx_EBgjwzWpF7yyK0chcDLnvqy5bRgdVnplYOaKFUcaHFssssuIA2n_7GCvjX3UH-555R/s1600/slide-1.jpg" /></a></div>
        <div class="slide"><a href="SLIDE-2-LINK-HERE"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSIUs2c55DZ3trvuYlLc-1cTwK5mJx-v7YENK5b_rPlfTglrw8DGql9frZDZfrcFGf1NgOOaq4n33eeWM82x0cS2s7-LeZmzgYLJJ0vNbbGrLc5iUamOC5GxXPo_UHLaGH_cY2bGcvjR-/s1600/slide-2.jpg" /></a></div>
        <div class="slide"><a href="SLIDE-3-LINK-HERE"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDffF8NFd5GuML29-oUJoBGfLsYJx4F690cqgDo1sADwF4Sk2eS4dhZcYDVWR5bMEFdFjpxMi6AyNtigHs_zYa9LiY9GsdEoSXnbdqgdQwiHlLMi1CgBAXXgSd2VoSfWUiBoI7OwJt0ZM/s1600/slide-3.jpg" /></a></div>
        
    </div>

    <div class="accordion">

        
        <div class="header">Slide Title 1</div>
        <div class="content">
            <p>Aenean sollicitudin, lorem quis bibendum auctor, nisi elit consequat ipsum, nec sagittis sem nibh id elit. Duis sed odio sit amet nibh vulputate cursus a sit amet mauris. Morbi accumsan ipsum velit. Nam nec tellus a odio tincidunt auctor a ornare odio. Sed non mauris vitae erat consequat auctor eu in elit. </p>
        </div>
        

        
        <div class="header">Slide Title 2</div>
        <div class="content">
            <p>Aenean sollicitudin, lorem quis bibendum auctor, nisi elit consequat ipsum, nec sagittis sem nibh id elit. Duis sed odio sit amet nibh vulputate cursus a sit amet mauris. Morbi accumsan ipsum velit. Nam nec tellus a odio tincidunt auctor a ornare odio. Sed non mauris vitae erat consequat auctor eu in elit. </p>
        </div>
        

        
        <div class="header">Slide Title 3</div>
        <div class="content">
            <p>Aenean sollicitudin, lorem quis bibendum auctor, nisi elit consequat ipsum, nec sagittis sem nibh id elit. Duis sed odio sit amet nibh vulputate cursus a sit amet mauris. Morbi accumsan ipsum velit. Nam nec tellus a odio tincidunt auctor a ornare odio. Sed non mauris vitae erat consequat auctor eu in elit. </p>
        </div>
        

    </div>

</div>

Customization:

Replace the text it Red with the Slide Links

Replace the text in green with your slider image URL's

Replace the text in yellow with slide titles

Replace the bolded text with slides description

Finally click Save button and you're done!

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Tags: Widgets

How to Add Alexa Rank Checker Widget to Blogger

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Alexa is a traffic data and global ranking provider. It provides the ranking data for millions of websites. Alexa collects traffic data on daily basis from millions of websites using Alexa toolbar and other sources. In simple terms, Alexa ranks a website on the basis of its traffic, compared with all other websites on the internet. According to Alexa website, it provides traffic data, global ranking and other information on 30 million websites and as of 2015, Alexa.com is visited by over 6.5 million people monthly. If you want to add an Alexa Rank Check widget to your website. Don't worry, it's just simple, in this tutorial, we're going to share that How to Add Alexa Rank Checker Widget to your website.

How to Add Alexa Rank Checker to Blogger

First and foremost, log in to your Blogger Account >> Select a Blog >> Layout >> Add a Gadget, scroll down and select HTML/JavaScript gadget from the list of gadgets. Now Copy the following piece of code and paste it in the empty widget box.

<form method="get" action="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details" target="_blank">
<input name="url" maxlength="255" size="35" type="url" placeholder="Enter an URL..."/>
<input value="Check Alexa Rank" type="submit"/>
</form>

Click Save button
And that's it!

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Tags: Blogger Tricks / CSS Tricks / Widgets

How to Create an Animated CSS3 Drop Down Menu in Blogger

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A Navigation Bar or Drop Down Menu is one of the most essential elements of a blog. A drop down menu makes your blog user-friendly, allowing your visitors to easily navigate your blog by simply choosing their desired category from the menu. Apart of all these advantages it also gives your website a new unique and professional look. Almost all the website either its a top website or a newly created are using Drop Down Menus. Recently we shared an article on How to Create a Drop Down Menu in Blogger. The design of that menu was simple and the one we're going to share today has a stylish and professional look with eye catching CSS transitions. Lets begin:

How to Create an Animated CSS3 Drop Down Menu in Blogger

First and foremost, log in to your Blogger Account >> Select a Blog >> Template and click Edit HTML. Click inside the template code area, press Ctrl+F to search and search for the ]]></b:skin> tag. Now copy the below CSS code and paste it just above/before the ]]></b:skin> tag

a, #navigation li .sub-nav-wrapper .sub-nav li {
transition: all 0.7s;
-moz-transition: all 0.7s;
-webkit-transition: all 0.7s;
}
#navigation li .sub-nav-wrapper {
pointer-events: none;
opacity: 0;
filter: alpha(opacity=0);
top: 0;

transition: all 0.4s cubic-bezier(1,-5,0,0) 0s;
-moz-transition: all 0.4s cubic-bezier(1,-5,0,0) 0s;
-webkit-transition: all 0.4s cubic-bezier(1,-5,0,0) 0s;
}
#navigation li:hover .sub-nav-wrapper {
pointer-events: auto;
opacity: 1;
filter: alpha(opacity=100);
top: 30px;
}
#navigation {
position: relative;
text-align:center;
margin:0 auto;
background-color:#fff;
border-bottom: 2px solid #009999;
}
#navigation li {
position: relative;
list-style: none;
display: inline-block;
padding: 5px 20px;
}
#navigation li a {
padding: 5px;
display: block;

font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 700;
color: #3b3b3b;
text-align: left;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.25);
}
#navigation li:hover .main {
color: #ee4e1d;
}
#navigation li .sub-nav-wrapper {
display: block;
position: absolute;
z-index: 30;
margin-left: -16px;
}
#navigation li .sub-nav-wrapper .sub-nav {
width: 150px;
margin-top: 6px;
background: #fff;
border-top: 1px solid #fff;
padding:0;
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.35);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.35);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.35);
}
#navigation li:hover .sub-nav-wrapper {
display: block;
}
#navigation li .sub-nav-wrapper .sub-nav li {
list-style: none;
display: block;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-align: left;
border-bottom: 1px solid #009999;
}
#navigation li .sub-nav-wrapper .sub-nav li:last-child {
border: none;
}
#navigation li .sub-nav-wrapper .sub-nav li a {
display: block;
padding: 11px 20px;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: 600;
}
#navigation li a:hover {
color: white;
}
#navigation li .sub-nav-wrapper .sub-nav li:hover {
background: #009999;
border-bottom: 1px solid #009999;
color: #3b3b3b;
text-decoration: none;
}

CSS done, its time for HTML. Search for the <body> tag. Copy the below HTML code and Paste it Just below/after the <body> tag.
Note: You can add HTML wherever you want.

<ul id="navigation">

    <li>
        <a href="index.html" class="main">Home</a>
    </li>

    <li>
        <a href="#" class="main">Blogger</a>
        <div class="sub-nav-wrapper"><ul class="sub-nav">
            <li><a href="#">Tips</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Widgets</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Traffic Tips</a></li>
        </ul></div>
    </li>

    <li>
      <a href="#" class="main">Services</a>
        <div class="sub-nav-wrapper"><ul class="sub-nav">
            <li><a href="#">Blogger</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Logo</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Banner</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Wordpress</a></li>
        </ul></div>
    </li>

    <li>
      <a href="#" class="main">Tutorials</a>
        <div class="sub-nav-wrapper"><ul class="sub-nav">
            <li><a href="#">Logo</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">HTML/CSS</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Design</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Illustrator</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Web Design</a></li>
        </ul></div>
    </li>

    <li>
      <a href="#" class="main">About</a>
        <div class="sub-nav-wrapper"><ul class="sub-nav">
            <li><a href="#">Website</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Our Team</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Our Mission</a></li>
        </ul></div>
    </li>

    <li>
      <a href="#" class="main">Contact</a>
    </li>

</ul>

Replace the Categories with your own and replace # with their links

Finally click Save Template button and you're done!

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Tags: Google / Widgets

Create a Sliding Google Plus Followers Box in Blogger

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Google Plus is one of the biggest social networks. Just like Facebook it allows people to create a profile, community and page. Google Plus is also a great way to drive massive traffic to your blog and sharing your posts on Google Plus increases your blog chances to appear in search results. Google gives more attention to the content shared on Google Plus. If you've created your Google Plus profile and you want to increase your followers, so in this tutorial we are going to share a sliding Google plus followers box. This box slides from the right side on hover with the followers box, it'll attract your visitors and they'll definitely follow you.

Create a Sliding Google Plus Followers Box in Blogger

First and foremost, log in to your Blogger Account >> Select a Blog >> Layout >> Click Add a Gadget, scroll down and select HTML/JavaScript gadget from the list. Now copy the below code and paste it in the empty widget box

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.1/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
//
</script>
<style type="text/css">
.gplusbox{
background: url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnSYKQkPyhRQYd_ulRJjXy0CgyDiDFEwJbVeXgBKoqFY9f97PlSfgB1Bz-OMTnuE72K8Hvwu-Egv3uu3tR81JEqxgFAUVlomGxWdcRilYx0bLM9mXYHnR2cyehHSrPPLL3RPT0hRg-ASt-/s1600/blogolect.png") no-repeat scroll left center transparent !important;
display: block;
float: right;
height: 275px;
padding: 0 0px 0 46px;
width: 325px;
z-index: 99999;
position:fixed;
right:-330px;
top:20%;
}
.gplusbox div{
padding: 8px;
background: white;
border: 2px solid #D64937;
border-radius: 2px;
border-right: 0;
border-top-right-radius: 0;
border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
}
</style>
<div class="gplusbox"><div>
<div class="g-plus" data-action="followers" data-height="300" data-href="https://plus.google.com/+zohaibliaqat" data-source="blogger:blog:followers" data-width="320">
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">

      (function() {
        window.___gcfg = {'lang': 'en'};
        var po = document.createElement('script');
        po.type = 'text/javascript';
        po.async = true;
        po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js';
        var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
        s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);
      })();
    </script>
</div></div>

Replace https://plus.google.com/+zohaibliaqat with your Google Plus Profile URL

Click Save button and you're done!

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Tags: Blog Design / Menus / Tutorials / Widgets

How to Create a Drop Down Menu in Blogger

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A navigation menu/drop down menu makes your blog/website user-friendly by allowing your visitors to easily navigate your blog posts by just selecting categories from the menu. A navigation menu plays an important role in your blog development, either its a top website like Mashable or a newly created blog, a drop down menu is an essential element of every website. It makes your blog user-friendly, easy to navigate and also adds a new and unique look to your design and makes it look professional. After reading all these advantages if you want to add a Drop Down menu to your Blog/Website, then in this tutorial we'll show you that how to create a Drop Down Menu in blogger. The credit goes to MBT. The design we're going to share today is simple, clean and will surely attract your visitors.

How to Create a Drop Down Menu in Blogger

First and foremost, log in to your Blogger Account >> Select a Blog >> Template and click Edit HTML. Click inside the template code area and by using Ctrl+F search for the ]]></b:skin> tag. Now copy the below code and paste it just above/before it (]]></b:skin> Tag)

body {
margin: 0px;
}
#menu{
background: #3EA9AC;
color: #fff;
height: 40px;
text-transform:uppercase;
border-bottom: 2px solid #3EA9AC;
box-shadow: 1px 2px 9px #B1B1B1;
border-top: 1px solid #3EA9AC;
}
#menu ul,#menu li{margin:0 auto;padding:0 0;list-style:none}
#menu ul{height:45px;width:1024px}
#menu li{float:left;display:inline;position:relative;font:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-shadow: 1px 2px 4px #838383;}
#menu a{display: block;
line-height: 40px;
padding: 0 14px;
text-decoration: none;
color: #fff;
}
#menu li a:hover{
color: #E4E4E4;
-webkit-transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
-moz-transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
-ms-transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
-o-transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
background: #5FC6EB;
}
#menu input{display:none;margin:0 0;padding:0 0;width:80px;height:30px;opacity:0;cursor:pointer}
#menu label{font:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;display:none;width:35px;height:36px;line-height:36px;text-align:center}
#menu label span{font-size:16px;position:absolute;left:35px}
#menu ul.menus{
height: auto;
overflow: hidden;
width: 170px;
background: #3EA9AC;
position: absolute;
z-index: 99;
display: none;
}
#menu ul.menus li{
display: block;
width: 100%;
font:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
text-transform: none;
text-shadow: none;
border-bottom: 1px dashed #31AFDB;
}
#menu ul.menus a{
color: #FFF;
line-height: 35px;
}
#menu li:hover ul.menus{display:block}
#menu ul.menus a:hover{
background: #5FC6EB;
color: #FFF;
-webkit-transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
-moz-transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
-ms-transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
-o-transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
}

Now again Search for the <body> tag and just below it add the following code

<nav id='menu'>
    <input type='checkbox'/>
    <label>≡<span>Blogolect</span></label>
    <ul>
    <li><a href='/'>Home</a></li>
    <li><a href='#'>Contact</a></li>
    <li><a href='#'>Drop Down 1<font size='1'>▼</font></a>
    <ul class='menus'>
    <li><a href='#'>Tab No 1</a></li>
    <li><a href='#'>Tab No 2</a></li>
    <li><a href='#'>Tab No 3</a></li>
    <li><a href='#'>Tab No 4</a></li>
    <li><a href='#'>Tab No 5</a></li>
    <li><a href='#'>Tab No 6</a></li>

    </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a href='#'>Services</a></li>
    <li><a href='#'>Drop Down 2<font size='1'>▼</font></a>
    <ul class='menus'>
    <li><a href='#'>Tab No 1</a></li>
    <li><a href='#'>Tab No 2</a></li>
    <li><a href='#'>Tab No 3</a></li>
    </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a href='#'>Advertise</a></li>
           </ul>
        </nav>

Replace Blogolect with your Blog name

Replace # with the Links and rename the categories

Finally click Save Template button and you're done!

From Editors Desk

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Tags: Announcements / Templates

Launching Our Second Website - Themeolect

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Surprise! It gives me great pleasure to present to you Our 2nd Website entitled as "Themeolect". Yes, Themeolect, its the 2nd blog under our Network. The purpose of creating this blog is to provide you Highly Professional and Unique Blogger Templates. By its name anyone can guess that what this website is actually about, yeah Theme (Template).

Visit Themeolect Now

After receiving a lot of requests from BGT readers and our fans on Facebook for Blogger Templates. An idea came to my mind to start a Blogger Resource Blog. After spending hours on research, finally I came to my result and started to design my new website "Themeolect".

My Mistakes

1 Year back when I started Blogolect, I was a beginner blogger with no skills and experience. I made countless mistakes in my first 6 months due to which Blogolect didn't rank well but after hours and hours of daily research and improving my skills. I said to myself "Oh Sh**", I was doing all wrong and I wasted my six months. After that I started to blog regularly, writing top quality posts and improving my skills. Today after writing hundreds of posts on Blogolect for Helping Newbies, I'm going to enter into the next phase by launching my 2nd website Themeolect.

Don't forget to Like Themeolect on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/themeolect

Our Goal

At Themeolect, we'll share only the best and professional Blogger Templates. Our team will collect the best templates from hundreds of professional designers and we'll share them with you on Themeolect. Now you don't have to surf hours on the internet searching for the perfect template because Themeolect is one stop for blogger templates. Our main aim is to help newbie bloggers so that they can run a well-designed website.

Don't forget to share our new website on your social profiles, friends and on your website and help us in making it the No. 1 Blogger Template Resource website.

Tags: Domains / Google / News

Google's Domain Registration Service Now Open to All US Residents

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Everyone knows the importance of a Custom Domain. Its is the first powerful step for a website. We already know many domain registrars like GoDaddy, Askforhost, Hostgator and Bigrock. But now Google is officially a domain registrar only in U.S.

Google's Domain Registration Service Now Open to All US Residents

This service was first launched in June 2014 and the service was only available to people through invite but now Google Domain Registration Service is Open to all U.S Residents.

Like all other domain registrars, Google domain registration starts at $12/Year. The service includes a domain name as well as extras like:

Private Registration

Email Forwarding

Support for up to 100 sub-domains

Domain/URL Forwarding

Integration with Website Builder Services

Domain registration starts at only $12. Google has also added support for Blogger, making it easy for Blogger users to link up their blog with a new domain name. The service supports for over 60 domain extensions. You can also take advantage of integrated services through Google partners such as Wix and Weebly by paying additional fees.

This service is now open to all U.S residents. The company is planning to start this service in other countries but there's no timetable given. Those outside the U.S have the option to sign up to a mailing list in order to be notified when the service will be available in their country.

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