If you want to make a few bucks from all the hard work you are putting into your blog then consider adding a Paypal donate button to your Blogger Blogspot blog. Adding a donation button will encourage all those happy readers to say a big thank you for helping them out. Not everyone will donate but you will get the odd generous soul who will willingly donate some chump change to shout you a coffee.
In this tutorial we will be adding a gadget to the Blogger sidebar but we won't be changing the template. Skill level is rated easy.
1. Get yourself a Paypal account if you don't already have one
2. Login to your Paypal account
3. Click on the Merchant Services tab
4. Choose Donations from the list of key features displayed in the right sidebar of the PayPal Website Payments Standard Option (first of 3 payment solutions)
5. From the Paypal Create a Payment Button screen choose Donation from the dropdown menu at Step 1. if it is not already selected.
6. Stick with the default button unless you wish to customize it
7. Choose your currency depending on your needs and location
8. Choose Donors enter their own contribution amount radio button unless you want to have a set amount
9. Ensure the Secure Merchant ID radio button is selected. This will prevent spammers getting hold of your email address
10. At Step 2 it is worth saving your button
11. At Step 3 Customize your checkout page by allowing donors to write a short comment by selecting the Yes radio button to special instructions to seller
12. Select the No radio button for Customer's Shipping Address
13. Select the Create Button button
14. Once Paypal creates the donate button code copy it by right clicking your mouse and choosing copy
15. Logout of Paypal
16. Login to Blogger if you are not already logged in
17. Go to Layout > Page Elements
18. Click on the Add a Gadget link in the sidebar
19. Choose HTML/Javascript widget from the list provided
20. Paste the button code into the Content box of the dialog box that appears by placing the mouse inside the box and right clicking the mouse and then paste
21. Select a title like "Buy Me a Beer!" or whatever you would like
22. Click on the Save button
23. Drag and drop your new donation gadget into the spot you want it to appear in
24. Click the Save button to ensure your changes are saved
25. Click View Blog to see your new donate button in the sidebar of your Blogger blog
26. Click on your new donate button and you will be taken to the Paypal Checkout screen
This tutorial has walked you through all the steps needed to add a Paypal donate button to your Blogger Blogspot blog.
Check my sidebar for a live example :) and take the opportunity to make a little donation ...
Best Related Posts Plugin and Widget for Blogger - Learn How to Show Similar Articles Bellow Blog Posts
A relatively easy method of increasing page views on your blog is to add a list of related posts below each article or displaying them in the SideBar. Now there is a Related Post Plugin for WordPress but there is no such one officially available for Blogger. So here is the Solution. This offers readers a ready-made reading list of other articles on your blog, which are of a similar theme or subject matter.
Installing Related Posts for Blogger Widget for your BlogSpot Blog - Installation Option 1 - Add Related Posts Widget to Sidebar
Step 1. Click the button below
Step 2. Move the new sidebar widget to a position you like
The new sidebar widget will be created at top of your sidebar, you may want to move it a better place. Remember to save. Tip: You actually can drag this sidebar widget and drop onto after Blog Posts widget, then this widget will show up after comments.
Step 3. Go to one of your blog post
You have to see it in action in single post, you will not see the Related Posts list in your home page of your blog. Just randomly choose one of your blog post.
Option 2 - Add Related Posts just below your Post Content
Step 1. Go to Layout/Edit HTML/Edit Template
Step 2. BACKUP your template! Do not skip this!
Step 3. Check Expand Widget Templates, then Find a block like:
P.S - In other to be able to insert the code in this post, I needed to replace (<) with (&It) and insert a space after the <>
Depending Upon whether you install the Related Post Blogger widget in the Sidebar or Below the Post, you can also make customizations according to your Need by looking Below.
Enjoy ;-) !!!
Customizing Related Posts Widget Plugin’s Title & Number of Posts (Optional)
By default, if your blogs are written in English, you should be more likely having no need to customize the widget title. However, if your blog is not a normal blog or not in English. For example, it's a food/cuisine/etc or written in Japanese. You could set the title to Related Recipes or 関連記事 (translated by Google Translate).
Here is how you can do that: Change the original code:
< src="'http://www.google.com/jsapi'"> < type="text/javascript"> ndow.brps_options = { "title": " <>Hey! Check out my other related posts! < /h2>" "max_results": 5 } < /script> < src="'http://brps.appspot.com/brps.js'" type="'text/javascript'/">
Notice that we have a new < script > block. You can also use HTML in it, you may need to as shown above since normal Blogger widgets use < h2 > as title. If you don't use, the widget may look different.
"max_results": 5 = Number of Related Posts you Want to Show
Why Should you Install the “Related Posts Widget for Blogger” ?
- More Click Through Ratio (CTR) for your Pages - More CTR = More Adsense Impressions. - Gives Readers easy Navigation (about what to read next ) - Makes your Posts Sticky
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