Saturday, December 27, 2014

How to add a responsive Recent Comment widget with avatars on blogger

Recent comments widget displays visitors the recent discussion on your website, More professional bloggers have added these kinds of recent comment widget on their blogs to make more professional, Today i am going to share the responsive or flexible or stylish recent comment widget to make your blogs more professional, Lets go through it.
recent comment
Step 1:- Go to Blogger Dashboard >> layout and click on 'Add a gadget' Link.

Step 2:- New pop up window will appear then scroll down the window and choose 'HTML/Javascript' optoin.

Step 3:- Now copy and paste the following code.

<div class='widget-content'>
<style type="text/css">
.rc{padding-left:24px; padding-top: 6px;}
.rc a:hover {color: #F3903E;text-decoration: none;}
.rc-ico{margin-left:-20px;margin-top:4px;float:left; margin-right:3px}
.rc-ico img {margin-top: -2px;margin-right:5px; border: 2px solid #fff;-webkit-border-radius: 100px;-moz-border-radius: 100px;border-radius: 100px;-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
-webkit-transition: all 1s ease-in-out;
-moz-transition: all 1s ease-in-out;
-o-transition: all 1s ease-in-out;
-ms-transition: all 1s ease-in-out; }
.rc-ico img:hover {-webkit-transform: rotate(360deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(360deg);
-o-transform: rotate(360deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(360deg);}
.rc-header{font-size: 13px;}
.rc-header a{}
.rc-body{font-style: italic; font-size:11px;padding: 0px 4px 1px 10px;border: 1px solid transparent;}
.rc-footer{font-size:11px; float: right;}
#rcw-cr {font-family: Arial,Tahoma;font-size:9px;padding-top:7px;display:block;}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
var numRecentComments = 5;
var maxCommentChars = 67;
var trueAvatars = true;
var urlMyAvatar = '';
var urlMyProfile = 'false';
var cropAvatar = true;
var sizeAvatar = 50;
var urlNoAvatar = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kBAKq-gJ5f0P0eJTCP3naUTGwGUHbzyRb3yOVQcqHorKX-EDZ3qcAI_7RPNs553pMSNk4n9qCkQDGpg-pRObjtfkqrrzwaMfInHtnGV9UntRQxPdB3Qn89X22mzFhiKkfh4sR5i78S1f/"+sizeAvatar+"/anonymous-Icon.jpg";
var urlAnoAvatar = 'http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/00000000000000000000000000000000?d=mm&s=' + sizeAvatar;
var txtMore = '';
var txtWrote = 'commented:';
var txtAnonymous = '';
var maxResultsComments = "";
var numPerPost = 2;
var maxPostTitleChars = 40;
var getTitles = true;
var maxResultsPosts = "";
var txtTooltip = '[user] on &quot;[title]&quot; - [date MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm]';
var urlToTitle = {};
function replaceVars(text, user, title, date) {
text = text.replace('[user]', user);
text = text.replace('[date]', date.toLocaleDateString());
text = text.replace('[datetime]', date.toLocaleString());
text = text.replace('[time]', date.toLocaleTimeString());
text = text.replace('[title]', title.replace(/\"/g,'&quot;'));
var i = text.indexOf("[date ");
if(i > -1) {
var format = /\[date\s+(.+?)\]/.exec(text)[1];
if(format != '') {
var txtDate = format.replace(/yyyy/i, date.getFullYear());
txtDate = txtDate.replace(/yy/i, date.getFullYear().toString().slice(-2));
txtDate = txtDate.replace("MM", String("0"+(date.getMonth()+1)).slice(-2));
txtDate = txtDate.replace("mm", String("0"+date.getMinutes()).slice(-2));
txtDate = txtDate.replace("ss", String("0"+date.getSeconds()).slice(-2));
txtDate = txtDate.replace("dd", String("0"+date.getDate()).slice(-2));
//or: txtDate = txtDate.replace("dd", date.getDate());
txtDate = txtDate.replace("hh", String("0"+date.getHours()).slice(-2));
//or: txtDate = txtDate.replace("hh", date.getHours());
text = text.replace(/\[date\s+(.+?)\]/, txtDate)
}
}
return text;
}
if(urlMyProfile == "") {
var elements = document.getElementsByTagName("*");
var expr = /(^| )profile-link( |$)/;
for(var i=0 ; i<elements.length ; i++)
if(expr.test(elements[i].className)) {
urlMyProfile = elements[i].href;
break;
}
}
function getPostUrlsForComments(json) {
for(var i = 0 ; i < json.feed.entry.length ; i++ ) {
var entry = json.feed.entry[i];
for (var k = 0; k < entry.link.length; k++ ) {
if (entry.link[k].rel == 'alternate') {
href = entry.link[k].href;
break;
}
}
urlToTitle[href] = entry.title.$t;
}
}
function showRecentComments(json) {
var postHandled = {};
var j = 0;
if(numPerPost) {
while(numPerPost < numRecentComments) {
for(var i = 0 ; i < json.feed.entry.length ; i++ ) {
var entry = json.feed.entry[i]; if(entry.author[0].name.$t=="Blogger User") continue;
if(entry["thr$in-reply-to"]) {
if(!postHandled[entry["thr$in-reply-to"].href])
postHandled[entry["thr$in-reply-to"].href] = 1;
else
postHandled[entry["thr$in-reply-to"].href]++;
if(postHandled[entry["thr$in-reply-to"].href] <= numPerPost)
j++;
}
}
if(j >= numRecentComments)
break;
numPerPost++;
j = 0;
postHandled = {};
}
if(numRecentComments == numPerPost)
numPerPost = 0;
}
postHandled = {};
j = 0;
for(var i = 0 ; j < numRecentComments && i < json.feed.entry.length ; i++ ) {
var entry = json.feed.entry[i]; if(entry.author[0].name.$t=="Blogger User") continue;
if(numPerPost && postHandled[entry["thr$in-reply-to"].href] && postHandled[entry["thr$in-reply-to"].href] >= numPerPost)
continue;
if(entry["thr$in-reply-to"]) {
if(!postHandled[entry["thr$in-reply-to"].href])
postHandled[entry["thr$in-reply-to"].href] = 1;
else
postHandled[entry["thr$in-reply-to"].href]++;
j++;
var href='';
for (var k = 0; k < entry.link.length; k++ ) {
if (entry.link[k].rel == 'alternate') {
href = entry.link[k].href;
break;
}
}
if(href=='') {j--; continue; }
var hrefPost = href.split("?")[0];
var comment = "";
if("content" in entry) comment = entry.content.$t;
else comment = entry.summary.$t;
comment = comment.replace(/<br[^>]*>/ig, " ");
comment = comment.replace(/<\S[^>]*>/g, "");
var postTitle="-";
if(urlToTitle[hrefPost]) postTitle=urlToTitle[hrefPost];
else {
if(hrefPost.match(/\/([^/]*)\.html/)) postTitle = hrefPost.match(/\/([^/]*)\.html/)[1].replace(/_\d{2}$/, "");
postTitle = postTitle.replace(/-/g," ");
postTitle = postTitle[0].toUpperCase() + postTitle.slice(1);
}
if(maxPostTitleChars && postTitle.length > maxPostTitleChars) {
postTitle = postTitle.substring(0, maxPostTitleChars);
var indexBreak = postTitle.lastIndexOf(" ");
postTitle = postTitle.substring(0, indexBreak) + "...";
}
var authorName = entry.author[0].name.$t;
var authorUri = "";
if(entry.author[0].uri && entry.author[0].uri.$t != "")
authorUri = entry.author[0].uri.$t;
var avaimg = urlAnoAvatar;
var bloggerprofile = "http://www.blogger.com/profile/";
if(trueAvatars && entry.author[0].gd$image && entry.author[0].gd$image.src && authorUri.substr(0,bloggerprofile.length) == bloggerprofile)
avaimg = entry.author[0].gd$image.src;
else {
var parseurl = document.createElement('a');
if(authorUri != "") {
parseurl.href = authorUri;
avaimg = 'http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=' + parseurl.hostname;
}
}
if(urlMyProfile != "" && authorUri == urlMyProfile && urlMyAvatar != "")
avaimg = urlMyAvatar;
if(avaimg == "http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" && urlNoAvatar != "")
avaimg = urlNoAvatar;
var newsize="s"+sizeAvatar;
avaimg = avaimg.replace(/\/s\d\d+-c\//, "/"+newsize+"-c/");
if(cropAvatar) newsize+="-c";
avaimg = avaimg.replace(/\/s\d\d+(-c){0,1}\//, "/"+newsize+"/");
if(authorName == 'Anonymous' && txtAnonymous != '' && avaimg == urlAnoAvatar)
authorName = txtAnonymous;
var imgcode = '<img height="'+sizeAvatar+'" width="'+sizeAvatar+'" title="'+authorName+'" src="'+avaimg+'" />';
if (authorUri!="") imgcode = '<a href="'+authorUri+'">'+imgcode+'</a>';
var clsAdmin = "";
if(urlMyProfile != "" && authorUri == urlMyProfile)
clsAdmin = " rc-admin";
var datePart = entry.published.$t.match(/\d+/g); // assume ISO 8601
var cmtDate = new Date(datePart[0],datePart[1]-1,datePart[2],datePart[3],datePart[4],datePart[5]);
var txtHeader = txtWrote;
if(txtWrote.indexOf('[')==-1)
txtHeader = authorName + ' ' + txtWrote;
else
txtHeader = replaceVars(txtHeader, authorName, postTitle, cmtDate);
var tooltip = replaceVars(txtTooltip, authorName, postTitle, cmtDate);
if(!/#/.test(href)) href += "#comments";
document.write('<div title="'+tooltip+'" class="rc'+clsAdmin+'">');
document.write('<div title="'+tooltip+'" class="rc-header'+clsAdmin+'"><div title="'+tooltip+'" class="rc-ico'+clsAdmin+'">'+imgcode+'</div><a title="'+tooltip+'" href="' + href + '">' + txtHeader + ' </a></div>');
if(comment.length < maxCommentChars)
document.write('<div title="'+tooltip+'" class="rc-body'+clsAdmin+'">' + comment + '</div>');
else {
comment = comment.substring(0, maxCommentChars);
var indexBreak = comment.lastIndexOf(" ");
comment = comment.substring(0, indexBreak);
document.write('<div title="'+tooltip+'" class="rc-body'+clsAdmin+'">' + comment + '...</div>');
if(txtMore != "") {
var moretext = replaceVars(txtMore, authorName, postTitle, cmtDate);
document.write('<div title="'+tooltip+'" class="rc-footer'+clsAdmin+'"><a title="'+tooltip+'" href="' + href + '">' + moretext + '</a></div>');
}
}
document.write('<div style="clear:both;"></div></div>');
}
}
}
if(getTitles)
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://'+window.location.hostname+'/feeds/posts/summary?redirect=false'+maxResultsPosts+'&alt=json-in-script&callback=getPostUrlsForComments"></'+'script>');
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://'+window.location.hostname+'/feeds/comments/default?redirect=false'+maxResultsComments+'&alt=json-in-script&callback=showRecentComments"></'+'script>');
</script></div>

Step 4:- Now lets customize it.

- Change 5 from var numRecentComments = 5; in above code that you want to show number of comments on your blog.

Step 5:- Now save the Gadget and enjoy !


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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Check out Google’s Most Popular Searches Of 2014

As for the top person searched worldwide in 2014, Jennifer Lawrence edged out Kim Kardashian. If that’s because of the photo hack in August, then maybe the internet is broken after all.


Walmart was the most-searched location, followed by Starbucks. The top athlete searches were for Ray Rice followed by Adrian Peterson. The overall top U.S. searches provide a very accurate snapshot of the news and culture over the past 12 months:

10. Ukraine
9. “Frozen”
8. Ferguson
7. ISIS
6. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
5. Flappy Bird
4. Malaysia Airlines (there were also over 200 million searches for “mh370″)
3. Ebola
2. World Cup
1. Robin Williams
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Simple Recent Post Widget for Blogger without Thumbnail and Post Title only

Simple Recent Post Widget for Blogger without Thumbnail and Post Title only

Blogger blogging Platform actually does have a built-in Feature to show recent posts But lets do with manually adding HTML/JAVAScript Recent post widget to your blogger blog, but how?

Here is the Solution:
Recent Post Widget

Step 1:- Login to you Blogger Dashboard
Step 2:- Go to Layout and Add Gadget link anywhere you want to show recent post.
Step 3:- Now new pop up window will appear and scroll down then copy and paste below code.

 <div id="hlrpsb">
<script style="text/javascript" src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/recent-posts-with-titles-only.js"></script>
<script style="text/javascript">var numposts = 10;var showpostdate = false;var showpostsummary = false;var numchars = 100;var standardstyling = true;</script>
<script src="http://blog-address.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showrecentposts"></script></div><a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right; margin: 5px;" href="http://startingphaseofc.blogspot.com/2014/12/simple-recent-post-widget-for-blogger.html" rel="nofollow" >Recent Posts Widget</a>
<noscript>Oops! Make sure JavaScript is enabled in your browser.</noscript>
<style type=text/css>
#hlrpsb a {color: #0B3861; font-size: 13px;}
#rpdr, #rpdr a {color:#808080;}
.bbrecpost2 {
padding-top:6px;
padding-bottom:6px;
border-bottom: 1px #cccccc dotted; }
</style>

 Step 4:- Customize the script.

- Change http://blog-address.com with you blog address.
- Change 10 to desired number of posts you want to display.

Step 5:- Now Save the Widget and Enjoy !

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What to do Before Applying for Google Adsense ?

Nowadays, There are loads of people blogging and it seems that, everyone wants to make money from blogging and starts to search Advertiser for their blogs or websites and founds that Google adsense is one of the most essential platform for avertising advertisement by the publisher so we want to join or apply for the adsense, some people may get accepted and some may get rejected.

Google adsense does not accepts every blogs or websites for publishing their ads, first we have to prepair fully before applying into adsense. here are the some tips to get not rejected by the google adsense.


how to get approved adsense acccount ?

Have a good content:- If your blogs or websites do not have a enough or sufficient content, google adsense will not accept, So write sufficient contents that will be enough to review by them. Writting must be neat, professionally and grammatically correct otherwise it will give them the excuse to toss out your application

Read Google Policies:- You must have to read Google Policies before applying this whether your blogs or websites follows their rules or not.

You Detail Information:- Post about your minimum information so that they can easily finds you and your information by Creating About Us Page, Contact Us Page, Privacy Policy Page etc.

Good Traffic:- Your blogs or websites must have a good traffics from the search engines like, Google, Yahoo, Bing and etc, otherwise your application may get rejected.

Enough Posts:- Your blogs or websites must have a minimum of 40 posts and you need to post regularly.

Use Clean Theme or Template:- Clean Themes or Templates make easy to review your website by them which may increase the chance to accept the adsense account.

You must keep above all thins on your mind then apply for the adsense, Have a good time..
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