'lo, In this article I will explain how you can: 1. Blog on a custom domain (eg. www.<yourname>.com) while not having to buy any hosting space on the web (Will cover both Blogger and Wordpress) 2. Blog on a custom domain while also having custom hosting (Will cover only wordpress and explain how to migrate blogger blogs to custom/self-hosted wordpress) I understand that many readers may question the need for this article when there ...
Jan 12, 2009View Comments
Blogging on custom domains using Blogger and WordPress with and without self hosting
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Jan 1, 2007View Comments
Translate your posts into 14 languages (Updates added)
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Dear Friends,This is my first add-on goody for the year 2007. Hope you will like it. Brainiac came up with a suggestion to add more languages to my Google translate for posts hack. As the number of languages provided by Google is limited, I decided to use the BabelFish code, offered in a language translation widget by Amit Agarwal of Digital Inspiration. I have been using this hack ...
Dec 31, 2006View Comments
More hackers now on the ‘new blogger’ hacking scene
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Hello Readers,Life has been very busy for me in the last couple of weeks and therefore I have not been posting any new hacks or code. However, the the hacking scene has not gone cold. Lots of stuff has been happening in the blogger hacking space.1. You might have looked at Ramani's lightining fast Neo template. If not check it out here.2. Classic Blogger's favorite hacker, Aditya of ...
Dec 24, 2006View Comments
Tamed rounders template now hacked and downloadable
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Hello all,Deniz of imessengr has taken the three column rounders template and hacked it to include most of the popular hacks currently available for the new Blogger. He has done this for all the variants of rounders that are available on Blogger.Visit here to download this template and install it in your blog.
Dec 21, 2006View Comments
Blogger Feature or Bug: Edit link disappears and Blog unable to recognize its admin
(For full text with comments please click on the title)For quite a while now I have been facing problems with my Blogger blogs and layout editor. Every time I edit a widget and save the changes the edit link for that widget disappears from the layout. To understand what I am referring to have a look at the two images below.Once I update the "Subscribe | Syndicate | Bookmark" widget the edit link disappears. I actually have ...
Dec 20, 2006View Comments
Blogger News: Welcome the "New Blogger"
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Hello Readers,Just a quick update here. Blogger has announced that they are now out of beta. This is shown by the change of URLs. The sign-in link on beta blog navbars no longer points to the beta.blogger.com link. It now points to www2.blogger.com.Classic Blogger users can learn more about Blogger Beta the New Blogger here.
Dec 16, 2006View Comments
Adsense inside your posts and only on post (item) pages
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Loui$$ from Blogging Secret just asked me how I was displaying adsense ads only on post (item) pages and inside the post i.e. in the beginning and the end of each post. For this I use the same if statements from my hack Display widgets only on pages you prefer but widget are not involved in this one as widgets cannot go inside a post. First let me acknowledge ...
Dec 15, 2006View Comments
Add background colors to comments
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Hi all,This is a quick & dirty or a simple hack (if you want to call it that) that allows one to add a background color to the comments. I have this set in my blog and you can simply check the post page for one of my posts that has comments to see what I am talking about. Here is an image for your convenience:Interested? Please backup ...
Dec 11, 2006View Comments
Hack Round-up
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Hello Readers,Well, I had no new ideas (except for a few which require CSS knowledge) so I have no new hacks of my own as of now. However, this post points to some good hacks/add-ons/template mods that I have seen in the neighborhood recently:1. Hacked Son of Moto template by Deniz of imessengr.2. Adsense beside your posts in blogger beta by Deniz of imessengr.3. Adsense between the posts ...
Dec 5, 2006View Comments
Control your Layout editor’s layout
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Hello Readers,I was going through the stock dots dark template when I came across a section labeled “Page structure tweaks for layout editor wireframe” just before the closing skin tag in the template head. Soon I realized that I can use this section to modify the looks of my layout editor in the following section: Template > Page Elements > Add and Arrange Page ElementsFor those of you ...
Nov 28, 2006View Comments
Show recent posts under a label (category) in a drop-down from horizontal navigation bar
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Dear readers,Based on the new JSON format and the JavaScript code for displaying recent posts from Hans of beautiful beta, I now present horizontal navigational menus with auto (activates on mouse hover) drop-downs which display the most recent posts under each of your labels (say categories).To see this in action take your mouse cursor to the "Beta Hack" or "Hack News" section in the navigation bar in my ...
Nov 26, 2006View Comments
Allow your labels to be searched in Technorati and Del.icio.us tags
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Hello Friends,I have developed a simple little add-on for your blog. To know what I am talking about, just see the labels in my post's footer. Notice the tiny Technorati pic beside each label. When clicked, it shows you all the posts from bloggosphere that have been tagged with the label in question. (See end of this post for Del.icio.us how-to)It is a good way to allow your ...
Nov 25, 2006View Comments
What’s with the backlinks?
(For full text with comments please click on the title)On recently published posts across all blogs I am seeing similar backlinks pointing to some page2rss thingy. The mess of links in there, led me here.What's up with Blogger? What new feature or bug is this? :DTechnorati Tags: blogger search, blogger, backlinks
Nov 24, 2006View Comments
JSON, customizable widgets and other applications
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Hello Readers,There is some really good stuff happening in the Blogger hacking world. This comes after the recent announcement on Blogger buzz regarding Blogger (or I can say all of Google) moving to JSON (JavaScript Object Notification) data format for feeds.The hacks I am referring to are:1. Hoctro's Recent Comments/Posts widget.2. Ramani's Customizable Recent Comments Widget.3. Hans's Customizable Recent Comments Widget with date and post title (offered in ...
Nov 21, 2006View Comments
Cool Technorati Add-ons for your Blog
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Hello Readers,I have come across two cool add-ons for your blog. They are:1. Technorati Rank display widget by purplemoggy2. Technorati Blog reactions link from imessengr.com1. PurpleMoggy has posted a very useful add-on with which one can display their real-time Technorati rank in the blog's sidebar. To get a preview of the add-on and learn the code click here.2. Deniz from imessengr.com has provided the Blogger Beta code for ...
Nov 17, 2006View Comments
New hacked template for Blogger beta and return of "flag-blog"
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Dears readers,The topics covered in this post are:1. A hacked sand-dollar template (with widebar) for blogger beta by imessengr.com2. "Flag blog" option now available for Blogger beta blogs.1. Hacked Sand Dollar TemplateDeniz from imessengr.com (the one who presented the recent referrers hack for blogger beta) has released a hacked sand dollar template for blogger beta. This template contains a variety of hacks and is based on the widebar ...
Nov 13, 2006View Comments
Feed, Social Bookmark Drop-down and a Recent referrers hack
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Hello Readers,In this post, I have presented the following add-on for Blogger-Beta:1. Subscribe drop-down (on-hover) for presenting feed subscription options.2. Social Bookmark drop-down for Blogger-beta post footers.3. Extreme Socializer – A Social Bookmarking alternative.4. Recent Referrers hack by web-messenger.1. Feed Subscribe Drop-down (on-hover)You might have noticed the Javascript-based subscribe drop-down (activates on mouse hover) in my blog’s widebar. I had got this one from here. Just go to ...
Nov 12, 2006View Comments
A Firefox extension and PurpleMoggy’s hacks
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Hello readers,I have been using a Firefox extension by name fasterfox. If slow browsing speed has been a problem for you, I recommend that you give it a shot.Coming to beta hack, this blog now uses two hacks which I picked up from PurpleMoggy's blog. It appears that a tutorial has been put up for the search box. Please find the tutorial on implementing a 4-in-1 search box ...
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