Blogger is one of the most famous platforms to build and create free blogs. Blogger is a product of Google to give new bloggers a chance to test their skills on a free platform. They offer a free and superb hosting plan with great speed and high bandwidth.
Any blog hosted on Blogger will have a .blogspot in the end of its domain(before .com).
Well, we all know that how awesome Blogger is but many of us have always complained about its limitations.
Worpress users have so many plugins from which they can optimize their blogs to make it SEO friendly and the best thing about WordPress is that its structure is already optimized for SEO whereas Blogger users have to do everything on their own.
If you want to know that how you can make your Blogspot blog SEO friendly then read this.
WordPress users can install different colourful gadgets on their blogs according to their need because they have so many plugins for this purpose.
For example if they want to install a Subscribe Us pop-up form on their blogs then they can do it easily by installing a few plugins such as Mailmunch but if a Blogger user wants to do the same then he has to mess up with all those hard codings such as HTML5, CSS etc.
By the way if you want to install Subscribe us pop-up form on your Blogspot blog then read this
By considering all these facts I decided to make a post about some awesome Blogger widgets which can make your Blogspot Blog a PRO Blog. I hope you will love to install them on your Template.
All in One Subscription
All in one subscription is one of my favourite widgets when it comes to Blogger. By using this gadget you can ask your readers to follow you on GPlus, Twitter, Facebook or they can subscribe your newsletter.
This super gadget is probably the best option when it comes to subscription gadgets.
You can install it on your Blog easily by following these simple steps.
First Go to: Yoursite–>Layout–>Add a Gadget–>Now choose HTML/Javascript
Now enter this code in the content area:
Things to do after installing the code
Now when you have installed the code in your Blogger layout the next thing will be to change all the social network addresses with your original addresses and IDs. And do not forget to change this keyword “yourfeedburnerid” with your original ID.
If you have done everything right then congrats you have just installed “All in one Subscription form” into your Blog.
A good Looking author box
One another great addition in our widgets inventory will be a author box to give our blog a more professional look.
So now we will try to install an author box in our brand new blogspot blog.
To install this great looking author box you first need to mess up with your templates HTML code.
Just visit Yoursite–>Templates–>Edit Html and then search for this line:
<div class=’post-footer-line post-footer-line-1′>
Once you have found it the next thing you will need to do is to introduce a new code in your template just below the above code.
The coding will be a little long but you can just copy and paste it
You can replace these random phrases with the phrases you want in your author box. Just find “Lorem ipsum” and replace the whole paragraph with our own description.
A smart dropdown menu
One of the major laps Blogger’s creators did was that they did not added a dropdown menu in Blogger. But we can still install a dropdown menu by using some codes. There are so many dropdown menus present on internet which you can download easily. Each menu has different style and colours.
First you need to visit your template’s HTML code page then find </header> and just below it paste this code:
Now open your blog to find out that what effects this new coding has made.
I will also like to share some other dropdown menu with you.
Just visit this page and you will find some great dropdowns for your blogspot blog.
Facebook Likebox
We all have social engagements in our lives. As a human we love to meet and share our stories with others. For this purpose many companies have introduced their social media websites where people can meet with others.
As a Blogger you will love to link your fans on your social media page where they can follow you and your blog. For this you first need to make your facebook page and then you have to ask your readers to like it.
Obviously, you can not reach out every single reader at your own legs. You have to install something in your blog which will automatically ask every single visitor to like your page.
For this we will install a simple Facebook Likebox from where your fans can like your page by just clicking on like button. Its also a good way to show your fan following strength.
First visit your Blog and then move to layout section and then click on Add a new gadget button.
Now choose HTML/Javascript gadget and paste the following code in the content area:
Just replace this line “paste your facebook page url here” with your original facebook page’s URL Now Enjoy!
Social Media icons
You will also like to add some social media icons in your Blog. Since we do not have the availability of this option in Blogger we will use some codes to enjoy this feature.
For this move to your Blog’s layout section again from your dashboard then click on Add a gadget button and now select HTML/Javascript.
Now paste this code in the content area:
Just replaces hashes(####)with your own social network addresses.
Popular Post widget
One more thing which a Pro blog most have is a Popular Post widget from where your readers can know that what posts are trending on your blog.
To install this good looking and attracting widget we will go to the template section and then we will click on Edit HTML button.
Now find ]]></b:skin> in your template’s code and post this code below it:
You can install many other popular post widgets too by searching on Google.
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