How to create a circular date header for Blogger posts
Todays post will show you how to create a circular date header for blogger posts such as the one in the image below. This can be a really cool addition to your blog and something that can be customised to suit your layout and design. As this post was highly requested and codes vary depending…
Fix missing posts and thumbnails in Blogger dashboard reading list
Over the past year I’ve seen a lot of complaints about the Blogger Dashboard Reading List including newly published posts not appearing, the feed not updating, thumbnails not showing up, etc. I’ve researched this problem with posts or image thumbnails not appearing in the Blogger Dashboard for a couple of weeks now. This seems to…
How to restore your Blogger blog, template and posts from a backup
As I mentioned in my previous post, it is extremely important to back up your entire blog in case something happens. So now that you’ve all (hopefully) created a backup, how do you restore your blog if anything happens. Backing up and restoring your blogger blog is easy. Simply download the XML files, keep them…
How to backup your entire WordPress or Blogger/Blogspot blog
We all know how many hours go into creating the “perfect” blog. We also know how annoying and frustrating it can be when something crashes, fails to save or gets deleted. Imagine if one day poof your blog was gone – hacked, deleted or corrupted! It is so important to backup your blog on a…
Create a sticky or fixed navigation when scrolling on Blogger
Many popular sites these days are starting to add a fixed or sticky navigation to help visitors find their way around the site. It means that the reader doesn’t have to scroll back to the top of the page to choose a different page or topic. Instead they have access to the main navigation at…
Create a basic navigation menu and edit page tabs on Blogger
Many blogs these days consist of two or more topics, your home feed can be a mix of several different things. To make it easier for readers to find what they are looking for, it’s important to have a navigation system. Todays post will show you how to create a basic navigation bar to separate…
Create a horizontal navigation menu using images on Blogger
A navigation menu is one of the most important things for any website or blog. Think of all the different areas on your blog – all the posts, pages and topics. You want your readers to easily find their way around and to be able to find what it is they are looking for. A…
Create a custom navigation menu with dropdown items on Blogger
I’ve been getting a lot of questions this week regarding navigation so the next few posts will focus on different navigations and menus you can create for your blog. Navigation is one of the most important elements to consider when designing your blog. Todays tutorial will show you how to create a drop down navigation…
Automatically add rounded corners to your blog images
Todays tutorial will show you how to add rounded corners to your blog images, you can choose to add a small radius or make the image appear circular. This can be a really cool effect for your blog, you can use the code below to add this to any image on your blog. Log into…
Add social media links beneath each blog post
Todays tutorial will show you how to add social media links beneath each blog post on blogger. Add the links in button or text form. This is a handy way of letting your readers know how to contact you, without them having to search around for ways to follow. How to add social media icons…
How to add a Google font or custom font to your Blogger or WordPress blog
Todays post will discuss adding custom fonts to your blog on WordPress and Blogger using Font Directories or Google Web Fonts. Blogger has improved the font collection available in Template Designer, but choices are still limited. One of the best and easiest ways to add a custom font to your blog is using Google Web…
How to add a signature to Blogger posts
I previously wrote a post about adding a signature to your WordPress blog so I thought I would do a tutorial for those of you on blogger. As always with Blogger, coding usually depends on the template you are using so I have two methods below on how to automatically add a signature to the…
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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
