If you are serching for a way that how could one can add google serch box to there blog site or web site.Here is the easier way to get it.As well you can add your own site search box in it.just some code is given here. you have to put it in your blogs template by simple way.
go to your dashboard
then go to layout
click add a page element
click add HTML/javascript
put the code as explained.
save your changes and preview it .
then you will get the search box as shown below.
<form action="http://www.google.com/search" method="get"><div><table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><input maxlength="255" name="q">
<input type="submit" value="Search"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><input type="checkbox" value="www.blogingtricks.blogspot.com" name="sitesearch"> only search blogingtricks
</td></tr></tbody></table></div></form>
copy above code,but replace 'www.blogingtricks.blogspot.com'with your own blog url
and replace blogname with your own blog name.
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What is widget?
Widget
A widget is a self-contained piece of code that you can move into, out of and anywhere inside the sidebar area of your blog.You can use widgets to personalise your blog and deliver information you want.
Where are they?
Inside your blog, click layout-> add page element(if a theme is widget enabled).as shown
There are many types to add widget to your blog.
for example if you want to add 'football match score widget',news widget,which can be downloaded from widget sites. copy the code and paste as explained by that site.If widget is in java script code then add it in Html/javascript.click on add to blog .paste code & save it.
for example if you want to add 'football match score widget',news widget,which can be downloaded from widget sites. copy the code and paste as explained by that site.If widget is in java script code then add it in Html/javascript.click on add to blog .paste code & save it.
You can remove it by using same way just clicking remove instead of save.
or there s a setting button beside your widget in blog.click it and remove perticular widget.setting button is shown here.
Widgets you can with those you have to put in some information of your own or from another service.for example
technorati favorite button
feedburner feed
del.icio.us icon
various bookmarking widgets
There are many more widget available on net .If you want somthing to put usefull in your blog.Then just search out in widget-form and put this widget to your blog.
there are many sites providing free widgets for blogsites and websites.
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changing sidebar colour
How to change sidebar colour of your blog.
follow this steps:
1) Go to Blogger 'Dashboard' and choose your blog.
2. Go to 'Layouts' and click on 'Edit HTML' save your template on your computer.
3. Next find sidebar CSS style, its look like this (if you are using standard templates) #sidebar-wrapper, but if you are using your own or one of the free templates from internet, CSS style can look different, but ( I think) it must contain word #sidebar.
4. Now you see that it have some parameters (width, float and many more), you need to add new parameter background-color .
5) Use hexadecimal colour code to put your colour of choice.
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follow this steps:
1) Go to Blogger 'Dashboard' and choose your blog.
2. Go to 'Layouts' and click on 'Edit HTML' save your template on your computer.
3. Next find sidebar CSS style, its look like this (if you are using standard templates) #sidebar-wrapper, but if you are using your own or one of the free templates from internet, CSS style can look different, but ( I think) it must contain word #sidebar.
4. Now you see that it have some parameters (width, float and many more), you need to add new parameter background-color .
5) Use hexadecimal colour code to put your colour of choice.
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changing blog width
How to change width of blog in blogger
Standard width of your blog in Blogger is - 660 px.
1) Go to your Blogger Dashboard and click 'Layout'.
2)Click 'Edit HTML'.
3) Before modification save your html template to notepad for future use .
4. Now you need to find CSS Style for your blog body. find this line : #outer-wrapper { 5. There mast be Width: 660px parameter under that line. Just change it to your width. (#outer-wrapper is default CSS name of blog body parameters.
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changing sidebar width
how to change sidebar width in blog
follow this steps:
1) Go to Blogger 'Dashboard' and choose your blog.
2) Go to 'Layouts' and click on 'Edit HTML' Also save your template on your computer.
3) Next find sidebar CSS style, its look like this (if you are using standard templates) #sidebar-wrapper, but if you are using your own or one of the free templates from internet, CSS style can look different, but it must contain word #sidebar.
4) Now you see that it have some parameters (width, float & many others), you need to change one parameter width , just change the number, for example: width: 400px;5. change it
5 )save your change.
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Changing header width
How to change header width in blogger?
Your Header width must be the same or less width when the blog width. To change your blog header width you need to follow this steps:
1)Go to your Blogger Dashboard and click 'Layouts'.
2) After that click 'Edit HTML' and first of all - backup your template ,save it or simply copy &paste in notepad .
3) Now you need to find CSS Style of your header, just find this line : #header-wrapper { (if you are using not default template, this parameter can have different name, for example : #header)
4)Now you must find or add width parameter under #header-wrapper line. For example it can look like this : #header-wrapper { width:660px; /* This parameter you must to change it
5)then see the change in header width of your blog
(tip: while you are making any modification in your templates html code firstly save your default html code in notepad for future use)
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Your Header width must be the same or less width when the blog width. To change your blog header width you need to follow this steps:
1)Go to your Blogger Dashboard and click 'Layouts'.
2) After that click 'Edit HTML' and first of all - backup your template ,save it or simply copy &paste in notepad .
3) Now you need to find CSS Style of your header, just find this line : #header-wrapper { (if you are using not default template, this parameter can have different name, for example : #header)
4)Now you must find or add width parameter under #header-wrapper line. For example it can look like this : #header-wrapper { width:660px; /* This parameter you must to change it
5)then see the change in header width of your blog
(tip: while you are making any modification in your templates html code firstly save your default html code in notepad for future use)
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Adding technorati button.
HOW TO WRITE TECHNORATI FAVORITE BUTTON TO BLOG
Here's a few codes that you can implement to add the 'Add This Blog to My Technorati Favorites' button to your blog. The purpose for this button is to let your visitor s have an easier option to add your blog to their list of Technorati favorite blogs. This increases your blog popularity in Technorati listing.
I'll put down 3 codes for you to choose from, each with a different Technorati Fav buttons. Don't forget to change yourblogname.com to your own blog's URL.
Button 1:
<a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://yourblogname.com">
<img alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/2346636939_763f266eac_o.gif"/></a>
this button looks as follows
Button 2:
The Technorati image is rounder for this button.
<a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://yourblogname.com">
<img alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/2347442400_bc2a895c25_o.png"/></a>
this button looks as follows
Button 3:
<a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://yourblogname.com">
<img alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/2346612503_28a0e68815_o.png"/></a>
this button looks as follows
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Here's a few codes that you can implement to add the 'Add This Blog to My Technorati Favorites' button to your blog. The purpose for this button is to let your visitor s have an easier option to add your blog to their list of Technorati favorite blogs. This increases your blog popularity in Technorati listing.
I'll put down 3 codes for you to choose from, each with a different Technorati Fav buttons. Don't forget to change yourblogname.com to your own blog's URL.
Button 1:
<a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://yourblogname.com">
<img alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/2346636939_763f266eac_o.gif"/></a>
this button looks as follows
Button 2:
The Technorati image is rounder for this button.
<a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://yourblogname.com">
<img alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/2347442400_bc2a895c25_o.png"/></a>
this button looks as follows
Button 3:
<a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://yourblogname.com">
<img alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/2346612503_28a0e68815_o.png"/></a>
this button looks as follows
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History of web blogs.
The term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997. The short form, "blog," was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May of 1999
This was quickly adopted as both a noun and verb ("to blog," meaning "to edit one's weblog or to post to one's weblog").
Origins
Before blogging became popular, digital communities took many forms, including Usenet, commercial online services such as GEnie, BiX and the early CompuServe, e-mail listsand Bulletin Board Systems (BBS). In the 1990s, Internet forum software, such as WebEx, created running conversations with "threads". Threads are topical connections between messages on a metaphorical "corkboard".
The modern blog evolved from the online diary, where people would keep a running account of their personal lives. Most such writers called themselves diarists, journalists, or journalers. Justin Hall, who began personal blogging in 1994 while a student at Swarthmore College, is generally recognized as one of the earliest bloggers, as is Jerry PournelleDave Winer's Scripting News is also credited with being one of the oldest and longest running weblogs.
Early weblogs were simply manually updated components of common websites. However, the evolution of tools to facilitate the production and maintenance of web articles posted in reverse chronological order made the publishing process feasible to a much larger, less technical, population. Ultimately, this resulted in the distinct class of online publishing that produces blogs we recognize today. For instance, the use of some sort of browser-based software is now a typical aspect of "blogging". Blogs can be hosted by dedicated blog hosting services, or they can be run using blog software, such as WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger or LiveJournal, or on regular web hosting services.
Rise in popularity
After a slow start, blogging rapidly gained in popularity. Blog usage spread during 1999 and the years following, being further popularized by the near-simultaneous arrival of the first hosted blog tools:
Open Diary launched in October 1998, soon growing to thousands of online diaries. Open Diary innovated the reader comment, becoming the first blog community where readers could add comments to other writers' blog entries.
Brad Fitzpatrick, a well known blogger started LiveJournal in March 1999.
Andrew Smales created Pitas.com in July 1999 as an easier alternative to maintaining a "news page" on a website, followed by Diaryland in September 1999, focusing more on a personal diary community.
Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan (Pyra Labs) launched blogger.com in August 1999 (purchased by Google in February 2003).
Blogging becomes a political force
Since 2002, blogs have gained increasing notice and coverage for their role in breaking, shaping, and spinning news stories. The Iraq war saw bloggers taking measured and passionate points of view that go beyond the traditional left-right divide of the political spectrum.
On December 6, 2002 Josh Marshall's talkingpointsmemo.com blog called attention to U.S. Senator Lott's comments regarding Senator Thurmond. Senator Lott was eventually to resign over the matter.
As an example of the rise of importance of blogs, in 2002 many blogs focused on comments by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. Senator Lott, at a party honoring U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond, praised Senator Thurmond by suggesting that the United States would have been better off had Thurmond been elected president. Lott's critics saw these comments as a tacit approval of racial segregation, a policy advocated by Thurmond's 1948 presidential campaign. This view was reinforced by documents and recorded interviews dug up by bloggers. (See Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo.) Though Lott's comments were made at a public event attended by the media, no major media organizations reported on his controversial comments until after blogs broke the story. Blogging helped to create a political crisis that forced Lott to step down as majority leader.
Similarly, blogs were among the driving forces behind the "Rathergate" scandal, to wit: (television journalist) Dan Rather presented documents (on the CBS show 60 Minutes) that conflicted with accepted accounts of President Bush's military service record. Bloggers declared the documents to be forgeries and presented evidence and arguments in support of that view, and CBS apologized for what it said were inadequate reporting techniques (see Little Green Footballs). Many bloggers view this scandal as the advent of blogs' acceptance by the mass media, both as a news source and opinion and as means of applying political pressure.
The impact of these stories gave greater credibility to blogs as a medium of news dissemination. Though often seen as partisan gossips, bloggers sometimes lead the way in bringing key information to public light, with mainstream media having to follow their lead. More often, however, news blogs tend to react to material already published by the mainstream media. Meanwhile, an increasing number of experts blogged, making blogs a source of in-depth analysis. (See Daniel Drezner and J. Bradford DeLong.)
Blogging becomes mainstream
By 2004, the role of blogs became increasingly mainstream, as political consultants, news services and candidates began using them as tools for outreach and opinion forming. Blogging was established by politicians and political candidates to express opinions on war and other issues and cemented blogs' role as a news source. (See Howard Dean and Wesley Clark.) Even politicians not actively campaigning, such as the UK's Labour Party's MP Tom Watson, began to blog to bond with constituents.
In January 2005, Fortune magazine listed eight bloggers that business people "could not ignore": Peter Rojas, Xeni Jardin, Ben Trott, Mena Trott, Jonathan Schwartz, Jason Goldman, Robert Scoble, and Jason Calacanis.
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This was quickly adopted as both a noun and verb ("to blog," meaning "to edit one's weblog or to post to one's weblog").
Origins
Before blogging became popular, digital communities took many forms, including Usenet, commercial online services such as GEnie, BiX and the early CompuServe, e-mail listsand Bulletin Board Systems (BBS). In the 1990s, Internet forum software, such as WebEx, created running conversations with "threads". Threads are topical connections between messages on a metaphorical "corkboard".
The modern blog evolved from the online diary, where people would keep a running account of their personal lives. Most such writers called themselves diarists, journalists, or journalers. Justin Hall, who began personal blogging in 1994 while a student at Swarthmore College, is generally recognized as one of the earliest bloggers, as is Jerry PournelleDave Winer's Scripting News is also credited with being one of the oldest and longest running weblogs.
Early weblogs were simply manually updated components of common websites. However, the evolution of tools to facilitate the production and maintenance of web articles posted in reverse chronological order made the publishing process feasible to a much larger, less technical, population. Ultimately, this resulted in the distinct class of online publishing that produces blogs we recognize today. For instance, the use of some sort of browser-based software is now a typical aspect of "blogging". Blogs can be hosted by dedicated blog hosting services, or they can be run using blog software, such as WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger or LiveJournal, or on regular web hosting services.
Rise in popularity
After a slow start, blogging rapidly gained in popularity. Blog usage spread during 1999 and the years following, being further popularized by the near-simultaneous arrival of the first hosted blog tools:
Open Diary launched in October 1998, soon growing to thousands of online diaries. Open Diary innovated the reader comment, becoming the first blog community where readers could add comments to other writers' blog entries.
Brad Fitzpatrick, a well known blogger started LiveJournal in March 1999.
Andrew Smales created Pitas.com in July 1999 as an easier alternative to maintaining a "news page" on a website, followed by Diaryland in September 1999, focusing more on a personal diary community.
Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan (Pyra Labs) launched blogger.com in August 1999 (purchased by Google in February 2003).
Blogging becomes a political force
Since 2002, blogs have gained increasing notice and coverage for their role in breaking, shaping, and spinning news stories. The Iraq war saw bloggers taking measured and passionate points of view that go beyond the traditional left-right divide of the political spectrum.
On December 6, 2002 Josh Marshall's talkingpointsmemo.com blog called attention to U.S. Senator Lott's comments regarding Senator Thurmond. Senator Lott was eventually to resign over the matter.
As an example of the rise of importance of blogs, in 2002 many blogs focused on comments by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. Senator Lott, at a party honoring U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond, praised Senator Thurmond by suggesting that the United States would have been better off had Thurmond been elected president. Lott's critics saw these comments as a tacit approval of racial segregation, a policy advocated by Thurmond's 1948 presidential campaign. This view was reinforced by documents and recorded interviews dug up by bloggers. (See Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo.) Though Lott's comments were made at a public event attended by the media, no major media organizations reported on his controversial comments until after blogs broke the story. Blogging helped to create a political crisis that forced Lott to step down as majority leader.
Similarly, blogs were among the driving forces behind the "Rathergate" scandal, to wit: (television journalist) Dan Rather presented documents (on the CBS show 60 Minutes) that conflicted with accepted accounts of President Bush's military service record. Bloggers declared the documents to be forgeries and presented evidence and arguments in support of that view, and CBS apologized for what it said were inadequate reporting techniques (see Little Green Footballs). Many bloggers view this scandal as the advent of blogs' acceptance by the mass media, both as a news source and opinion and as means of applying political pressure.
The impact of these stories gave greater credibility to blogs as a medium of news dissemination. Though often seen as partisan gossips, bloggers sometimes lead the way in bringing key information to public light, with mainstream media having to follow their lead. More often, however, news blogs tend to react to material already published by the mainstream media. Meanwhile, an increasing number of experts blogged, making blogs a source of in-depth analysis. (See Daniel Drezner and J. Bradford DeLong.)
Blogging becomes mainstream
By 2004, the role of blogs became increasingly mainstream, as political consultants, news services and candidates began using them as tools for outreach and opinion forming. Blogging was established by politicians and political candidates to express opinions on war and other issues and cemented blogs' role as a news source. (See Howard Dean and Wesley Clark.) Even politicians not actively campaigning, such as the UK's Labour Party's MP Tom Watson, began to blog to bond with constituents.
In January 2005, Fortune magazine listed eight bloggers that business people "could not ignore": Peter Rojas, Xeni Jardin, Ben Trott, Mena Trott, Jonathan Schwartz, Jason Goldman, Robert Scoble, and Jason Calacanis.
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Types of the blog
TYPES
There are many different types of blogs, differing not only in the type of content, but also in the way that content is delivered or written.
Personal blogs
The personal blog, an on-going diary or commentary by an individual, is the traditional, most common blog. Personal bloggers usually take pride in their blog posts, even if their blog is never read by anyone but them. Blogs often become more than a way to just communicate; they become a way to reflect on life or works of art. Blogging can have a sentimental quality. Few personal blogs rise to fame and the mainstream, but some personal blogs quickly garner an extensive following. A type of personal blog is referred to as "microblogging," which is extremely detailed blogging as it seeks to capture a moment in time. Sites, such as Twitter, allow bloggers to share thoughts and feelings instantaneously with friends and family and is much faster than e-mailing or writing. This form of social media lends to an online generation already too busy to keep in touch.
Corporate blogs
A blog can be private, as in most cases, or it can be for business purposes. Blogs, either used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporation or externally for marketing, branding or public relations purposes are called corporate blogs.
By media type
A blog comprising videos is called a vlog, one comprising links is called a linklog, a site containing a portfolio of sketches is called a sketchblog or one comprising photos is called a photoblog. Blogs with shorter posts and mixed media types are called tumblelogs.
An Artlog is a form of art sharing and publishing in the format of a blog, but differentiated by the predominant use of and focus on Art work rather than text.
A rare type of blog hosted on the Gopher Protocol is known as a Phlog.
By device
Blogs can also be defined by which type of device is used to compose it. A blog written by a mobile device like a mobile phone or PDA could be called a moblog. One early blog was Wearable Wireless Webcam, an online shared diary of a person's personal life combining text, video, and pictures transmitted live from a wearable computer and EyeTap device to a web site. This practice of semi-automated blogging with live video together with text was referred to as sousveillance. Such journals have been used as evidence in legal matters.
By genre
Some blogs focus on a particular subject, such as political blogs, travel blogs, house blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs, education blogs, niche blogs, classical music blogs,quizzing blogs and legal blogs (often referred to as a blawgs) or dreamlogs. While not a legitimate type of blog, one used for the sole purpose of spamming is known as a Splog.
Question blogging
is a type of blog that answers questions. Questions can be submitted in the form of a submittal form, or through email or other means such as telephone or VOIP. Blogs can be used to display shownotes from podcasts or the means of conveying information through the internet. Many question logs use syndication such as RSS as a means of conveying answers to questions.
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What is blog?
blog (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website, 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.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for 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 (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketches (sketchblog), videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging which consists of blogs with very short posts. As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs. With the advent of video blogging, the word blog has taken on an even looser meaning of any bit of media wherein the subject expresses his opinion or simply talks about something.
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Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for 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 (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketches (sketchblog), videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging which consists of blogs with very short posts. As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs. With the advent of video blogging, the word blog has taken on an even looser meaning of any bit of media wherein the subject expresses his opinion or simply talks about something.
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