Friday 20 January 2012

Recent Comments Widget For Blogger / Blogspot with Top Commenters

This post explains how you can add Recent Comments widget for Blogger Blogspot blogs.Once the reader finds a recent comments widget in the sidebar of the blog, will come to know that your blog is quite active and invites you to send comments on his blog. In this way you can collect some active user base to comment on your blog posts.Now you can reward your best commentators, showing their names with clickable links to your Blogger blog and it helps to see that comments in his blog more often.


How to Install WordPress styled Recent Comments Widget For Blogger

I have to write two set of instructions for each steps, as some of you are using the default layout, and some of you are using the new layout. So, let's see how to install this cool widget in your blog..


Step 1:


If you're using the old Blogger interface: Go to Dashboard - Design - Page Elements - Add a Gadget.


Add a Gadget of HTML/JavaScript type.

If you're using the new Blogger interface: Go to Dashboard - Layout - Add a Gadget


2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.

3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the one of code given below

4. Now Click On Save 'JavaScript' You are done.

<a href="http://blogfixed.blogspot.com" target="_blank" title="Blogger Widgets"><img src="http://safir85.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/cursor-24work-10.png" border="0" alt="Blogger Widgets" style="position:absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px;" /></a><script style=text/javascript src=http://safir85.ucoz.com/bdlab-blogspot/24work/recent-comments/recent-comments-widget.js></script><script style=text/javascript >var a_rc=5;var m_rc=false;var n_rc=true;var o_rc=100;</script><script src=http://blogfixed.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?alt=json-in-script&callback=showrecentcomments ></script><span id=rcw-cr><a href=http://blogfixed.blogspot.com/>Blogger Widget</a></span><style type=text/css> .rcw-comments a {text-transform: capitalize;} .rcw-comments {border-bottom: 1px dotted; padding-top: 7px!important; padding-bottom: 7px!important;} #rcw-cr {font-family: Arial,Tahoma;font-size:9px;padding-top:7px;display:block;} </style>

Change Mouse cursor of your Blogger blogspot blog to Animated Cursors

How to change mouse cursor in blogger blog to animated cursors. Many bloggers are asking such kind of questions but there is no tutorial available on the internet.I created this post because there are a blogger friend who asked how to change the pointer / cursor on the blogger. This you can do to decorate the look of blog.


I take the cursor image from http://www.cursors-4u.com/ and you can change it anytime depends on your festive moods.


How to Install mouse cursor in blogger blog to animated cursors
This tutorial will help you to change the mouse cursor of your blog to animated cursors. As you can see in this blog, i haved installed a dark blue 3d cursor. You can also add it in your blogspot blogs and change it according to your will. 

I have to write two set of instructions for each steps, as some of you are using the default layout, and some of you are using the new layout.Backup your template before attempting this tutorial.

Step 1:

In old layout: Go to Dashboard - Design - Edit HTML - Expand Widget Templates.


In new layout: Go to Dashboard - Template - Edit Template HTML - Expand Widget Templates.


Now find (CTRL+F) this code in the template:
</head>

And immediately before it, paste this code:


<style type="text/css">body, a:hover {cursor: url(http://safir85.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/mouse-cursor/COOL_BLUE_OUTER_GLOW_POINTER-www.24work.blogspot.c.cur), progress;}</style><a href="http://24work.blogspot.com" target="_blank" title="Blogger Widgets"><img src="http://safir85.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/cursor-24work-10.png" border="0" alt="Blogger Widgets" style="position:absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px;" /></a> 





And Click on SAVE Template.


and Now You Are Done.