Page Navigation Menu Widget for Blogger

Page Navigation Menu Widget for Blogger

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Animation Jump - quick tip

Animation Jump - quick tip

jQuery has got good base level support for effects out of the box. Setting them up and using them to reveal and hide elements is exceptionally easy.

However, on more than one occasion I've found that after creating a sliding effect, the animation jumps on completion.

Having found the cause, I thought it only fair to share and explain why it's happening and how to avoid it.

Watch the animation jump fix screencast (alternative flash version)

QuickTime version is approximately 7Mb, flash version is streaming.

View the demo and source code used in the screencast

Understanding the Problem

The way the slide animation works is it animates the height CSS property of the element. The problem occurs if the element being animated has a margin or padding.

This is because when the element shifts from display: none to a tiny height (or width) and visa versa, the padding (or margin) jumps in to view, causing the real height to be height + padding + margin.

If you look at the screenshot below, you can see the padding is still visible but the height of the element is 1px, the next step is the to display: none, which in this case, the blocks below will jump up 32px (padding-top + padding-bottom).

Animation jump example

Fixing the Problem

The solution is very simple to fix once you've understood the problem.

The problematic code would have the following style:

#expand {
padding
: 16px;
display
: none;
}

The code required to create the smooth animation is:

#expand {
display
: none;
}

#expand div {
padding
: 16px;
}

We've moved the padding away from the animating element and so only the height affects the height of the sliding block.

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Blogger Widget: Followers

Widget/gadget baru dari blogger, Followers. Sayang belum semua account di blogger dapat kesempatan buat nyobain. Gak usah kuatir, fitur ini akan segera tersedia di semua account blogger dalam beberapa minggu kedepan.

Show off your Followers

(Important Note: The Following feature will be rolled out to all over the next few weeks, so if you don’t see it right away, don’t worry. It’s coming soon.)

Would you like to know who enjoys reading your blog? Or stay updated with your favorite blogs right from your Blogger dashboard? You can do those things and more with Blogger’s new Following feature.
By following your blog, your readers tell you and the world that they’re a fan of what you post. Your Dashboard now shows you how many followers each of your blogs has. With a click on the Followers icon, you can browse your followers, see what blogs they write, and read the other blogs they’re following.
Now that you know who your Followers are, you can show them off by adding the Followers gadget to your blog’s sidebar. From the “Layout | Page Elements” tab, click “Add a Gadget” and select “Followers” from the gadgets list. The Followers gadget shows the profile pictures of your followers and gives your readers a “Follow This Blog” link to join up, too.

Your followers can stay updated with your blog with the Reading List that we’ve added to the Blogger Dashboard. The Blogs I’m Following tab automatically shows the latest posts from all the blogs you follow. You can follow any blog from your reading list, even blogs that haven’t added the Followers widget or aren’t hosted on Blogger. Just click the “Add” button and type in the blog’s URL.
If you’re a Google Reader user, you’ll now see a special folder in Reader called “Blogs I’m Following,” full of the subscriptions for all of the blogs you follow. You can follow blogs you’ve subscribed to in Reader, too: From the Reading List on your Blogger Dashboard, click “Add,” then “Import from Google Reader.”

And.... there's more to come! We are also in the process of integrating with Google Friend Connect so you can give your readers more engaging social features.
For more details about what we've launched, check out the help articles here:
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11 FREE high-quality wordpress theme releases in August 2008

Hey, and welcome to the montly Wordpress theme releases post, this month wasn’t more productive regarding high-quality wp themes than last month, in this post i’ve included 11 themes, and trust me there are a few themes that will blow your mind ;).

These 11 themes were selected from a total number of 287 themes from Digitalpoint Forums and WeblogToolsCollection

Here’s August’s Roundup

1) E-storage plus

The theme looks great, I really like the overall concept and mostly the sliding images and the lots and lots of color schemes.

Of course the structure has its value also, but the thing that takes down A LOT from the theme’s value is the empty header(which can be replaced ofc).

Theme Demo: http://www.zinruss.com/demo234/
Theme release post: N/A - Download: http://www.zinruss.com/themes/download-manager.php?id=253

2) Reformasi

The thing that makes Reformasi a valuable free theme is its structure nad element combination. You can easily ad-optimize your blog with this theme and in the same time make it look fun and appealing.

The image slider is javascript powered and the News in Photo section is just brilliant!

Theme Demo: http://www.blogger-template.info/reformasi
Theme release post: http://www.blogger-template.info/reformasi-theme
Download: http://www.blogger-template.info/wp-content/uploads/reformasi.zip

3) Vibrant

There’s only one main sentence i can say about this theme: Light green looks damn good combined with blue.

The posts are included in rounded cornered boxes, and the color combination is a variation of grey/blue/green which makes the theme look really sleek!

Theme Demo: http://test.webfrap.com/?theme=WordPress%20Vibrant
Theme release post: http://www.webfrap.com/vibrant-wordpress-theme/
Download: http://www.webfrap.com/wp-content/downloads/vibrant.zip

4) Acosmin Tech

I think the main reason why i like this theme is the funky top part and the huge advertising box which makes the theme different from the ordinary ad-optimized themes. 3 columned themes are getting more and more popular nowadays.

The comment page also deserves my appreciation. I really like they way Cosmin integrated Gravatars in the posts, good job! :)

Theme Demo: http://acosmintech.acosmin.com/
Theme release post: http://www.acosmin.com/acosmintech-v1-free-wordpress-theme/
Download: http://www.acosmin.com/download/29/

5) Guzel Magazine

Okay, now really…this is THE HOTTEST free magazine styled theme i ever saw in my life. This theme makes people who bought premium themes regret their decision.

This theme has lots of cool features like Thumbnail Support for Stories, Video Spot, AJAX tabs, & many more, and is IDEAL for a magazine blog. If i would have to rate this theme i’d give it 11/10!

Theme Demo: http://www.customthemedesign.com/guzel
Theme release post: N/A
Download: http://www.gabfire.com/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=5

6) Global Mag

Yet an other magazine styled theme. The combination of red and blue on a white background makes the theme very appealing and gives it a fresh look.

The theme features a featured article spot, snippets from recent posts from each category and of course ad-optimization.

Theme Demo: http://test.bloggingzone.info/?preview_theme=meg3
Theme release post: N/A
Download: http://bloggingzone.info/globalmag.zip

7) Wp Coda

This theme is so sexy, it’s almost undescribable. When i first saw the preview i said to myself: HOLY SHIT!

WP Coda has lots and lots of jQuery features implemented like sliding, cool hovers, popup bubbles, fancy box.

Trust me on this: This theme will DAZZLE you!

Theme Demo: http://wordpress.bustatheme.com/coda/
Theme release post: http://bustatheme.com/wordpress/wp-coda/
Download: http://bustatheme.com/download/wp+coda+latest

8 ) Wp Coda Orange

WP CODA ORANGE is based on the fantastic theme by Greg Johnson - WP CODA. WP CODA itself was created to “mimic the functionality of the very popular Coda website - created by .Panic to market their web development tools and services. As Greg states, “Every aspect of the Coda website was duplicated and this theme works in every major browser.”

Theme Demo: http://wpcodaorange.kerrywebster.com/
Theme release post: http://wpcodaorange.kerrywebster.com/
Download: http://kerrywebster.com/?download=WP-Coda-Orange

9) CrzyRedBinks

This is a really simplistic theme, but for some reason it looks damn good. I think the grey/red combination and the sidebar elements arrangement makes it looks so good.

A great plus for this theme is the load time, it completely loads under 2 seconds, also the footer isn’t filled with sponsor links :). The theme uses PHP files for ads, so ad management is a bit eased. The bad part of Crzyredbinks is that it doesn’t have an options panel.

Theme Demo: http://demo.slimmity.com/index.php?wptheme=CrzyRedBinks
Theme release post: http://www.slimmity.com/crzyredbinks-v1/
Download: http://www.slimmity.com/download/6/

10) Star Press

There isn’t anything fancy about this theme, i decided to add it because it would fit a teen/gossip blog like a glove. Unlike most themes this theme doesn’t use FAMFAMFAM’s icons which makes it stand out a bit more :).

Theme Demo: http://www.onewaylinks.co.uk/themes/star-press/
Theme release post: http://www.onewaylinks.co.uk/star-press-free-wordpress-themes/
Download: http://www.onewaylinks.co.uk/downloads/star-press.zip

11) Web 2.0 Pinky

Definitely for a girl blog. The theme has very few images but the overall concept looks good. The theme could use a bit more elements but even this way it made it to this month’s showcase.

The one thing i really don’t like about this theme is the logo which looks like it was put there because the author didn’t have any other alternatives.

Theme Demo: http://ourfather.co.cc/index.php?wptheme=Web+2.0+Pinky
Theme release post: http://www.teckitech.com/08/wordpress-theme-web-20-pinky/
Download:http://www.teckitech.com/08/wordpress-theme-web-20-pinky/

Okay, i wrapped up August also(2 minutes before the feedburner email delivery, Woot! ), c ya next month :D

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Carnivale du Vin blogger css sample

Carnivale du Vin

I especially like the simplicity and typography.
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e-storage plus wp skin

e-storage plus

e-storage plus wordpress theme screenshot

Quick info

  • Plug & Play Slider
  • 20 Color Schemes
  • Ajax Tabs Menu
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Am i hot or not? WP THEME

Am i hot or not wordpress theme screenshot

Quick info

  • 3 Columns
  • Widget Ready
  • Right Sidebar
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Fervens A - B - C Blogger Templates

Fervens A - B - C , Blogger Templates

Fervens Templates are recently created for Wordpress by DesignDisease , and a visitor of mine wanted me to convert this templates to Blogger XML Template , after converted Fervens template series i realized that Ajax Tabs menu which makes Fervens more stylish and useful werent working on any browser , and i decided to give up converting Fervens Wordpress Template series.

Today i realize that Fervens has been converted to Blogger Xml Template by BlogandWeb dot com , but it looks he could not manage to add Ajax tabs to Blogger version too. Anyway here the series of Fervens Blogger XML Template Series.

Fervens A - B - C Blogger Template Series :

  • 3 Columns
  • Blogger New Version
  • Web 2.0
  • Fixed Width
  • Rounded Corner

Fervens A

Fervens A has a center column where posts are showed and left & right sidebars. Heres a picture of Fervens A Blogger Template :

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Demo of Fervens A | Download Fervens A

Fervens B

Fervens B has 2 left columns and a post column on the right .

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Demo of Fervens B | Download Fervens B

Fervens C

Fervens C has 2 columns on the right and a post column on the left. I think this one looks better when compared to other two templates.
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Demo of Fervens C | Download Fervens C

Thanks Francisco for adding these greate Blogger templates to Blogger Comunity.

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Template Spain for blogger

Template Spain

Spain

Download

demo

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1.Maggo Magazine Blogger Template:


Maggo magazine blogger template

Features:
  • Magazine Style template
  • XML Template
  • 3 Column Template
  • Fully Widget Ready
  • White Template
  • Adsense Ready
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How to change Timestamp format in Blogger

How to change Timestamp format in Blogger

You know, there are lots of blogger templates using Timestamp format for posted day instead of DateTime format. We must change the TimeStamp as their format otherwise the date won’t show up properly on each of your posts! Actually the date will most likely be blank and you’ll think the template is broken.

Ok, we will figure it out now :)

Step 1. Login to your blogger account

Step 2. At Dashboard, choose tab Settings

Step 3. At Setting tab, choose tab Formatting

Step 4. At Formatting tab, change Timestamp Format to format like “Tuesday, May 5,2008″.

Remember change the TIMESTAMP, not the DATE HEADER

Step 5. Save your template and DONE.

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Astro colorful blogger template

Astro colorful blogger template

Astro colorful blogger template

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Features included :

  • Two columns with right sidebar
  • Nice header image
  • Built-in RSS feed

Install Astro blogger template

Nothing much to do with this template because I did nearly everything for you :D . The only thing you need to do is the case of Timestamp format. You can read the instruction here

And last, remember to subscribe to our feed to get more template in the very near future.

Update: My bandwidth is going to exceed. Please upload all images first! Replace the link http://your-link-here with your own. Thanks.

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Love Blogger Template

Love Blogger Template // Blogger Templates

love blogger template

Love Blogger Template’s Features;

-The images are already hosted via Photobucket
-Easy edit about widgets.
-This template has two columns.

In my opinion, this blogger template is good theme about love ;)

If you have any problems, ask in the comments! I will offer tech support through the comments!

Theme Demo: Love Blogger Template
Download Love Blogger Template: Love Blogger Template Download

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Get Added To My Entrecard Bookmarks List

Want to add your website to my list of Entrecard bookmarks?
There are 3 very simple steps.

  1. Make sure your Entrecard is visible on your website without having to scroll down.
  2. Either Sign up for one of my affiliate programs, subscribe to my RSS feed, or Add me to your Technorati Favorites.
  3. Then leave a comment on this post saying “Add me“. That’s it!
  4. If I see any sites that have 0 drops in the last 30 days you will be removed from the list. Same goes for anyone that has redirects, pop-ups, or self-playing audio/video ads.

When you see your comment deleted, you will know you have been added. If there was a problem adding your name, I will post the reason below your comment. Be sure to download the zip file of my bookmarks: Entrecard.zip.

Entrecard Bookmarks last updated 8/13/2008

Release Notes:

  1. Blogs that dropped 0-1 cards in the last 30 days have been removed.
  2. All new blogs that posted asking to be included have been added.
  3. Folder names are based upon the total drops received by turnipofpower.com in the last 30 days.

Directions: For this to work you need Firefox:

  1. Download the following zip file: Entrecard.zip
  2. Unzip file, open Firefox and choose “Organize Bookmarks”
  3. Now choose “Import” and point towards the entrecard.html file.
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Free Wordpress Theme - Zinmag-Redux - Free Download

Zinmag-redux is the revisited edition of the original zinmag theme from Jinsona designs. This is a 3 column magazine wordpress theme designed to power up your site as a powerfull CMS. Theme is bundled with lot of cool features you would like to have on your site. It has a featured post section, A headlines corousal, featured video section, miniposts with thumbnails, mini admin panel,etc. The theme comes with a setup guide to help you customise it to suite your site best. Required Plugins have been included in the pack.

Zinmag-Redux

Demo

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Directory Delight Wordpress themes

Directory Delight

Directory Delight wordpress theme screenshot

Quick info

  • 3 Columns
  • Widget Ready
  • Left Sidebar

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Vocaroo Coloque voz no seu blog


Quer dar boas vindas aos seus leitores com sua própria voz? Mostrar seus talentos como cantor? Acha mais simples explicar algo falando que escrevendo? No site Vocaroo você grava a sua voz (bastando ter um microfone, logicamente) e de maneira rápida e simples você obtém o código para postar no seu site/blog.

Achei um recurso muito bom para quem tem blogs/sites que ensinam línguas estrangeiras. É uma maneira simples de demonstrar a pronúncia de palavras e frases.

  • Clique em Click to Record
  • Uma janelinha da Adobe Flash se abrirá e clique em Allow
  • Comece a gravar a mensagem e quando terminar, clique em Click to Stop
  • Se quiser ouvir antes de salvar, clique em Listen
  • Post on the internet para pegar o código (HTML Code)
  • Cole o código em sua postagem e aparecerá assim para seus visitantes:

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Website Traffic Series Part 12: Email Bloggers to Showcase Your Best Content


Content is surely king, but if no one gets to see your content, it will just get lost on the immense sea of bits and bytes that we call the World Wide Web, right? Email is the most popular method for online communications, and it can contribute immensely to your promotional efforts.


The image above only serves as illustration. Email someone with such a large and spammy font and he will trash it immediately…

The concept: Once your blog becomes popular and with a loyal following, you will probably be able to focus on the content creation alone. Until you arrive on that level, however, merely publishing top notch content will not be enough.

You will need to actively promote it, and one very effective way to do so is to email bloggers and webmasters on your niche to let them know about your best articles. Should they like what you are sending them, there are good chances that they will link to it, sending both visitors and link juice to your website.

Does it work?: Yes, although the overall success of this technique will depend on several factors. First of all, the higher the quality of the content that you are emailing away, the higher the chances of receiving links.

Secondly, the pitch that you include on your email will play an important role. If you add too much unrelated information the person on the other side might just think that you are spamming him, and skip your email.

Finally, if you take the time to develop your network slowly over time, and with a genuine interest for building win-win relationships, this technique will work better.

How to get started: As stated before, you will need to work on the content first. There is no use in emailing people around if you just have some average quality articles to show them. Check out the post Use These 10 Tips to Write Your Most Popular Post Ever for more info on how to create killer content.

In parallel to the content development strategy you should start to network with bloggers and webmasters on your niche. Do some guest posts on their blogs, invite them to guest post on yours, link to their articles and so on.

Once you have both of those in place, it is a matter of publishing your killer article and emailing your contacts and friends to let them know about it. Don’t beg for a link on the email, this is plain annoying. Just mention that you think they will find it interesting. If they do, they will be glad to link spontaneously.

Over to the readers: Do you email bloggers and webmasters on your niche to let them know about your best content? Has this strategy worked well for you in the past?

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WordPress Themes

WordPress Themes

DeepBlue Theme

DeepBlue is an elegant, two column WordPress theme. It is advertising ready, and it comes with several advanced featured, including Feedburner integration, author comment styling and search engine optimization.

deepblue theme





StudioPress Theme

StudioPress is a clean, AdSense-ready WordPress theme. It supports widgets and it comes with alternate comments styling and a customizable “Welcome” section on the sidebar.

studiopress theme

StudioPress Green Theme

StudioPress is a clean, AdSense-ready WordPress theme. It supports widgets and it comes with alternate comments styling and a customizable “Welcome” section on the sidebar.

studiopress green theme


StudioPress Orange Theme

StudioPress is a clean, AdSense-ready WordPress theme. It supports widgets and it comes with alternate comments styling and a customizable “Welcome” section on the sidebar.

studiopress orange theme




StudioPress Red Theme

StudioPress is a clean, AdSense-ready WordPress theme. It supports widgets and it comes with alternate comments styling and a customizable “Welcome” section on the sidebar.

studiopress red theme



DarkZen Theme

DarkZen comes with a dark header and a gray background, packed on a clean and minimalist design. It is advertising ready, and it already comes with social bookmarking icons integrated.

darkzen theme


BlueSensation Theme

BlueSensation is a clean and traditional looking WordPress theme. It has a large content column on the left, and a single sidebar, which already comes with 125×125 advertising spots.

bluesensation wordpress theme



Daily32 Theme

Daily32 is a sharp looking WordPress theme with three sub-headers and three sub-footer sections to accomodate all your links and special content. It is advertising ready and it comes with Feedburner integration. On the download you will also find the PSD file and necessary fonts to change the header image.

daily32 theme



PassionDuo Red Theme

The PassionDuo theme has a clean style, rounded corners, space for advertising and a lot of room for your content. It is advertising ready and it comes with Feedburner integration and comments styling.

passionduo red theme





PassionDuo Blue Theme

The PassionDuo theme has a clean style, rounded corners, space for advertising and a lot of room for your content. It is advertising ready and it comes with Feedburner integration and comments styling.

passionduo blue theme



PassionDuo Green Theme

The PassionDuo theme has a clean style, rounded corners, space for advertising and a lot of room for your content. It is advertising ready and it comes with Feedburner integration and comments styling.

passionduo green theme



SubtleZen Theme

SubtleZen is a minimalist WordPress theme with a calm background and subtle titles and headlines. It is ideal for bloggers looking for a simple layout which lets the visitors focus on the content.

subtlezen theme

GreenTech Theme

GreenTech is a clean theme, with a cream background and details in brown and green. It is advertising ready, supports widgets and it comes with author comments and Feedburner integration.

green tech theme

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