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Is blogging for you?

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Is blogging for you?

There are many different reasons why people blog.  Nevertheless, one thing you do need to be a successful blogger is to genuinely enjoy writing like you enjoy breathing fresh air. If this is you, here are some other reasons why blogging may be right for you.

You have a topic you can write about
As well as writing because you enjoy it, you also need something to write about. If you have hobbies and passions in life, then you are likely to have plenty to talk about in your blog.

You have sufficient time
Blogging along with social networking can take considerable time. You can skimp on time by blogging say, once a month and avoid doing lots of social networking but this will affect the popularity and traffic of your blog.

For instance, I personally find time my biggest hurdle for this blog. So I do a once a month posting on average and I do hardly any social networking.  Fortunately, I still get considerable traffic every day due to the popularity of my blog with search engines.  Yet I am aware that if I spent more time on this blog, it would be a lot more successful than it is now.

You are not intimidated by technology
There are many blogging tools available these days so that you can easily avoid anything really technical. However, not being intimated by technology will help your blog immensely with the design aspects, putting keywords into your blog and so on.

You have thick skin
You need thick skin when you write a blog for two different reasons.

The first reason to have thick skin is to be able to handle criticisms. Sometimes criticisms may be welcome constructive comments but at other times, criticisms may be unfair or unwarranted.

The second reason to have thick skin is that it usually takes time to build up a successful blog.  Therefore you need to have thick skin to not care whether your blog is popular or not.

You want to make a little money
I very much doubt that many people will be able to give up the day job through blogging alone. However, by using adsense and affiliates you can at least earn that little bit extra.

You want to make your brand better known
A blog can promote your brand on-line.

For instance, I utilise this blog for a number of reasons and one of these is to aid in attracting potential clients by providing a background of my brand. This seems to work very well for me.

You have emotive reasons for blogging
There are myriad emotive reasons for blogging such as to voice your opinions, to help find like-minded people, to help people and so on.

Personally, I really enjoy the idea of some of my postings helping someone somewhere. It makes blogging definitely worth it.

How to put keywords into your blog

04:09 blogger

How to put keywords into your blog

Putting keywords into your Google blog is a very simple process and is important if you want your blog to be indexed in the way you want by search engines.

Here is what you need to do:

1. Sign in to your Google blog.

2. Select the design link of your blog.

3. Select Edit HTML link.

4. Underneath the <head> HTML tag, without deleting anything, enter:

For example, for my blog, I have the details for the description meta tag:

5. Click Save.

Example of Google blog tabs showing Edit HTML link

Example of putting your HTML code in the head section

Search engines do not rely just on the keywords you enter in the head section of your blog. They also rely on the actual blog contents to make judgements of keywords too. Therefore, when thinking of which keywords to utilise in your head section, it is worth bearing in mind that search engines will be looking for confirmation of your keywords too. The better the match, the better you will be optimising your website keywords.

If you need help with determining keywords to enter in the head section of your blog, I have written an article, tools to determine keywords for SEO, which contains resources to research this further.

If you have not already done so, I highly recommend utilising Google Webmaster Tools. This can provide valuable information on how well your keywords are working for you, of any problems reported by the search engine spiders that regularly crawl your blog and so on.

If you have any problems, please do not hesitate to provide details below and I will be happy to help.

Awesome Open Slide Heart Bookmarking Widget For Blogger.

03:58 blogger

Hai guys, now i will share a tutorial about Add An Awesome Open Slide Heart Bookmarking Widget For Blogger. I have said a thousand time that, "I always visit spiceupyourbog to get inspired, and sometimes i will repost some post on spiceupyourblog". And now i got an awesome tutorial and i want to repost that tutorial on my blog, called Add An Awesome Open Slide Heart Bookmarking Widget For Blogger.

Do you know Sharing is sexy widget? Ya, its a great widget and useful. Now spiceupyourblog make an another version of sharing is sexy widget. Its an open slide heart social bookmarking. You can see the demo by clicking here

Add The Split Heart Bookmarking Gadget Top Your Blog

Remember guys, always backup your template before you started to editing your template.
Ok lets do it Add An Awesome Open Slide Heart Bookmarking Widget For Blogger

1. Login to blogger - Design - Edit HTML
2. Find </head> code, you can use Ctrl + F to help you find it
3. Copy this code below before the </head> code

<script src='http://w.sharethis.com/gallery/shareegg/shareegg.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({publisher: "ur-98d377f-bdd3-9ad1-fbe5-2a678f0a60ee", onhover:false}); </script>
<link href='http://w.sharethis.com/gallery/shareegg/shareegg.css' media='screen' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>

4. And the next tips is find this following code </body>
5. After that copy this code below, before </body>


<div style='position: fixed; bottom: 2%; left: 2%;'>
<div class='shareEgg' id='shareThisShareHeart'/>
</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>stlib.shareEgg.createEgg('shareThisShareHeart', ['facebook','twitter','pinterest','linkedin','stumbleupon','email','sharethis'], {title:' <data:blog.pageTitle/>',url:'<data:blog.url/>',theme:'shareheart'});</script><a href="http://www.spiceupyourblog.com/">Blogger Wordpress Gadgets</a>


How to Change The Widget Position

The Gadget is currently set to be in the bottom right corner of your blog but you can easily change this. In blue above you can see bottom: 2%; left: 2%;. You can change Bottom to top for it to be at the top of the page and left to right for it to be on the right of the page. You can also change the percentages to have it further from the bottom/top and left/right.

6. Save your template
Ok thats it Add An Awesome Open Slide Heart Bookmarking Widget For Blogger, you can put your question below.

How To Add Floating Contact Us Button To Blogger

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How To Add Floating Contact Us Button To Blogger

Contact Us Button Is Used To Take Attention Of Visitor. First You Need To Create Contact Form. If Already Created Then Follow These Steps To Add Floating Contact Us Button To Your Blog.

Login To Blogger Account.
Click Blog Title → Template → Edit HTML.
Click Proceed Button.
Find <body> Tag In Your Template, Then Add The Following After It.

<a href='Contact Us Link' style='position: fixed;top:35%; left:0%;'><img border="0" height="102" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bPMgWQfCMTw/T9mp0Bp0n2I/AAAAAAAAAsw/yOG5E0Bzruk/s320/Contact%2BUs.png" width="35" /></a>

Click Save Template Button And You Are Done.

Note: Don't Forget To Replace Contact Us Link Text With Your Contact Us Link. You Can Also Change Contact Us Button By Replacing Image URL. Also Change Height And Width According To Image.

How to Install a Blogger XML Template

08:25 blogger

This article was written to provide a step-by-step guide on how to correctly apply a new xml Blogger template to your blog. This process can be tricky depending on several factors (quality of the code in the new template, your existing widgets, etc) so you need to be careful when changing your template. Don’t worry though, just follow our step-by-step instructions below and we’ll hopefully get you through it without much pain.

Many people make the same mistake when installing a new blogger template. Most problems when installing a new template are caused by the blogger widgets (Page Elements) that you’ve spent time setting up in your previous template. Almost all Blogger templates available for download on this site are in the new Blogger xml template format so if you’ve downloaded the template from us, it’s going to be much easier to follow our instructions.

Step #1 – Backup Your Current Template

Backup your current Template just in case you make a mistake. This is very important so you can always go back (click on the screenshot to the left to see exactly how this is done). You’ll want to navigate to the “Template” => “Edit HTML” section of Blogger and then look for the “Before editing your template, you may want to save a copy of it. Download Full Template“. Click on the “Download Full Template” and save it somewhere easy to find later on your computer. We are not responsible for any mistakes you make in applying your new Blogger template. Once you have saved this .xml file onto your computer, move on to step #2.

Step #2 – Take a Screenshot of Your Page Elements

This next step isn’t necessary but I like to do it anyhow. Take a screenshot of your “Page Elements” page just so you know exactly what widgets (Page Elements) you had before applying the new template (an example of the exact page you should take a screenshot of is in the image to the left). If you blow away all your widgets and you don’t remember which ones you had, this screenshot will at least help you remember. If you’re unsure as to how to take a screenshot, then check out this quick tutorial (MS Windows).

Step #3 – Upload Your New Blogger Template

Now it’s time to upload the new Blogger template from your computer. You’ll want to navigate to the “Template” => “Edit HTML” section of Blogger and then look for the “Upload a template from a file on your hard drive:” text. To the right of that you’ll see two buttons. First, you’ll click on “Browse” and navigate to the new .xml Blogger template on your computer and click “Open”. Then you click on the “Upload” button and cross your fingers.
At this point Blogger is attempting to apply the new .xml Blogger template to your blog. After it’s done, you’ll get a message stating that the upload and new template was applied successfully (in that case you’re done!) or more likely in my case, you’ll get a red error message that states something like:

Widgets are about to be deleted

Please confirm that the following widgets should be deleted. All the widgets’ configuration data will be lost.

Text1
BloggerButton1
Poll1
Profile1

Now if you’re like me, you don’t want to lose all those widgets (Page Elements) you spent lots of time configuring and arranging on your blog. If you don’t care and really don’t have anything you’ll be upset losing, then go ahead and click on the “Confirm and Save” button that looks like this:

Just remember, that you’ll need to re-add any page elements that you had previously setup in your old template. If they were simple or just recently added then I’d recommend just re-adding them instead of having to follow the next steps. If you decide you want to keep your widgets (Page Elements) then write down (or take another screenshot) the list mentioned above that are going to be deleted. You’ll use this list later when we migrate over your widgets.

Step #4 – Transfer Widgets to New Blogger Template

This process is going to take some careful cut and pasting within the template code so if you’re not comfortable doing this, then I’d recommend just ending on the previous step. First things first, click on the blue cancel button (you should still be on the previous step) that looks like this:

This will cancel out of the new Blogger template you were just trying to upload. Next, we’re going to essentially make a temporary placeholder for your widgets (Page Elements) within your current template. You should still be in the “Template” => “Edit HTML” section of Blogger so if you’re not, go back to that section.
You’re going to actually edit this template code now so pay close attention. Look for the following piece of code which is all the way at the bottom.

</body></html>

Now you’re going to replace that code with the following bit of code:

<b:section id='widgets-placeholder' showaddelement='yes'/></body></html>

Save your template and you’ll see this message (which is a good sign):

What did we just do? We created a brand new widget (Page Element) in your current Blogger template so we can move all your widgets over to keep them safe! Next navigate over to the “Template” => “Page Elements” section of Blogger and you’ll see a blank new footer section.
Drag all your widgets (Page Elements) that were going to be deleted (we wrote them down or took a screenshot in step #3). The order doesn’t really matter as long as you’ve moved them all down into the widget (top image on left). After you’re done, it should look something like this (bottom image on left):

Now click on the “Save” button and the temporary placeholder for our widgets will be saved. We’re not done quite yet but if you’ve gotten this far already you’ve done great! The hardest part is over. Now we’re going to copy the widgets we just protected over to your new template. Hold off on that bathroom break and let’s keep going.
Next, go back to the “Template” => “Edit HTML” section of Blogger and scroll down in the template code and look for the line of code you added before:

<b:section id='widgets-placeholder' showaddelement='yes'/></body></html>

There should now be a bunch more code in between it which will look something like this:

<b:section id='backupwidget' showaddelement='yes'><b:widget id='BloggerButton1' locked='false' title='' type='BloggerButton'/>

<b:widget id='Poll1' locked='false' title='What is your favorite car' type='Poll'/>

<b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Blog Archive' type='BlogArchive'/>

<b:widget id='Profile1' locked='false' title='About Me' type='Profile'/>

</b:section></body></html>

This is a list of all your widgets (Page Elements) that we just moved into the footer. You want to select all this code and copy it. We’re going to paste it into our new Blogger template code which will complete the transfer safely.
Now open your new Blogger template xml file in a text editor (you can use Notepad, just right click -> Open With -> Choose Notepad). Once you have it open, scroll all the way down to the bottom of the code and look for the following code:

</body></html>

You’re going to replace this code with the new code you just copied above. Make sure you only replace that one bit of code otherwise you might run into some problems. Save your new Blogger template and you’ve finished transferring your widgets (Page Elements) into the new Blogger template!
Now after all that work just to save your precious widgets, let’s hope the new template works ok in Blogger. Go back to step #3 above and upload your new template like you attempted to do before. If all goes well, your new template will properly save and your blog will be updated!

Step #5 – Move Your Widgets Back To Their Original Spots

I’m assuming your new template installed without and problems and you’re ready to move your widgets (Page Elements) back to their original spots. This is just the reverse process of what we did before by going to the “Template” => “Page Elements” section of Blogger and moving them out of the footer and back into the sidebar (or wherever you originally had them in your old template).
After you arrange them to your liking, make sure to save and view your blog. If all went well then your blog should be looking the way it did before the new template was applied (well, except for the new beautiful design which is the main reason for this hassle in the first place right?).

Summary

Congratulations on adding a new custom Blogger xml template to your blog! The whole process should have taken anywhere from 15 minutes to 1 hour depending on your experience and comfort with blog template code, the code quality of the new template, and the number of widgets your blog currently has. Blog designs shouldn’t have to change very often so hopefully this is a one-time process for you. If not, I recommend you bookmark or add this page to your favorites so it’s easy to find the next time you decide to change Blogger templates.

Still Having Problems?

Problems or errors during this procedure? Unfortunately, the Blogger xml templates are very picky and don’t always work with your blog. This can be because of several reasons so it’s not always easy to resolve. Sometimes the best way is to just delete one widget at a time and see if that resolves the issue. Blogger doesn’t give you very good error messages to act on so sometimes it’s a shot in the dark.
If you’ve got a specific case you’d like to ask about, please post a comment below. I will respond and help if possible. Your specific problem might help others address their issue as well.
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How to Install a Blogger XML Template

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Step #1 – Backup Your Current Template

Step #2 – Take a Screenshot of Your Page Elements

Step #3 – Upload Your New Blogger Template

Widgets are about to be deleted

Please confirm that the following widgets should be deleted. All the widgets’ configuration data will be lost.

Text1
BloggerButton1
Poll1
Profile1

Step #4 – Transfer Widgets to New Blogger Template

</body></html>

Now you’re going to replace that code with the following bit of code:

<b:section id='widgets-placeholder' showaddelement='yes'/></body></html>

Save your template and you’ll see this message (which is a good sign):

<b:section id='widgets-placeholder' showaddelement='yes'/></body></html>

There should now be a bunch more code in between it which will look something like this:

<b:section id='backupwidget' showaddelement='yes'><b:widget id='BloggerButton1' locked='false' title='' type='BloggerButton'/>

<b:widget id='Poll1' locked='false' title='What is your favorite car' type='Poll'/>

<b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Blog Archive' type='BlogArchive'/>

<b:widget id='Profile1' locked='false' title='About Me' type='Profile'/>

</b:section></body></html>

</body></html>

Step #5 – Move Your Widgets Back To Their Original Spots

Summary

Still Having Problems?

How to Install a Blogger XML Template

08:25 blogger

Step #1 – Backup Your Current Template

Step #2 – Take a Screenshot of Your Page Elements

Step #3 – Upload Your New Blogger Template

Widgets are about to be deleted

Please confirm that the following widgets should be deleted. All the widgets’ configuration data will be lost.

Text1
BloggerButton1
Poll1
Profile1

Step #4 – Transfer Widgets to New Blogger Template

</body></html>

Now you’re going to replace that code with the following bit of code:

<b:section id='widgets-placeholder' showaddelement='yes'/></body></html>

Save your template and you’ll see this message (which is a good sign):

<b:section id='widgets-placeholder' showaddelement='yes'/></body></html>

There should now be a bunch more code in between it which will look something like this:

<b:section id='backupwidget' showaddelement='yes'><b:widget id='BloggerButton1' locked='false' title='' type='BloggerButton'/>

<b:widget id='Poll1' locked='false' title='What is your favorite car' type='Poll'/>

<b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Blog Archive' type='BlogArchive'/>

<b:widget id='Profile1' locked='false' title='About Me' type='Profile'/>

</b:section></body></html>