Template Designer: Add style with custom CSS code snippet

Modifying your blog appearance usually requires you to edit your template’s existing CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) code or adding new codes. To add a CSS code snippet, go to Template > Edit HTML > Proceed (for old interface: Design > Edit HTML) page and insert the code in the CSS section of the template. That’s what you would do if you are using a regular layout template. However if you use the new

5 more reasons why you should use Windows Live Writer

This article is a continuation of my previous article titled 5 reasons why you should switch Windows Live Writer, just in case you need some more convincing before switching to WLW. Below are five more reasons why you should use WLW as your desktop blog client. 1. (HTML) Headings Easily set heading texts. Just place the cursor on text and select the type of heading from the dropdown

Add Custom Search box to navigation/menu bar

This tutorial will show you how to add a Google Custom Search box to horizontal navigation bar, just like what you see here in Blogger Sentral. (Google Custom Search enables you to search within a collection of blogs or websites of your choice). Step 1. Create your custom search engine For the custom search to work you need a Google custom search engine to go with the search box. Follow

Adding non-static page tabs to pages/PageList gadget

Update Sep. 2011: Blogger now has the ability to add web links to pages gadget, as such the original hack is no longer necessary. With the new Blogger UI (user interface), you can add any web links (external links, label URLs, individual post links etc.) to the pages gadget. Here’s how: Switch to the new interface by clicking the “Try the updated Blogger interface” link at the top of the screen

Check blog speed, ranks, backlinks and broken links

Yes now you can check your blog page loading speed, Google Pagerank, Alexa rank, backlinks, broken links, reciprocal link and meta tags right here on Blogger Sentral. I have made a special page containing tools to help you check some of your blog SEO metrics. Click SEO TOOLS tab on the navigation bar to access the tools. Below is the list of available tools: Speed tester Check page

Dropdown menu for post titles list

A reader asked me whether I could convert the All Post Titles List into a dropdown list, similar to the labels dropdown list. So here we go, as per requested -a tutorial for a dropdown list for all post title listing. If you have a mile long post title list, then this hack is just for you. I. Converting Post Titles List to dropdown Follow these simple steps: Install the All Post Titles