Showing posts with label Blogger Templates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blogger Templates. Show all posts

Friday, February 24, 2012

Make a Pop-up Subscribe Form Like Aweber

This is my first Guest Article For The Blog And My Blogging Carrier Too..
First Of All Let Me Thank Mohammad Mustafa Sir to allow me to Post this article for you all. Have you ever heard about the Aweber Email Marketing Solutions ? If Not then i bet you must have seen EMail Signup Forms in Popular websites... They use Aweber. Though it is not free but it is efficient so they use that. But here In My Article I'll Let you to integrate Aweber Features and FeedBurner Features and install it on your Blog. So keep Reading And Keep Enjoying !!

What Will we Get From This ?

The main Reason why to use is because it will not only make your Blog Look Professional But Also will increase the EMail Subscriptions to your Blog. Its a modified version of the model subscribe box created by . Lets first see a demo

Add it To Blogger


You can Install This Widget Easily in your Blog By Following These Simple Steps....
Before you edit any template it's better to keep a Backup..
So First Backup your Template. Now Go To Design>Edit Html>Select Expand Widgets...

Step 1 : The CSS You Need To Search The Following Piece Of Code By Pressing [Ctrl+F]
]]></b:skin>
Now Paste The Bellow Code Just Before it.
/*
   ColorBox Core Style:
   The following CSS is consistent between example themes and should not be altered.
*/
#colorbox, #cboxOverlay, #cboxWrapper{position:absolute; top:0; left:0; z-index:9999; overflow:hidden;}
#cboxOverlay{position:fixed; width:100%; height:100%;}
#cboxMiddleLeft, #cboxBottomLeft{clear:left;}
#cboxContent{position:relative;}
#cboxLoadedContent{overflow:auto;}
#cboxTitle{margin:0;}
#cboxLoadingOverlay, #cboxLoadingGraphic{position:absolute; top:0; left:0; width:100%;}
#cboxPrevious, #cboxNext, #cboxClose, #cboxSlideshow{cursor:pointer;}
.cboxPhoto{float:left; margin:auto; border:0; display:block;}
.cboxIframe{width:100%; height:100%; display:block; border:0;}
/*

    User Style:
       Change the following styles to modify the appearance of ColorBox.  They are
       ordered & tabbed in a way that represents the nesting of the generated HTML.
    */
    #cboxOverlay{background:#000;opacity:0.5 !important;}
    #colorbox{
            box-shadow:0 0 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
           -moz-box-shadow:0 0 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
            -webkit-box-shadow:0 0 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
           }
          #cboxTopLeft{width:14px; height:14px; background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXezP3OvN-AAi0z4Kmnwa6nk9fUbj2skfPry9zi8lAOFZyq2kGhNQcZ7SwUo6qdgKTp9ntfnH7sGO7rdUJIFOvNYyFjW8rLUvTYAebDf5woaa38sbWetiEAu9uPLZnaJWm9IiopgBuKg/s1600/controls.png) no-repeat 0 0;}
#cboxTopCenter{height:14px; background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXArjUmtR62C7ZSk-XrqOtM1WtCblpCKpTv7SaS3PU0vbY9O9xv0SiQYPy25PS4IaBAWzoTpD7zs3vTCRmwhBft1Jz8UUyzXrR9nIOO7q6nGitzeCE-wUQGV6DVTdyrrami7Pow1H0cEw/s400/border.png) repeat-x top left;}
    #cboxTopRight{width:14px; height:14px; background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXezP3OvN-AAi0z4Kmnwa6nk9fUbj2skfPry9zi8lAOFZyq2kGhNQcZ7SwUo6qdgKTp9ntfnH7sGO7rdUJIFOvNYyFjW8rLUvTYAebDf5woaa38sbWetiEAu9uPLZnaJWm9IiopgBuKg/s1600/controls.png) no-repeat -36px 0;}
    #cboxBottomLeft{width:14px; height:43px; background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXezP3OvN-AAi0z4Kmnwa6nk9fUbj2skfPry9zi8lAOFZyq2kGhNQcZ7SwUo6qdgKTp9ntfnH7sGO7rdUJIFOvNYyFjW8rLUvTYAebDf5woaa38sbWetiEAu9uPLZnaJWm9IiopgBuKg/s1600/controls.png) no-repeat 0 -32px;}
    #cboxBottomCenter{height:43px; background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXArjUmtR62C7ZSk-XrqOtM1WtCblpCKpTv7SaS3PU0vbY9O9xv0SiQYPy25PS4IaBAWzoTpD7zs3vTCRmwhBft1Jz8UUyzXrR9nIOO7q6nGitzeCE-wUQGV6DVTdyrrami7Pow1H0cEw/s400/border.png) repeat-x bottom left;}
    #cboxBottomRight{width:14px; height:43px; background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXezP3OvN-AAi0z4Kmnwa6nk9fUbj2skfPry9zi8lAOFZyq2kGhNQcZ7SwUo6qdgKTp9ntfnH7sGO7rdUJIFOvNYyFjW8rLUvTYAebDf5woaa38sbWetiEAu9uPLZnaJWm9IiopgBuKg/s1600/controls.png) no-repeat -36px -32px;}
    #cboxMiddleLeft{width:14px; background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXezP3OvN-AAi0z4Kmnwa6nk9fUbj2skfPry9zi8lAOFZyq2kGhNQcZ7SwUo6qdgKTp9ntfnH7sGO7rdUJIFOvNYyFjW8rLUvTYAebDf5woaa38sbWetiEAu9uPLZnaJWm9IiopgBuKg/s1600/controls.png) repeat-y -175px 0;}
    #cboxMiddleRight{width:14px; background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXezP3OvN-AAi0z4Kmnwa6nk9fUbj2skfPry9zi8lAOFZyq2kGhNQcZ7SwUo6qdgKTp9ntfnH7sGO7rdUJIFOvNYyFjW8rLUvTYAebDf5woaa38sbWetiEAu9uPLZnaJWm9IiopgBuKg/s1600/controls.png) repeat-y -211px 0;}
    #cboxContent{background:#fff; overflow:visible;}
        #cboxLoadedContent{margin-bottom:5px;}
        #cboxLoadingOverlay{background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbXrSy70wG9w9_vZqzgSSWmhPnLXfM5CtMnIOF6mLG1W1MREv105_XFdJVyWLZWCVSE13qTJ4EdM0_4miRKZSuJF1cxcrJdTyEGZNuoOaHO85rAS7n6iQmhiYMJLphsC_GBO5W6PnXcU/s400/loadingbackground.png) no-repeat center center;}
        #cboxLoadingGraphic{https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelON8k3VZ24U9s56RTfCVr7R65mxO4WaSyyCPRcFmVwcH-shy8GXsLUnMpftFU5llLN7AklXhlrbWP-acG7a2tSank6RxLJUNs_dOkSLdVcdMHxTSy2-7pKE4Gwr9HqPsrnty0Agyhv0/s400/loading.gif) no-repeat center center;}
        #cboxTitle{position:absolute; bottom:-25px; left:0; text-align:center; width:100%; font-weight:bold; color:#7C7C7C;}
        #cboxCurrent{position:absolute; bottom:-25px; left:58px; font-weight:bold; color:#7C7C7C;}
        #cboxPrevious, #cboxNext, #cboxClose, #cboxSlideshow{position:absolute; bottom:-29px; background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXezP3OvN-AAi0z4Kmnwa6nk9fUbj2skfPry9zi8lAOFZyq2kGhNQcZ7SwUo6qdgKTp9ntfnH7sGO7rdUJIFOvNYyFjW8rLUvTYAebDf5woaa38sbWetiEAu9uPLZnaJWm9IiopgBuKg/s1600/controls.png) no-repeat 0px 0px; width:23px; height:23px; text-indent:-9999px;}
        #cboxPrevious{left:0px; background-position: -51px -25px;}
        #cboxPrevious.hover{background-position:-51px 0px;}
        #cboxNext{left:27px; background-position:-75px -25px;}
        #cboxNext.hover{background-position:-75px 0px;}
        #cboxClose{right:0; background-position:-100px -25px;}
        #cboxClose.hover{background-position:-100px 0px;}
        .cboxSlideshow_on #cboxSlideshow{background-position:-125px 0px; right:27px;}
        .cboxSlideshow_on #cboxSlideshow.hover{background-position:-150px 0px;}
        .cboxSlideshow_off #cboxSlideshow{background-position:-150px -25px; right:27px;}
        .cboxSlideshow_off #cboxSlideshow.hover{background-position:-125px 0px;}

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*    box popup
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#subscribe {
    font: 12px/1.2 Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;
}
#subscribe a,
#subscribe a:hover,
#subscribe a:visited {
    text-decoration:none;
}
.box-title {
   color: #2C2D31;
   font-size: 20px;
   font-weight: bold;
   margin: 10px 0;
   text-align: center;
}
.box-tagline {
   color: #999;
   font-size: 14px;
   margin: 0;
   text-align: center;
}
#subs-container {
    padding: 35px 0 30px 0;
    position: relative;
}
.box-side {
    width: 170px;
    text-align: center;
}
.box-side.left {
   padding: 0 30px 0 15px;
    border-right: 1px solid #ecedf3;
}
.box-side.right {
    float: right;
   margin-top: -223px;
    margin-right: 10px;
}
.box-icon {
    width: 72px;
    height: 54px;
    padding: 6px 0 0 0;
    margin: 0 auto;
}
.box-icon a.rss{
    display: block;
    width: 70px;
    height: 56px;
    margin: 0 auto;
}
.box-icon a{
    display: block;
    width: 72px;
    height: 54px;   
}
.box-icon a.email img,
.box-icon a.rss img {
   margin: -5px 0 0;
    border: 0 none;
}
.box-side h4,
.box-side h4 a {
    font-size: 14px;
    line-height: 14px;
    color: #f26535;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.box-side h4 { margin: 20px 0 10px 0; }
.box-side h5 {
    font-size: 11px;
    color: #5e6066;
    line-height: 18px;
    margin: 0 0 20px 0;
}
a.sub {
   background: url("http://imgboot.com/images/cybersidh/subscribebutton.png") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
   color: #996633;
   display: block;
   height: 44px;
   line-height: 29px;
   margin: 0 auto;
   text-indent: -999em;
   width: 130px;
}
.box-side h4 a:hover {
    color: #f26535;
}
#box-or {
   background: #fff;
   font-size: 12px;
   font-weight: bold;
   height: 25px;
   line-height: 25px;
   margin: -115px 0 0 208px;
   position: absolute;
   width: 20px;
}
a:link, a:visited {
border:none;
}
.demo {
display:none;
}

Now Hit Prievew, If Every Thing Works Fine then Save The Template..

Step 2 : The Html In This Part you'll add the widget to your Blog !!
Goto :: Design>Page Elements>Add Gadget>Html/Javascript
Now Paste The Following Code In It.
<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script src="http://sidharth12.googlecode.com/files/jquery.colorbox-min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
   if (document.cookie.indexOf('visited=true') == -1) {
       var fifteenDays = 1000*60*60*24*15;
       var expires = new Date((new Date()).valueOf() + fifteenDays);
       document.cookie = "visited=true;expires=" + expires.toUTCString();
   $.colorbox({width:"480px", inline:true, href:"#subscribe"});
       }
});
</script>
    <!-- This contains the hidden content for inline calls -->
    <div style='display:none'>
        <div id='subscribe' style='padding:10px; background:#fff;'>
        <h2 class="box-title">Never Miss Any Update From Us!</h2>
               <h2 class="box-tagline">Enrich Your Inbox.[402+ Readers]</h2><br/>
               <form style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:3px;text-align:center;" action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify" method="post" target="popupwindow" onsubmit="window.open('http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=ILibrary', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=no,width=560,height=540');return true"><p>Enter your email address:</p><p><input type="text" style="width:140px" name="email"/></p><input type="hidden" value="ILibrary" name="uri"/><input type="hidden" name="loc" value="en_US"/><input type="submit" value="Subscribe" /><p>Delivered by <a href="http://feedburner.google.com" target="_blank">FeedBurner</a> | Powered By <a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com">MBT</a></p></form>
        <br/><h2 class="box-tagline">Subscribe us today and get Quality Articles for free.</h2>
</div>
</div>

Important :
Remove The Red Colored ILibrary With You FeedBurner ID.
Ignore The Line In Pink If Your Blog Already has JQuery.

Saturday, July 9, 2011

REMOVING THE COMMENT TAGS

Another way is to remove the comment tags completely, which was the method I used for Internet Tips and Tricks. In this case, from the code

#main { float: left; width: 440px; margin: 5px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;

this shows the width of the main column is only 440 pixels wide. So this time I chose the 250x250 Square format. The method is exactly the same as above, but instead of replacing Replace with , I just removed the comment tags completely, so that what I have is as shown below (with the

to emphasise where the script should be placed):







As usual, preview, and if satisfied, click "Save template".

Note: AdSense only allow 3 AdSense for Content units per page. So if you incorporate the unit into the post, theoretically, you will have one AdSense units in each post. So if you have the default 7 posts for the main page, you will have 7 AdSense units in each posts plus any other Ad units in the sidebar/s and/or footer and/or Header. AdSense suppresses any excess units so that only the first 3 units (which 3 depends on your template) are displayed. For most of my blogs, only the first 3 units in the first 3 posts will get displayed and if I have skyscraper unit in my sidebar and leaderboard unit in the footer, these plus the ad units in the rest of the posts will be suppressed. It is only when you are in an individual post page (permalink) where there is only one post that the skyscraper unit in the sidebar and the leaderboard unit in the footer plus that one unit in the post get displayed. I have tried this once for one blog and asked AdSense Support if it is OK and their response was that it is OK for THAT blog. They left the question about applying the same thing to other blogs hanging, so one doesn't know if we have to ask each time we apply the same thing to other blogs.

If you want to be safe, you may want to set the main page to display less posts in the main page, etc., or write to AdSense Support for clarifications.

Acknowledgement: The idea of using

was obtained from Wrap text around Google AdSense but was modified and an alternative way was presented. Further, she used an image to display the HTML which means you can't copy the HTML direct from the site. I use special codes to display the HTML characters so that you can copy the HTML direct from this site to use for your hack.Any problems, please comment in the post. One reader has complained about confusing l (L) with 1 (one). This has been clarified with a note right at the top of the post. He also commented on some problems with the table tags. I have retested the method described here in Generating Revenue from your Website, and for the table tags, I just use copy-paste from the script in the scroll box above. The method worked perfectly, so there is NO PROBLEM with the table tags.



Thursday, July 7, 2011

How To Place Adsense Below Post Title For Higher CTR

adsense best placement heat mapWhy below post title? Because it is the position with the highest CTR (click-through rate). In other words the ad placed there will bring the most money.
According to the Adsense ads positioning guideline published by Google, the best performing Adsense ad position is above the primary content i.e. above the blog post. This is illustrated by the heat map on the right.
Placing an ad below post title (above post content) is a not at all difficult. All you have to do is create an ad unit on Google Adsense website, get the code and add it to the specified location in your blog template.
(You can’t use Blogger’s Inline Adsense or Adsense gadget because it doesn’t have the option to add an ad under post title).
Here we go,

1. Preparing Adsense ad code

  1. Log in to Google Adsense (opens in tab/window) to create a new ad unit.
  2. For best results choose wide ad size -either 300x250 Medium Rectangle or 336x250 Large Rectangle format. Make sure you assign a new ad channel to it for performance monitoring purposes.
  3. When the setup is complete, you will be given a code.
  4. Run the code through an HTML escape tool to escape special characters in the code. The ad won’t appear if you use the original unescaped ad code.
  5. Copy the escaped code.

2. Adding ad code to the template

  1. Go to Dashboard > Design > Edit HTML.
  2. Tick the Expand Widget Templates check box on top right of the HTML window.
  3. Look for the following line in your HTML code:
    <data:post.body/>
  4. Paste the escaped ad code right above the line, like so:
    1<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
    2 PLACE AD CODE HERE
    3</b:if>
    the conditional tag in lines 1 and 3 will make the ad appear only on post pages. If you want the ad to appear on all pages, just remove the lines.
  5. Save and view your blog.

3. Monitor ad performance

Make sure you monitor the ad performance. Don’t automatically assume it succeeds in increasing CTR without seeing the actual results.
No two blogs are the same, what works on most blogs may or may not work on yours. If you don’t see positive changes, test again with different ad types, formats, colors and/or placements.
Enjoy!