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I am back to my bloggger blog

It has been couple of months since i last posted on my blog. Although i was browsing my blog regularly but could not write a post. I was busy in attending a Training on SAP to update myself with the latest technology and also to advance in my career. Its a bit cold now but its a lovely whether to live in and enjoying ginger tea. What happened to my blog this is something that i want to share with my readers. Is it good or bad to give your blog a break. Here are some of the points i made during the period:

Better visibility in google search results
Number of visitors increased
Got more comments even though i did not updated my blog
Remarkable increase in adsense revenue
Improvement in Google Page Rank
Remarkable improvement in Alexa Page rank

Most of SEO companies do not suggest to give your blog a break in fact they suggest you to update your blog regularly. I do not agree with these suggestions as my blog performed better in search results when it was not updated for a couple of months.

Conclusion Just write good quality matter on your blog and rest you better leave it on google to index your blog.

Soon i will write a post so just wait for it.

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Labels: Post Title Slideshow, Widgets and Add-ons

Post Title with excerpts slideshow widget

I always wanted to have this kind of widget showing Post Titles with a short excerpts in my blog and now i have it in blog just below the header adding extra functionality to my blog/website.Now i want to describe some of the features of this widget:

1.It comes with Blog title,Post Titles,Date of Publish,Excerpt from the post(optional).
2.The time delay between each Post Title show is 5 seconds.
3.It also comes with a border which can be turned off as well.
4.We can halt the rotation by hovering with mouse cursor over the post title till mouse moves off the item.
5.You can also customize this widget according to your needs that best suits your blogger template blog.

Now the Important Part is how to integrate it in your blogger template blog.
Here is the step by step procedure:
Step One Log In to Blogger Account.
Step Two From the Dashboard Click Layout link.
Step Three Add a Gadget(HTML/JavaScript) just above the blog Posts as shown below:

Step Four Copy the code below:

<style type="text/css">
.gfg-root {
width : 100%;
height : auto;
position : relative;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : center;
font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
font-size: 20px;
border: 1px solid #BCCDF0;
}

.gfg-title {
font-size: 24px;
font-weight : bold;
color : #3366cc;
background-color: #E5ECF9;
line-height : 1.4em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
}

.gfg-title a {
color : #3366cc;
}

.gfg-subtitle {
font-size: 20px;
font-weight : bold;
color : #3366cc;
background-color: #E5ECF9;
line-height : 1.4em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
margin-bottom : 0px;
}

.gfg-subtitle a {
color : #3366cc;
display:none !important;
}

.gfg-entry {
background-color : white;
width : 100%;
height : 6.9em;
position : relative;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : left;
margin-top : 3px;
}

/* To allow correct behavior for overlay */
.gfg-root .gfg-entry .gf-result {
position : relative;
background-color : white;
width : auto;
height : 100%;
padding-left : 20px;
padding-right : 5px;
}

.gfg-list {
position : relative;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : left;
margin-bottom : 5px;
display:none !important;
}

.gfg-listentry {
line-height : 1.5em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
text-overflow : ellipsis;
-o-text-overflow : ellipsis;
padding-left : 15px;
padding-right : 5px;
margin-left : 5px;
margin-right : 5px;
}

.gfg-listentry-odd {
background-color : #F6F6F6;
}

.gfg-listentry-even {
}

.gfg-listentry-highlight {
background-image : url('garrow.gif');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position : center left;
}

/*
* FeedControl customizations.
*/

.gfg-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-title {
font-size: 24px;
line-height : 1.2em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
text-overflow : ellipsis;
-o-text-overflow : ellipsis;
margin-bottom : 2px;
}

.gfg-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-snippet {
height : 3.8em;
color: #000000;
margin-top : 3px;
}

/*
* Easy way to get horizontal mode, applicable via js options to gadget.
*/

.gfg-horizontal-container {
position : relative;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root {
height : 1.5em;
_height : 100%;
position : relative;
white-space : nowrap;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : center;
font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;
padding : 5px;
margin-right : 80px;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-title {
font-weight : bold;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
line-height : 1.5em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
float : left;
padding-left : 10px;
padding-right : 12px;
border-right: 1px solid #AAAAAA;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-title a {
color : #444444;
text-decoration : none;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry {
width : auto;
height : 1.5em;
position : relative;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : left;
margin-top : 0px;
margin-left : 0px;
padding-left : 10px;
}

/* To allow correct behavior for overlay */
.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result {
position : relative;
background-color : white;
width : 100%;
height : 100%;
line-height : 1.5em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-list {
display : none;
}

/*
* FeedControl customizations.
*/

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-snippet,
.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-author {
display : none;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-title {
color: #0000cc;
margin-right : 3px;
float : left;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-spacer {
float : left;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-spacer,
.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-relativePublishedDate {
display : block;
color: #AAAAAA;
}

.gfg-branding {
white-space : nowrap;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : left;
position : absolute;
right : 0px;
top : 0px;
width : 80px;
}

.gfg-collapse-open, .gfg-collapse-closed {
background-repeat : no-repeat;
background-position : center;
cursor : pointer;
float : right;
width : 17px;
height : 20px;
}

.gfg-collapse-open {
background-image : url('arrow_open.gif');
}

.gfg-collapse-closed {
background-image : url('arrow_close.gif');
}

.gfg-collapse-href {
float : left;
}

.clearFloat {
clear : both;
}
#feedGadget {
margin-top : 5px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
width : 440px;
font-size: 10px;
color: #9CADD0;
}
</style>
<noscript><a href="http://techcenterplace.blogspot.com" target="_blank">

Blogger Hacks</a></noscript> <script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi/?key=internal-sample" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/dynamicfeed/gfdynamicfeedcontrol.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript">function showGadget() { var feeds = [{title:'title', url:'http://MYBLOG.blogspot.com/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=999'}, ];new GFdynamicFeedControl(feeds, 'feedGadget', {numResults : 1000, stacked : true,title: "BLOG_TITLE ~ Random Posts."});} google.load("feeds", "1");google.setOnLoadCallback(showGadget); </script> <noscript><a href="http://techcenterplace.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Blogger Hacks</a></noscript> <div id="feedGadget">Loading...</div> <div id="feedGadget"><a href=http://techcenterplace.blogspot.com/ target="_blank">Click Here To Grab This Widget</a>~Design By-<a href="http://www.blogdoctor.me" target="_blank">Blogdoctor</a>.</div>

Step Five Make changes in code shown in red color as suggested below:
Change "MYBLOG" to actual blog subdomain and "BLOG_TITLE" to actual title of your blog.Now Copy and paste the modified code in the HTML/Java Scipt gadget(Created in step three) and click save button on the gadget.

Step Six View the Blog in the browser window and see if it is appearing correctly.Let's take a look at the screen shot of this widget.

Customizations:

Width:Look for the following section of code and change the width suitable to your blogger template.

#feedGadget {
margin-top : 5px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
width : 590px;
font-size: 16px;
color: #9CADD0;
}

Border: If you do not want to show border then look for the following section of code and the border width to 0px.

.gfg-horizontal-root {
height : 1.5em;
_height : 100%;
position : relative;
white-space : nowrap;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : center;
font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;
padding : 5px;
margin-right : 80px;
}

Font-Size:
You can also change the fonts of the widget.To change the font-size of Post titles look for the following section of Code and change font-size suited for your blog.

.gfg-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-title {
font-size: 24px;
line-height : 1.2em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
text-overflow : ellipsis;
-o-text-overflow : ellipsis;
margin-bottom : 2px;
}

I have described some important customizations generally needed for bloggers.You can explore a number of other customizations for your blogger blog.

Labels: Encode HTML Code, HTML Code in blogger post

How to display HTML code in a Blogger Post

Do you want to display some HTML Code in your post as it is. As some of the HTML symbols have some special meaning in HTML so it is very difficult for HTML/XML parser to differentiate between them and the actual programming HTML code.
The result is that HTML code does not appear in your blogger post. Therefore it needs to tell the browser not to parse the HTML code so that it will be displayed correctly. Web design practices also suggests that HTML Code should look different from rest of the content therefore it’s better if displayed in a separate box. The background and color settings of the box can set in the CSS code.

Step 1: Parse/Encode the HTML code using an online parser like centricle.com and save this code in a notepad file for further use.
Step 2:Copy the code below

.postCode{
background: none repeat scroll 0 0;
border:2px solid Silver;
height:'auto';
margin:10px;
overflow:auto;
padding:6px;
text-align:left;
}

and Paste this code above the following line of code.

]]></b:skin>

Step 3:Implementing the HTML code
Go to Posting>Create a new Post
Step 4: Click the Edit Html Tab(in Post editor)
<pre class='postCode'>
Paste your Encoded/Parsed HTML code here(created in Step 1)
</pre>
Step 5:Publish the post and see the post if HTML code is displayed in desired format or not.
Let's take a look at the screen shot as below:

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Labels: Google Translate Widget, Language Translater

How to Add a Language Translater Widget

Do you want to add a Language Translator widget to your Blog, offering your readers the functionality of converting the blog in any language.Both Microsoft and Google added widgets for translating your web page into another language. I have recently added a Google Language Translate Widget in my
Blog. With this Google translation widget you can translate English to many other languages like Arabic , Bulgarian , Chinese , Croatian , Czech , danish , Dutch , Finnish , French , German , Greek , Hindi , Italian , Japanese , Korean ,Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese ,Romanian , Russian , Spanish and Swedish. Lets take a look at the widgets:

Here is the step by step procedure to add Google Translate widget:
Step 1:From dashboard Log In to your blogger account and go to Layout.On the right side bar Click the Add a Gadget tab and select HTML/Java Script from the widget type list.

Step 2:Paste the following line of Code into the above created widget:

<script src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://www.google.com/
ig/module/translatemypage.xml&up_source_language=en&w=160&h=60&title=&
border=amp;output=js"></script>

Step3:Save changes and Preview your blog to see the widget working or not.
Now let's have a look at the sample Page after the translation in Hindi:

Conclusion: I have used the Google Translate Widget in my blog and its translation is good except some minor mistakes.The only thing i dislike about this widget is that it has got a slightly big size as Google Logo has been embeded inside the widget. Other popular widgets are Microsoft Translate and Yahoo Babel Fish.The Microsoft widget works only with Internet Explorer and the Yahoo Babel Fish widget does not support as many languages as a Google widget.
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Labels: Blog, Blogging, Pros and Cons, Side-Effects

Side-Effects of Blogging

I started blogging after reading a article in newspaper about the blogging guys who are into the business of blogging after quitting their high paying jobs. Then, i started reading blogs like Digital Inspiration, ProBlogger and some other, all were telling the benefits of blogging and getting inspiration from these bloggers pushed me to start a blog. Now it's been a couple of months of my blogging life and believe me i am feeling the side effects of blogging.

Even the most beautiful things have some kind of side-effects whether they are less serious/casual in nature. For eg.like medicines(which saves so many lives) have some kind of side-effects so as blogging though they are not as serious as the side effects of medicines. Though blogging is in fashion these days but it also has some casual side-effects:

Before i could thought of writing a post on side-effects of blogging ,i noticed some physical side-effects of blogging like sore back and mental fatigue. Before i further go into the side-effects, let's have a look on the Oxford Dictionary's definition of Blog:

According to Oxford Dictionary a Blog is "a Web site on which an individual or group of users produces an ongoing narrative." According to Wikipedia

"A blog (a contraction of the term "weblog") is a type of 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."

I conclude that a blogger need to collect a lot of information when writing a post. He may have to type lot of text and to collect images and links needed to write a good post. He may also need some data for writing a comprehensive article so may need to frequent search information on google search.Therefore a blogger usually spent most of their time sitting on computer, browsing different websites to mange their blogs.Now i will discuss some positive and negative side-effects of blogging.

My life style has been changed a lot because of blogging and here you can see the comparative view before and after i started blogging.

Before After

Rise Time Early 7AM Late 10AM

Tea 3 Cups in a day 5-6 cups in day

Lunch 1-2 PM 2-4PM

Dinner 8-9PM 10-11PM

Going to sleep 10-11PM 12-2 AM

Some of the general negative effects of Blogging are:

Sore Back and mental fatigue: An overdose of blogging may result in sore back and fatigue.So keep your blogging sessions short and take short breaks after a couple of hours blogging session.
Lack of Vitamin D:I usually remain indoors since i started blogging and this can lead to lack of Vitamin D.When we remain indoors there is less exposure to sun therefore may result in lack of Vitamin D.
Skipping of Meals:You would also agree with me that usually bloggers skips meals as they completely lost in blogging.This may result result in more intake of Tea/coffee and Snacks which is not very good for our health.

Reduction in Creativity: Bloggers spent most of their time on Internet searching various information/data for the articles they wish to write about.You may become less creative as you usually finds every information/data on Internet.

Some Positive effects of Blogging:
Typing Speed:Your typing speed may improve and you become better at remembering the spellings.
Internet Knowledge:Your knowledge of Internet can increase and you may become an expert of goggle search and Internet.
Practice of Writing:You may become better at writing as you end up practicing writing almost every day.
Self esteem Booster: Your self esteem can increase as you feel there are people who reads your posts and care about you.
Financial Gains: Blogging can give you name,f ame as well as money.You can earn a substantial amount of money by displaying AdSense Ads and the ads from other websites like infolinks etc. .

Do's and Dont's for Bloggers:
1.Keep your blogging sessions short not more than couple of hours.
2.Do some yogic exercises and meditation for a healthy body and mind.
3.Do not replace your meals with refreshments as most of the bloggers usually do.
4.Go for a nutritious meal as this will help you writing creatively.

5.Now the most important advice, you should meditate for at least 15 Minutes to 30 Minutes if you want to be a successful blogger.Meditation brings a clarity of thoughts which is very important in writing/blogging.

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Labels: Blogger Template, Widgets and Add-ons

Reactions: New feature by Blogger

Recently Blogger has added a new feature for bloggers,to get the quick reactions of readers.The feature was much awaited by the bloggers and finally google has paid attention to the voice of bloggers and came up with a feature which i call as fresh.
Some of the readers of a blog will find it easier to give their feedback about an article rather than going through a series of steps to comment.I have already added this feature as you can see below the post title.Here is the step by step procedure to add a Reactions button:
Step 1:Log In to your blogger account and from dashbord Go to Layout>Page Elements.

Step 2:Focus on Blog Post and click the Edit button as:

Step 3:You will see following screen as:

Check the Reactions From the list of options and Press the Save Button.
Ste 4:Click the Vew Blog link and You will see reactions feature has been added in your posts.

I hope now bloggers has a reason to smile, atleast they hope to get some quick reactions from the readers.
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