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Centering text, pictures, advertisements, banners, search boxes

Previously, when you need to center "something" (which may be text, pictures, advertisements, banners or search boxes), all you need to do surround that "something" with the and tags, that is, what you have is"something"

First alphabet of post in large uppercase and color plus background color

Most magazine style website have the first alphabet of the post larger than the rest of the post and often in different color as well. An example is Good Health Magazine. Some have a colored background as well like Podcasting Magazine. Here is how you can do it:First alphabet of post large and coloredThis was how Good Health Magazine was made to have the first alphabet colored and colored. After

Shoutbox for your blog

A blog reader asked for visitor's registration. The only thing I can think about is either a Guestbook or a Shoutbox. I have written about Guestbook at Guestbook for your blog with an example at Natural Remedies. Clicking on the links in Guest will take your visitors away from your site (though you may chose to have the new site open in new window). If you want visitors to remain on your site,

Ways to display HTML tags in posts and comments

NOTE: All the below instructions are for posting comments or for preparing posts in the EDIT HTML mode, not the COMPOSE mode.There are some bloggers who may want to post HTML tags in comments or posts but don't know how. If you try to type the HTML tag to display an image, for example:exactly as you see it above in the comment or post, you will just get an empty box. I have

Cannot see blog in Dashboard

This seemed to be a common complaint. A blogger is logged into his/her Google account but when he/she goes to the Dashboard, cannot see the blog in the Dashboard. It is not uncommon that a blogger have many Blogger account, or may have created a Blogger account, but have forgotten the username used for that account. Note that whenever you are logged into Google account (that means if you are

How to delete a blog

New bloggers often miss this as the delete button is not displayed in a prominent place. If you want to delete a blog, sign into Blogger (Dashboard) and you should get a lists of all your blogs (obviously you will see only one blog if you have created only one). Click SETTINGS at the right of the section for the relevant blog, and by default your will be in the BASIC sub-tab. Scroll right to the

Add Label (category or tag) List to blog using old classic Blogger template

If you are using an old classic blogger template, you will have the new Label (category of tag) feature in the New Blogger, but you will not be able to add a Label List in the Sidebar. The labels will only appear at the bottom of the post. If you want to have a Label List in the sidebar like those using the New Blogger template, you will have to add it manually. For example, you will find the

Asking for help, particularly in respect to Blogger, AdSense, others

We get frequent requests for help, particularly via the comments in Blogger Tips and Tricks, via email, and also athttp://groups.google.com/group/blogger-help/http://groups.google.com/group/adsense-helpFrequently, the subject is stated as "Help" or something vague. It would be good to give a more descriptive subject like "How to track visitors to my blog?" or something like that. It will also