Add Google Map Search to Blog.

To add a Google Map Search to your blog.........go to http://www.google.com/apis/maps/ and click on the Sign up for a Google Maps API key button. It will take you to this page :http://www.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html. This key identifies your web site to Google and helps them track usage of Google Maps. A new and distinct key is needed for each directory on your website that includes Google

Add Widget to provide Button-Link to your Blog.

You can now add a widget to your blog with a button which when clicked adds a button link to your blog from the reader's blog. This is done automatically without the reader having to type in even a line of code.....First create a button by going to http://cooltext.com/Buttons and create a button for your blog. Then upload this button picture to a freehost like Googlepages and copy down the url

You can add code to the template in beta at these places..........If you cannot see the full table below please go here.Where To Add Code in Beta TemplatesCODE TO BE ADDED PARTS OF TEMPLATE LANGUAGE DECLARATIONS createSummary("summary7418397328553362188");

Practical approach to Hacking Beta Templates.

You want your blog to stand out among the millions of blogs in the blogosphere then....you will have to learn how to hack the beta blogger template. Classic Blogger had HTML templates which were easy to hack. You could load them into various WYSIWYG site builders and customize them easily. This is not the case with beta blogger.Beta Blogger Templates are made of XML/XHTML. See What is

Download Three Column Beta Template.

Download Three Column Beta Template with the following features............This template is an original Stretch Denim Beta Blogger Template by Darren Delaye to which I have added a third column. The added features are : Third Column for Advertisements or other Page Elements. Add Page Element to Header Add Page Element to Footer Add Page Element to Posts Column Add upto 4 Page

Add a Country Map to your Blog.

To add a country map to your blog............first you willhave to follow the instructions in Add a Google Map to your blog. (Step 1) After having added the map to your blog you need the Latitude and Longitude of the point on earth where you want to center your map. Do this by entering the place name in Google along with the words 'latitude longitude' and pressing Search.Google will give the

Add a Google MAP to your Blog.

Skip to POST UPDATE.To add a Google Map to your blog go to ..........http://www.google.com/apis/maps/ and click on the Sign up for a Google Maps API key button. It will take you to this page :http://www.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html. This key identifies your web site to Google and helps them track usage of Google Maps. A new and distinct key is needed for each directory on your website that

Add a Google AJAX Search to your Blog.

To add a Google AJAX Search to your Blog go to.............http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/ and get a Google AJAX Search API key. Click onSign up for a Google AJAX Search API key button and you will be taken to this page:http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/signup.html. Put a check in the box where it says I have read and agree with the terms and conditions and paste your blog url in

How to Add a Google Custom Search Engine to Blog?

You can add a Google Custom Search Engine to your blog............like I have done at the top of the right sidebar. A Custom Search Engine can be used for the following purposes : To place a search box and search results on your website. To specify or prioritize the sites you want to include in searches. To customize the look and feel to match your website. To invite your

How To Add a Favicon to your Blog?

To add a Favicon to your blog you...............have to create one first. You can create a favicon in an icon editor software or generate one online. One useful free program to create it in is IconEdit32. Search for it in Google and download and install it. It can create 16x16 icons and 32x32 icons. The first is very small and so it is better to create one of the latter size.A Favicon is

How to Customize your Header?

To customize the header in a beta blog...........start with BACKING UP YOUR TEMPLATE as described in How to Change Template.The Blog Header in Beta blogs is described by two sections of code. The first section is in the CSS part of the template where the physical characteristics of the header are described. A sample header code in the CSS is given below :/* Blog Header---------------------- */#

How to Add a Banner Link in the Footer.

To Insert a Banner Link in the Footer you must first...............have a banner ready. You can create your own banner in an image editing program like I have done or go to an online banner generator. To find an online banner generator just type 'free banner generator' in Google's Search Box and hit Enter.Once you have made a banner upload it to a free host like GooglePages. At present

How to insert Banner Link to your Blog in each Post.

To Insert a Banner Link to your blog you must first...............have a banner ready. You can create your own banner in an image editing program like I have done or go to an online banner generator. To find an online banner generator just type 'free banner generator' in Google's Search Box and hit Enter.Once you have made a banner upload it to a free host like GooglePages. At present

How to Analyze Site Traffic with Google Analytics.

To analyze web site traffic with Google Analytics you will.....first have to add the Analytics code to your blog template. To do this go to Google Analytics and register with your Google account. It is free and has no limitations. On the Analytics Settings page click on '+ Add Website Profile' link in the top frame of the Website Profiles box. This takes you to the ' Create New Website

What is XML, XHTML?

XML and XHTML are two new terms popping up into the beta bloggers' lexicon and we consider them here.....First came SGML. Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) is a metalanguage in which one can define markup languages for documents. SGML is a descendant of IBM's Generalized Markup Language (GML), developed in the 1960s by Charles Goldfarb, Edward Mosher and Raymond Lorie (whose surname

Advantages of Beta Blogger.

The Advantages of the new Beta Blogger are...............many and I have tried to list a few of them here :ON THE SPOT EDITING. Login to your dashboard by going to Beta Blogger. Click on View Blog next to the name of your blog. Your blog opens as it would if you accessed it by goingdirectly to its URL. However there is a difference. Under each post and page element you will see a crossed

How To List Previous Posts by Title.

To list All Previous Posts by Title...............you will use your blog's RSS feed to put content into your sidebar. How to do this has already been described in the post : Add Content with RSS Feeds in a general way. This is a special case in which you can use this method to display the title of all your previous posts in the sidebar.STEP 1. The feed for your beta blog is of the format :http:

How To Submit Site to Search Engines?

To submit your blog/site to other Search Engines............heryou should know that there are free submissions and paid submissions. Copy and paste the following URLs to the address bar of your browser to go there and submit your site to them.For Yahoo go here. It is free but you need to have a Yahoo account which is also free. After logging in to yahoo.com click on "My Yahoo" button just

How to Submit Site to Google?

To submit your blog to the Search Engines..............After completing your blog and postings you have to submit your blog to the major Search Engines. This is because there are millions of sites out there on the world wide web and the search bots/spiders will not come to your site/blog unless you inform them that a site has been constructed and needs viewers.There are millions of sites on the