Wednesday, February 2, 2011

I Guess People Like Blog Tutorials...

My last post got mostly positive comments so I guess I'll give some more tips.  I'm thinking this time I'll cover paypal donations, and the top 10 followers gadget.  Both are pretty easy to add.  So get ready for my l337 MSpaint skillz.

For the a neat gadget that lets you keep track of your top 10 most active followers, log in to Blogger and go to to the "Design" tab.  Click on "Add a Gadget" as seen here:


in the window that pops up, click on "Add your own" like this:





Copy and paste: http://xmlgadgets.com/ig/top10.xml into the form. and then click Add By URL.

Title it whatever you want and click save and you're done.  Easy right?  Ok, let's tackle paypal next.  I got my first donation just the other day which I'm very thankful for.  So set up a paypal acct, if you don't have one, and log in if you do.  In the bar at the top, click Merchant Services, and then under the section for Create Buttons, click on Donate.  See pic for reference:





This will take you to the form for creating the button.  You can customize it if you want, even use your own image for the button(which i considered) but paypal has good brand recognition, so lets stick to the default for now.  All you really need to enter is your organization name/service.  Just use the title of your blog, and you can change other settings if you want.





Click on "Create Button" and you'll be taken to a page with some freshly generated code. See?




Select it, press ctrl+C to copy it.  Now we log in to blogger and go to Design and Add a Gadget (see first pic), but this time we're going to select HTML/Javascript.  So scroll down and look for this(click the plus sign):

Paste in the code you copied from paypal and title the gadget whatever you like; click Save and you're all done, you should have a shiny new paypal donation button.




I got at least one more helpful little blogger tip up my sleeve but I think I'll save it for tomorrow.  This seems lengthy enough for today.  Or I could go back to posting random explosives and weapons and junk if you guys prefer...feel free to let me know in the comments.  If you found this useful or anything drop a comment about that too, it helps me feel validated. :)

Thanks for following.

38 comments:

  1. Wow!!!! One of the MOST helpful blog post ive seen. I just did both gadgets add, thanks to you.

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  2. Nice guide, I'm sure lots of people who are just getting started will find it really helpful. You could just mix it up and post weapons and stuff sometimes and other info about blogs and stuff other times. I'll be sure to check back here no matter what.

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  3. ooo nice! tthanks for the donate tip!

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  4. Thanks. I'm new so these really help.

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  5. This stuff is really helpful for sure.
    Another random thing I found out: You have to allow cookies to post, lol -_-
    Followed for awesome tips

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  6. first comment.
    I like the info pic.
    keep up the good work.
    One of my favorite blogs.
    I will continue to follow daily.
    Please do the same.

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  7. Great ideas! I like the paypal one :) thanks a lot

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  8. Hi what is the most active follower app based on? Views or comments?
    Also I might add a paypal donate buttion, although I'd first have to get a paypal account...

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  9. Again, you show us very interesting things, thanks a lot !

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  10. Droping a comment to help you feel validated ;) Srsly, useful stuff in here :)

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  11. thank you for the steps concerning donating. now i don't have to look it up!

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  12. No more tips!!! If you have a paypal donate button when people donate can they see your name?

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  13. Thanks for the tips, might use these on my own blog soon. :)

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  14. I appreciate this since im new to the whole blogging thing.

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  15. I might have to setup a paypal account i guess!
    Following you every morning sipping my coffee.

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  16. people also need to learn to make their content on the page smaller. Some of these people have pages that literally lag because it shows articles and widgets for like 10+ seconds down a page....

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  17. @Rondariel
    It seems based on views not comments. I wish i had one that tracked commenters...or adclicks lol.

    @watchman, that's a good idea, i might have to edit the number of posts mine displays on the first page so it'll load faster.

    @Rose
    It doesn't give your name but depending on the type of paypal account you have it may or may not show your email address when people click donate. Mine shows an email address, but please don't email there, I don't really use that address much anymore. :)

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  18. Thanks both are now on my blog as well!

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  19. Good guide! I am going to re-post it on my blog as well!

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  20. Very nice tips and tricks man. I like how someone is at least going the extra mile to not only improve their blog but help improve others as well.

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  21. Thank you so much, this is going to be a HUGE help!

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  22. thanks for the guide, well presented, I'm a new follower BTW!

    http://tipsntricks-phil.blogspot.com/

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  23. your advices are more worth than gold! i already done the favicon tutorial. now starting with this. thanks :)

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  24. I actually really like the paypal idea. Maybe people will give me money now for giving them tips on banking, haha.

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  25. Glad to help. :) I'm always trying to improve my own, so i might as well share what I learn on the way. Gives me something to post about when I lack ideas too.

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  26. I don't know why people can'y comment on my All Things Gaming blog... can you help me?

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  27. yes, got aim? send me an im at AnonymouseLegion and i'll try to help you out right now.

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  28. or any other im client, yahoo, astra, googletalk, skype, let me know and i'll give you my screennames for those if you need.

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  29. Just published a post that will hopefully help you fix your problem.

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  30. great. maybe i will use in on my blog

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  31. More blog tutorials would be great, I'm always looking for ways to improve my blog.

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  32. Great, thanx for the tip.

    Following and supporting!

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  33. Yes, I do love the blog tutorials!

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  34. cool info, will try this out sometime later in the future

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