How to write HTML code in your post

When we want to write our HTML code in our post , unfortunately we cannot write the code directly as we type.This is because whatever we write is executed in HTML and PHP form and thereby , making the actual code disappear.

There are coupleof methods and in this post we discuss one of them

firstly we need to convert following HTML parts in our code to the following

1. Replace all & symbol with &
2. Replace all <> with &lt; &gt;
3. and finally all " with &quot;

for example- if we need to post

<code><strong>techQE code</strong></code>

we replace all to get the following code to be written

&lt ;code&gt ;&lt ;strong&gt ;techQE code&lt ;/strong&gt ;&lt ;/code&gt ;

other methods will crop up in later posts .

for any DBTS plz comment

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Facebook : Enable auto-login using Google , Yahoo etc

You can now link both your Google Account (including Gmail) and Yahoo ID

with your Facebook profile.

The advantage of linking you other online accounts with Facebook is that if

you are signed-in into any of the above services, you’ll automatically be logged

into Facebook as well. So for example, if you working in Google Docs or writing scraps

in Orkut and then decide to open Facebook in another tab, you won’t see the Facebook

sign-in screen anymore.

To set up this association between Facebook and Yahoo/Google Accounts,

just go to Facebook -> Accounts Settings and click "Add a new linked account".

Facebook lets you link only one account per web service so choose the ID that you use most frequently on the web.

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How to import and export blogs on Blogger?

The import and export features on Blogger give your content a whole new range of portability and freedom, allowing you to create copies of your own blogs as well as import them into other existing ones. Best of all-we've made this a very simple process!

Import as a New Blog

To import content as a brand new blog, click Create a Blog from your dashboard.

Then under Advanced Options, click the Import Blog Tool

Finally, choose the Blogger export file (.xml) from your hard drive and fill out the word verification. Click the Upload arrow and your new bog will be created instantly!

Import Into an Existing Blog

To import posts and comments into an already existing blog, start by clicking Import Blog from the existing blog's Settings Basic tab.

Note: Your template will not be affected by the imported content.

Next, choose a Blogger export file (.xml) from your hard drive and fill out the word verification beneath. By default, all of your imported posts will remain unpublished until you publish them from your dashboard later. However, if you would rather have all posts published immediately, make sure to check the box next to Automatically publish all imported posts before you click Import Blog.

If you did not choose to have your posts publish automatically, you will need to manually publish them from the Posting Edit Posts tab before they will appear on the web. You can either publish all the posts at once by clicking Publish all imported posts, or publish individual posts by selecting them and then clicking Publish Selected.

Exporting Your blog

To export your blog, simply click Export Blog from the Settings Basic tab.

Finally, click the Export Blog button. You blog will be stored as a Blogger export file (.xml) file which can be kept as a backup on your hard drive or imported into another blog.

Note: Exported blogs are not deleted from your dashboard or Blogger.com

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Accidentally deleted blogs - ?

Accidentally deleting blogs are not rare occurrences as in the default BASIC tab for Blogger SETTINGS, the DELETE button is just below the SAVE SETTINGS button.

Previously, once you delete a blog, the blog URL become available for anyone to grab, and spammers have automated programs to quickly grab the URL of a deleted blog to use for spam blog (splog), taking advantage of any existing PageRank of a blog rather than starting from scratch. That was the reason for publishing this post - Why you should not delete a blog and what to do when you accidentally delete a blog or change the blog URL.

However, Blogger has wised up to this and now if you delete a blog, the blog URL is reserved for you to claim back later. So if you have accidentally deleted a blog, what you can do is to create a new blog using the old blog URL. Now I myself have not tried this when this was made known to me, and hope to do that one day and report the result at Testing Blogger Beta (now New Blogger). In the meantime, if you had accidentally deleted your blog, try this and please report the result by leaving a comment for everyone's benefits.

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blog deleted - what next

Previously, bloggers are strongly advised against deleting blogs and what happens to the blog URL blog URL if you delete the blog. For reasons, see Why you should not delete a blog and what to do if you change the URL of a blog.

However, because Blogger has been informed of spammers grabbing deleted blog URL for spamming purposes, the practice of releasing a blog URL the moment the blog is deleted has been discontinued. Now if any Google Blogger blogger delete his or her blog, the blog URL is no longer released for others to register, but is kept for the original creator to claim back later.

The reason for this post is because of many questions and requests for help related to the above, and rather that repeating the same thing, if I ever get another question related to this, all I need to do is to point them to this post.

The most recent one is about a very fortunate blogger who wanted a particular blogspot URL which had already been registered by someone else who didn't do anything or didn't do much with the blog and the blog had been left neglected. In this particular very rare case, the blogger was able to contact that blog owner who is very cooperative. The blog owner deleted the blog so the intended new owner can claim it. As expected, she could not do so.

However, not all is lost provided the previous owner is willing to cooperate. All she has to do to to contact the previous owner again, requesting him or her to register that deleted blog again, and then invite the intended new owner to become co-author via Dashboard > Settings > Permissions. Once she has accepted the invitation, the cooperative old owner can make her administrator, and then remove himself or herself. Once this is all done, the blog have found a new, loving owner.

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sidebar pushed to bottom of page

For an example of how I go about trying to solve this problem,
go to Trouble shooting sidebar sliding to the bottom of the page problem.

An example)
A frequent complaint of bloggers is that the sidebar (profile, links, etc.)
is pushed to the bottom of the page. This is a very common problem and
may occur when viewed with both Firefox and Internet Explorer,
or it may be OK with Firefox but not OK with Internet Explorer.
This is usually caused by some content such as photo, table or long link
exceeding the width of the content or sidebar column. Sometimes it is
caused by incorrect coding such as missing or mismatched tags.
Rat reported that once it was caused by a closing comment tag -->
that had no opening comment tag <--
(HTML tags come in pairs, opening tag and closing tag).
Look for these and correct it, and the problem should go away.
(If you want to familiarise yourself with HTML, a good place to learn
is online at W3schools.)

Other things you can try is to do some detective work.
Think back to what you did before it happened.
Undo that and see if that helped.

Another way to try to solve the problem is to change the
width of the content and sidebar (the total width must not be
less than the sum of the two). Look for these block of codes

/* Header
----------------------------------------------- */
@media all {
#header {
width:660px;
margin:0 auto 10px;
border:1px solid #ccc;
}

and

/* Content
----------------------------------------------- */
@media all {
#content {
width:660px;
margin:0 auto;
padding:0;
text-align:left;
}

For the minima template, change width:660px;
to for example width:800px;

Then look for

#main {
width:410px;
float:left;
}
#sidebar {
width:220px;
float:right;
}

and change the widths to, for example, width:500;
and width:270; respectively (note that they total up to less than 800).

Preview and see if the changes are what you want. If so, save the template.

Always remember to backup your template before you fiddle with it.

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Submitting Blogger Sitemap to Google Webmaster Tool

Submitting XML sitemap to Google Webmaster Tool is a part of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) initiative. Submitting your sitemap to Google Webmaster Tool is not a must-do job. It won't directly affecting your site's SERPs, but it helps Google crawler to comprehend your site's structure and "read" your contents more deep and accurate.

Submitting sitemap is like you give to Google crawler a sight. Without sitemap, what Google crawler do is just like blind man trying to guess what elephant's body shape is, only by touching it. He may only found elephant's trunk and say that elephant body is "long and thick". Or he only touching elephant's left ear and then conclude that elephant body is "thin and wide". He never really know the exact shape of the elephant.

Submitting Blogger sitemap is very easy. You don't even need to generate any sitemap. Just use your blog's Atom or RSS feed as sitemap. Login to your Google Webmaster Tool. On its main panel, choose blog you want to add a sitemap (if you have more than one). Click on Sitemaps Fill the blank textarea next your blog's URL with "Atom.xml" or RSS.xml" like this:


Then click Submit Sitemaps

Once you submit your blog's Atom or RSS as sitemap, you can see its crawlability through Webmaster Tool Panel:

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To change blogger template

Most of new bloggers start their blogging journey with Blogger (one click publishing platform). Blogger is really easy and resourceful to get your blog started up and running in no time.

However, being a newbie even simple task of changing or installing new template in blogger can be huge. Here is quick and simple guide to change or install new template in your blogger blog.

1. Login into your Blogger account. Then click on ‘Layout’ tab and then further click on ‘Edit html’ tab.

2. Before the template change you can download and save the existing template for easy restoration, as the case may be. Click on download full template button and save xml file on your computer.

3.Now click on browse button and select the xml file of new blogger template and click on upload. If this method fails, you can try the following manual method to change blogger template.

Double click on xml file of blogger template. If it does not open, hold the shift key and then right click on XML file - select open in notepad. Then select whole content of that file, copy it and then paste it ‘edit template’ box.

Then click on ’save template’ and click on confirm and save (optional). Open your blog and it will be sporting a spanking new Blogger template. Above procedure is for Blogger templates downloaded from 3rd party sites. , if you want to change among in-built Blogger templates.

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How to add or Change Favicon in Blogger Blog

Favicon is a small icon shown next to site URL in the address bar. In Blogger, by default orange colored blogger icon is shown as favicon. You can make your blog stand out by using your own customized icon. Before you implement the code, you can grab or make your own favicons: Make Favicons - Browse Favicons

To get started, first you need to backup your Blogger template: Click on ‘Layout’ > ‘Edit HTML’ and then click on ‘download full template’ to save it on your computer. Now perform following steps to a change favicon in your Blogger blog:

1. Click on ‘Layout’ > ‘Edit HTML’

2. Then add following code after

href=’http://www.URL.com/favicon.ico’ rel=’shortcut icon’/>

href=’http://www.URL.com/favicon.ico’ rel=’icon’/>

Above http://www.URL.com is the web address or location where your favicon is stored (hosted). You can upload favicon to Googlepages (now Closed) or on any free image hosting websites that support favicons upload.

‘favicon.ico’ is the name of your favicon file. You can use any name like myfavicon.ico and so on. After adding above code, update the http://www.URL.com and favicon.ico in the code.

Then click on save template button. Open your blog and your new favicon should be visible in the address bar!

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How to Embed Scribd iPaper Documents into a Blog

iPaper is a versatile application by Scribd that enables you to embed documents into your website or blog. With this easy-to-use tool, you can embed documents in a number of formats, such as PDF, Word document, PowerPoint or text file. You can make a document public or private, email it to a friend, embed Google Adsense ads to earn revenue, and even bookmark it and share it on social networks such as MySpace and FaceBook. Read on to learn how to embed Scribd iPaper Documents into a Blog. We'll use blogger as an example for how to do this, but the same method can be used for any other blog

Embed Scribd iPaper Documents into Your Blog

1. Step 1
   

   Sign up for an account at the Scribd Home page (See Resources below). Log into your account. Click on the "Upload" button at the top of the page. Next, click on the button labeled "Click to Upload" on the next page.

2. Step 2
   

   Browse for the file you want to upload and embed in your blog. Click on "Open." On the next page, enter a description and tags if desired. Click on the blue button labeled "Publish." This will take you to your uploaded document.

3. Step 3
   

   Click on the Scribd iPaper drop-down menu, right above your document. Click on "Embed Codes."

4. Step 4
   

   Select from the two options*The first option: "URL Link" provides the direct link to the iPaper on Scribd.*The second option: "Embed Code" contains the block of script that you will embed into your blog. Click on the "Copy" button, which will place the code onto your clip board.(Alternatively, click on the "Embed" icon that is right above your document to copy and paste the code).

5. Step 5

   Log into your Blogger account. Open the post you want to embed the iPaper into, or create a new post. Click the tab to switch to HTML mode. Press "Control + V," which will paste the code into your blog. (for Macs, press Command + V)

6. Step 6
   
   Click on "Publish" and in a few seconds, the iPaper document will be embedded. When you click on "View" you will find your embedded iPaper document displayed. You can opt to have the embedded document displayed as a flip.

here is a example...

Scribd iPaper - Embed Documents in Web Pages Also Make Money via Google AdSense

Publish at Scribd or explore others: Business & Economics web Technology-Internet

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How to Change Blogger Standard Domain To Co.cc

First of all you need a domain name registered at CO.CC in order to set it up for blogger. If you do not already have a CO.CC domain name you can register one by following my tutorial Get a Free Domain Name + Free DNS service. Once you have it Go to your CO.CC domain name account. Then, go to Domain Settings. Click on the domain that you want to setup and click “Set UP“. Then, select the option number 2 which is Zone Records. Fill in the box with all the following value in the picture. Make sure you also include the WWW with it. After that, click setup.

Then, you also should add 3 more zone records to the settings. Why we do this? This is to make sure that your domain also can be accessed with and without the www infront of it. So, if anyone type yourdomain.co.cc instead of www.yourdomain.co.cc, they will be directed to your www.yourdomain.co.cc.

First, you need to add 3 more Zone Record follow by the following diagram. Make sure the Type is A, not CNAME. We have already setup CNAME before. Also do not include the WWW in the domain host. Just put yourdomain.co.cc. Then, use the following for the Value:

1. 64.233.179.121
2. 66.249.81.121
3. 72.14.207.121

When, you’re done you will have 4 Record Zone in your setting. 3 type A and one type CNAME just like the following diagram.

Now, we have already done setup everything in CO.CC. Lets move to the Blogger to setup the domain and replace your blogspot domain with this free domain name. In your blogger dashboard, click on Settings.


After Setting, click on the Publishing Tab. Then, select Custom Domain and click on Switch to advanced settings. Fill your domain name in the your domain including with WWW in it. Enter the word verification and lastly click Save Settings.


After Saving Settings a new OPTION will appear with under the Domain name as shown in the figure check the box. Enabling this option will Redirect yourdomain.co.cc to www.yourdomain.co.cc.


Now you’re DONE! The domain name will setup after a few minutes or hour or maybe taking a day or two. Just wait for it. During this period you may see your domain name still redirect to co.cc main homepage. But don’t worry, it is a normal situation for a domain to update. Just wait for it.
Stay tuned.

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