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Add Flash Animated Label Tags to Blog

12:02 AM Emely No comments

Wanna add some cool stuff to your blog? Animations in your sidebar will give additional attention and attractions to your readers. Below is a short procedure on how you can add flash animation label tag on your side bar.

Step 1: Log In to your Blogger Account

Step 2: Go to Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML

Step 3: Find the code below:



<b:section class='sidebar' id='sidebar' preferred='yes'>

Step 4: Paste the following code after the above code:



<b:widget id='Label99' locked='false' title='Labels' type='Label'>

<b:includable id='main'>

<b:if cond='data:title'>

<h2><data:title/></h2>

</b:if>

<div class='widget-content'>

<script src='http://halotemplates.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-cumulus-example/swfobject.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<div id='flashcontent'></div>

<script type='text/javascript'>

var so = new SWFObject("http://halotemplates.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-cumulus-example/tagcloud.swf", "tagcloud", "240", "300", "7", "#ffffff");

// uncomment next line to enable transparency

//so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");

so.addVariable("tcolor", "0x333333");

so.addVariable("mode", "tags");

so.addVariable("distr", "true");

so.addVariable("tspeed", "100");

so.addVariable("tagcloud", "<tags><b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'><a expr:href='data:label.url' style='12'><data:label.name/></a></b:loop></tags>");

so.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "always");

so.write("flashcontent");

</script>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>

</div>

</b:includable>

</b:widget>

Step 5: Save Your Template.

NOTE: You can change its location on the sidebar.

Add Video to Blog Post

3:35 AM Emely No comments

One way that your post looks interesting is to insert videos. As you notice, blogspot no longer include the "insert video" option when you add a new post to your blog. But without it, you can still insert videos by embeding HTML codes from your video host like youtube.

Step 1: Open new window and search YouTube.com. Search the video you want to insert in your post.

Step 2: Copy the embed video code.

Step 3: Open your Blog Post. Choose Edit HTML tab. Paste the embed video code.

Step 4: Publish Post.

Improve Blog Rank to Google

2:57 AM Emely No comments

One way that the blog gain traffic is improve its rank to search engines like google, yahoo, msn, etc. I would like to share a simple tips so that your blog will increase its rank to google search engine.

Note: Always back-up your templates before making any changes.

Step 1: Go to Blogger Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML