Installing Google translator widget with flags

Do you want to reach wider international audience? What better way to do it than by allowing your readers to read your articles in his or her own language! Installing a translator on your webpage or blog will do just that. Google translator can translate your web page into 56 languages (as of 24 August 2009). In this tutorial I will show you how to add a Google translator widget complete with the

How to number comments in Blogger

Communicate better with your readers by improving your comments section. A while back I wrote a tutorial on how to highlight author comments to help readers spot blog author’s response to their comments. In this article I will show you how to number comments, in other words to display a number to each comment. Some of the benefits are: Having a number attached to each comment greatly

Adding a column (sidebar) to Blogger template

In this tutorial we will attempt to create an additional column or sidebar to Minima Blogger template layout. We will add an exact copy of the existing sidebar (in pink). The main column, which contains post area will be left intact. As you can see in the layout, header, main and sidebar wrapper are elements contained inside outer-wrapper. In order to add a sidebar, you have to increase the

Center or right align header image and title on Blogger

If you uploaded your header image via Page Elements, Blogger will automatically align it to the left. There are no options for middle and right alignment. So then, it possible to align the image in at the center or to the right of the header? Yes it is possible -using CSS (Cascading style sheet). But to define a HTML element in CSS you must first know the element ID or class name. After some

How to embed a Picasa slideshow on a Blogger blog

Posting a picture in a post helps push the message across, after all a picture is worth a thousand words. But posting too many pictures will inevitably adds to the length of your post, sometimes too long for your readers’ comfort. How then can you add pictures while keeping your post short? The answer is by using a slideshow. I. Making the slideshow Go to Picasa Web Albums and sign-in with

Finding blogspot blogs by location

Are you having trouble finding blogspot blogs from a specific location, like from a certain country, state or city? Or wonder if it is even possible to search for blogs according to their location? Well, it is possible, you can browse them from your Blogger Profile page. Here is how to do it. Go to Dashboard and click View Profile to view your own Blogger profile. Notice under

Creating navigation or menu tabs in Blogger

A typical navigation bar/tabs A navigation or menu bar is a bar made up of tabs. “Behind” each of those tabs is a link -to a post page, a static page, a label page, to another website etc. Making navigation tabs is not that difficult. They are basically links with some styling added for visual appeal. While links are arranged vertically,