CommentLuv Plugin for Blogger

CommentLuv Plugin is very popular among wordpress site owners which offers dofollow links when you comment on a commentluv enabled blog.

Now you can also use commentluv plugin to your blogger blog for free using a third party software.

>> Go to intensedebate.com

>> Sign up for free and provide the url of your blogger blog. Provide a valid e-mail address and a confirmation link will be sent to your e-mail. Confirm the link and go to your intensedebate account.

>> Before going to plugin installer page, first download a copy of your blog template.

>> Choose whether you want to install the plugin on all your blog posts or just the new comments.

>> In the plugin installer page you will be prompted to upload your XML template.

>> After this, intensedebate will provide you with the modified template. Copy the whole thing and paste the whole code in the "Edit HTML" portion of your blog. Save your template.

>> Now go to the Plugins page of your intensedebate account and activate the CommentLuv plugin.

 >> And that's it. View a blog post to see the effect.

>> You will see when you post a comment using the url of your blog, your latest blog post will automatically appear. And if you hover your mouse on the down array just beside the link you can choose from your older post which one to show with your comment.

Having trouble ? Shoot up a comment and I will help. Cheers.

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How to host javascript files in Google Code Hosting ?

Google Code is Google's site for developer tools, APIs and technical resources. The site contains documentation on using Google developer tools and APIs—including discussion groups and blogs for developers using Google's developer products.

In Google Code, you can host your external javascript or any other files in unlimited bandwidth and it will be faster than hosting in any other web hosting and most important of all is it is free.

First log in to your Google account and go to http://code.google.com/hosting .

Then "Create a New Project". Enter the details in the form which will be provided (project name , summary and license ).

After creating your project, go to it and then click on "Downloads". In a new project the list will be empty.

Click on "New Download" and upload the javascript file you want to use and then "Submit it".

After your file is uploaded , just copy the link and use it like this :

<script src='YOUR SCRIPT FILE URL' type='text/javascript'></script>

The main advantage of this method is you get unlimited bandwidth and is faster than most of the other free hostings.

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How Mark Zuckerberg lost $8 billion after Facebook went public ?

Facebook went public in May 2012 holding its IPO (Initial Public Offering). Based on the IPO price of US $38 per share , Mark Zuckerberg owned 503 million shares, thus making his net worth at US $19 billion. On the opening day, the share value rose to $45 per share, but after that it has been a bumpy ride down for Facebook and it's CEO-Founder Mark Zuckerberg.

In July 2012, the share value dipped down to US $24 per share, which brought Zuckerberg's net worth down from $19 billion to $12 billion. So, in a matter of weeks he had lost about $7 billion.

Why Mark Zuckerberg lost $8 billion ?

The reason he lost $8 billion was because of the fact that Facebook performed very badly as a public company. Losing  $8 billion didn't mean he had to pay the money from his pocket. It simply means that since Facebook lost it's share value, he (owning 503 million Facebook shares) also lost his net worth because of that. The reason that Facebook suffered such a massive loss was because it's share value was overvalued at it's IPO. 

In addition to Mark Zuckerberg, some facebook insiders also lost a substantial value of money in the company's IPO fiasco. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg had lost $700 million, co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has lost $1.6 billion, and former executive Sean Parker has lost $1 billion.

Can Facebook Regain it's lost pride ? 

Facebook may have lost a lot of money, but let's not forget it now has more than 1 billion users which holds lots of potential for bringing in big dollars.

Back in July, Zuckerberg had sold 30.2 million of his shares for $37.58 per share which the company admits was necessary to pay his taxes in which he made $1.1 billion. At that time, the stock price was set at $32 per share making his net worth at $16 billion at that time. After that, it has been a complete downhill for him.

As for the future, no one knows whether the share value will dip or rise. In stock market, the past performance is no guide for future performances. As time passes and lock-up periods expire more and more facebook insiders will be able to sell their shares in the market. In the recent times, the most important date will be November 13 when 1.24 billion shares will be released into the market. Whether Facebook will continue it's downfall or rise up, we will just have to wait and see.

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How to redirect your Naked Domain to WWW Sub-domain using Google Apps for Business ?

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about how the  blogger naked domain redirect to www subdomain was not working. So, for a few days I did some research and found a useful way to redirect my naked domain using Google Apps for Business.

To use Google Apps for Business, first you need to create a account using your domain. After creating your account you need to enter your account and access the control panel.

Once you enter the control panel, you need to verify your blog/website first. Only then you will be able to redirect your naked domain.

To verify your blog/website you simply have to put a meta tag in the head section of your XML template your website. For blogger , you simply go to the "Edit HTML" and find <head> using Ctrl+f and paste the meta tag under that and save your template. It would look something like this.

After you have verified your domain, go to the Domain Settings and under that click on Domain Names. In there, you will see a "Redirect your Naked Domain" option.

On the subsequent page, enter your sub domain where you want to send your user and click on continue.

 

After this, you have to update DNS Records in your domain hosting using the following IP Addresses. If your domain is hosted by Godaddy.com then this records are already present in the Domain Hosting and you can click on "I've completed these steps". And you're done.

Note : The DNS Records can take upto 24hrs to 48hrs to come into effect. 

If you don't have any idea on how to configure a custom domain for blogger click here.

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How to show your Google+ profile picture in Google search results ?

Showing off your Google+ profile picture in search results gives blog authors the authority of their blog for their readers and also it looks cool. There are many tutorials on the web on how to show your google+ profile pic in search results but this is as easy as it gets. You can do this with a single line of code by using the <link> tag.

First go to your blogger account. Then go to Template and click on Edit HTML.

Using Ctrl+f, find <head>.

Just below this line paste the following code.

<link href='https://plus.google.com/YOUR GOOGLE+ PROFILE ID/posts' rel='author'/>

Just save your template and wait for a few days before Google re crawls your site.

Just to be sure you can confirm whether you have did it correctly, you can go to http://google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets and enter your blog/site url and click on "Preview".

Just put a comment if you have any error.

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How to use "PasteHTML" to preview your HTML code ?

PasteHTML.com is a free HTML publishing website where you can paste your HTML code and preview it online and also store it without any registration for future references.

Just go to the site and paste your HTML code and click on "Publish Page".

If you want you can paste the my Multi-level Navigational Menu code for a demo and preview it. Just copy and paste the code from here in PasteHTML.com and the preview it, which will look like this :

It's as easy as that. Enjoy.

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