How to customise the 404 not found page on Blogger
The not found page on Blogger is really boring and unhelpful. It doesn’t encourage your readers to visit other areas of your site or help them find something they are looking for. This tutorial will show you how to edit the content and design to make it more user friendly. If you want to have…
How to customize the Blogger EU Cookies Notification Bar
I’ve been getting quite a few questions about the Cookie Notification that appears on Blogger blogs – from why it’s there, to can it be removed to how to customise it. This post is going to run through all the information about it and show you how to customise the notice to suit your blog…
Resize Bloggers popular post images to fit the width of your sidebar without being blurry
Todays post is going to show you how to change the size of the images used in Bloggers popular post gadget so that they are bigger and clearer. This has been highly requested recently as a lot of people are adding this gadget to their sidebar and above / below blog posts to help promote…
Apply CSS to specific pages on Blogger using conditional tags
Ever wanted to apply code to specific areas of your Blogger template but not to other sections? This is something I’ve included in certain tutorials/comments before but without fully explaining it. As more and more people are now asking about how to apply HTML/CSS to certain areas of their blog and not to others I…
How to style a link to look like a clickable button on your blog
Sometimes a simple link isn’t enough, sometimes using a “button” makes the link stand out more and is easier for readers to identify the link as clickable. While this isn’t actually a button (using the button tag) we can style links to look like clickable buttons. Here is an example of a link that is…
What you need to know about the box model (editing margin, padding and border values)
We’re back with another HTML for Beginners post, this time on the Box Model. Margin and Padding are used so often for spacing out elements in a design. I mention the two a lot in tutorials and regularly get asked how to edit spacing on different design elements in comments and emails. Today’s post will…
5 common coding mistakes on blogs
Before changing my direction in September, I’d say about 70% of what I did was coding fixes, tweaks, maintenance and development for existing templates. The Template Cleanup package is one of my most requested services. I’ve seen thousands of templates over the last few years helping out fellow bloggers – some custom, some pre-made, some…
How to install DISQUS Comments on Blogger
DISQUS is one of the most popular commenting systems out there for blogs. I mentioned it previously when I compared the 3 main commenting systems for Blogger so you can read about the benefits and features of DISQUS in that post. It has a great design and spam filter, is easy to install and use…
Add related posts to single post only on Blogger (hide on homepage)
I’ve had quite a few requests since my previous post listing the Alternatives to nRelate Related Posts for a tutorial on how to remove related posts from the homepage and only have them displayed on posts pages. This quick tutorial will show you how. I’ll be using Engageya but this will work for Linkwithin and…
Enable Pinterest Rich Pins for Blogger or WordPress
Rich Pins on Pinterest are just like standard Pins but they include some extra information about the source of the pin, quite similar to Twitter Cards. There are five different types of Rich Pins at the moment – products, movies, recipes, articles or blog posts and places. Decide what type of Rich Pin suits your…
Alternatives to nRelate – related posts for Blogger
nRelate announced rather suddenly yesterday that as of December 31st 2014, their services will be shut down. This means that if you have a related or popular posts widget or plugin that is by nRelate on your site they will no longer work come January and you will need to find an alternative. They advise…
How to add a line behind post title, date or text
Today’s post will show you how to add a line behind text on your blog, in a similar way to strikethrough or deleted text but instead of the line going through the text it will appear behind it, like so This is usually seen as an image, but it is possible with a little bit…
Category: Miscellaneous
Some personal updates, opinion pieces and miscellaneous content
