How to create composite image of 2 photos side-by-side

2010-05-27T21:13:00.013+08:00

I have shown how to display 2 images side by side using the HTML table tag but because a blogger asked to display a particular pair of photos side by side which actually turned out to be a single composite picture of 2 photos side by side, I am going to illustrate how this alternative method do displaying 2 photos side-by-side using my favorite free Irfanview photo editor.First I

Sticky post question and answers (plural)

2010-05-01T00:16:00.003+08:00

This is a very frequent question and often answered by using editing the post date (newest) so that it always remain at the top. Previously we could postdate it to the future which is no longer possible because Blogger now will schedule the post to be published in the future instead of publishing it with the postdated date. Thus the post can at most post to current date and each time a new post

Spam blogs deletion & self-hosted blogs

2010-03-07T11:11:00.003+08:00

If your blog has been deleted, refer to How to restore blog deleted as splog or TOS violation.This post was inspired by 2 emails, one regarding the widespread deletion of blogspot.com blogs and one regarding web hosting. I myself have had 3 blogs related of which one probably was because it was a song, music and video blog which had many embedded Youtube videos. From a quick reading of Blogger

Problem when copy-pasting from WORD to Blogger post editor

2009-12-21T23:33:00.001+08:00

A blogger asked in the comments at Change blog background color and others: " I can't keep my font consistent throughout my posts...." I suspect he is copy-pasting from MS WORD or some other word processor. When you prepare a document in WORD, it adds a lot of invisible formatting tags to the text that you type and when you copy-paste from WORD to the Blogger post editor, these formatting tags

Blogger for Dummies sitemap

2009-09-02T21:18:00.000+08:00

Google Blogger begins monetization

2009-07-21T13:33:00.003+08:00

For years I am amazed at the generosity of Google Blogger in offering millions of bloggers this free blogging platform without asking for or expecting anything in return (other than the requirement to display the navbar which is never enforced). You can do many things with Blogger including putting not only Google Adsense ads in your free blog, you can even add competing ads like Yahoo

How to set Blogger time zone

2009-07-17T10:20:00.005+08:00

Update: Your Blogger time zone can be set via Dashboard > Settings > Formatting and at the 5th item is a drop down menu to select your time zone. Ignore the rest of this post.A blogger complained that the time stamp for his post does not correspond to the time zone of the place he is posting to Blogger. If you want to change the time zone for Blogger which is tied to your Google account,

How to remove Header borders

2009-06-28T19:28:00.003+08:00

A blogger request help for removing the Header border (she called it title). This is easily done. First, sign into your Blogger account (Dashboard). Then click on the LAYOUT tab followed by EDIT HTML to get to the template editor. Look for this in the template:#header-wrapper { width:100%; margin:0 auto 10px; border:1px solid $bordercolor; }#header-inner { background-position: center;

Google account deleted, cannot access blog - What to do

2009-06-18T22:06:00.005+08:00

A Blogger account is associated with a Google Account. Never delete your Google Account. If you delete your Google Account, your blogs will become inaccessible to you. If you have accidentally deleted your Google Account, go to Google Account Help and fill in the form as soon as possible. Then pray. Acknowledgement: Thanks to Mishka for pointing this out. Related posts: How to delete Google

Fixed width template horizontal scroll bar

2009-05-08T19:05:00.002+08:00

A blogger told me that some of his readers complained of seeing a horizontal scroll bar (at the bottom of the screen) while he himself found no issue. I am guessing that he must be using a fixed width template optimized for screen resolutions greater than those of his readers while he himself is using the wider screen so see no horizontal scroll bar. These are the standard screen resolutions -

Blogger for Dummies is not my main blog. Blogger Tips and Tricks is

2009-04-17T21:53:00.003+08:00

I see that there are 35 followers of this blog on Blogger. If you happened to be a follower, perhaps you might be interested to know that while this is my first Blogger related blog, this is not my main Blogger related blog and is not updated often. The main Blogger related blog is Blogger Tips and Tricks of which the URL is http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/. The reason this is not my main

Why can't I find my blog in search engines?

2009-02-12T20:53:00.002+08:00

That is a frequent question from new bloggers. New bloggers who just started are understandably impatient to find their blogs in search engines. However, search engines take time to index new blogs. The first thing bloggers should do is to check if their blogs had been indexed. This is simply done by typingsite:URL of bloginto the search box and search. For example, to check if this blog is

Google Blogger Dummies book - Table of content

2009-01-31T04:33:00.008+08:00

When this blog was first created in January 2006, it was intended to be a blog with easy to follow instructions for bloggers using the Blogger platform and the original blog title of this blog is Blogger for Dummies. That was until I found out "for Dummies" was a trademark of Wiley Publishing Inc. I thus created another blog dummies-guide-to-google-blogger.blogspot.com as an online book for

Make images not clickable enlarge

2009-01-01T12:26:00.000+08:00

Sometimes I get funny requests, but more than a few times I have been asked this question - how to make images clickable. This is something I don't like to do, to use Blogger's post editor COMPOSE mode as I prefer to work in the post editor EDIT HTML mode for very good reasons and hope all you bloggers who are not familiar with that to start learning. It is not difficult and if you read the posts

Social bookmark buttons at bottom of posts (detailed)

2008-12-12T07:39:00.005+08:00

Adding social bookmark at the bottom of every post seems to be a favorite request. Fortunately, AddThis has made it very easy. You can see an example of this at the bottom of every post of Natural Remedies.To get your own buttons, just go to AddThis social bookmark, click on GET YOUR BUTTON and that will take you to a page as shown in screen shot below:select the type of button you want, chose

Short Introduction to inline CSS

2008-11-02T13:42:00.006+08:00

CSS is short for Cascading Style Sheets and is used for controlling the presentation (fonts, colors and layout) of documents written in Markup Languages like HTML, XHTML and XML such as blogs. CSS can be written in a separate document called from the template, written in the template itself or written within this post itself (inline CSS). For example, the HTML tag for a paragraph is

. Now

Screen shots for Dummies using MS Paint

2008-10-15T21:01:00.012+08:00

Screen Shots are very useful tools for illustrating instructions. It can also be invaluable when requesting for help as it helps one to explain one's problems. Here are some useful instructions and tips and tricks regarding screen shots.Tools for making screen shots are photo editors like Irfanview (free and very useful), MS Paint which can be found under ACCESSOEIES in all computers

Add pencil quick edit icon post

2008-09-22T09:38:00.005+08:00

Blogger has added quick edit icon to the bottom of the post which is only visible when you are logged into your Blogger or Google account. This is a great convenience. However, if you are using some third party template and not the standard template provided by Blogger, this very convenient pencil quick edit icon may be missing. There have been a number of bloggers who have asked how to

Blogger for Dummies now 4 column

2008-09-19T20:44:00.010+08:00

A few years ago, there were still almost 20% of visitors to this blog using the small 800x600px screen resolution and so this blog used a 3 column template designed for the 800x600 pixels screen resolution. However, large screens have become more popular and more common now and the latest statistics from statcounter visitor counter is given below:The statistics showed that the percentage of small

Free Favicon generator and host

2008-09-19T20:44:00.008+08:00

The icon (tiny photo of mine) in the address bar (in front of the URL) at the top of this browser is called a faviconIf you want to have a Favicon for your blog, refer to Favicon generator and host

Blogger for Dummies multilingual

2008-09-19T20:24:00.000+08:00

Blogger for Dummies has been redesigned to become 4 column. I now thus have more room to add widgets and a Google Translate widget has been placed at the top of the leftmost sidebar. If you want this blog to be translated into your language, just click the down arrow of Google Translator and chose your language. If I counted correctly, you can translate into 18 languages including standard and

Blogger and his guitar

2008-09-19T14:44:00.000+08:00

I received an email which made me think back about my school days. 40 years ago, I wanted to learn to play the guitar. I had a cheap acoustic guitar and did manage to strum along some oldies like "I started a joke", "Proud Mary", etc. However, I was no expert. After getting that email, I dug out a guitar from my storeroom (photo below):It is a Yamaha FG-400A acoustic guitar. Makes this blogger's

Use active link when commenting

2008-09-14T08:36:00.004+08:00

Not infrequently, one gets a commentator who leaves an inactive long URL when leaving a comment in a blog. Now if that URL happens to be a long one, one will get an unsightly long unbroken line like in the screen shot below:Depending on the situation, this unnecessary problem may be just a problem of aesthetic where the long URL juts beyond the boundary of the main column into the sidebar either

Ordered list HTML

2008-08-03T15:14:00.002+08:00

If you want to display an ordered list like for example:this is line 1this is line 2this is line 3the HTML to display them is given below:

this is line 1
this is line 2
this is line 3

Blogger: Beyond the Basics (Book)

2008-07-25T15:50:00.004+08:00

Press Release, May 2008Go Beyond the Basics of Blogger with New BookBlogger: Beyond the Basics is a new book from Packt, which will take users beyond the basics of Blogger. Written by Lee Jordan, this book will help users to take full advantage of the rich and powerful features of Blogger to transform their blog into a fresh and state-of-the-art blog as quickly and painlessly as possible. Blogger

Hack blinking text CSS javascript

2008-07-21T15:02:00.002+08:00

Now generally, if you want to display blinking text, you would have to add something to your blog CSS (Cascading Style Script) and use Javascript. Further, this will only work with the Internet Explorer web browser. Now you can display any blinking text without tampering with the blog CSS or template and the blinking effect will be displayed in any browser. I have tested it at testing blinking

Cannot find blog with search engine?

2008-07-18T17:42:00.001+08:00

A frequent complaint of new bloggers is that they cannot find their blog when searching for their blog with search engines. First, your blog need to be indexed by search engines. To check if your blog or website is indexed by a search engine, type:site:URL of blog or websitefor example, type this:site:http://bloggerfordummies.blogspot.cominto the search box and press the key ENTER. If you get

Venture capital for blogging startup

2008-07-18T09:18:00.001+08:00

I have intention to start my own Internet business - Blogger Dough which will be related to blogging. However, I need the service of an Australian IT firm and that will cost money. With regard to this respect, it is possible to seek Venture Capital. I had a look at that website and it looks interesting and may be what I am seeking as it is a website via which small startup business can post

Abandoned or neglected blog URL - is it available?

2008-07-14T09:44:00.003+08:00

This request frequently crops up. A blogger wants a certain Blogger blog URL but it cannot get it because someone had already registered and either the blog is abandoned or neglected or didn't publish even a single post yet. Blogger wants to know if it is available. Unfortunately, the answer is no. The URL is reserved in case the person who registered it decided to do something about it later.

Beginner HTML tutorial - hyperlink

2008-07-13T14:12:00.002+08:00

Active Hyperlink HTML and attributesOne more example for this HTML tutorial. Now we will learn hyperlink. First I will show how to make a hyperlink to a blog (or any other web page) without learning HTML, then I will explain the HTML tag for hyperlink so you can type it yourself without depending on the link icon , then how you can add some attributes to make it more useful. How to get the URL of

Dummies Guide to HTML Part 1

2008-07-12T12:55:00.003+08:00

HTML is easyFirst, rest be assured that learning enough HTML (HyperText Markup Language, but don't let this bombastic name frighten you please) to be able to control the appearance of your blog and the properties or attributes of various things in your blog is not difficult. Just to reassure you, you can actually add HTML to your blog without knowing HTML at all. First, in the post editor, don't

Duplicate content search engines penalty redirect

2008-07-12T11:19:00.000+08:00

You don't have to understand HTML to be able to use it. Example code for image

2008-07-12T06:17:00.004+08:00

Many beginning bloggers have problems with the uploading of images in Blogger. This is because Blogger always upload the image to the top of the post irrespective of where the position of the mouse cursor is. Now if you use the COMPOSE mode, you will have to use the clumsy process of drag and drop to get the image to where you want it to be. I find this very cumbersome especially if you have to

How get URL own blog methods

2008-07-11T23:47:00.005+08:00

Every blog has its own URL (Uniform Resource Locator) or an address that specifies the location of a file on the Internet. You can get the URL of your own blog either from the Dashboard. Look for the link "VIEW BLOG", left-click on it and select "Copy link location" (note: different browser will have slightly different wordings):The other way is to left click on VIEW BLOG in the POST EDITOR, or

Backup classic template for the XML New Blogger template

2008-07-02T21:32:00.003+08:00

Before you convert your Blogger blog with classic template to use the New Blogger XML template, it will be good to copy the classic template template into a Notepad file and save it, say, in a folder named backup template followed by the name of the blog if you have more than one blog. Note that this classic backup template cannot be used directly as a backup for a New Blogger XML template. What

Super Custom Template Blogger Buster

2008-06-15T14:06:00.003+08:00

Amanda of Bloggerbuster has made what she calls the Super Custom Blogger template. She called it Super Custom because she has made it one of her most customizable template where many things including fonts, colors, etc., can be changed from the Dashboard.You can see a demonstration blog using this Super Custom Blogger template at Guide to Denmark. Although it is highly customizable, I did not do

Reset widget Page Element comment signature etc.

2008-06-09T23:02:00.002+08:00

Please refer to Symptoms of problems. Trouble shooting tips. Instruction to reset widgets and Page Elements if your blog is missing comments link, author signature, etc. even though settings are set to enable comments, etc.Please provide feedback as to whether that trouble shooting tips work.Symptoms of problems. Trouble shooting tips. Instruction to reset widgets and Page Elements.

Apologies to bloggers who left comments still not getting responses - Examination June 14

2008-06-08T05:50:00.001+08:00

1000 apologies to bloggers who left comments still not getting responses. Peter Chen sitting for examination on June 14. Will work on comments on and after June 14.

Peter Chen is back: Responding to backlog of Comments now

2008-06-05T21:39:00.005+08:00

Hi all, sorry for the delay in approving your comments and responding to them. I am back from medical leave. Nothing serious, just warded for observation because of low blood sodium level. It was a long stay - almost 2 weeks. But it was a much needed rest. Now I have some 121 comments to go through in 3 blogs and more in blogs using different Blogger account:For those whose comments are in those

Promotional Products PDF book eBook

2008-06-01T16:47:00.007+08:00

You may have read about my disappointment at not being accepted as an author for Blogger for Dummies (Wiley Publications) but was not selected because I troubled the publisher with too many emails. Perhaps that "failure" is a blessing in disguise as I now have a more holistic dream or goal, and it all started with agreeing to help my sister-in-law, Kok Lee Wah, with a blog to help her recruit

Embed Youtube video in blog post

2008-05-31T04:07:00.011+08:00

Most videos uploaded to Youtube allows embedding as a script is normally provided on the left of the video. See screen shot below:Follow the red error from the text with yellow background. Click inside the box containing the Youtube video script for embedding {this may not be necessary, but if the whole of the script in not highlighted (blue), or if you want to be doubly sure that you have got

Peter Chen on Medical Leave

2008-05-27T16:53:00.000+08:00

Dear all,Peter Chen (Blog Star) is currently on medical leave and is unable to approve and respond to your comment and email messages. He will get back to you as soon as he is able to. Your patience is much appreciated.Mi Ghent(Peter's daughter)

Free games: Some love it, some don't so.....

2008-05-15T04:56:00.002+08:00

Well, I never like Free Games. In fact, you can say I hate it. I hate it when I see my son playing games when he should be studying. I hate it when I see youngsters whiling their time late in the morning in cyber cafe when they should be in bed.You may share my feelings, but who are we to decide what other likes. If they love Pokemon Shoot, are we to tell them no, The Idiot Test 2 (probably a

Late responses: Apologies and reasons

2008-05-11T08:38:00.003+08:00

There are a number of comments still not approved and responded to yet. I apologize to those kept waiting and just wish to let them know I was asked to be admitted to hospital Wednesday and had no access to the Internet. I am out now. I am fine with just a small problem that will probably be resolved soon. I need to finish some tasks with datelines first and I will then turn my attention to those

How to make photo not clickable

2008-05-03T22:41:00.003+08:00

Update: refer to Failsafe way to make photo uploaded via Blogger unclickableThis is a rare question as most have problems where they found their photos not clickable and want to know why plus the solution. One reason put forth is when you upload your photos in the Blogger post editor COMPOSE and then drag-drop them to shift them around (something which I hate to do), the photos may become

BLOGHOUSE: Malaysian bloggers headquarter

2008-05-02T09:57:00.004+08:00

Bloggers, political situation and press freedom in MalaysiaBloggers in Malaysia are a special breed. They have been accorded all kind of names like "monkey bloggers", "female lying bloggers" and "goblok". According to Wikipedia Indonesia, "Goblok adalah sebuah kata yang artinya Bodoh atau Tolol" which translated to plain English is "Goblok is a word meaning stupid or asinine, balmy, dimwitted,

Blog Types: medical - cancer

2008-04-16T15:23:00.008+08:00

Every now and then, we get bloggers asking what is a blog and what kind of blogs can we create. Well, the answer to the first is very straight forward. Blog is an amalgamation of 2 words Web Log and the B came from the last alphabet of b and log of course came from log which can be another word for a journal or diary. That was how blog and blogging. It is an online diary or journal where you

Add space to blog post, but not with space bar

2008-04-10T16:53:00.004+08:00

When you prepare a post with Blogger, you can only add a single space using the space bar. Even if you press the space bar 1000 times, two words will only be separated by a single space. If you need to create more than that, you will have to use what is know as non-breaking space. Now I am going to create a wide space between "begin" and "end" in the example below:begin endIf you

Cannot sign into Blogger. What to do

2008-04-09T19:07:00.005+08:00

Very common problem. Either blogger have forgotten the username (email address) or cannot remember password. How to get Blogger username or passwordAll you need to do is to go to www.blogger.com/start,don't fill in any of the fields (boxes), just click on "Sign in". The next page, you will seeAt the bottom, you see "forgot your password?". Click on that and the next page will revealIf you forgot

Export Blogger posts to Wordpress

2008-04-08T18:50:00.002+08:00

I would hate to see you go, but if you must leave Blogger for Wordpress and want to export your Blogger blog posts to your new Wordpress blog, refer toNew Wordpress import from BloggerHowever, note the following:

Get more visitors: Update frequently

2008-04-05T22:36:00.004+08:00

Update blog regularly to get more traffic (visitors)Search engines love websites which are updated frequently. Here is one of the main reason blogs are popular with search engines. By its nature, blogs frequently have new posts. By updating frequently, the likelihood of your blog getting hits from search engines are higher. Neglect your blog and the reverse is true. I just read one Internet

Get back blog accidentally deleted,

2008-03-30T04:23:00.004+08:00

How to get back a blog which had been accidentally deletedThis is another problem because the "Save Settings" in Settings > Basic (default)are so close to each other and it is understandable why sometimes careless bloggers accidentally click on the wrong button.Some reassurance about deleted blogsPreviously, when a blog is deleted, the blog URL is released to others to grab. In the past this

Clicking on image does not enlarge image: Why and how

2008-03-29T21:34:00.002+08:00

This is a frequent question. Why is it when I click on an image (photo, screen shot, etc.), it does not enlarge and how do I make it enlarge?I was told that if you upload a photo or image in the Blogger post editor window COMPOSE mode, and you drag and drop the photo or image, it will result in exactly the above problem. I myself practically never use the COMPOSE mode, always the EDIT HTML mode

SEO (search engine optimization) for blogs

2008-03-14T18:00:00.004+08:00

What is SEO (search engine optimization)?Search engine optimization (SEO) is what one do to try to increase the traffic (visitors) to a blog or website. It can be on site SEO (done in the blog or website with proper use if keywords, placement of keywords (many says it is best to put the more important keywords near the beginning and end of a post or page), incorporating keywords in the blog or

Bloggers need home IT support

2008-02-25T15:40:00.005+08:00

I don't know about you, but my field is science, not IT. I have no formal training in IT and whatever I learned about HTML, XHTML, CSS, skills needed by a webmaster (bloggers are by default webmasters as they are response for how their blog are displayed and found by surfers on the Web). Further, I have 4 computers in my home which are networked together for Internet access. Beyond that, I have

Protection for bloggers and surfers

2008-02-25T15:22:00.002+08:00

I have read of many cases of blogs being hijacked, hacked into, and all kind of very unpleasant stuff. If your blog get hijacked, not only you may not have access to your blog, you may find it being redirected to porn or sexually explicit websites which can be really embarrassing especially if you have given the blog URL to relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates, etc. Further, as a

Searching for blogs by topics or subjects

2008-02-23T03:20:00.006+08:00

I have previously published Technorati blog search engine and blog ranking website but a more comprehensive post need to be published. We will discuss the possibilities one by one:Blogger Profile's Interests and FavoritesYou can add your interests and favorites in various fields when editing your Blogger Profile (if you don't know how to do this, you will have to commend and ask for help). The

Update: Why use plain narrow template for my blog

2008-02-18T04:55:00.002+08:00

I have previously explained why my main blogs are so plain (no graphics) and narrow with "wasted blank space" on both sides if viewed with large screen at Why I use this plain (Minima) template for my main blogs (click BACK button to get back to this page) where I pointed (linked) to a big news website (BBC news) which will have large "wasted blank space" on the right side. Today, while examining

Why I use this plain template for this blog

2008-02-12T15:44:00.001+08:00

Choices of templates are very personal, as different people have different preferences and requirements. Some like very fanciful ones with lots of colors and graphics, some like plain ones like this blog. Some cannot stand the blank "wasted" space of this blog if you are viewing this blog with a wide or big screen and prefer templates which display the blog across the whole screen with no blank

Unable to find post? Possible reasons and solutions

2008-02-12T01:29:00.001+08:00

We get frequent questions who are keen to have their blogs found by search engines. They say they search for their blog by searching for their own name or the topic of the blog or post, but failed to find any. Before your blog or posts can be found by search engines, they must be indexed first, and that may take some time. So the first thing to do is to find out if your blog had been indexed.

Green Bloggercon 2008, United States of America

2008-02-11T08:42:00.001+08:00

Bloggers conferences, forums, exhibitionsUnfortunately for us non-US residents, most of the bloggers related events are held in the United States of America. My first blog was an Environmental blog: Enviroman Says and if it is practical, I would love to go for this event: Green Bloggercon 2008 May 16th Chicago, Illinois It will be a conference for green bloggers, by green bloggers. Not only

Spell check for Blogger: How to overcome current problem with Blogger built-in spell check problems

2008-02-06T12:06:00.000+08:00

The spell check built-in the toolbar of the Blogger post editor is broken (not working). Blogger is aware of the problem and is working on the problem and hopefully will get it licked soon. In the meantime, you will have to use other ways:Spell check with Google toolbar in Internet ExplorerI used to very much prefer using the spell check with the Google toolbar in FireFox. However, ever since

Moderating comments from Dashboard plus problems

2008-02-05T20:25:00.000+08:00

Advantages of moderating comments via email notificationI have set comments in almost all my blogs for moderation via email notification. This means each time a visitor makes a comment, I get an email with the full message and I can approve or reject a comment from there. Moderating comments via email notification has many advantages over moderating via the Dashboard. The first big one I would

Earn with blogs

2008-02-03T06:30:00.000+08:00

Why people blogBlogs are created for various reasons. Some are created as a result of an itchy mouth like http://my-first-grandchild.blogspot.com/(My first grandchild)which resulted from a simple question when my daughter gave me the CD containing the nuchal scan of her unborn baby, my first grandchild: "Why don't you put it on the Web?". She retorted: "Why don't YOU do it?".Some created blogs to

Increase traffic and enhance reputation via SezWho?

2008-01-31T10:39:00.000+08:00

I have been informed that BlogCatalog, a social network for bloggers which claims a membership of over 100,000 bloggers together with SezWho will be providing a system for comment tracking and ranking platform for bloggers. This sounds like good news for me who post comments extensively and most are what I believe to be good, helpful comments based on comments left by grateful bloggers. It will

Essential tools for bloggers

2008-01-27T14:58:00.001+08:00

Depending on the topic you blog on, the tools you need will vary. One thing you just cannot do without - a computer. Computer for bloggersWhat kind of computer will also vary depending on your preferences and habits. For me, I do very heavy multi-tasking. Now when I look at my task bar, I see 3 browsers (that is few because it is not infrequent I have 6 browsers) opened with multiple tabs, 2

How to get back lost "blogroll" or Link List after upgrading from old classic template to New Blogger template

2008-01-26T23:40:00.000+08:00

Before I even start discussing topic in title, my advice is save a copy of your old classic template before you do anything like upgrading to New Blogger template. Yes, I know, Blogger said they will save a copy for you, but in order to get that old classic template after upgrading, you have to revert to old classic template from your now New Blogger template, which means if you do not follow the

Bloggers, digital cameras and pixels

2008-01-16T07:47:00.001+08:00

Why bloggers need digital camerasI don't know about you, but I blog on all kinds of topics from A to Z. I have travel blogs, and for these kind of blogs, a digital camera is essential. Even "political" blogs like Blog for Positive Changes which one may think should be mostly text only content may need photos as you can see from the number of photos in this post - Long March for Justice and Rally

Peter's Consultation for promoting website selling beauty products using private blog

2008-01-15T12:37:00.000+08:00

I had a request from someone to for help to promote her website which sells beauty products and offered good rewards if I do well. So what did I do? I set up a private blog Peter's Consultation where I will be posting secret tips and tricks gained from experience through long hours and hard work. Can't afford to make those secret tips and tricks public you know, for after all, someone has offered

Transferring content from one blog to another

2008-01-05T23:13:00.000+08:00

Some blogger has asked how to transfer content from one blog to another. For Google Blogger blogs, there is no way to do this automatically. First, you must make a decision. Are you prepared for extra work? That is, are you willing to edit your old post so that it is different from your earlier posts? Reason for this is, many says search engine penalize duplicate content (controversial). I try to

Label counts for old classic Blogger template

2008-01-03T22:29:00.000+08:00

A blogger wanted to know if one will see the number of posts for a certain label when one uses an old classic Blogger template. The only way I can answer is to test it out myself, which was done with a demonstration blog at Eye Care Guide, a blog which uses a classic template. You will see the labels at the bottom left of the posts. To make it clearer, I will put a screenshot below:The labels are

Upgrade to New Blogger template from old classic template

2007-12-25T10:19:00.000+08:00

I would recommend bloggers still using old classic Blogger template to a New Blogger template. They are so much easier to use, especially for those not comfortable with HTML, CSS, etc., more robust, etc. I will try to discuss some of them below:Advantages of New Blogger templates compared with old classic Blogger templatesPublishing a post is much faster. New Blogger templates uses dynamic pages

Business Blog: Online Pharmacy

2007-12-14T15:31:00.001+08:00

Sometimes bloggers request help for setting up online business with minimal expenses. It is possible to make money online by setting up business blogs. A good example will be Good Pharmacy Online. It is planned, among others as an affiliate for Online Canadian Pharmacy Escrow Service. When you set up a business blog, you should pay particular attention to the template such as things like having

Blogging services and web hosts

2007-12-08T05:59:00.001+08:00

There are many blogging services, also referred to as blogging platforms, which can enable anyone to quickly start a blog. Some are free, some you have to pay, some have both free and paid versions. Also, blogs are used for different purposes of which I will be writing about later, but I just want to mention one of them - business blogs. Google Blogger blogging platformBlogger is a blog

All about graphic Header for your blog, also grahic post title

2007-12-07T14:02:00.000+08:00

I get lots of questions about graphic Headers for blogs as bloggers seem to like graphic (image) instead of plain text blog Header. Here is where I put links to all posts connected to graphic blog Header and also one on graphic post title.Whatever it is, I for one is very reluctant to delete a text Blog title as to me, it is very important from SEO (Search Engine Optimization) as search engines

Report Blogger TOS violation

2007-12-02T11:30:00.000+08:00

TOS is short for Terms of Service which you should read before you use any services for your own security or getting into problems with the service providers. Refer to Google Blogger TOS (Terms of Service).If you have problems withDefamation/Libel/SlanderSomeone stealing your content Spam (Learn more.Adult or pornographic imagesHate or violenceImpersonationIllegal/OtherYou need to contact

Advantages of Custom Domain for New Blogger

2007-11-28T17:31:00.001+08:00

I have used Google Blogger (blogspot.com) for years and have been very happy so far. Google Blogger is extremely generous. Now Google Blogger have become even more generous by introducing New Blogger Custom Domain which allows you to register your own domain names so that you can have a URL which is your very own property (not a sub-domain of Blogger) and do not have the .blogspot.com at the end

HTML Color Codes, color charts and color tools

2007-11-24T22:53:00.000+08:00

If you are a blogger fussy with appearance of your blog, or you get involved in activities like Blending colors of your advertisements with the colors of your website or Blending color of your search box with the colors of your website or Change main background color of Rounders template blog, you will have to be familiar with hexadecimal HTML color codes. HTML color codes are codes with a # in

Haloscan commenting system: Problems

2007-11-22T13:52:00.000+08:00

I used the Haloscan commenting system in one of my blogs Natural Remedies because someone asked and I need to get some experience so that I can respond. However, I have been having problems because I set the comments for moderation, but each time I get an email notification, click on the link, I get to a page to post a comment. This has been going on for some time, but I got another 3 Haloscan

Does meta tags need to be closed? (or do meta tags occur in pairs?)

2007-11-17T20:58:00.000+08:00

The majority of HTML tags occur in pairs, an opening tag and an closing tag. Example, the opening tag for an unordered list is

will be followed by a list, and at the end of the list, you must have the closing tag .However, some tags do not need a closing tag. Examples are the line break tag (to force a line break)
and the image tag . These tags do not need

AdSense ads below post for old classic Blogger template

2007-11-15T06:10:00.000+08:00

There are still bloggers who use the old classic Blogger template, some because they have too much customization and too attached to it, and some because they choose to use custom domain and host on their own. Got a guestion on how to add adsense text link ad in below some specific posts.You cannot add AdSense ads only below the post you choose. There is a way to add ads below the post, but you

Homepage, archive pages and individual post pages (permalinks) of a blog

2007-11-12T07:27:00.000+08:00

Responding to a blogger question "What is a homepage?"The homepage (index or main page) of this blog is Dummies Guide to Blogger (click BACK button to get back to this page) and a surfer will get to the homepage by clicking on the above link or by typing or copy pasting the blog URL of this blog which ishttp://bloggerfordummies.blogspot.com into the address bar of a web browser like FireFox, my

The fastest way to get indexed by search engines

2007-11-05T18:26:00.000+08:00

The fastest way to get indexed (to have information about your site in the search engine database) and to be "findable" or "searchable" by search engines is to get a link from a website that already has been indexed and regularly spidered (crawled or having a kind of robotic program that enables search engines to read what is in your website), preferably by a high PageRank website like this one

Page Source: How and why

2007-11-02T17:56:00.000+08:00

A blogger asked, so here is the answer.How to view page source (source code of a web pageThis part is easy. FireFox browserFor FireFox browser, my favorite browser, at the top of the browser, click on VIEW > PAGE SOURCE in the menu bar. To make this clearer, see screenshot below:When you click "Page source", a new window will open with the source code used to display that web page. Actuall, the

Polls for Blogger

2007-10-20T22:52:00.001+08:00

Polls for blog direct from BloggerThe New Blogger (formerly Blogger Beta) has a new feature recently - polls. In the LAYOUT (Update: Layout is now DESIGN), you can click "Add a Page Element" and select "Polls", then click "Add to blog" and you will see the following "pop-up" for setting the poll:Note that you can allow either only single vote or multiple vote, plus you are not limited to just 4

Apple Quicktime to make MP3 player work

2007-10-12T02:12:00.000+08:00

I have previous published a way to add an MP3 player to your blog so that you can have music for your blog at Adding Music to your blog. I received one comment from a blogger: "hey peter thanks for posting these topic...but i dont know why it doesnt work for me!...i have tried a thousand times, and i cant make it work!"One of the problem may be you do not have the proper plugin in your computer,

Why I never use custom domain

2007-10-03T20:26:00.000+08:00

I have published a post Custom domain for New Blogger, however, I myself never use it for my blogs.Reasons: In the first place, I don't want to bother myself with renewals. More important, I am now 57 years old, going on to 58. If I am lucky and live to 100, there will be still 42 years for doing the things I enjoy. But I know there must come a time when I will no longer be around to renew domain

Save money on tools you need for blogging

2007-09-30T02:23:00.000+08:00

For simple blogs, you don't need much - a basic computer, a modem for access to the Intenet and a suitable blogging platform. I use the free Google Blogger and use sub-domains of blogspot.com and Blogger host my blogs for free. Very generous of them. I use free photo editors like Irfanview in conjunction with Paint that comes with Windows for screenshots and for editing photos and creating images

Content Management Systems and blogs

2007-09-19T13:36:00.000+08:00

Blogging platforms for blogsBlogging platforms like Google Blogger, Wordpress (free version), etc., makes it easy for anyone to start a blog irrespective of background. He or she may know nothing of HTML, CSS, etc., but with the easy interface provided by such blogging platforms, can start a blog under 10 minutes and immediately start publishing posts to the web. If you are a complete beginner,

Are static pages or dynamic pages better for search engines?

2007-09-19T02:39:00.000+08:00

Blogger Beta (now New Blogger) touted its major improvement over the old classic Blogger as New Blogger being dynamic. This means you don't need to republish each time you edit something in the template or change some setting. Just save and the changes will be immediately be reflected on the web. No more having to save and then republish and get that dreaded rotating arrow that sometimes really

Change blog background color and others

2007-09-17T18:04:00.000+08:00

With New Blogger, it is very easy to change colors of various thing, and that include the blog background color. All you need to do is to sign into blogger.com (Dashboard) where you will see a list of all the blogs you have in your Blogger account. Click on LAYOUT for the relevant blog, then click on the "Fonts and colors" sub tab. You will then see a page to change the colors of various things

Attract non-English traffic to English language sites

2007-09-14T18:19:00.001+08:00

I have previously published adding site translator to blogs (and normal websites as well) at Add translator to your blog (or website) (click BACK button to get back to this page). One reader also wants to know if she publish a blog in English, how can she attract non-English visitors. The only thing I can think of is to ping non-English as well as English servers each time the blogger creates a

Add translator to your blog

2007-09-12T21:44:00.000+08:00

Got a question from a reader who is now doing her blog twice, once in English and once in her language. She asked if it is possible to do it only once, and have something to click on to read the site in another language. I know of 2 reputable possibility - AltaVista Babelfish and Google Translator widget. You can see example of implementation of this at the bottom of the left sidebar of these two

Embed Powerpoint presentation into your post

2007-09-07T22:17:00.000+08:00

There is a site Scribd that will enable you to embed PowerPoint presentations into your post. An example can be seen at Malaysians have to change attitude to succeed. I shall now describe how I did it. First, you must have a PowerPoint (ppt) file stored in your computer. At Scribd, you can either register first before you upload the ppt file or register first. The advantages of registering is you

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