As Google Video will be discontinuing uploads bloggers will now have to turn to Youtube to showcase their videos on their blogs. Uploading videos directly to Blogger can also frequently cause errors like...
The Labels Gadget for Classic Templates in Blogger.
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all readers of The Blogdoctor! As a sort of gift to all Ye Olde Classic Template users out there I decided to release The Labels Gadget for Classic...
Shows All Posts Blogger Gadget Installer.
The Blogger Archive Gadget shows only the post titles of the latest month (in Hierarchy mode). The rest of the months and post titles are hidden behind small black arrows which have to be clicked to reveal...
How to Change DNS Settings for Custom Domains?
Blogger offers a great method to change your blogspot address to a DOT COM address by buying a Custom Domain for only 10$ US. Using a Custom Domain gets your blog a brand new address without losing...
Join The Blog Doctor at Google Friend Connect.
Google Friend Connect the new social network from Google is out. To join The Blog Doctor Community via Friend Connect, please click the Join This Site button in the Members gadget in the middle column...
Create Thumbnail Albums in Blogger with WLW.
To create thumbnail albums in Blogger posts we create tables and insert images in each table cell. The process of coding a table in HTML is cumbersome and prone to errors. In Windows Live Writer...
15 Reasons to Use Windows Live Writer for Posting to Blogger.
Windows Live Writer is a client software used to post to blogs on various platforms directly without using a web browser. Here wre the advantages of using it for creating posts on your blog................1. ...
Introducing The Blog Doctor!
Many of the regular readers of this blog may have noticed that Beta Blogger for Dummies is now redirecting to http://www.blogdoctor.meYes, using the power of Blogger Custom Domains I finally bought www.Blogdoctor.me...
Two Types of Custom Domains.
Using Blogger's Custom Domain facility you can redirect your blogspot blog to a brand new domain or URL and it will cost you only 10$. Blogger is not however responsible for domain management services...
Cheap DOT COM Websites For 10$ US Only.
In these times of economic recession everyone wishes to save money. If you want to start a dot com website you will have to shell out dollars for hosting it. Using Blogger you can have a website...
How Custom Domains Work?
Instead of using long blog addresses like "thestoryofmyschoolyearsinamerica.blogspot.com" you can use Custom Domains to redirect the above blog to somethng more Web 2.0ish like "www.sasn.com" (Short And...
Blogger and Wordpress on same Domain.
You can have a Blogger blogspot blog and a Wordpress blog on the same domain. This will enable you to have the best of both worlds. The minimal cost is ten dollars for Blogger plus fifteen dollars for...
The Meta Gadget for Blogger.
Wordpress has a meta widget which can be added in the sidebar. It contains links to login, logout, feed links and the link to Wordpress.org. Blogger does not have such a gadget. Instead it has the Blogger...
Delete Comments Without Trash Can Icon!
To delete a Blogger comment first click the '4 COMMENTS' link below the post on the Main Page to open the comments page. Then click the Trash Can icon below the comment. Sometimes the Trash Can icon is...
Upgrade Classic Template without the "UPGRADE YOUR TEMPLATE" button.
Authentic Blogger Statement :"I would like to change my 'Template' to 'Layout' but on the tab 'Customize Design' I don't even see the button of 'Upgrade', what should I do? "Recently have seen many such...
How to Change Slideshow Size?
The slideshow gadget in Blogger is quite small and may look minuscule in larger width templates. If you have a large width sidebar and wish to increase the size of the slideshow within it here is how...
Ajax Blog List Gadget with Post Preview.
Last week Blogger enabled Google Gadgets for Layout Blogs. You can now add a Google Gadget directly by login at Blogger.com, click Layout link on Dashboard and click 'Add a Gadget' link. This replaces...
Table of Contents with Preview for Blogger.
A Table of Contents is essential for each blog so that readers can look at the post titles and decide which post to visit. The Blog Archives widget can be configured to show all post titles but it has...
The Minimalist Minima Photoblog Template.
The Minima Template or Layout is used whenever you want to customize your blog any which way you want. There are no graphics used in the template as are used in the Rounders template. The Rounders and...
Easy Blog Backup for Bloggers!
Blog Backup has always been a bit of a problem for bloggers ever since the advent of the New Blogger. In Classic Blogger it was easy by using the Httrack utility from httrack.com.In the new Blogger data...
Making the COMMENTS Link more User Friendly.
The "0 comments" link at the bottom of the blog posts can hardly be called intuitive. Viewers fail to understand it's significance. That is why on this blog I have customized it to make it more viewer...
How to Recover Deleted Blogs?
BLOGGER UPDATE 28 MARCH 2009Now Deleted blogs appear on Dashboard with option to Undelete them.Due to a change in Blogger policy last year deleted blogs could only be reclaimed by the owner/account which...
Quick Quiz for Bloggers.
Here is a quick quiz to find out more about common blogger queries. Enjoy!Blogger Quiz ...
List all the posts in alphabetical order in Blogger.
PROBLEM : How can you list all the posts in your blog in alphabetical order?SOLUTION :................We will use Yahoo Pipes to solve this problem as we did in How to Display Combined Labels in Blogger?GET...
How to Display Combined Labels in Blogger?
Labels are used in the new Blogger to categorize posts according to categories. Clicking on a Label in the sidebar displays all posts associated with that label. Click another label and all posts from...
Increase Traffic with Web Slices for Blogger.
Uptil now you could subscribe to blogs and read them in your Feed Reader. With Web Slices viewers can subscribe to parts of your blog page in Internet Explorer 8. They will then see updates directly...
Change Post Formatting According to Author.
If you have a Team Blog made up of two authors you can change the formatting of the posts written by one author to differentiate them from the other author's posts. In a Team Blog the About Me Profile...
Three Column Sand Dollar Template for Bloggers.
A reader wanted to modify the Sand Dollar Template to show three columns. This is a Fluid width template which resizes the blog according to the monitor resolution of the viewer's machine. It has two...
Equal Height Columns Template for Blogger.
Blogger has many templates which you can pick by going to Pick New Template under the Layout tab. At present all templates are two column templates. These have a main posts column and a sidebar at the...
Add Background Picture to Header in CSS.
In Blogger you can directly upload a picture to the Blog Header. A few bloggers have been reporting problems with this method. Hence here is the old method brushed up for use with Classic or Layouts Template........REMOVE...
How to Classify Blogger Labels?
Blogger introduced Labels to categorize posts with the introduction of the Layout Template. A Label is added in the bottom frame of the post editor when creating a post. All Labels are shown in a Label...
Different backgrounds in each post!
A background put in your blog serves as a sort of branding for your blog. For example if it is a travel blog a background picture of the Eiffel Tower can serve very well. You can also have transparent...
Monitor Blog Health in One Glance.
Google Webmasters is a very useful tool to see how your blog is doing in Google. To use this tool you have to add your blog to it by pasting a verification metatag in your template. After doing this...
Anchor Link to Skip to Top of Page and to Updates.
When your blog page is too long you have to provide navigation links to enable the viewer to quickly jump to the top of the page after scrolling down to the bottom. In Anchor Links and Mail To links I...
Free CSS Navigation Menus in Blogger.
A reader wanted to know how he could add a navigation menu bar in the header. You can add your most frequently occuring labels as tabs in the header (See header of this page) but if you want to add only...
Three Column Template in Three Steps.
Three column templates are popular because they make more use of the screen real estate. Adding another column to your blog enables you to add more widgets or advertisements to your blog.In this post...
Fix the Page Elements Layout Editor No Scrollbar Problem.
The Page Elements subtab of Layout (previously - Template) tab is used to Add and Arrange Page Elements. Since 12 Feb 2008 there have been no scrollbars in it. This causes the Page Elements on wider templates...
Add Myspace Layouts to Blogger Blogs.
If you have a Myspace site and want your Blogger blog to be customized with the same look you can easily put your Myspace Layout on top of your Blog Layout. See picture of Blogger blog with a Myspace...
Blog in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu!
Blogger had made available the ability to blog in Hindi in April 2007. Now Blogger has enabled blogging in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu...........Transliteration for Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil,...
Make Three Column Classic Template.
Bloggers who are on ftp are forced to use the Classic Template as Blogger does not provide Layout Templates to blogs outside Google servers. A reader wanted to add a third column to his blog hosted on...
Frame the Blog Header Image.
The Image you load in the Blog Header serves as a branding image for your blog. It is hence important that it should be loaded correctly and positioned properly at the top of your blog. Viewers will recall...
Blog in Arabic, Hebrew and Persian!
Blogger has now introduced facility to blog in Arabic Hebrew and Persian! These languages are written from right to left and those who have been using hacks to write in this manner need no longer do so.............Templates...
Best of 2007- A Blog Snapshot!
I know what you did last summer! How did we do in 2007? What were the best posts and the best moments of 2007?We present to you a Blog Review of 2007...........When 2007 started this blog was only two...
Show Top Labels Only In Labels Widget.
As you write more and more posts you will keep adding labels to them to categorize your posts. You can add more than one label to any single post. Labels are useful as they serve as keywords channelling...
Buy Me A Beer code for Blogger.
Wishing all our esteemed readers a Very Happy New Year! As a New Year Gift ( of sorts! ) we will show you how to install the "Buy Me A Beer/Coffee/Cup of Tea" code below your posts.You can also install...