How to properly use labels as categories on Blogger
Blogger has made categorising posts pretty simple, however it’s something that is often overlooked or misused. Categorising your posts helps organise your blog letting your readers find what they are looking for. On Blogger, categories are called labels. Whenever you create a post, in the post editor on the right, you have the option of…
Comparing 3 main commenting systems for Blogger
I’ve got a couple of requests lately to do a post about the different commenting systems for Blogger, more specifically to compare Google Plus and Disqus. This post is an overview of the features, advantages and disadvantages of the three main commenting systems for Blogger. BLOGGER COMMENTS Blogger’s default comment system seems to get mixed…
How to embed your latest youtube video on your blog
Surprisingly YouTube still don’t have a way to easily embed only your latest YouTube video onto your site so that every time you upload a new video it automatically updates on your site. WordPress users can download a plugin which allows this but Blogger users have the option of two gadgets (listed below), although neither…
Add a contact form to page on Blogger
Bloggers contact gadget is a really easy way to add a contact form to your blog, however since it’s a gadget you can only place it in your sidebar or footer which is kind of an awkward place for a contact form. This tutorial will show you how to move it to it’s own page…
Why you shouldn’t draft blog posts using programs like Microsoft Word and Google Docs
Do you draft your blog posts in Word or Google Docs and then copy them over to your blog? If so, do your blog posts have a different text style? Have you had any coding/layout issues on your blog? This post is just briefly to explain why you should avoid using programs like MS Word…
Add a “Scroll Back to Top” button to Blogger
A “back to top” button can be really helpful for your readers, especially if you have a lot of posts appearing on your homepage and no sticky navigation. This post will show you how to add one that will only appear when the user begins to scroll down your blog. An example can be seen…
Make navigation bar + other blog elements partially transparent
I’ve gotten quite a few questions recently about how to make the navigation bar and other elements slightly transparent so that’s what I’ll cover today. It’s really simple, just two lines of CSS that need to be applied to an element with a background. I’ll be using a navigation bar to demonstrate this tutorial but…
Using custom redirects on Blogger
Occasionally with blogging you’ll feel you want a change, with this you’ll do a lot of editing – publishing new updated posts, deleting old or previous posts, moving them, renaming name, etc. This all leads to broken links and pages/posts that don’t exist. On Blogger you can set up custom redirects to keep the traffic…
Adding the alt text attribute to image tags for SEO
I mentioned in a previous post about simple SEO steps for increasing traffic that you should add descriptive alt tags to your images and since I’ve had a few emails regarding how to do that in Blogger I’d thought I’d right a quick tutorial for future reference. What is the alt attribute An alt tag…
Show post summary on search + label pages only
I wrote a previous tutorial about adding post summaries with a thumbnail to your Blogger blog so that a short extract is shown along with a read more link instead of the full post. I was asked if it was possible to show full posts on the homepage and excerpts only on searches such as…
How to set up Twitter Cards for Blogger and WordPress
Twitter Cards allow you to add media to your tweets. It’s very well known that updates on social media platforms with images are what gets shared the most. A good way to add an extra element to your tweets without having to upload an image with every tweet is by using Twitter Cards to automatically…
Add social media icons to your navigation bar
Adding social media icons to your blogs navigation bar is just like adding links, but instead of text we’ll be using images / icons. I’ve updated this post to be less specific so it can be tweaked and applied to any navigation. 1. Add a class to your current navigation Go to Layout and click…
Tag: Blogspot
Using Google’s blogging platform Blogger/Blogspot? Here you’ll find a number of posts on how to setup your blog, edit your theme and grow traffic to your site
