73D41416194E8A7C390936971FB2B74B Chira Sathi

Friday, September 30, 2011

Create Slideshow In Blogger With Navigation - V2

Blogger-Slideshow Last day I shared a simple tutorial which tells how to a create Slideshow For Blogger. Today we have yet another more advanced slider that has some awesome effects added to it. You can navigate between images and the slideshow has opacity plus slice image effects. All adds up just more spice to the slideshow. This slider is created by dev7studios.com and modified by us. Kindly have a look at the demo before we may start learning how to create this new Jquery slider.

Live Demo

PS: If you have slow network connection then kindly have patience till the slideshow loads.

How to add the Slideshow to blogger?

The methods as usual are more easy than you can imagine. Follow up,
  1. Go To Blogger > Design
  2. Choose Add a Page Element
  3. Then choose HTML/JavaScript widget
  4. Inside the widget paste the code below,
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://nivo.dev7studios.com/scripts/nivo-slider/jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(window).load(function() {
    $('#slider').nivoSlider();
});
</script>
<style>
#slider {
    position:relative;
}
#slider img {
        position:absolute;
    top:0px;
    left:0px;
    display:none;
}
#slider a {
    border:0;
    display:block;
}
.nivo-controlNav {
    position:absolute;
    left:260px;
    bottom:-42px;
}
.nivo-controlNav a {
    display:block;
    width:22px;
    height:22px;
    background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Fm6KSSkpzPIESH0iOJ79jfYDxCKpLSI3JaYmud6ewnqAoIgnlYSW8gOqJNblKmsc_Gqn8MrGRLmc79v4Wk77Ux_8QIq99ar3kkR-GwOD1A6Ib8AKzmFas3WAYkZvQvKwshB24wAqizo/s400/bullets.png) no-repeat;
    text-indent:-9999px;
    border:0;
    margin-right:3px;
    float:left;
}
.nivo-controlNav a.active {
    background-position:0 -22px;
}
.nivo-directionNav a {
    display:block;
    width:30px;
    height:30px;
    background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRMO_WmAJccdJeWmlBUqvPvZOeeYxv8P116FkcpBbE-QAaGOhwJnsJtMrqetuuzmD2h1zc_dCqFWD_CF2U5XR_OHf3j-s0qkKoJRezmt6BWddnuDyf_xO1_NVj5g6ekRwk-V8avrEhic/s400/arrows.png) no-repeat;
    text-indent:-9999px;
    border:0;
}
a.nivo-nextNav {
    background-position:-30px 0;
    right:15px;
}
a.nivo-prevNav {
    left:15px;
}
.nivo-caption {
    text-shadow:none;
    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size:16px;
    padding: 10px 0px;
}
.nivo-caption a {
    color:#efe9d1;
    text-decoration:underline;
}
.clear {
    clear:both;
}
.nivoSlider {
    position:relative;
}
.nivoSlider img {
    position:absolute;
    top:0px;
    left:0px;
}
.nivoSlider a.nivo-imageLink {
    position:absolute;
    top:0px;
    left:0px;
    width:100%;
    height:100%;
    border:0;
    padding:0;
    margin:0;
    z-index:60;
    display:none;
}

.nivo-slice {
    display:block;
    position:absolute;
    z-index:50;
    height:100%;
}
.nivo-caption {
    position:absolute;
    left:0px;
    bottom:0px;
    background:#000;
    color:#fff;
    opacity:0.7; /* Overridden by captionOpacity setting */
    width:100%;
    z-index:89;
}
.nivo-caption p {
    padding:5px;
    margin:0;
}
.nivo-caption a {
    display:inline !important;
}
.nivo-html-caption {
    display:none;
}

.nivo-directionNav a {
    position:absolute;
    top:45%;
    z-index:99;
    cursor:pointer;
}
.nivo-prevNav {
    left:0px;
}
.nivo-nextNav {
    right:0px;
}
.nivo-controlNav a {
    position:relative;
    z-index:99;
    cursor:pointer;
}
.nivo-controlNav a.active {
    font-weight:bold;
}
</style>
<div id="slider">

<img src="URL Of Image" alt="" title="Description Goes Here" />
<img src="URL Of Image" alt="" title="Description Goes Here" />
<img src="URL Of Image" alt="" title="Description Goes Here" />
<img src="URL Of Image" alt="" title="Description Goes Here" />
<img src="URL Of Image" alt="" title="#htmlcaption" />
</div>
<!—Write Descriptoon With Links In this Part—>
<div id="htmlcaption" class="nivo-html-caption">
Cool na? :) Now Learn How to create one by <a href="http://wwww.mybloggertricks.com">Clicking here</a> </div>

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How To Customize the Slider?

Of course its fun to customize it first using MBT HTML Editor :)
Replace URL Of Image with image link and Description Goes Here with any stuff that you may write. If you want to show no caption/description then simply delete title="Description Goes Here"
If you wish to add effects to text or use a link then use title="#htmlcaption"  instead and then add your description as I have done after <div id="htmlcaption" class="nivo-html-caption"> . If you are finding this part difficult then let me know to which image do you want to add the effect. I will provide you with the code required.
Note:  Please Note that you will need to use Images with equal sizes. The default size of all images used in this tutorial is 618 x 270. To learn how to adjust image sizes using Photoshop read this tutorial. Photoshop Image Editing Basics For bloggers

How To add More Images?

To add another image simply paste the code below just above </div>
<img src="URL Of Image" alt="" title="Description Goes Here" />
That’s it! Enjoy :)

jQuery Image Slider For Blogger - V3

Jquery-Blogger-slider
As per your requests we are glad to present yet another stunning version of Image slideshow Widget for BlogSpot blogs. This widget is different from its previous versions with regard to speed, load time, navigation and control options. You can use it to display even your Featured Posts using the Featured post title and description. This widget is again an extracted code from a WordPress template. The slider is coded such that it will appear on your homepage only. So lets first see a demo,
Live Demo


Adding the Slider To Blogger:

Kindly follow these steps:
  1. Go To Blogger > Design > Edit HTML
  2. Backup your template
  3. Search for </head>
  4. Just above it paste the jQuery code in this page -> Slider jQuery Code
  5. Then search for ]]></b:skin>
  6. Just above it paste the CSS code below,

/*-------------------- MBT jQuery Image Slider -------------*/
.featuredposts{border:1px solid #E9E7DE;width:608px;background:#FFF;margin:0 0 10px 0;height:400px;overflow:hidden;}
.fp-slides{}
.fp-post{padding:13px;}
.fp-thumbnail{border:3px solid #dddddd; width:580px;height:266px;margin-bottom:10px;overflow:hidden;}
.fp-thumbnail:hover{border:3px solid #CAC9C9; width:580px;height:266px;margin-bottom:10px;overflow:hidden;}
.fp-title{color:#787878;font:bold 14px  Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif;padding:0 0 4px 0;margin:0; text-transform:uppercase;}
.fp-title a{color:#000;text-decoration:none;}
.fp-title a:hover{color:#0080fF;text-decoration:none;}
.fp-label{color:#504D4D;margin:15px 15px 0 15px;padding:0;text-transform:uppercase;font:bold 16px/16px Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;}
.fp-post p{color:#504D4D;padding:0;margin:0;font:10px Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;height:32px;overflow:hidden;}
.fp-more,.fp-more:hover{color:#F77C04;font-weight:bold;}
.fp-nav{width:590px;padding:0px 10px;height:14px;}
.fp-pager a{background-image:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIgNPdM6Lsnxbz5NvghXYJmnWIT25E7CuOLvze3vwocFWD-giiHbxdDNr_vvrCx50-iOTh6MU7MlYEWkKVRKNWLwIBRJgpmhBwM7v2yJ8HM4TnT_0OxDeZM718zDTK4cyQvLLRWIlt3k/s1600/featured-pager.png);cursor:pointer;margin:3px 6px 0 0;padding:0;height:10px;width:10px;display:block;float:left;overflow:hidden;text-indent:-999px;background-position:0 0;}
.fp-pager a:hover,.fp-pager a.activeSlide{text-decoration:none;background-position:0 -110px;}
.fp-prev{float:right;margin-right:4px;width:15px;height:17px;opacity:0.7;background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXuvCUw7P71757jyzq6i7yF_G6IvtkmidgA1I74EJDU7_g0M55MYZ8UgPBF_MYJFUf7bXM_80YkEvT_poH7tkuejCzfnWnOAAnAqAL2Gg1xaVADGwYHoR5t2_U0DiczeSnkeKQKu1jbE/s1600/featured-prev.png) top left no-repeat;}
.fp-prev:hover{opacity:1;}
.fp-prev:active{opacity:0.7;}
.fp-next{float:right;width:15px;height:17px;margin-left:4px;opacity:0.7;background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSywtfC3Pa-Whpy7kwm3_uAKwtv5C6xfNymRsmjeBVqWiXIVifJ6UtmzypGtPNDwEByh7XDP-6g2Nerc66m5P8XeHE83emqhDgg_4al_WmxM55WV98Jxt6K0VE0sHEJNf-DsUcib2Y-SM/s1600/featured-next.png;) top left no-repeat}
.fp-next:hover{opacity:1;}
.fp-next:active{opacity:0.7;}

          7.   Now Search for this,
<div id='main-wrapper'>
Hint: This code is located near <div id='content-wrapper'>
PS: In this part most of you will face problems as the coding for each template differ. If you could not find this code then do not panic and simply post your Blog URL in the comments.
   8.   and just below it add the HTML code below,
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;static_page&quot;'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'>

<div class='featuredposts clearfix'>
<div class='fp-slides'>
<div class='fp-post'>
<div class='fp-thumbnail'><a href='ADD POST URL-1 HERE'><img src='ADD IMAGE-1 LINK HERE'/></a></div><h3 class='fp-title'><a href='ADD POST URL-1 HERE'>WRITE POST TITLE HERE...</a></h3> <p> WRITE POST DESCRIPTION HERE... </p>
</div>
<div class='fp-post'>
<div class='fp-thumbnail'><a href='ADD POST URL-2 HERE'><img src='ADD IMAGE-2 LINK HERE'/></a></div>
<h3 class='fp-title'><a href='ADD POST URL-2 HERE'>WRITE POST TITLE HERE...</a></h3> <p> WRITE POST DESCRIPTION HERE... </p>
</div>
<div class='fp-post'>
<div class='fp-thumbnail'><a href='ADD POST URL-3 HERE'><img src='ADD IMAGE-3 LINK HERE'/></a></div>
<h3 class='fp-title'><a href='ADD POST URL-3 HERE'>WRITE POST TITLE HERE...</a></h3> <p> WRITE POST DESCRIPTION HERE... </p>
</div>
<div class='fp-post'>
<div class='fp-thumbnail'><a href='ADD POST URL-4 HERE'><img src='ADD IMAGE-4 LINK HERE'/></a></div>
<h3 class='fp-title'><a href='ADD POST URL-4 HERE'>WRITE POST TITLE HERE...</a></h3> <p> WRITE POST DESCRIPTION HERE... </p>
</div>
<div class='fp-post'>
<div class='fp-thumbnail'><a href='ADD POST URL-5 HERE'><img src='ADD IMAGE-5 LINK HERE'/></a></div>
<h3 class='fp-title'><a href='ADD POST URL-5 HERE'>WRITE POST TITLE HERE...</a></h3> <p> WRITE POST DESCRIPTION HERE... </p>
</div>
</div>          
<div class='fp-nav clearfix'>
<span class='fp-pager'/>               
<a class='fp-next' href='#fp-next'/>
<a class='fp-prev' href='#fp-prev'/>
</div>
         
</div>

</b:if></b:if>

Make these changes:
  • Replace ADD POST URL-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 HERE with the URL of your post pages one by one. These URLs will be added twice for each slide. Once for the image and second time for the Post title.
  • Replace ADD IMAGE-5 LINK HERE with the Image link of the Featured post. By default all images have width:580px; height:266px; You can edit the image size by editing the width and height in the CSS code shared in step#6. Make sure all your images must have same size
  • Replace WRITE POST TITLE HERE... with the title of your Post Page
  • Replace WRITE POST DESCRIPTION HERE with the Post Page description. You can write the first few lines of your post here and the readers can read the full post by clicking the title.
  • To Change the Overall size of the slider container then edit in step#6 the following two codes -> width:608px and height:400px
   9.   Save your template and you are done! Visit your blog and say Bingo! :>

Previous Versions:

You can also check the old versions here,
If you faced any problem implementing this tutorial then please do not hesitate to post your question. Would be a pleasure helping you. Have Fun! :>

Releasing Highly Stylized “Contact Me” Form For Bloggers and Web Developers – Available For Free Of Charge!

Stylized-Contact-Me-Form-For blogger A Contact Form is a must for every website and weblog for feedback and suggestion purposes. There are many free email services that let you create free online Contact Forms but most of these forms are casual in look and appearance and are already used by millions of websites. Then how can you make your free form look any different from others?
Well luckily after spending some hours of hard work I have successfully created a well stylized and optimized code that is unique in every aspect and that is capable enough to turn your free Contact form from this,

Normal looking contact form
to this,
MBT-Stylized-Contact-Me-Form
This new stylized version has CSS effects added to it. Text inside fields appear in different colours and the radio buttons change colour on mouse hover. Click Here to see it in action.
You need to follow two simple steps to get to the end result,
  1. Sign Up to create a Normal Contact Form
  2. Stylize Your Contact Form*


Sign Up To Create A Normal Contact Form

First and foremost you need an account at a free email service to create a normal looking contact form which will be controlled by the email service itself. Go to Email Me Forms and Sign Up for an account and then follow the steps below

Go To Control Panel

After you have created an account click the link “Create a New Form” at the right-hand pane under Control Panel as shown below,
email--me-form-control-pane

Then There will a total 7 steps which are illustrated in the images below. But Before going for step#1 kindly create a thank you page for your blog. This thank you page will appear when readers have successfully submitted their message to you using the contact form.  You can see my Thank you Page as an example. Make sure you give it an old date.
Once you have created it then follow each step below carefully,

1.   Step#1

Add a name for your contact form, enter your email address, leave spam Email address emtpy, add your thank you page URL/link and let number of fields be 6.
EMAIL-FORM-STEP1
Hit Next

2.   Step#2

Change your options to the ones shown in the image below. As far as the Required? Portion is concerned, you can set it according to your will but set other options the way they are shown in the image below,
EMAIL-FORM-STEP2
Hit Next

3.   Step#3

Change your options to exact ones below,
EMAIL-FORM-STEP3
Hit Next

4.   Step#4

For step 4 only edit the part as shown in the image below and leave the above portion as default. Make changes for regions indicated by blue arrows only.
EMAIL-FORM-STEP4
Hit Next

5.   Step#5

Follow the image below,
EMAIL-FORM-STEP5
Hit Next

6.   Step#6

And this is how your contact form looks like,
EMAIL-FORM-STEP6
Hit Next

7.   Step#7

Copy the link indicated in the image below. This is your the ID for your form. We only need this ID link and not the HTML code they provide because you deserve a better stylized code!
EMAIL-FORM-STEP7
Now jump to the next important part shared below

Stylize Your Contact Form

First you will need to add a CSS code to your selected blogspot template. To do this follow the steps below,
  1. Log into your blogger account
  2. Go to Layout > Edit HTML
  3. Back Up your template
  4. Search for ]]></b:skin>
  5. And finally add the code below just above ]]></b:skin>
input.mbt1 {
color:#FF8E1F;
font:10px 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif;
background-color:#fff;
border:1px dotted #0080ff;
}
input.mbt1hov {
color:#0080ff;
font: bold 10px 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif;
border:1px solid;
}
textarea {width:100%; color:#0080ff;
font:12px 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif;
background-color:#fff;
border:1px dotted #0080ff; }
textareahov { width:100%;
color:#0080ff;
}
  • Save Your template
Now open your blogger Editor and create a new post entitled as “Contact Me” . You can give it any title you like. Give this post an old date so that it should not appear in recent posts.
  • First Create a Welcome Note  as shown in the image below. You can see my Welcome Note as an example.
Blogger-Compose-Mode
  • Then Click the Edit HTML tab at the top right-hand corner and add the code shared below just below the visible text.
<form action="PASTE THE EMAIL ME FORM ID LINK HERE" charset="UTF-8" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post"><table bg="" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="color:white;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"></span><div id="mainmsg"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table bg=""border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="color:white;"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;">Name</span></td><td><input class="mbt1" maxlength="100" name="FieldData0" size="30" value="" type="text"> </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;">Email</span></td><td><input class="mbt1" maxlength="100" name="FieldData1" size="30" value="" type="text"> </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;">Country</span></td><td><input class="mbt1" maxlength="100" name="FieldData2" size="30" value="" type="text"></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;">Age</span></td><td><input class="mbt1" maxlength="100" name="FieldData3" size="30" value="" type="text"></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;">Subject</span></td><td><input class="mbt1" maxlength="100" name="FieldData4" size="60" value="" type="text"> </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;"  >Message</span></td><td><textarea cols="60" name="FieldData5" rows="10"></textarea></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td align="left"><input maxlength="100 " name="hida2" size="3" style="display: none;" value="" type="text"><input onmouseover="this.className='mbt1 mbt1hov'" onmouseout="this.className='mbt1'" class="mbt1" name="Submit" value="Submit " type="submit"> <input onmouseover="this.className='mbt1 mbt1hov'" onmouseout="this.className='mbt1'" class="mbt1" name="Clear" value="  Clear  " type="reset"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="center"></td></tr></tbody></table></form>


Kindly replace the bolded green text in the code above with the URL of your contact form. Copy this code as it is and don’t try to edit it. Paste it as instructed in the image below,
EDIT-HTML-MODE
  • That’s it, You are Done! Click the Publish Button and see a beautiful contact form on your weblog
Let me know how you liked it. Any suggestion is highly appreciated.
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