Monday, June 15, 2009

Layout by Coverday

USAGE NOTES

Changing links in menu bar:

1. Upload the template to your blog.

2. Find this code in the layout using firefox search.

<div id='mainmenu'>
<ul>
<li><a href='http://www.coverday.net/'>Home</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.coverday.net/'>Post</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.coverday.net/'>Your</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.coverday.net/'>Links</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.coverday.net/'>Here</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.coverday.net/'>www.Coverday.net</a></li>

</ul>
</div>


3. Edit the links or add more of your own by changing the text in the code.

E.G.

"http://www.coverday.net/" TO "http://your_link.com"

"Post" TO "Your Page"

4. Save the changes.

Friday, June 12, 2009

RSS Feed for your Blog

What is RSS?

RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

Why RSS? Benefits and Reasons for using RSS

RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter. The number of sites offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly and includes big names like Yahoo News.



1. Download and unzip xml template and images.

2. Login to your Blogger account and go to Manage Layout from the Blogger Dashboard

3. Click on the Edit HTML tab.

4. Click Browse and find the xml file where you saved it on your pc, then click Upload. Before doing that, you might want to save your existing template by clicking Download full template.

5. If it says something is wrong with the code, try uploading it again. If it asks you to delete the wingets from your sidebar, do it, but make sure you will be able to restore them if you need to.

6. If one or more images stop showing for some reason, try reuploading them to your own online image account, for example, Photobucket.