Easy HTML Tricks for Blogging

How to add a gadget/widget inside your Blogger Blog header

Maybe you have seen that many blogs have AdSense Units or other ads and widgets in the header section of the blog, the most popular format being the AdSense 468x60 ad unit - see in the screenshot below:

But how we can add something inside blogger header - be it a Adsense unit, a search bar, social media buttons or a widget? By simply adding a section in the header. First off, to give space for the extra gadget to fit in, our blogger header should be resized.

A. Resize blogger header

Step 1: Go to Blogger Dashboard > Template > Edit HTML and backup your template

Step 2: Click anywhere inside the code area and open the search box by using the CTRL + F keys:

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Step 3: Search for this piece of code:

/* Header
----------------------------------------------- */

Note: If you can't find it, search only for the first line:

/* Header

Screenshot:

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Step 4: Replace it with this code:

/* Header
----------------------------------------------- */
.header-left{
display: inline-block;
height: 35px;
width: 350px;
float: left;
}
.header-right {
display:inline-block;
float:right;
}

Change the pixels in red with the image's height and width of your blogger header and change float: left; to float: right; if you want to change the position of your logo.

Step 5: Find the below code:

<b:section class='header' id='header' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='no'>

Step 6: Replace it with:

<b:section class='header header-left' id='header' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='no'>

Now "Preview" your template, you will find that the background color of Blogger's header is not visible or it's missing. To bring it back, you need to add some more snippets:

Step 7. Find the following code:

</div>
</div>
<div class='header-cap-bottom cap-bottom'>
<div class='cap-left'/>

Step 8. Just above it, paste this:

<div style='clear:both;'/>

Note: if you can't find the code from step 7, search for this instead:

<b:include name='description'/>
</div>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>
</b:section>

... and paste the code from step 8 just below it.

B. Add extra gadget/widget section to Blogger Header

Let's go one step forward and add an extra gadget section within Blogger header in new template designers.

Step 9. Just below the code from step 8, paste this codejust before/above it:

<b:section class='header-right crosscol' id='header-right' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='yes'/>

Step 10. Now find:

]]></b:skin>

Step 11. Paste just above it, this CSS code:

.header-right {
display:inline-block;
float:right;
width:400px;
}

Change the width that is marked in red color. Increase or decrease the pixels according to your needs and positioning new header section.

Step 12. Save the Template.

Step 13. Now all you have to do is to go to Layout and Add a Gadget to the newly created extra header section in Blogger.

The widget now should appear side by side.

Date Header Style

I got the inspiration to style and design blogspot date from a wordpress website and tried with very simple css adjustment to make the date header floats left side of webpage and to be partially out of the structure like a banner with colorful appearance. You can see the result in the image below:

How to style the blogspot date header

Step 1. Login into your Blogger Dashboard, go to Design >> Edit HTML
Step 2. Check to Expand Blogger Template and search for the following code:

date.header

Or...

.date-header

You will find something similar:

.date-header span {
background-color: $(date.header.background.color);
color: $(date.header.color);
padding: $(date.header.padding);
letter-spacing: $(date.header.letterspacing);
margin: $(date.header.margin);

Step 3. Add the code below just after it:

background:white;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
font-size:12px;
margin-left:-105px;
padding:3px 3px 3px 3px;
width:90px;
word-wrap:break-word;
float:left;
}

Putting it all together, will look something like this:

.date-header span {
background-color: $(date.header.background.color);
color: $(date.header.color);
padding: $(date.header.padding);
letter-spacing: $(date.header.letterspacing);
margin: $(date.header.margin);
background:#FFD465;
border-bottom: 2px solid #cc0000;
color:#000000;
font-size:12px;
margin-left:-105px;
padding:3px 3px 3px 3px;
width:90px;
word-wrap:break-word;
float:left;}

To modify the style, replace the bolded tags for....

the background color:

#FFD465: replace with the hex code of the color you want

border:

delete -bottom if you want full border
change: 2px to a higher or lower value
change: solid with dotted if you want a dotted line
change: #cc0000 with the hex code of border color

font size and date color:

if you want a bigger text, change: 12px to a higher value
color: replace the hex code (#000000) with the hex of date color

Example:

color: #0000cc;

margin-left:
(the distance between date and blogger post)

change: -105px to a bigger or smaller value, to make it fit with the blogger post

float

change left to right

You can do a lot of changes. Just play with the codes and see what you can get.

How To Customize Your Blog Header with CSS

Customize Your Blog Header with CSS:- Header is the Top Part of Blogger Template,it is the Part which represent Blog Logo,description and title etc.Actually this part bring beauty to your Blog Template,making it awesome and stunning can add 5 star to your Blog Beauty,So time to Customize this Par.Here we have a trick,i.e using CSS we can change its style.When One Hover mouse it will Expand and will bubble up.Let's see How to Do this.

How To Customize Your Blog Header with CSS

Go To Blogger Dashboard
Click On Template
Then Click On Customize
There Click On Advance
and Now Click On Add CSS
There Copy the Below Script and throw it there THen Click On Apply To Blog
That's it!

.header:hover{color: white;border: 1px solid gainsboro;border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);text-transform:uppercase;padding:10px;width:60000px;text-align:center;text-shadow:10px 10px white;font-size:180px;cursor:pointer;-webkit-transition:all 0.8s;-ms-transition:all 0.8s;-moz-transition:all 0.8s;-o-transition:all 0.8s;transition:all 0.8s;height: 100%;background-color: #6188F5;background-repeat: repeat-x;background-position: 8px 0px;background-size: 400px 200px;background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(315deg,transparent,transparent 33%,rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 33%,rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 66%,transparent 66%,transparent);background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(315deg,transparent,transparent 33%,rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 33%,rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 66%,transparent 66%,transparent);background-image: -o-linear-gradient(315deg,transparent,transparent 33%,rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 33%,rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 66%,transparent 66%,transparent);background-image: linear-gradient(315deg,transparent,transparent 33%,rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 33%,rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 66%,transparent 66%,transparent);-webkit-animation: pb 0.8s linear 0 infinite;-ms-animation: pb 0.8s linear 0 infinite;-o-animation: pb 0.8s linear 0 infinite;-moz-animation: pb 0.8s linear 0 infinite;}@-webkit-keyframes pb { 0% { background-position:8px 0px; } 100% { background-position:120px 0; } }@-ms-keyframes pb { 0% { background-position:10px 0px; } 100% { background-position:-100px 0; } }@-moz-keyframes pb { 0% { background-position:10px 0px; } 100% { background-position:-100px 0; } }@-o-keyframes pb { 0% { background-position:10px 0px; } 100% { background-position:-100px 0; } }
#header {width:1000px;height:120px;background-color: #FFFFFF;
/*First Stitch*/ border: 2px dashed #FF0000; border-radius: 1px;
/*Second Stitch*/ outline: 2px dashed #000000; outline-offset: -8px;
-moz-border-radius 1px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px #282247, 2px 1px 4px 4px rgba(10,10,0,.5); -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px #ff0030, 2px 1px 4px 4px rgba(10,10,0,.5); box-shadow: 0 0 0 0px #47403a, 2px 1px 6px 4px rgba(10,10,0,.5);}

Customization:- If you want to change the Color of Border and Expanding Border change the Above mentioned red colors with your Desired Color Code.

Hide/Show Widgets/Gadgets In Home/Post/Static/Archive Pages In Blogger

As some of you may have noticed, all the widgets/gadgets you add to your blog, will be displayed on all the pages by default, including the homepage as well. And I'm sure very few know that AdSense could disable your account in case you've put ad units inside the content of your contact or privacy policy pages. Therefore, hiding certain elements inside your blog pages is not only a matter of design, but it is also a requirement.

To hide (or show) widgets in particular posts, static pages, homepage or archive pages, you can use conditional tags.

Step 1. Go to Blogger's Dashboard > Layout and name the HTML/Javascript gadgets that you have already added. Doing this, it will be easier for you to identify the widgets that you have in your Blogger's template. Give it a unique title so that it does not match with any of the titles of any other widgets already added.

Step 2. Next thing to do is to go to Template and click on Edit HTML

Step 3. Select the "Expand Widget Templates" checkbox.

Step 4. Find the widget's title in the HTML by using Ctrl+F and entering the widget's name in the search box.
Let's say that the title for one of my widgets is "Recent Posts". After searching for the widget's name, I will find a similar code in my template:

<b:widget id='HTML1' locked='false' title='Recent Posts' type='HTML'>
<b:includable id='main'>

<b:if cond='data:title != ""'>
<h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<data:content/>
</div>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

This code represents the widget/gadget that I have added in the Page Elements location (Layout).

Step 5. After you've found your widget's code, add the following conditional tags marked with red just below and above to hide the widget from specific pages or posts in Blogger. For instance, in case you want:

To show the widget only in Homepage:

<b:widget id='HTML1' locked='false' title='Recent Posts' type='HTML'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:blog.homepageUrl'>

<b:if cond='data:title != ""'>
<h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<data:content/>
</div>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

To show Blogger widget only in post pages

<b:widget id='HTML1' locked='false' title='Recent Posts' type='HTML'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>

<b:if cond='data:title != ""'>
<h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<data:content/>
</div>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

To show the widget in a specific page

<b:widget id='HTML1' locked='false' title='Recent Posts' type='HTML'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.url == "URL of the page"'>

<b:if cond='data:title != ""'>
<h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<data:content/>
</div>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

Note: Replace URL of the page with the address of the page in which you want the widget to appear

To hide a widget only in a particular page

<b:widget id='HTML1' locked='false' title='Recent Posts' type='HTML'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.url != "URL of the page"'>

<b:if cond='data:title != ""'>
<h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<data:content/>
</div>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

To show widgets only in static pages

<b:widget id='HTML1' locked='false' title='Recent Posts' type='HTML'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "static_page"'>

<b:if cond='data:title != ""'>
<h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<data:content/>
</div>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

To hide widgets in Static Pages

<b:widget id='HTML1' locked='false' title='Recent Posts' type='HTML'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "static_page"'>

<b:if cond='data:title != ""'>
<h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<data:content/>
</div>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

To show widgets only in Archive Pages

<b:widget id='HTML1' locked='false' title='Recent Posts' type='HTML'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "archive"'>

<b:if cond='data:title != ""'>
<h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<data:content/>
</div>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

Step 6. After you have added the conditional tags, Save Template and view your blog.

That's it!

How To Design A Blog Header

Chose the picture file that you want to edit for your blog header. There are several different edits you can make to the photo and I usually just use the "auto adjust" to get the color/contrast better. In this case, because my file size is larger that I want it, I used Re-Size(at the bottom of the list) first in order to get it the size I want it.

After you have the picture picked out, the first thing you need to do is re-size the image to fit the blog header. There's not really a standard size for the header but I have found through trial and error that the size that seems to work well is 1100 x (350 to 400). In order to resize the photo to this size, I have been using PicMonkey , a free online program to modify pictures.

Within Photoshop for Design Header Image

Within GIMP to Design Header Image

Creating Tab in Blogger

How to create it here some reference provide from youtube