What’s the hot topic in the Internet recently? Yea, no doubt a lot of people, especially tech bloggers, are talking about Google Chrome. What is Google Chrome? It’s a browser by Google! That’s really a buzz, isn’t it? I have not yet fully tested this new browser, but what I found impressive is the simple and clean interface. It supports tab browsing, and several features which you can learn more about it here.
Guess what? Some kind souls out there have made such simple and clean interface into a blog theme which you can use for your blogs! If you are a fan of 2 columns, white and clean layout, this is a theme that you will definitely suit your taste.
Take a look at this Google Chrome WordPress theme. Isn’t it just nice and neat?
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Tags: Blogger,
theme,
Wordpress
Just like Wikis, blogs are part of Web 2.0. WordPress blogs have a development team and forum discussion as the backup support. Whereas, for Blogger, if you want to have those extra features / widgets, you will have to search around the web. Now, here is a great site where Blogger meets Wiki – the Blogger Hack Wiki.
You can search of almost all of the possible Blogger hacks there in a Wiki style, from A to Z. Oh, what is Blogger hack? It’s the changes of source code that enable your blog to have extra functionality rather than the default ones.
Are you running a Blogger / blogspot.com blog? Are you interested in:
Get all your answers at Blogger Hack Wiki.
Note: These hacks are available for the new blogger or known as Blogger Beta or xml Blogger.
Happy blogging.
Tags: Blogger
Be friend and get close to your readers. Let them be able to contact you easily. Your readers want your feedback, so do follow the comments left by your readers. If your readers are asking question, make sure you get back to them (replying their comments). People need information and that is why they go to your blog to search for answers. Be honest with your readers, try to offer help when applicable.
Posting up your email for readers to contact you is the most basic way of letting your readers contact you besides leaving comments/feedback in your blog (comment section or chatbox widget). However, it will be much more easier if you can provide a “contact form” feature in your blog.
This will facilitates your readers to contact you just by filling the contact form.
Why Contact Form?
[1] Readers can contact you easily.
[2] Ensure the message is successfully delivered to you.
[3] Having a more professional feel (impression wise).
Adding a contact form nowadays is not difficult at all. You don’t need to have HTML knowledge to have this done. There are free services or plugins available to help you add a contact form to your blog. [...more]
Tags: Blogger,
plugins,
Wordpress
Previously, I have listed some very nice WordPress themes for download. Still, we cannot ignore bloggers who still have their blogs hosted in Blogger (blogspot.com). If you are having a blogspot.com blog, and is using the xml new Blogger (previously known as Blogger Beta), here is a list of beautiful, nice, neat XML templates that you may want to try them out.
Before listing those templates, I would like to remind you that, please backup a copy of your current Blogger template. Just in case you want to change back to your current template later. And also please bare in mind that once you have upload a new template, all your widgets data configuration might be lost. So do whatever backup that you need to do before upload and try out the new templates.
How to upload a new template? (in XML new Blogger)
- Download and unzip the template file.
- Login to your Blogger Dashboard.
- Go to Layout > Edit HTML.
- Browse for the XML template file that you have just downloaded and unzipped.
- Click on the Upload button.
- Save template and you’re done.
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Tags: Blogger,
theme
A rich content blog will gain more traffic. If you want your blog to be popular among the blogosphere, you will have to put in more afford to produce something original, unique and interesting. This is not an easy task. One of the factors that make your blog unique is your blog interface or design.
Psychologically, most readers will pay more attention to a blog with beautiful or simply impressive design. However, you have to make sure the way you customize your blog is almost ‘lag-free’. [Tips: Don't make your blog loaded with too many flash components.]
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Tags: Blogger,
theme,
Wordpress
