Showing posts with label Blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blogging. Show all posts

How to make your label or category a page for blogger

I just learned something today, and that is to make your labels or categories become one of your page links. In this tutorial you can now make your labels as page, you can put it anywhere as you like.

Here are the steps.
  • Go to your main dashboard of your selected blog
  • Create a "new page" but instead on a blank page, use "web address" then click it. You will see Page title and web address (URL)
  • Select a label or category of your choice, that you want to be a page.
  • Copy the URL (example www.dailyrocknroll.blogspot.com) of the selected category
  • Then Paste the URL of the selected label to the web address
  • Customize the name of the page you want on the "page title"
Now you have a page that links to your post labels or categories.


How to update your Feedburner for blogger

You probably experience this kind of trouble; when you post something, it doesn't appear on your feed burner URL (example feeds.feedburner.com/NAME ). The problem is that your original Feed is not an archive it is just an update of your blog, and if your feeds exceed larger than 512K it will stop updating.

Try this on solving the problem.
  1. If your feedburner is not updated try Pinging the feedburner, by just typing the feed URL.
  2. If step 1 number will not work try these.
  • Sign in to your FeedBurner account.
  • Click the title of your FeedBurner feed on the My Feeds page.
  • On the feed management page that appears, click the Edit Feed Details... link just below your feed's title.
  • In the Original Feed Address field, change the address listed there from an example like the following: 
Code:
http://myblogname.blogspot.com/atom.xml
OR
http://myblogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default



  to the following format: 


               Code:
http://myblogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?max-results=3

(Note that max-results sets the number of posts you want to have appear in your FeedBurner feed. Any integer value between 1 and 500 is permitted.)

  • Click Save Feed Details. Your changes are immediately applied and FeedBurner re-burns the newly shortened (or lengthened) feed.
For bloggers who write lengthy posts try experimenting with the max-results to keep feed file size under control. If you want to know the filesize of your feed go to www.web-sniffer.net and look at the report it returns; there should be a value in kilobytes for the size of your feed in an "uncompressed" format.


Multi task sharing widget for Blogger

From now on I will share some cool widgets on this blog. I got here a Multi task sharing widget, it contains links to your Facebook fan page, Twitter, Google+ page, Linkedln, E-mail subscription and RSS. You can see the sample below my post, I am currently using it.

The steps are very simple
  1. Go To Blogger > Design
  2. Click on "Add a Gadget"
  3. Choose HTML/Javascript widget
  4. Paste the following code inside it
<style>
/* Social Widget */
#MBT-mashable-bar {
border: 0;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin: 0 auto;
width:300px;
.fb-likebox {
background: #fff;
padding: 10px 10px 0 10px;
border: 1px solid #D8E6EB;
margin-top: -2px;
height:80px;
}
.googleplus {
background: #F5FCFE;
border-top: 1px solid #FFF;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ebebeb;
border-right: 1px solid #D8E6EB;
border-left: 1px solid #D8E6EB;
border-image: initial;
font-size: .90em;
font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif;
color: #000;
padding: 9px 11px;
line-height: 1px;}
.googleplus span {
color: #000;
font-size: 11px;
position: absolute;
display:inline-block;
margin: 9px 70px;}
.g-plusone { float: left;}
.twitter {
background: #EEF9FD;
padding: 10px;
border: 1px solid #C7DBE2;
border-top: 0;}
#mashable {
background: #EBEBEB;
border: 1px solid #CCC;
border-top: 1px solid white;
padding: 2px 8px 2px 3px;
text-align: right;
border-image: initial;}
#mashable .author-credit {}
#mashable .author-credit a {
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: bold;
text-shadow: 1px 1px white;
color: #1E598E;
text-decoration:none;}
#email-news-subscribe .email-box{
padding: 5px 10px;
font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif;
border-top: 0;
border-right: 1px solid #C7DBE2;
border-left: 1px solid #C7DBE2;
border-image: initial;
height:35px;}
#email-news-subscribe .email-box input.email{
background:#FFFFFF;
border: 1px solid #dedede;
color: #999;
padding: 7px 10px 8px 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
-o-border-radius: 3px;
-ms-border-radius: 3px;
-khtml-border-radius: 3px;
border-radius: 3px;
border-image: initial;
font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif;}
#email-news-subscribe .email-box input.email:focus{color:#333}
#email-news-subscribe .email-box input.subscribe{
background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top,#FFCA00 0,#FF9B00 100%);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,color-stop(0,#FFCA00),color-stop(1,#FF9B00));
background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top,#FFCA00 0,#FF9B00 100%);
-pie-background: linear-gradient(270deg,#ffca00,#ff9b00);
font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif;
border-radius:3px;
-moz-border-radius:3px;
-webkit-border-radius:3px;
border:1px solid #cc7c00;
color:white;
text-shadow:#d08d00 1px 1px 0;
padding:7px 14px;
margin-left:3px;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:12px;
cursor:pointer;
border-image: initial;}
#email-news-subscribe .email-box input.subscribe:hover{
background: #ff9b00;
background-image:-moz-linear-gradient(top,#ffda4d,#ff9b00);
background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,from(#ffda4d),to(#ff9b00));
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(startColorStr=#ffffff,endColorStr=#ebebeb);
outline:0;-moz-box-shadow:0 0 3px #999;
-webkit-box-shadow:0 0 3px #999;
box-shadow:0 0 3px #999
background:-webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,color-stop(0,#ffda4d),color-stop(1,#ff9b00));
background:-moz-linear-gradient(center top,#ffda4d 0,#ff9b00 100%);
-pie-background:linear-gradient(270deg,#ffda4d,#ff9b00);
border-radius:3px;
-moz-border-radius:3px;
-webkit-border-radius:3px;
border:1px solid #cc7c00;
color:#FFFFFF;
text-shadow:#d08d00 1px 1px 0}
#other-social-bar {
background-color: #D8E6EB;
box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #FFFFFF inset;
padding: 0px;
font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif;
font-weight:bold;
overflow: hidden;
border: 1px solid #B6D0DA;
height:37px;
}
#other-social-bar ul {list-style: none outside none; padding-left: 4px;}
#other-social-bar .other-follow {
float: left;
color:#1E598E;
overflow: hidden;
height:20px;
padding:5px;
width: 270px;}
#other-social-bar .other-follow ul {
list-style: none outside none;
padding-left: 4px;}
#other-social-bar .other-follow ul li {
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: bold;
display:inline;
border:0;
text-shadow: 1px 1px white;}
#other-social-bar .other-follow ul li a {
font-size: 12px;
color:#1E598E;
font-weight: bold;
display:inline;
text-shadow: 1px 1px white;}
#other-social-bar .other-follow li {
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: bold;
display:inline;
border:0;
text-shadow: 1px 1px white;}
#other-social-bar .other-follow li a {
font-size: 12px;
color:#1E598E;
font-weight: bold;
display:inline;
text-shadow: 1px 1px white;}
#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-rss {
background: url('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlPcz5pVOq6N7jcJJc44ke9NX6FqxKkOQMxciNWT2-wKVNBDiQou54WPEz4EzB7K82qlJzNHvApytw-JXgsz8kKRPqAbfOC78Ktw9B_BSputi8QC1qCzmd1_tuOIlRw_PT2HRIGajEr8/s400/rss-16x16.png') no-repeat transparent;
line-height: 1;
padding: 0px 3px 1px 20px;
width: 60px;
margin-bottom:0px;
margin-left:5px;}
#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-rss a, #other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-linkedin a, #other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-gplus a{
text-decoration:none;
}
#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-rss a:hover, #other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-linkedin a:hover, #other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-gplus a:hover{
text-decoration:underline;
}
#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-linkedin {
background: url('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-iz6MbdY9H6-Ugnci0cSd6H7ZTqOyzlTehbP55L82KkQGbQTVMitbeL1UWBmCilyDzs3Vizji9yM8aQ60ZUcdVuxeAGJGbsbB-fGCxbCYKNhVy-NQt-NPFxaTq_3KGq-FpZCL_x_kyQ/s400/linkedin-16x16.png') no-repeat transparent;
line-height: 1;
padding: 0px 3px 1px 20px;
width: 60px;
margin-bottom:0px;}
#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-gplus {
background: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfltTpgbs5QAX-WCMixhRO1wlYQ7z_9yE3Rfq7Qf1OQwKtAd0cUH3_JmvRzVJC6ZAjs0fIMQJniiut8gk1yTPcXbeZzBKkp6dH6870DHWJ-J3I6B5jSsQu7lF9Vk4B1rBk2KpvksFPAA/s400/gplus-16x16.png) no-repeat transparent;
line-height: 1;
width: 60px;
padding: 0px 3px 1px 20px;
margin-bottom:0px;}
</style>
<!--[if IE]>
<style>
#email-news-subscribe .email-box input.subscribe{
background: #FFCA00;
}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--begin of social widget--> <div style="margin-bottom:10px;"> <div id="Dustent" > <!-- Begin Widget -->
<div class="fb-likebox"> <!-- Facebook --><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=
http://facebook.com/pages/Dustent/179588852131476&amp;send=false&amp;layout=standard&amp; width=200px&amp;show_faces=true&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;
font&amp;height=100px&amp;appId=145524455490560" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; "></iframe> </div>

<div class="googleplus"> <!-- Google --> <span>Recommend us on Google!</span><div class="g-plusone" data-size="medium"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script> </div>
<div class="twitter"> <!-- Twitter --> <iframe title="" style="width: 300px; height: 20px;" class="twitter-follow-button" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/follow_button.html#_=1319978796351&amp;
align=&amp;button=blue&amp;id=twitter_tweet_button_0&amp;
lang=en&amp;link_color=&amp;screen_name=dadhust&amp;show_count=&amp;
show_screen_name=&amp;text_color=" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </div> <div id="email-news-subscribe"> <!-- Email Subscribe --> <div class="email-box">
<form action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify" method="post" target="popupwindow" onsubmit="window.open('http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=dustent', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true">
<input class="email" type="text" style="width: 150px; font-size: 12px;" id="email" name="email" value="Enter Your Email here.." onfocus="if(this.value==this.defaultValue)this.value=&#39;&#39;;" onblur="if(this.value==&#39;&#39;)this.value=this.defaultValue;" />
<input type="hidden" value="dustent" name="uri" />
<input type="hidden" name="loc" value="en_US" />
<input class="subscribe" name="commit" type="submit" value="Subscribe" />
</form>
</div> </div> <div id="other-social-bar"> <!-- Other Social Bar --> <ul class="other-follow"> <li class="my-rss"> <a rel="nofollow" title="RSS" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/dustent" target="_blank">RSS Feed</a> </li> <li class="my-linkedin"> <a rel="nofollow" title="linkedin" rel="author" href="http://www.linkedin.com/" target="_blank">linkedin</a> </li> <li class="my-gplus"> <a rel="nofollow" title="Google Plus" rel="author" href="http://plus.google.com/118431186284938329492" target="_blank">Google Plus</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="mashable" style="background: #EBEBEB;border: 1px solid #CCC;border-top: 1px solid white;padding: 1px 8px 1px 3px;text-align: right;border-image: initial;font-size:10px;font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;"> <span class="author-credit" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://dustent.blogspot.com/2012/02/multi-task-sharing-widget-for-blogger.html" target="_blank" >Blogger Widgets »</a></span></div></div>
<!-- End Widget --> </div> <!--end of social widget-->
Make these changes
1. replace pages/Dustent/179588852131476 with your own facebook page
2. replace dadhust with your own Twitter username
3. replace dustent with your own feedburner title. It usually look like this Example: http://feeds.feedburner.com/YOUR FEED TITLE.
4. replace http://www.linkedin.com/ with your linkedin profile page URL
5. replace 118431186284938329492 with your own Google Plus profile page URL number.

If you have questions kindly comment below.



How to approve your adsense account



This is article is from my other blog (howcarabao), I decided to re post it here because my other blog doesn't much have many readers. This is about approving your Google adsense account.

Google adsense is one of the most reliable money making PTC program in the Internet. Bloggers earn money when a visitor clicks on the ads provided by Google. But many publishers have their Google adsense account disabled or banned for some reasons of not following their policy.
In my experience, I was frustrated , Google adsense denied my application many times, but that didn't stop me. For new bloggers it is a challenge, because Google adsense would not accept blogs that are poorly made. I did have a hard time researching on how to get my account approved, instead I found websites that are too busy on how much money they earn with Adsense, I did't found what I am looking for. So I did some trial and error I even quit because of the frustration.

If you want your account to be approved you just have to follow all of their policy and continue resubmitting your application.

Before applying for Google adsense I got some tips based on my experience. As a new blogger I really have a hard time repairing redesigning my blog for it to be adsense ready, here are some of my tips.

Be accurate about you Blog
Before applying, you must think first about a specific niche on you blog so that the ads will be relevant depending on your blog content. Make sure you are on a right path and not messing your blog content or else Google would not recognize your blog niche and ads would have a hard time determining which ads to put on your blog.

If you don't know what niche you like you can search the internet. Just make sure you are good at it so you won't ran out of topic

Design your Blog to be user friendly
Now that you have a blog, you must make things easier for visitors to navigate your blog site. Don't put too much graphics that will confuse readers. You must put enough information about your blog, like what is your blog about, where to contact you.

Links must perfectly work for easy navigation. You must have enough sentence on your posts. Do not put short sentences.

Make it look Professional
Just as I said before don't make it messy, make it simple and use light colors. Make sure it is very easy to navigate. Do not put unnecessary graphics.

Add Gadgets for easy navigation
Gadgets are very useful in blogging, there are many gadgets you can use for your blog to be Adsense ready.
Put a sitemap page on you blog. A site map will reveal all of your blogs content, so readers can see all of your posts.
Also put a "you might also like this" or a related article gadget, so readers will see more of your blogs related posts.

Good traffic is also need
You will also need a lot of visitors per day, make sure you promote your blog. Social Networks, exchanging links and traffic exchange websites will be very helpful.

Just remember, be specific and simple about your blog and adsense will approve youapplication.

Btw, just make sure you put your correct address on your adsense account. I have a case my adsense was dissapproved just because my address wasn't accurate. Just make sure you put a real address or Google will not pay for your service. Also do not put your nickname on you account, use your real name instead.

Once approved just follow their policy, like you only have to put 3 ads on 1 page, don't tamper your adsense code and this is very important DON'T EVER CLICK ON YOUR OWN ADS or Google will terminate your account and you will loose all of your earnings.

Google is very smart, they can detect invalid clicks.

Once you have an approved Adsense account you won't need to apply again on your other blogs.

How to Blog

You have probably heard from other people or on other websites about success on blogging. Many has become rich by blogging. They say they earn as much as $1200 a day, and all you have to do is blog 30 minutes a day.

Many People though online blogging is a get rich scheme. Well, its kinda true, there are people who finds success in blogging., and they become rich fast. But those people are very persistent.

Because of the hype, many people have tried blogging. When we see what they have like cars, mansions, wives, we always think " I want that, I want those". And they get rich by just being online like 30 minutes a day.

But first what is a blog?

What is a blog?
A blog (a blend of the term web log) is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. Blog can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Although not a must, most good quality blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other via GUI widgets on the blogs and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites. In that sense, blogging can be seen as a form of social networking. Indeed, bloggers do not only produce content to post on their blogs but also build social relations with their readers and other bloggers.

Many blogs provide commentary on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries; yet still others function more as online brand advertising of a particular individual or company. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (art blog), photographs (photoblog), videos (video blogging or vlogging), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Microblogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts.

As of 16 February 2011, there were over 156 million public blogs in existence.

for more go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog


I got some advice for new bloggers, so you won't get lost.

You Can't Make a Fortune Overnight. While some claims they did become rich overnight. As far as I know there is no business anywhere that could make you a millionaire the next day. Like I said before this is not a get rich scheme you have to be persistent to achieve success.


You Have to Work Without Income. Yes this is true, developing a blog takes time, effort and you have to sacrifice without pay for almost a year some takes longer. I know someone that takes 3 years before he receive his first pay check online. I did work on my blog for about 7 months without pay, now I have only $2 in my paycheck balance, isn't that frustrating. I did blog for 7 months but only get 2 dollars.

Be Persistent. You need this kind of attitude for you to achieve success. Quitting due to frustrations will not get you to the goal you always wanted. If you fail always try again, continue learning, absorb what you learn and never quit.

Have Fun Blogging. Actually blogging is fun, you design your own site, you can put any posts as you like, make friends, you can do anything and its quite challenging and fun. When you start blogging keep in mind that you do it for the love of blogging and it is fun, don't mind how much you will earn, because it frustrates us sometimes. Treat your blog like your online game character, that you always visit everyday, learn new things, and make friends online. Do it for fun and you won't be frustrated.

Have Something Original. Today there are millions of websites and blogs and having something original is kinda hard. And you will say its all been done before. Well, for me it is not true. Even if you know your field is saturated you can always put some twists in your own, that your competitor doesn't have.

Remember back in the day, when Myspace and Friendster ruled the Social Networking business. Mark Zuckerburg of Facebook has found a way that those two sites doesn't have, that makes Facebook unique. In the end FB has put those two out of business and forced to sell it.

You gotta have a long term Strategy.  If you want to make it online, you have to be focused to stay on the competition. With the technology, trends changes so fast you gotta keep it up and don't be left behind.

You don't have to be an expert about the internet. Actually anyone can do it, even our grandpa's can blog. You don't need to put animations in blog, make it simple and very easy for visitors to read. Just make your site user friendly and easy to navigate.

http://howcarabao.blogspot.com/2011/12/advice-for-new-bloggers.html


Happy Anniversary to my Blog!

its me 23 years ago
Today is the day, I started my first ever post in this blog. I don't know whats going to my mind I started blogging. But blogging seems cool to me, you can express what you wanna express on the internet, a place where free thought is available and can say or share anything.

During this past months blogging, I was kinda frustrated, because I know nothing about blogs and how to design it, and I am not a writer, I even don't know if you can understand my English. I even quit for 5 months and came back in November.

I originally wanted a music blog, for my band, and fellow band mates in Samar and Leyte, I wanted to share our music, our talents, but gigs in my hometown are just occasionally, we lack gigs and exposures, so I decided to make this a semi- news/ information community blog, so that I can post more, if I'm stuck with my Samar music blog, i would probably just have 10 post for the whole year.

Attracting visitors is also one of my problems, I don't know how to do it. The only thing I know was Google adwords, but I don't have money, and I just blog for fun. And then, I searched on the net, thanks to some blog site like bloggerstop.net I finally understand how to attract visitors. I am not yet a master of SEO but I am now learning about it and how it helps websites increase their rankings.

1 year has passed and here are some important things i have learned so far.
  • Designing a blog. This is one of the most important things in blogging, a beautiful blog will attract a lot of visitors
  • Messing with CSS and HTML. I had a website before in the year 2004 I think, but I forgot its URL and it was hosted on Geocities which we all know no longer exist, that time I know HTML, I just need a litte review, thanks to other sites I finally learned messing my blog CSS style.
  • Monetizing a blog. Earning through blogging is not an easy task, it takes years to finally have a stable income. I have blog for 1 year and I have earned none so far. But its OK! I am having fun, that's the most important thing: having fun and showing creativity.
  • Improve my English. I don't know if it has improved, but so far, none complains about my  English vocabulary.
  • Avoiding Internet Scams. Yes I have been there! As a newbie I though, you can earn on the internet fast, so I joined some affiliate programs and  pay per click sites. In the end 90% were scams, good thing I only joined for a week and never spend a single cent on those sites.  I even promote their websites on my blog, I was stupid before, but now they can kiss my A$$, scammers can no longer trick me, ever!
  • Increase blog traffic. There are many ways to invite visitors to your site, like using Facebook or twitter, you can also write articles on other blog sites, sharing links and many more