blogspot templates

How to redirect traffic in Blogspot

When you are creating a new website. The best way to get the visitors from your old site on to your new one is by redirecting.

1. Sign in to your blogger dashboard.

2. Click on the 'Design' tab and then click on the sub-tab 'Edit HTML'.

3. CTRL + F and find: <head>

4. Paste this code below under <head>:

<meta equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://your-new-web-address.com/"></meta>

5. Make sure you replace 'Your-new-web-address.com' with the website which you want your traffic to go to.

6. Click 'Save Template' and when you go on your website now. It should redirect to the URL you wished.

Blog Title After Post Title - Blogspot

Here is a very useful trick to get higher up in Google and other search engines rank.

1. Click on 'Design' and then click on the sub-menu 'Edit HTML'.

2.CTRL+F and Find: <title><data:blog.title/></title>

3. Now replace that with this below:

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<title><data:blog.pageName/> - <data:blog.title/></title>
<b:else/>
<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>  </b:if>

4. Now the post title should be before the blog title like the image below.

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How to create a Blogspot Blog/Website

First, go to blogspot.com and click 'get started'.

When you have clicked 'get started', fill in the information on the form and agree with the terms and conditions and then click 'continue'.

Then name your blog and give your blog a URL.

Example: John's flowers as the title Blog Address: John's-flowers.blogspot.com

Then pick a starter template. You can change it later because the starter templates aren't the best. When you have chosen the theme you want click continue.

Then click 'start blogging'

Now if you've done the right thing, it should look like the picture below. Create your post and when you have done click 'publish post' located on the left at the bottom of the page.

Then click view post.

Now you are viewing your website if you gave the link to someone.

How to change your favicon on blogspot

Adding a favicon into blogspot is super easy, and makes your site look more interesting and unique especially if you have a .com domain on your blog.

1. Go to the design tab on blogspot and click 'edit html'.

2. Now find in the text window '</head>'. To find this quickly, press down CTRL and F and a window should pop up then just type '</head>' in the box and it should find it as quick as you can say Bananas.

3. Paste the code below above '</head>'

<link href='{image url}' rel='shortcut icon'/>
<link href='{image url}' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/vnd.microsoft.icon'/>
<link href='{image url}' rel='icon'/>
<link href='{image url}' rel='icon' type='image/vnd.microsoft.icon'/>

4. Replace 'image url' with the image you want and when you have completed this step click the orange button at the bottom that says 'save template'.

5. Your favicon should now be live on your website =-)!

How to add a template to blogspot

Adding a template on blogspot makes it look better than the starter themes. Here is today's tutorial on how to install and get a theme for your Blogspot blog.

First find a template you like on http://btemplates.com/ and download and extract it to your
desktop. By the way you can see live previews if your not sure if you like it.

Go to the design tab and click 'edit html'.

Click browse and get the XML folder, and then upload!

Then your template should now be installed.

How to add meta tags to your blogspot blog

Adding meta tags is probably one of the most effective ways to get a better rank on Google and other big search engines which are used by millions of people everyday. Follow this quick tutorial on this website and learn how to add meta tags.

1. First of all go to blogspot.com, login and click on the 'design' tab of the blog you wish to use.

2. Click on the 'Edit HTML' tab.

3. Find this code below (CTRL+F brings up a search window for a quicker search)

<b:include data='blog' name='all-head-content'/>

4. When you have found it, under that code should be this code:

<meta content='DESCRIPTION' name='keywords'/>

<meta content='KEYWORDS' name='keywords'

<meta content='AUTHOR NAME' name='author'/>

However if you have installed a theme, it might of done if for you so it might be different to the one above. Remember to replace the words in bold.

5. Click save template then you are done!

среда, 6 апреля 2011 г.