Don't Getting Your Guest Post Approved, Read This

Posted by Unknown on Monday, March 4, 2013

Guest Blogging is trending these days but you may sometime get disappointed while some blog/website rejects your guest post, Here is some tips to improve your guest post writing and become a successful writer.
Don't Use Crushed Articles
Some topics and articles have been too old and crushing with each other. Writing these types of article can never improve your chances to be accept your post on blog. So be specific and write well articles with well Contents.
Do not Go Off Track
If you're reading guest posting guidelines on blogs and not following them then you're only responsible for your article, Write about and related to Topic, Don't spam,Give suitable title / Description.
Make Visual Attraction
If your article have some explaination or demo or anything then set images for your article, Article with images have more chances to get accepted as consider to article without images.
Take Time To Setting Up Layout
Post should have a clean and Ready-to-publish layout. if your post doesn't have responsive layout then it may not accepted, So give your post a clean and simpler layout with some images alignment.
Describe Yourself In Post
If you're writing a article then you should add your bio in your post for reference of author in your post.

Share Your Experience

Share your guest blogging experience in comments below.
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Awesome Social Sharing Widget For Blog

Posted by Unknown

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Live Demo

Live Demo is in this blog at post footer, you may find and share within few clicks!
How it Works ?
 This widget working with Pure CSS, And not containing any Javascript or jQuery code.
How to add ?
1. Open Blogger Dashboard
2. Navigate to Template
3. Click on Edit Html
4. Tick Expand Widget Templates
5. Search For ]]></b:skin> And just Above it paste below Code.

.scial a
{
  text-decoration:none;
  color:rgba(0,0,0,.5);
}
.scial
{
display:inline-block;
  transition:.3s;
  -webkit-transition:.3s;
  -o-transition:.3s;
  -moz-transition:.3s;
  -ms-transition:.3s;
cursor:pointer;
margin:10px 0px;
width:50px;
padding:0px;
height:50px;
font-size:22px;
color:rgba(0,0,0,.5);
text-shadow: 1px 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,.2);
}
.scial:hover
{
padding-right:160px;
}
.scial > span
{
font-weight:900;
display:inline-block;
text-decoration:none;
color:rgba(0,0,0,.5);
margin:5px 7px;
transform:scale(0);
-webkit-transform:scale(0);
-moz-transform:scale(0);
-ms-transform:scale(0);
-o-transform:scale(0);
}

.scial:hover > span
{
transform:scale(1);
transition:0.5s linear;
-webkit-transform:scale(1);
-webkit-transition:0.5s linear;
-moz-transform:scale(1);
-moz-transition:0.5s linear;
-o-transform:scale(1);
-o-transition:0.5s linear;
-ms-transform:scale(1);
-ms-transition:0.5s linear;
}
.fbs
{
background:#5A5AFF url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwL1ODoKkgkZHJwGzDgXw1vckubzbqINZl4I3AuNwg2kUlGz6X6cO9x_moD_V2a8Vd7qrzrF0L6IeUPs_9SeYlr67U56yRPpoly6oLPVltrdQSsU7XlMV4lwv-j2vchAIFN89uczy3WM/s1600/facebook.png) center no-repeat;
background-size:40px;
border-radius:40px;
-moz-border-radius:40px;
-webkit-border-radius:40px;
-ms-border-radius:40px;
border:1px solid transparent;
}
.fbs:hover
{
background-position:95% 50%;
box-shadow:0 0 0 3px #5A5Aff;
border:1px dashed rgba(0,0,0,1);
}
.gp
{
background:#FF4949 url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Yk0nwjhVYkWnJcPp83Jvdq5J7Ne2R2zStbez8Yj3MIdAOULbIFK_Qm54dgzmZcpfSl1qaYvCb8EjIzuzmUXzIwgThtHWCinlfZ5w2726Ahv8O_l3YQszimpmcARb0arqmjNVvXfCW9s/s1600/gplus.png) center no-repeat;
background-size:40px;
border-radius:40px;
-moz-border-radius:40px;
-webkit-border-radius:40px;
-ms-border-radius:40px;
border:1px solid transparent;
}
.gp:hover
{
background-position:95% 50%;
box-shadow:0 0 0 3px #FF4949;
border:1px dashed rgba(0,0,0,1);
}
.tw
{
background:#00EBFF url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYo1FUMKJA7A46wRisOBYohK8nKZqAFLCKkXueNgDM97-UCXQFHsGFbxlftJyhgIx0dcq5aTCo3xXZkanNtLphieGWoT69T-g8Fjn2dtGn1uGVdpX4qnY8rlON75Jp2NqryriojnVLoNY/s1600/twitter.png) center no-repeat;
background-size:40px;
border-radius:40px;
-moz-border-radius:40px;
-webkit-border-radius:40px;
-ms-border-radius:40px;
border:1px solid transparent;
}
.tw:hover
{
background-position:95% 50%;
box-shadow:0 0 0 3px #00EBFF;
border:1px dashed rgba(0,0,0,1);
}

.st
{
background:#FFB6B3 url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-NVP7RQOVwSKmQurANcZzi9yTUkjuX-S1_TpeBd1reGKlpWQTGSDnhkl3GvHr6nduc8oeC020FPTTDR1DGPROO0e6MByvEg1LKsHL-0lq5EwkAK8A033XJPMdLpXcRsjhEGKxJO7CFI/s1600/stumbleupon.png) center no-repeat;
background-size:40px;
border-radius:40px;
-moz-border-radius:40px;
-webkit-border-radius:40px;
-ms-border-radius:40px;
border:1px solid transparent;
}
.st:hover
{
background-position:95% 50%;
box-shadow:0 0 0 3px #FFB6B3;
border:1px dashed rgba(0,0,0,1);
}

6. Now Search for <div class='post-footer'> And paste the below code just below it.

<em>Share This Post, If You Find This Awesome</em><span><a href="http://creative-blogging-tips.blogspot.in/2013/03/awesome-social-sharing-widget-for-blog.html" style="float: right;">Powered By CBT</a></span><hr/><div class='scial fbs'><span><a expr:href='&quot;http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=&quot; + data:post.url + &quot;&amp;t=&quot; + data:post.title' rel='external nofollow' target='_blank'>Facebook</a></span></div>
<div class='scial tw'><span><a expr:href='&quot;http://twitter.com/home/?status=Check this out: &quot; + data:post.title + &quot; &quot; + data:post.url' target='_blank'>Twitter</a></span></div>
<div class='scial gp'><span><a expr:href='&quot;https://plus.google.com/share?url=&quot; + &quot;en&amp;url=&quot; + data:post.url' target='_blank' title='Share On Google Plus !'>Google+</a></span></div>
<div class='scial st'><span><a expr:href='&quot;http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=&quot; + data:post.url + &quot;&amp;title=&quot; + data:post.title' rel='external nofollow' target='_blank'>Stumbleupon</a>
</span></div>

7. You're Almost Done Adding this widget, but if you want to add this to starting of the blog posts, then add last code above <data:post.body/>.
8. If still any problem persists then Ask in comment.

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How to change the favicon of the blog

Posted by Unknown on Sunday, February 24, 2013


You might seen different favicon(image / icon / logo) on the top-left side of blog's title.
How to add this to your blog?
# Go to your blogger dashboard.
# Navigate to Layout.
# And you'll see Favicon option in your  layout's top-left side.
Click to Zoom

# Now click on Edit[Shown in Image].
# Then a Pop-Up will open, Here you can choose favicon.
Click to Zoom or Enlarge

# Click on Browse and select your favicon.
# It's height and width must have same value.
# And then save it.
It will may take a day to apply it thus wait for only a day.
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Customized Blockquote Style In Blogger Blog

Posted by Unknown on Saturday, February 23, 2013

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If your post has different headers and something important to say, then you can use blockquote, But styling a blockquote will look more stunning as shown in image above.
How to Edit ?
# First Go to Blogger Dashboard,
# Navigate to Template
# Backup your Template for Safety
# Click on Edit Html
# Find ]]>
and Just above it paste The Code Written in Snippet Below(Any One Style),
1. Red Blockquote
Follow the steps from above and copy the code,

blockquote
{
margin: 10px auto;
padding: 15px;
border: 1px solid red;
border-left: 25px solid;
border-radius: 20px;
color: red;font-size: 25px;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #222;
}

2. Blue Blockquote
Code Snippet :
blockquote
{
margin: 10px auto;
padding: 15px;
border: 1px solid blue;
border-left: 25px solid;
border-radius: 20px;
color: blue;
font-size: 25px;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #222;
}

3. More Custom Color
If you want more custom colors in blockquote, then copy the above css but carefully change the Yellowed text into your desired color [For Example : color: black or color:#eeeeee;]
Some color Codes,
#FFE000 - Yellow
#FFCC09 - Golden
#B5F0AA - Light Green
#FFA300 - Orange
#00D6FF - Aqua
#B800FF - Violet
#EB00FF - Magenta
Problem ?
For any problem / queries related to this article, feel free to comment.
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Customized Author's Comment in Blogger

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You might have seen that when there are too many comments in a article, You can easily find out which comment is by admin due to different design of admin's / author's comment.

How it will look like,
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What will you have to do ?
You can do this with the help of CSS3, Here is a step by step tutorial, Follow the tutorial and get your comment customized!

Live Demo

You can see Live demo in this blog's comments, This blog has customized style for author comments.

Start Editing
# Open Blogger Dashboard
# Navigate to Template
# Backup Your Template
# Click Edit Html
# Search For  ".comments .comments-content .icon.blog-author"
# Now Delete this Line and also delete its within brackets contents(Whole Css for selected text), it will be in { } brackets.
# Now copy below css in that place where you deleted that code,

.comments .comments-content .icon.blog-author
{
position: absolute;
height: 30px;
width: 100%;
top: 0;
left: -10px;
background: rgba(246, 29, 255, 0.3);
}

# Save Template
Change Color ?
Now you're done editing with your comments, You can choose many colors but, it's better to choose light color because dark color will reduce opacity of text.
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Add NEW Ribbon To Your Latest Blogger Post

Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, February 19, 2013


You might seen "New Ribbon" in latest post...,
It's useful to interact your visitors with newest updates and releases.
How to add this widget on your blog?
1. Go to your blog dashboard and go to Template tab .
2. Back up your template.
3. After back up click on Edit HTML and check the option Expand Widget Templates .
4. Search for ]]></b:skin> and paste this code above it.

.wrappercbt12
{
  margin: 50px auto;
  width: auto;
  height: auto;
  background: transparent;
  position: relative;
}
.ribboncbt123
{
  font: bold 20px Sans-Serif;
  text-align: center;
  transform: rotate(45deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(45deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
  -moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
  position: relative;
  padding: 7px 0;
  left: -25px;
  top: 7px;
  width: 160px;
  background-image: linear-gradient(top, #129, #12f);
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #129, #12f);
  background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #129, #12f);
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #129, #12f);
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #129, #12f);
  color: #fff;
  -o-box-shadow: 0px 0px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
  -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
  box-shadow: 0px 0px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}
.ribboncbt-wrapper12
{
  width: 86px;
  height: 88px;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: absolute;
  top: -4px;
  right: -4px;
}


5. Now Search for this :  <b:include data='post' name='post'/> and replace it with this code.

<b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:blog.homepageUrl'>
<b:if cond='data:post.isFirstPost == &quot;true&quot;'>
<div class='wrappercbt12'>
<div class='ribboncbt-wrapper12'><div class='ribboncbt123'>NEW</div></div>
<div id='first-post'>
<b:include data='post' name='post'/>
</div></div>
<b:else/>
<b:include data='post' name='post'/>
</b:if>
<b:else/>
<b:include data='post' name='post'/>
</b:if>


6. Save the template and watch your blog.

you're done.
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6 Useful CSS3 Properties For CSS Beginners

Posted by Unknown on Monday, February 18, 2013


1. @import
@import property is very useful to call external css in your style sheet, When your stylesheet contains fonts or you can link external stylesheet, then you can try @import instead of using link tag. You can link stylesheet and fonts by using this property as shown in snippet below!

@import url(http://linktoastylesheetorwebfont);
/* The more css goes here...*/
2. cursor
"cursor" is a property for giving style to cursor (default,pointer,help,wait,etc...), This property can be given inside stylesheets. you can give property as shown below.

h1
{
cursor:default; /* all h1 elements will have default cursor instead it has text. */
}
p
{
cursor:pointer; /* all p(paragraph) elements will have hand pointer cursor instead it has text in it. */
}
em
{
cursor:wait; /* all em elements will have loading cursor. */
}
a
{
cursor:help; /* all a(link) elements will have help arrow cursor. */
}

Visulisation Matters [ See Live Demo Of Cursors Below ]
Default Cursor [Hover Here]
Pointer (Hand)
Help
Loading... Wait...

So you can use this property to change cursor in every element's style. It might useful while using a link named Help for help cursor...,
Or loading text with wait cursor., Let's check out another property.
3. Font-Family
Have you heard about this, this is property for integrating webfonts in your css stylesheet, More about How to Use Custom Fonts ? ,
let's get brief knowledge about its syntax,

.class
{
font-family:'Font Name',Category;
}
To know about how font categorized , Read Finding and Using custom fonts, And take a look at another useful property.
4. Overflow
You've a box with its width 200px but if text is constant (without line breaks
) then text will rander outside the box, For defining what will happen to overflowed items (eg. image, text, etc...) "OVERFLOW" property is useful.

How Overflow is used [Syntax] ?

.class
{
width:200px;
overflow:auto;
}


Other Overflow Values
auto - manage automatic with scroll bar.
hidden - overflowed content will not shown it will hide itself.
visible - overflowed content will be visible but without scrolling.
scroll - scrollbar is shown at overflow, it turns active.
5. float
Float property is useful property to set element where they float either left or right.
float:left or float:right is right syntax for giving value to element.
6. text-align
Text align property sets the alignment for text inside given class elements.
Syntax
.class
{
text-align:center; /* the text will be on center */
}

Another possible values of text align
center - Text will aligned center.
left - Text will be on left.
right - Text will be on right.
justify - Text will be justified.
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