How To Add New Plug-In/Widget/Gadget To Blogger template

To make a blog user friendly, easy to navigate or just beautiful you can use thousands of cool blogger widget or gadget. You can show up any third party website content on your blog sidebar like photo slide show, blog list, flash video, social sharing options, news subscribe button etc. using a single blogger widget.

Blogger has some default widgets those will allow you to use some common features. Some of them could be already added in your blog template. If not, you can add a widgets from Google blogger widget store by following this direction..

Step 1: Log in to your blogger account using username and password. Once you logged in make sure that you are on your blogger Dashboard.

Step 2: Now navigate to the layout page and it will take you to the page where you can see, organize or manage your blogger blog page elements like widgets, scripts, etc. to add a new widget click on the following link indicating bellow.

Step 3: once you click on that link, a new window will pop-up/open. And take you to the blogger widget list page. Now find your widget or gadget by scrolling down the page and click add button.

Step 4: set preferences of your gadget or widget and hit save button. And finally Save new arrangements on your layout page.

Your page elements will be add to your page layout.


How to Add a Custom Blogger Widget/Gadget:

Except those widgets you have seen in blogger default widget list you can use any other custom third party  blogger widget like Facebook/Twitter social plug-ins as like box, buttons, etc or self designed plug-ins using blogger HTML and Java Script widget.

The HTML and JavaScript widget can be found by clicking on "Add a Gadget" from the Blogger Layout screen(Step-2).

If you have done, you can see your new look of your blog by using preview option or opening up your blog link in a new browser tab.

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5 Key Benefits of Using Blogger As your Blogging Platform

There are lots of blogging platforms like Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr, TypePed, Live Journal, Open diary, Xanga etc. Now the question is, why am I preferring you blogger to choose then others as your blogging platform?

Yes, by this article I’ll give you 5 best reasons to choose blogger as your blogging platform to start your first blog.

Free platform

Blogger.com is the only place where you can have all the features you need to start blogging at 100% free. By opening an account with blogger you should have your free blogspot domain name, 10GB+ Google hosting and off course a complete dashboard with every real time traffic data analytics of your blog.

Safe & Secure

I didn’t heard anything that someone has hacked Google ever or something like that. Did you?

May be not, because there is questions about the Google security services. In blogger you are more than  safe and secure. Your blog and its contents are 100% safe with blogger until you share your password with someone else.

Very Easy Interface

Blogger have a very user friendly interface to navigate all the options and blogging functions. For a beginners I think there is no other platform that are easier than blogger. you can edit or customize your blog in most easiest way in blogger.

And blogger has already made their platform SEO friendly, that is why you don’t need to have professional skills about SEO to start blogging.

Customization

Blogger will allow you to have maximum customizations in your free blog There is no other platforms that allows customization as much blogger do. You will have the authority to customize almost everything that you have in blogger blog.

Powered by Google

The last thing is you are going to have business with Google. You will no have any question about any services they provide. Because still out their Google is the best. They have no bindings to provide more and most features to you.

I hope you have already got the massage, why are you going to open up your first blog with blogger.com!

Good luck and stay with us to have more suggestions to make yourself successful in blogging. Thank you.

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How To Upload Custom Templates On Blogger

By opening a new blog with blogger you will be asked to choose a web template from their default directory or upload a custom template from your hard drive.

A web template is actually a pre-designed graphical web structure. A complete template comes with everything except your website contents and photos. anyone who have some knowledge about web design or programming can easily modify a web template. you can also make a new template using adobe or other programs.

Don't panic! if you don't have any idea about web design or template customization  because you will get a lots of cool and beautiful customized template out their to free download or buy from internet.

So, however if you do have a custom template for your blog, here I am showing you how to upload a custom template on blogger.

Step 1: Sign in to your blogger account.

Step 2: Go to Template tab.

Click on Template

Step 3: Click Backup/Restore > Browse for you template > click Upload.

Click Restore

Click Browse & Upload

Step 4: Preview your template. if everything is all right then click Save Template.

Preview then Save

Please don't forget to ask me if you have any question or problem!

Thank you.

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