Blogspot Recomended: Related Posts

Now here is wonderful hack for displaying links to related posts beneath each of your blog posts. The related articles are chosen from other posts in that same category/label/tag. With this hack many of your readers will remain on your site for longer periods of time when they see related posts of interest.

Preview of Related Posts Links:

Error Fix:

If your related posts have not been working correctly:

1. Search for this line of code:  http://theblogtemplates.com/scripts/Related_posts_hack.js
2. Replace the URL above with https://sites.google.com/site/widgetsforfree/scripts/Related_posts_hack.js

How to Add Related Posts Widget to Your Blog?

Go to Layout >Edit HTML in your Blogger Dashboard.

Back up your existing Template before making any changes!

Make sure to check the "Expand Widget Templates" box.

Search for the </head> tag.

Add the following code just before the </head> tag.

<style> #related-posts { float : left; width : 540px; margin-top:20px; margin-left : 5px; margin-bottom:20px; font : 11px Verdana; margin-bottom:10px; } #related-posts .widget { list-style-type : none; margin : 5px 0 5px 0; padding : 0; } #related-posts .widget h2, #related-posts h2 { font-size : 20px; font-weight : normal; margin : 5px 7px 0; padding : 0 0 5px; } #related-posts a { text-decoration : none; } #related-posts a:hover { text-decoration : none; } #related-posts ul { border : medium none; margin : 10px; padding : 0; } #related-posts ul li { display : block; background : url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisll1n0X4FoeK9eK3DLYKKtA_LZJs7k6eUowUw1IZsBvIQGayb6nnGuHG9tbKiX7mBA-w_GfLEo-6i7TDVuRLKaKOxz9wLf010OlMyX0aPpSs505LRP1j9a2vvNzwI3Wn3vQ4UOFSyE6Q/") no-repeat 0 0; margin : 0; padding-top : 0; padding-right : 0; padding-bottom : 1px; padding-left : 21px; margin-bottom : 5px; line-height : 2em; border-bottom:1px dotted #cccccc; } </style> <script src='https://sites.google.com/site/widgetsforfree/scripts/Related_posts_hack.js' type='text/javascript'/>

Now search for <data:post.body/>. In some of the templates this code may look like this
<div class='post-body>
or
<data:post.body/>

Add the following code just beneath the code you just searched for.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<div id="related-posts">
<font face='Arial' size='3'><b>Related Posts : </b></font><font color='#FFFFFF'><b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'><data:label.name/><b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>,</b:if><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<script expr:src='&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/&quot; + data:label.name + &quot;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=related_results_labels&amp;max-results=5&quot;' type='text/javascript'/></b:if></b:loop> </font>
<script type='text/javascript'> removeRelatedDuplicates(); printRelatedLabels();
</script>
</div></b:if>

Now Save your Template and you're done!

Customization

• In order to change the number of maximum related posts being displayed for each label, search for the code below (within the code given in step 7) and change the number "5" to any desired number.

  max-results=5

How to Automatically Backup your Files with Dropbox

Dropbox offers 2 GB of free online storage space that you can easily bump up to 3 GB or more with the help of your social networks and by inviting friends who aren’t on Dropbox yet.

This kind of space is not sufficient to backup the entire hard drive1 but enough to save your essential files and folder that you can’t afford to lose. These may include your documents, photographs, source code and other important files.

Using Dropbox for File Backup

Backup with Dropbox is effortless but one big limitation is that your files and folders need to be residing inside the main Dropbox folder before they can be sent to the cloud.

To deal with this problem, we’ll make use of Microsoft SyncToy, a free application that keeps files and folders in sync with each other. You identify all the essential folders that you want to backup and then sync them all with the local Dropbox folder using SyncToy.

Next we’ll use the built-in Task Scheduler in Windows to run SyncToy once per day (or sooner) so that the content of our local Dropbox folder and the source folders are always in sync with each other.

Backup with Dropbox – Step by Step

Now that you have the basic idea, lets see how this can be implemented in in few easy steps (you can also skip straight to the video tutorial).

Step 1. Launch SyncToy and create a new folder pair. For instance, to backup documents, set the “Left Folder” as your My Documents folder and the “Right Folder” as a sub-folder of Dropbox. Set the action as ‘synchronize.’

Step 2. Repeat Step 1 for every folder that you want to back up using Dropbox. If you want to backup all your pictures, just point the left folder to the main ‘My Pictures’ folder or choose individual folders if you don’t have space to backup the entire archive.

Step 3. Enter taskschd.msc in the Windows Run box to start the Task Scheduler or go to Start –> All Programs –> Accessories –> System Tools –> Scheduled Tasks.

Step 4. While you are inside Task Scheduler, create a basic task and give it a name like ‘Dropbox Backup.’ Set the trigger as Daily (run backup once per day) and choose a time when you are less likely to use your workstation.

Step 5. Under Action, choose “Start a Program” and set the program name as SyncToyCmd.exe. For arguments, just say “-R” without quotes and save the task.

That’s it! SyncToy will launch everyday at the set time and will put all the new and updated files into Dropbox. Once there, Dropbox will automatically copy your files to the cloud which you can then access from anywhere from almost any device.

Video Tutorial

Source: labnol.org

How to Download Flash Files using Browser

Today, Flash is everywhere. Animations, music, games, advertisements or even streaming presentations. Speaking of games, here’s a list of site with the best flash games.

The use of Flash plug-ins in browsers is now almost obligatory. Yes, it’s easy to view and enjoy the rich media content delivered by interactive Flash embedded pages. But what if I want to download some of these files as keepsakes? The greatest benefit ““ I can watch them offline in my own jolly time. Convert them to a format of my choice. Or embed them again in a PowerPoint presentation. Or even transfer them to my mobile phone.

Flash animation files are embedded as SWF (Small Web Format) files in webpages. Rather than depending on any software or a third-party website, downloading Flash content is dead simple. The only tool required is a browser and a bit of patience to do the rummaging around.

Just one note: As we will be heading into the internet cache folders of the respective browsers, it pays to clear it of all old files before navigating to the desired page. It makes the Flash file search a lot easier.

So, here’s how to do it in three of our popular browsers.

Download SWF files using Firefox

1. Fire up Firefox and browse to the page which contains the embedded SWF Flash file that you are eyeing to download. Let the SWF file stream through once completely.

2. On any empty part of the page, right-click and select the Page Info context menu option. Or alternatively, go to Tools Page Info.

Select the Media tab. The Media tab lists all image formats, icons, style sheets and flash files that were rendered by the webpage.

4. Look amongst the items to find the particular file with the SWF extension. The type column will show up with an Embed filetype. Highlight the file and click Save as to save the file on your hard drive.

Download SWF files using Internet Explorer

In IE8, we have to head to the Temporary Internet Files folder which stores all rendered files during a browsing session. (It can be directly accessed from here in Windows XP –C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files.)

1. Go to the IE Menu bar. Click on Tools ““ Internet Options.

2. On the General tab, click on Settings under Browsing History.

3. The Temporary Internet Files and Browsing History box opens up.

4. Click on View Files. You will get all the rendered webpage elements in this folder.

5. To rummage about effectively amidst the mass of files, choose View ““ Arrange by Type from the menu. Also go to Tools ““ Folder Options, and uncheck the Hide extensions for known file types option.

6. Seek out your SWF files, copy and then paste it to your preferred location.

Download SWF files using Opera

In Opera, downloaded SWF files can be accessed in two simple ways:

• Type opera:cache in the address bar.

• Go to Tools ““ Advanced ““ Cache from the toolbar.

Either way, a huge list of downloaded page elements opens up with their URLs. Search for a file with the .swf extension. Alternatively, you could search (Ctrl+F ) and hunt it down, with swf as the search query.

Right-click on the particular file and choose either Saved Linked Content As or Save to Download Folder to save the SWF file on the hard disk.

After downloading the SWF file, one can use the Adobe Flash Player to view the Flash file or a supported media player like Media Player Classic. Or, an easier way would be to just open it in a browser by right-clicking it and selecting the browser of choice.

These are the ways we can use to single out the Flash files from a webpage. In my experience, I personally have been more comfortable with Firefox than the other two. I am still searching a way perform this in Chrome but it is proving impossible without third-party support. Numerous third-party tools can do the same job better by converting it to a format of your choice. But it always pays to know that you can fall back on a browser alone.

Aibek had the same idea about offline Flash files when he covered How To Download and Play Flash Games Offline in a previous post. That post extends the possibilities of the fun we can have with Flash files.

What about you? Do you let it play on the webpage or do you dig under and take a Flash file offline? 

Source: makeuseof.com

10 Free Web Icon and Button Sets for you Blog

From TechFlaps.Com

Presenting before you in this article is another set of web icons and buttons for web designers and bloggers, which are free to download and use. The collection contains some inspiring and cool designs.

1. Web 2.0 Icons

Cool nice icons (RSS, YouTube, Flickr, Technorati, Del.icio.us, Feedburner) in sizes of 48×48 pixel and 32×32 pixel free for download.

Download [211 Downloads]

2. RSS Feed Icons Wood Design

This set contains a collection of RSS Feed icons designed in wood shades and styles designed by WebFruits.This set contains 12 icons in .png format and are licensed under Creative Commons, which means that they are free to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work except that you may not use this work for commercial purposes.

Download [40 Downloads]

3. Blog Social Bookmarking Icons

This set includes three set of icons for Del.icio.us, RSS Feed, Technorati, Flickr, YouTube which are designed mainly for blog users and are very attractive, also from WebFruits.

Download [118 Downloads]

4. Social Web Buttons

This set includes buttons for Anobii, coComment, Del.icio.us, Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Last-FM, Pownce, Slideshare. A stunning collection of Social Web buttons from Webfruits.

Download [100 Downloads]

5. Silk Icons

“Silk” is a smooth, free icon set, containing over 700 16-by-16 pixel icons in strokably-soft PNG format. Containing a large variety of icons, you’re sure to find something that tickles your fancy. And all for a free from famfamfam.

Download [42 Downloads]

6. Aquatics Social Icons

This icon set contains 30 iPhone-inspired icons (in Aquaticus flavor) of the various social networking/Web 2.0 sites, from Quake9.

Each icon is available in these 4 sizes: 60×60 pixels, 48×48 pixels, 24×24 pixels, and 16×16 pixels.

Download [212 Downloads]

7. On Stage Web Icons

The set contains 49 free vector icons including PSD which can be useful for both corporate and personal setting. You can use the set for free — without any restrictions whatsoever. This icon set was designed by Deziner Folio.

Download PNG files + PSD Sources [159 Downloads]

8. WebDev Social Bookmark Icons

Download this free icon pack for your Website or Application. It is an Add-on to IconTexto Webdev icon pack. 8 icons in PNG (128×128, 48×48, 32×32, 16×16) format.

Download

9. Function Free Icon Set

A beautiful set of 128 free icons free for any use. Includes various popular social media Icons.

Download [131 Downloads]

10. Free Developers Icons

90 Free Developers Icons in this set, Including three kinds of color ,Blue, Green and Yellow, in Png and Ico formats. This set contains icons of size 32×32, 24×24, 18×18 Pixels.

Download [118 Downloads]

After selecting the Icon sets and downloading them, leave your comments about this so that I can provide you all with more and more posts of this kind. Suggestions and critics are Most Welcome!

From TechFlaps.Com

Social Boomarks and get traffic for you Blog

The internet community is no longer riding upon its decrepit perception that a website is a mere leash of web pages piled together to give us some sort of information. The stature of the internet is evolving by the day into an extremely pivotal mode of marketing businesses. This is the domain under which social bookmarking plays the role of a wise king in silence.

In simple English, one can term social bookmarking as a tool to promote your explicitly designed website to be accessed with ease from any computer or mobile device.

The affable answer to this question is backlinks. Greater number of backlinks only proves to show that more number of people are gaining interest in your site. Eventually your site achieves a better and a firmer position on the search domains and of course this would end you up in attracting a lot more traffic onto your website in a jiffy.

Incredible Content – ‘Spells’ to a Successful Website

We need to understand that a site can only become a successful marketing tool only if it caters its curious surfers with some rich, attractive and creative content, which could make their eyeballs drool. An exuberant heading, stunning wordplay, magnetic texts will always lay the foundation for a better impression in the minds of the surfer about the website and its business.

Making your website or blog user-friendly will go on a long way in enhancing the outlook of your traffic stats. The present generations of surfers are quick and impatient. On the other hand; it is not a tough task to make them an integral part of your marketing strategy. Use of Social Bookmarking icons is the perfect recipe to treat these hungry surfers. Also, linking your content onto other websites or blogs will never prove to be a foolish idea

Is the ‘2012’ for Social Bookmarking Any Near?

None can deny the fact that social bookmarking has been one of the most revolutionary and successful methods of optimizing the popularity of your website. But there arises a serious question in the minds of today’s web gurus as to whether social bookmarking is immortal? The answer to this question would be a ‘NO’ which could be quite apprehensive for all you readers.

Now what makes the gurus conclude with such an answer? The internet has been infected with millions and trillions of disgusting spam texts and scam websites, which is making concerned surfers to turn their heads to safer and reliable search engines.

One’s Rise is the Other’s fall?

Another major reason which attributes to the limited use of social bookmarking is the birth of social media sites. There is absolutely no doubt about how popular Facebook and Twitter have become amongst the youth of this world. These sites are more sophisticated and set their onus upon attracting people, by providing them with what exactly they want from the internet.

In a nut shell, the rise and triumph of social media marketing only seems to show that social bookmarking is outdated and infected and needs an urgent revamp.

From SEOSPIN.NET