Good news for all New Blogger users who want to make more money through Adsense!
One of the most strategic place to put adsense is in between posts.
Recently, Blogger has enabled a feature which allows us to place adsense ads in between blog posts.
Here are the links from Blogger and Googles Adsense Blog for the instructions to do so:
* http://adsense.blogspot.com/2007/08/get-inline.html
* http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=50288
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Learn Basic HTML
For bloggers, sometimes we can’t avoid to deal with HTML. Although we don’t need to become an “expert” in HTML codes, understanding at least the very basic of HTML can really help to improve the appearance of your blog.
Here are some websites that I like for learning basic HTML:
* http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp (You can do experimenting HTML in this website too)
* http://www.pageresource.com/html/index2.htm
* http://www.echoecho.com/html.htm
I think those websites are good as a start for those who are keen to learn it. I'm not very familiar with HTML codes myself. I’m also learning it. Anyway, I’m always interested in learning new things. Hope it can be useful.
Have a nice weekend ahead. :)
Here are some websites that I like for learning basic HTML:
* http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp (You can do experimenting HTML in this website too)
* http://www.pageresource.com/html/index2.htm
* http://www.echoecho.com/html.htm
I think those websites are good as a start for those who are keen to learn it. I'm not very familiar with HTML codes myself. I’m also learning it. Anyway, I’m always interested in learning new things. Hope it can be useful.
Have a nice weekend ahead. :)
Thursday, June 21, 2007
How To Hide Blogs From Blogger’s Profile
When you create a few blogs under one Blogger account, all the blogs you created will be shown in your profile when the readers click “View My Complete Profile” link under “About Me”. However, if the blog has just been created or not ready to be published yet and you don’t want other people to view them first, you can “hide” it to prevent people from viewing it.
There are 2 possible ways that I know of to “hide” the blogs from your Blogger profile:
Alternative 1:
1) Log in to Blogger. In the Dashboard, click “Settings” and it will bring you to “Settings” tab. Then click “Permissions”.
2) In “Blog Readers” Section, tick “Only Blog Authors”. Then a message pops up. Click “Allow Authors Only” to confirm it.
With this alternative, your blog’s name will still appear in your Blogger profile, but the readers would not be able to access / open it.
Alternative 2:
1) Log in to Blogger. In the Dashboard, click “Edit Profile” link at the right side of the Dashboard. This will bring you to “Edit User Profile” page.
2) Under “Privacy” section, click “Select blogs to display”. Then uncheck the blog’s name you’d like to hide. Click “Save Settings” to save it.
With this alternative, your blog’s name will not be shown in your Blogger profile. It’s “hidden” from your readers when they view your profile. However, this blog is actually still accessible by other people if they happen to find your blog in the search engine such as Technocrati, although the chances are very slim if the blog is very new. Hence, you can also combine this with Alternative 1 to prevent people from accessing this blog at all, if needed.
You might be interested in the following topics:
* How To Add A Backgound Image / Picture To Your Blogger’s Header
* How To Add A New Page Element (For Adsense Ads or Image / Picture) In Blog Header Of Blogger Templates
* How To Add A New Page Element (For Adsense Ads/Link Unit, Google Search Bar, or Text)
At The Top Of The Main Column (Blog Posts) Of Blogger Templates
* Some Tips To Solve Problems in New Blogger
* How To Change The Width Of The Blogger Templates
There are 2 possible ways that I know of to “hide” the blogs from your Blogger profile:
Alternative 1:
1) Log in to Blogger. In the Dashboard, click “Settings” and it will bring you to “Settings” tab. Then click “Permissions”.
2) In “Blog Readers” Section, tick “Only Blog Authors”. Then a message pops up. Click “Allow Authors Only” to confirm it.
With this alternative, your blog’s name will still appear in your Blogger profile, but the readers would not be able to access / open it.
Alternative 2:
1) Log in to Blogger. In the Dashboard, click “Edit Profile” link at the right side of the Dashboard. This will bring you to “Edit User Profile” page.
2) Under “Privacy” section, click “Select blogs to display”. Then uncheck the blog’s name you’d like to hide. Click “Save Settings” to save it.
With this alternative, your blog’s name will not be shown in your Blogger profile. It’s “hidden” from your readers when they view your profile. However, this blog is actually still accessible by other people if they happen to find your blog in the search engine such as Technocrati, although the chances are very slim if the blog is very new. Hence, you can also combine this with Alternative 1 to prevent people from accessing this blog at all, if needed.
You might be interested in the following topics:
* How To Add A Backgound Image / Picture To Your Blogger’s Header
* How To Add A New Page Element (For Adsense Ads or Image / Picture) In Blog Header Of Blogger Templates
* How To Add A New Page Element (For Adsense Ads/Link Unit, Google Search Bar, or Text)
At The Top Of The Main Column (Blog Posts) Of Blogger Templates
* Some Tips To Solve Problems in New Blogger
* How To Change The Width Of The Blogger Templates
Sunday, June 17, 2007
How To Add A Backgound Image / Picture To Your Blogger’s Header
There are a few ways to add an image or a picture to a Blogger’s header as the background of blog’s title and description. However, some of the ways are more complex or need some changes to the HTML codes. I prefer the easy and simpler way.
Here are the steps of a simpler way to add an image to the Header:
1) Log in to Blogger. In the Dashboard, click “Layout” and it will bring you to “Template” >> “Page Element” tab.
2) Look at the Header’s Page Element at the top of the Layout which contains the title of your blog. Click “Edit” and you will get the following pop-up:
3) If the image for your header is saved in your computer, tick the option “From your computer” and click “Browse”. Then locate the folder where your image is saved.
If the image is hosted on the web, tick the option “From the web” and type the URL of the hosted image.
4) Click “Save Changes”. Then click “View Blog” to view the result.
NOTE:
a) If you don’t like what you see and want to remove the image, then click “Edit” again on the Header’s Page Element. In the pop-up window, click “Remove Image”, and then click “Save Changes”.
b) After doing the above steps, by default, the header image will be shown as the background of your blog title and description. In case you have a header image that already contains your blog title and description, you can also place the header image to cover the default blog title & description.
Here is how to do it:
Click “Edit” on the Header’s Page Element. In the pop-up window, you can see that the option “Behind title and description” under “Placement” has been ticked by default. Now tick “Instead of title and description” option instead. Then click “Save Changes”.
c) To get the best result for an image to be the header’s background, you should use the image that has the same width as the header of your blog. If you’re not sure what’s the width of your header, please refer to this post to find out: How To Find The Width Of The Header, Main Column And Sidebar Of The Blogger Templates
d) In case you’d like to change the title and description alignment (e.g. to be left-aligned instead of centered-aligned), you can read the following post:
How To Change The Text Alignment For The Blog Header’s Title And Description
You might be interested in the following topics:
* How To Add A New Page Element (For Adsense Ads or Image / Picture) In Blog Header Of Blogger Templates
* How To Add A New Page Element (For Adsense Ads/Link Unit, Google Search Bar, or Text)
At The Top Of The Main Column (Blog Posts) Of Blogger Templates
* Some Tips To Solve Problems in New Blogger
* How To Change The Width Of The Blogger Templates
Here are the steps of a simpler way to add an image to the Header:
1) Log in to Blogger. In the Dashboard, click “Layout” and it will bring you to “Template” >> “Page Element” tab.
2) Look at the Header’s Page Element at the top of the Layout which contains the title of your blog. Click “Edit” and you will get the following pop-up:
3) If the image for your header is saved in your computer, tick the option “From your computer” and click “Browse”. Then locate the folder where your image is saved.
If the image is hosted on the web, tick the option “From the web” and type the URL of the hosted image.
4) Click “Save Changes”. Then click “View Blog” to view the result.
NOTE:
a) If you don’t like what you see and want to remove the image, then click “Edit” again on the Header’s Page Element. In the pop-up window, click “Remove Image”, and then click “Save Changes”.
b) After doing the above steps, by default, the header image will be shown as the background of your blog title and description. In case you have a header image that already contains your blog title and description, you can also place the header image to cover the default blog title & description.
Here is how to do it:
Click “Edit” on the Header’s Page Element. In the pop-up window, you can see that the option “Behind title and description” under “Placement” has been ticked by default. Now tick “Instead of title and description” option instead. Then click “Save Changes”.
c) To get the best result for an image to be the header’s background, you should use the image that has the same width as the header of your blog. If you’re not sure what’s the width of your header, please refer to this post to find out: How To Find The Width Of The Header, Main Column And Sidebar Of The Blogger Templates
d) In case you’d like to change the title and description alignment (e.g. to be left-aligned instead of centered-aligned), you can read the following post:
How To Change The Text Alignment For The Blog Header’s Title And Description
You might be interested in the following topics:
* How To Add A New Page Element (For Adsense Ads or Image / Picture) In Blog Header Of Blogger Templates
* How To Add A New Page Element (For Adsense Ads/Link Unit, Google Search Bar, or Text)
At The Top Of The Main Column (Blog Posts) Of Blogger Templates
* Some Tips To Solve Problems in New Blogger
* How To Change The Width Of The Blogger Templates
Thursday, June 14, 2007
How To Add A New Page Element (For Adsense Ads or Image / Picture) In Blog Header Of Blogger Templates
The updated Google Adsense Program Policy allows the publishers to place maximum of 3 Link Units on a single page, instead of 1. One strategic place to put Link Unit is below or above the blog header, as it works like a navigation link.
To do so in New Blogger template, we need to add a new page element widget at the blog header part. However, the New Blogger templates, both standard and modified templates available in the web, generally do not provide an “Add a Page Element” widget to add a page element at the blog's header part.
To add a new page element at the blog’s header part, we need to make some changes to the template codes. No clue how to do it? Don’t worry. It’s quite simple actually.
Here are the steps to add an “Add a Page Element” widget at Blog Header:
1) Log in to Blogger. In the Dashboard, click “Layout” and it will bring you to “Template” tab. Then click “Edit HTML”. This will open the template editor window.
2) Please remember that every time before you make any changes to the template, save a copy of your original codes first. In case there is something wrong, you can get back your original template again.
(Read this post in case you are not sure how to back up your template: How To Backup Your Blogger Template Codes).
3) Find the following codes in the template editor:
(You can simply click Ctrl+F for find the keyword <div id='header-wrapper' in the codes).
<div id='header-wrapper'>
<b:section class='header' id='header' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Header1' locked='true' title='Your Blog Title (Header)' type='Header'/>
4) Look particularly for the following:
a) maxwidgets='1'. Change it to: maxwidgets='3'.
You can change the number depending on how many widgets (maximum) you’d like to add at the header.
b) showaddelement='no'. Change it to: showaddelement='yes'.
After you change this, save the template by clicking “Save” button.
5) After that, click "Page Elements". Now you can notice that an additional "Add a Page Element" has been added at the Header".
Yes, it’s done. Now you can add a page element at the header part.
For example:
To place Adsense just below the blog header (e.g. to place an Adsense’s Link Unit under the header), firstly generate the Adsense codes (for Ads Unit, Link Unit or Google Search Bar) from your Adsense account.
Then click the "Add a Page Element” button at the top of the “Header”.
When a new window pops up, select “HTML/Javascript”, and then click "Add to blog".
Paste the Adsense codes into the box, and click "Save changes".
Then we can place the adsense under the header simply by dragging the new page element below the blog header.
Related Posts:
* How To Add A New Page Element (For Adsense Ads/Link Unit, Google Search Bar, or Text) At The Top Of The Main Column (Blog Posts) Of Blogger Templates
* How To Change The Text Alignment For The Blog Header’s Title And Description
* How To Add A Backgound Image / Picture To Your Blogger’s Header
* How To Change The Width Of The Blogger Templates
* Some Tips To Solve Problems in New Blogger
To do so in New Blogger template, we need to add a new page element widget at the blog header part. However, the New Blogger templates, both standard and modified templates available in the web, generally do not provide an “Add a Page Element” widget to add a page element at the blog's header part.
To add a new page element at the blog’s header part, we need to make some changes to the template codes. No clue how to do it? Don’t worry. It’s quite simple actually.
Here are the steps to add an “Add a Page Element” widget at Blog Header:
1) Log in to Blogger. In the Dashboard, click “Layout” and it will bring you to “Template” tab. Then click “Edit HTML”. This will open the template editor window.
2) Please remember that every time before you make any changes to the template, save a copy of your original codes first. In case there is something wrong, you can get back your original template again.
(Read this post in case you are not sure how to back up your template: How To Backup Your Blogger Template Codes).
3) Find the following codes in the template editor:
(You can simply click Ctrl+F for find the keyword <div id='header-wrapper' in the codes).
<div id='header-wrapper'>
<b:section class='header' id='header' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Header1' locked='true' title='Your Blog Title (Header)' type='Header'/>
4) Look particularly for the following:
a) maxwidgets='1'. Change it to: maxwidgets='3'.
You can change the number depending on how many widgets (maximum) you’d like to add at the header.
b) showaddelement='no'. Change it to: showaddelement='yes'.
After you change this, save the template by clicking “Save” button.
5) After that, click "Page Elements". Now you can notice that an additional "Add a Page Element" has been added at the Header".
Yes, it’s done. Now you can add a page element at the header part.
For example:
To place Adsense just below the blog header (e.g. to place an Adsense’s Link Unit under the header), firstly generate the Adsense codes (for Ads Unit, Link Unit or Google Search Bar) from your Adsense account.
Then click the "Add a Page Element” button at the top of the “Header”.
When a new window pops up, select “HTML/Javascript”, and then click "Add to blog".
Paste the Adsense codes into the box, and click "Save changes".
Then we can place the adsense under the header simply by dragging the new page element below the blog header.
Related Posts:
* How To Add A New Page Element (For Adsense Ads/Link Unit, Google Search Bar, or Text) At The Top Of The Main Column (Blog Posts) Of Blogger Templates
* How To Change The Text Alignment For The Blog Header’s Title And Description
* How To Add A Backgound Image / Picture To Your Blogger’s Header
* How To Change The Width Of The Blogger Templates
* Some Tips To Solve Problems in New Blogger
