Embedding Slide Show On A Post In Blogger

Some bloggers are having problem in posting photos/images into a blog post. Because if the number of photos reach the maximum space in the blog post, the post will be split into several post. Now I found a great idea in embedding an image slideshow album into a blog post.

Embedding An Album Slideshow In Blogger:

1.  Go to Google Picasa (you probably have a google account, don't you?).

2.  Upload your photo into an album. Those photos that you want to make into a slide show in your blog posts.

  

3.  After you have uploaded your photos into a specific album, click on that album.

4.  Click on " Link to this album " (located in the right hand side).

5.  Click on " Embed Slideshow ".

6.  Copy the code in the yellow box. 

7.  Now, you already have the code. Go and create a new post.

8.  Paste the code into the content box where you want your slideshow to be displayed.

9.  Click on Preview to check the result, then Click on Save or Publish.

Note: You can put the code anywhere in your blog, not just into any post. You can put it in the sidebar perhaps.

It's More Fun In ThePhilippines Top Photos/Images

Following the unveiling of the new Department of Tourism (DOT) slogan, "It's More Fun in the Philippines," on January 6, Friday, the hashtag #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines became the top trending topic worldwide. According to DOT Secretary Ramon "Mon" Jimenez Jr., the slogan answers the fundamental question, 'Why the Philippines?'."

Social networking sites are now abuzz with images depicting netizens' own take on what makes the Philippines "more fun". Using their own photos from their own travels around the country and fun shots from the Web, people have been sharing their own images and taglines on the official "It's More Fun in the Philippines" Facebook page.

The following photos/images are collected by spot.ph in the web.

   Click to see the album.

It's More Fun In The Philippines

Note: The photos featured in this slideshow were all uploaded online—via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, blogs, and other such sites—by various users. The altered images or photos were likewise sourced by the users themselves.

Prison Dancer: A Web Musical Featuring Mikey Bustos

Philippines is know for the Dancing Inmates in Cebu, City. The is a very hit video in Youtube reaching 45 million views. Now a web musical is to be launched in Spring 2012 by Motion Picture featuring Mikey Bustos. Mikey Bustos is a Pinoy and is also a hit maker in Youtube because of his frank acts of Pinoy Cultures. Now his making this biggest project in his life, a web musical in titled Prison Dancer.

Prison Dancer: A Web Musical consisting of 12 episodes proudly made by inmates in a prison in the Philippines which features Mikey Bustos.

Mikey Bustos Promoting "Prison Dancer"

Prison Dancer Trailer

Prison Dancer - Pak Yow Song

Everybody should check it out. It would be a great web musical to be seen first in Youtube as Mikey Bustos Said. "It's More Fun In The Philippines".

Adding 125 x 125 Ad Slot On Blogger

Blogging has a lot of things to give aside from the unique feeling of happiness that it brings. Most of blogger do blog for another reason, that's by making money out of this great activity online. If you have a blog and is trying to monetize it by showing banner ads on its sidebar then adding a 125x125 ad slots would be the best thing to do. Advertisers most likely would love to have their banners into a 125x125 ad slot because it cost cheaper than bigger banner slots.

Adding 125x125 Ad Slot On Blogger:

1.  Go to your Dashboard > Design.

2.  Click on Add a Gadget > select HTML/JavaScript.

3.  Download the code HERE. Copy and paste the code on the new gadget.

4.  Save the new gadget and your done!

Feed Reader Count, Twitter Follow, Facebook Page & Follow Via Email Into One Gadget

Here is a gadget I configured that has the most important things for your blog and that people can easily follow you anywhere. (Exaggerated ^^) This gadget features Feed Reader Count, Twitter Follow, Facebook Page and Follow Via Email. This is a all in one gadget. This is easy to install and works in all blogger themes/template. Just follow the instructions to be given below to make the gadget work.

Instructions: 

1.  Go to your Dashboard > Design > Edit HTML.

2.  Search for the head tag: .

3.  Paste the code below above the head tag.

#social-widget{width:260px;margin:10px 0;padding:10px;text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #fff}
div#social-widget input[type="text"]{width:120px;color:#5f6466}
#social-widget h3{margin:0 15px 20px 0;color:#717476}

.rss-com{background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-svsCk_A-sTdiG2fpTaJGe-CXAKkwpG-T7MsiHns6XloVMNNbcfndw6qtP5cTMZM5vp1_OZll_T7gdfZ7K6Spo3jUxBGMZgIP25R6i5Ofu3tpkI4txbPa8YWWKyOH5n2VlZ1fWL2KI62c/s1600/rss-mini.png) no-repeat top left;float:left;height:50px;width:70px;padding:5px 0 0 55px;color:#FD6B36}
.rss-com a{color:#f38e33}
.rss-com a:hover{color:#FD6B36}
.feed-count{font-size:1.4em;font-weight:bold}
#feedform{margin:10px 0 0 0}

.twitter-com{background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiU7tqjbdLJSG7ltsw5lPTscCl0eVw6-T7Bn_7o-CUM5JxdPs2s322OaaEsGnJ0EQT5MFb0pvnUo2yltqofkeOcm612zyVoHTkS9pYnNvNs_G7sVhe4BitBroN14-NW_GqfLYC7qt1ZT8/s1600/twitter-mini.png) no-repeat top left;height:50px;width:200px;margin:10px 0 0 0;padding:10px 0 0 55px;float:right;font-size:1.4em;font-weight:bold}

.fb-com{background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-J8s0VrPvio2a0DmjmC0n5oDovNfOb-HP06n4r3gZdUhbw80GmiiUyOGzXsbkuHqdMFG4HeBOZ4-lC3L7AHLUpaWzG25DHTkalF0igeSc-O4JlDcd5usqZEg9cps5E6rGp_gOCte7CKh/s1600/fb-mini.png) no-repeat top left;height:50px;width:200px;margin:10px 0 0 0;padding:10px 0 0 55px;float:right;font-size:1.4em;font-weight:bold}

.email-com{background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSJJYn94RQ63U4sxy4YyGvqUF9hJUVyAsrvWYs1CTcXcoMqSKfGd-Fqx8NUbp_NbqWVCrQoiqqsJOnZf937lhHL8hImIC94cvvFt9VDZmJlLh8zFgGKYuGA2C68xxItsXnKlFJqG-GaX1/s1600/email-mini.png) no-repeat top left;width:220px;padding:10px 0 0 55px;float:left;font-size:1.4em;font-weight:bold;margin:0 0 10px 0;color:#686B6C}

.emailsubmit{background:#9B9895;cursor:pointer;color:#fff;border:none;padding:3px;text-shadow:0 -1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.25);-moz-border-radius:6px;-webkit-border-radius:6px;border-radius:6px;font:12px inherit}
.emailsubmit:hover{background:#285687}
 

4.  Save Template then go to Page Elements.
5.  Click on Add a Gadget in your sidebar > select HTML/JaveScript.
6.  Download the code for the gadget HERE and paste it into the new gadget.
7. Then go save the new gadget. Your done!

A Guide On How To Start Blogging

A lot of people around the world wants to blog, but the question in their mind is how? Blogging actually is not an easy thing to do. You need to set your mind that blogging is all about visitors. You need visitors to read your blog post of course, if not then why do you blog? Below are simple steps that I made for those who want to blog but doesn't know where to start. Read carefully the steps below and your on your way to blogging.

Step 1

Get A Blog - You can sign up for a free blog in either blogger.com or wordpress.com or you can buy a domain and pay for hosting services if you afford. There are advantages and disadvantages of a free domain and hosting versus a paid one. It’s best to have your own domain since you have more freedom to do what you want in your blog not to mention the limited features in free hosted services. If you know a little in Wordpress blogging then I would suggest enhancing your abilities or knowledge in Wordpress because of its flexibility and features that makes it a good blogging platform. But incase you don’t know a little about blogging then start with the blogger platform because it has a user friendly interface and very easy to understand.

Step 2

Use A Search Engine Optimized Theme – There are several sources of visitors to your blog. The main source should be people coming from the search engines. Therefore our ultimate objective is to make it to the top of the Search engines or what we know as the S.E.R.P. (Search Engine Results Page). The least likely people will find your blog if your blog is far from the SERF. Search engines use a certain algorithm to rank web pages. Search engines do this by sending “bots or crawlers” to scour over the internet to gather data on blogs and websites. When the search engine crawler goes over our blog, we want the crawler to be pleased. We want it to place our blog in the first few pages of the SERP for certain keywords we are trying to optimize.

How do we achieve this? We can simply do this by using a “Search engine friendly” theme. Actually, there’s a lot of this kind of theme in the net. Just search for the keyword “Search engine friendly theme” in the search engines. Or click HERE for some search engine friendly themes that you may like.

Step 3

Join Communities - There are a lot of online blogger communities out there. The saying “No man is an island” very well applies to blogging only this time it might be more proper to say “No blog is an island.” It is very important to join your local blogging community. Connect with local, national and even international bloggers. Attend blog conferences, meet ups and parties if you have the time. You not only gain some new friends, you also get some link love and perhaps some fans.

Step4

Interact With The Blogging Community - This can be done by joining and contributing in forums, doing some blog hopping and commenting on other people’s blog. This is one sure way of bringing in blog visitors. It not only helps in attracting other bloggers to visit your site, it also helps you connect with them. Once other bloggers visit your blog and they like your content, they might give you some link love and might even be able to bring more visitors to your blog. Joining ad exchanges like Entrecard (http://www.entrecard.com) could also help a lot.

Step 5

Use Conventional Methods In Propaganda Propagation – Propaganda is spread by leaflets, posters, lectures to marginal sectors and utilizing other forms of media available. This principle can also be applied on blogging. Here is some conventional propaganda suggestions that may help let the whole world know that your blog exist: Conventional Methods On Propaganda Propagation In Blogging

Step 6

Slowly Learn SEO While Blogging – This is my last step but definitely not the least. SEO is very important in blogging. By doing SEO you can get a reasonable number of visitors everyday. If you think doing SEO is an easy thing, well you’re wrong! This is the very reason why most of the blogs don’t succeed. Unless you’re a born genius about the World Wide Web thing then SEO might be an easy thing. That’s why I said “slowly learn SEO” because it’s really not easy to learn such thing. Do blogging and the same time learn SEO so that you won’t end up a loser in blogging. It’s slowly but surely they say.

There is only one thing I could say if you want to start blogging,”If you want to blog then blog for life.” Drop a comment if you have something to say! ^^

Conventional Methods On Propaganda Propagation In Blogging

Propaganda is spread by leaflets, posters, lectures to marginal sectors and utilizing other forms of media available. This principle can also be applied on how to blog. Below are some conventional propaganda suggestions that may help let the whole world know that your blog exist.

a.)Social networking sites, email and instant messaging – Inform your friends of your new blog through bulletins, shout outs, email messages etc. You can also write a very interesting article, post half of it to your bulletin and leave a message that if they want to read the rest of the article they could go to your site.

b.) Write interesting, socially relevant article and submit it to your local press – Write an article that addresses current issues and submit it to your local press whether radio or newspapers. Do not forget to put a brief author’s bio at the end of the article. Indicate your blog’s address. Who knows, someday if your local media wants a resource person in blogging, they might tap you.

c.) Have your blog address printed everywhere – Have it printed in your car, your calling cards, your pictures, your shirt etc, just about everything you can have it printed on !

d.) Be involved in blogging evangelism – They say only 1 % of the world’s entire population is involved in blogging. You can help promote blogging by telling people about it. This way you can also promote your blog. If you have an opportunity to address several people (Like teaching in a class) find ways and opportunities to promote blogging and in the long run promote your blog also.

e.) Utilize videos and pictures to promote your blog – Have an account at Youtube (http://www.youtube.com) or an interesting picture site. Upload interesting pictures and videos to those site and make sure to place your blog URL in order to invite visitors to visit your blog.

These are just some known methods in advertising your blog and have some visitors. There are a lot of good ideas in the net on how to tell people that your blog exist. Utilize all the possible ways.