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Glassical: A Free Blogger Template ~ SmashingMagazine

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:38:43 PST

Glassical is a glossy two column, widget ready and WordPress 2.8 compatible WordPress theme designed for passionate bloggers. This is Originally a WordPress theme designed for SmashingMagazine Readers. So we decided to bring it to blogger to support our blogger readers and users. So as promised yesterday here it is. We will try to convert more and more wordpress themes to blogger. So do suggest some cool wordpress themes.

Glassical — a free professional Wordpress-theme originally created by Abdullah Ibrahim for SmashingMagazine. Blogger Template converted by me and my friend Arjun of BloggerV7. This theme was designed with the main focus being on typography, clean look and simplicity. So enjoy the theme and do tell thanks to Arjun for helping me convert it to blogger. And Smashing magazine for releasing sucha a cool wordpress theme.

The theme is released under GPL. You can use it for all your projects for free and without any restrictions. Please link to this article if you would like to spread the word. You may modify the theme as you wish.

Comment avatars In Blogger template

So what's Special in this Blogger template. Many of you maynot know that we can have gravatar styled comments in our blogger templates. This Glassical Blogger Template has a built in comment form with avatars.
Quick Links.
Blogger Template DEMO
Blogger Template Download
WP Demo
WP Theme Download

A Quick word, If you find any good wordpress themes, do recommend it to us so that I can convert it to Blogger.

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Mindblowing Premium-Like Free Blogger Templates

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:54:00 PST

There are a million and half Premium Paid and Free WordPress themes out there, and many people have been pointing it out on WordPress vs Blogger, that Blogger lacks the power to design some amazing premium like community themes on Blogger. We had been collecting such themes all over internet to bring you some of the best minimalistic based Premium like Blogger Templates. Now I need to ask WordPress fans out there do you still say blogger doesn't have a good theme support? see this!

Hybrid Gallery Blogger Template

Features: Minimalistic, Gallery Style, Two column, Widgets ready.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

ProDreams Blogger Template

Feature: WordPress Converted, Ads slots, Minimalistic, premium style.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

MyShowcase Blogger Template

Features: Gallery, Dark, Showcase

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Flambeau Blogger Template

Features: Girly, Three column

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

MyPress Blogger Template

Features: Blue, neat dark template, Two column

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Elite Blogger Template

Features: Minimalistic, WordPress like, Fixed footer., two column, Magazine Style.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Masunurin Blogger Template

Features:Premium Like, Minimalistic, Two Sidebar.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Night Gate Blogger Template

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Techie Blogger Blogger Template

Features: 3 column, Minimalistic, elegant white.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

ProPress Blogger Template

Feature: Minimalistic, Two Column

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Arclite Blogger Template

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

ArrasBlog Blogger Template

DEMO | DOWNLOAD | TEMPLATE CUSTOMISATION

Brilliance Blogger Template

DEMO | DOWNLOAD | TEMPLATE CUSTOMISATION

Comfy Magazine Blogger Template

DEMO | DOWNLOAD | TEMPLATE CUSTOMISATION

Dreamy Blogger Template

Features: Gallery, Minimalistic, Showcase

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Fresh Brown Blogger Template

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Gallery Blogger Template

Features: Gallery, Dark, Showcase

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Lean Magazine Blogger Theme

DEMO | DOWNLOAD | TEMPLATE CUSTOMISATION

WB Fashion Blogger Theme

Features: Minimalistic Two Column

DEMO | DOWNLOAD | TEMPLATE CUSTOMISATION

Mahusay Blogger Template

Features: featured Posts, Two column, Minimal.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

The Latest Blogger Template

Features: Premium Minimalistic Layout, Showcase, gallery style.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Woodmag Blogger Template

Features: Freemium WordPress Style, 3 Column.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Community Blogger Template

Features: WordPress Community Style, 3 Columns, Footer, Minimalistic Magazine.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Mobipress Blogger Template

Features: E-commerce, Magazine Style, Neat layout.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Turn Out Magazine Blogger Template

Features: Minimalistic Magazine Style.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

GameZine Blogger Template

Features: Dark, Magazine, Two Column, Footer. Features Post, Videos.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

GumBalle Special Blogger Template

Features: Gallery Style, Two Column, Minimal.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

NewsOne Blogger Template

Features:Featured Post, Two column, Minilatistic, Magazine Style.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Streamline Blogger Template

Features: Minimalistic, Two column, White Layout.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

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Twitter Share Wars : Topsy Retweet Counters

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:34:34 PST

Are you loosing count of all the retweet counters out there? wait here is one which can outclass tweetmeme easily. The Real-time search start-up Topsy is one retweet script worth using Topsy archives search results forever and those search results are never lost. And If you are An Influential person on twitter then you have some brownie points too. and it also shows Top 100, 1k, and 5k . Not impressed by Topsy retweet counter widget for your blog? Wait try these alternative twitter share counters. Do let us know your views on this new retweet script. We at chethstudios, recommend you to give it a try.

Topsy Script Usage for a web page/ Blogger Blog
Please login into your Blogger Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML and check the "Expand Widget Templates" option.Now as a precautionary measure please download your template so that you have an emergency backup if in case you create any errors.

Firstly Locate this code in your blogger template.
<data:post.body/>

And then copy and paste the below code just above the data:post.body tag to integrate the big retweet button

Normal Share Counter

Compact Share Counter

CUSTOMISATION

1. Don't forget to replace [TWITTER_USERNAME] by your Twitter username, for example chethstudios
2. Replace [URL] by your own URL.
3. These Share counters are float aligned to the right. To left align them change it to <div style="padding: 4px; float: left;">
4. NOTE: If you don't wish to use a standalone page remove the [URL] link.

Topsy Plugin for WordPress
Download the plugin and follow the steps mentioned out here.

Icons used in this post: Elegant Icons

About The Author
Neetha is an Computer Science, Engineering student Interested in the Social Media, and the awesome world around it. Follow Neetha on Twitter. She is our first and Proud guest Blogger at chethstudios, You can Join our team too.

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Sleek! Free Tab Style Social Icons

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:37:00 PDT

Here's one beautiful and sleek set of Social Icons. Inspired by Tabbed Social Icons This sleek tabbed social network icons are designed with a slight web 2.0 feel. And are great for those who want to use those icons which are present on DISQUS, Intense debate comment forms. It can be used with a beautiful hover technique to bring life in these social Icons. So here it is. They are free to use but NEVER re distribute it on any other blog/website. Link back to this article and share the love. Please let me know if you need any particular icon to be included will be rolling out a version 2 of this icon set depending on the response I get for this.

License: Do NOT re-distribute on your own blog without our permission.
The Icon pack made available for free download “Sleek Tabbed Social Icons” is licensed under the creative commons license, designed by ChethStudios.Net . Which means these Icons can be used for personal and/or commercial purposes.

DOWNLOAD

Includes: 34 Icons
Blogger /Blogspot , Delicious, Digg, Designmoo, Facebook, Design float, Linkedin, Mixx, Myspace, RSS, Technorati, Twitter, Wordpress, Yahoo, Windows, Apple, Orkut, Visualizeus, DeviantArt, FriendFeed, netvibes, yahoobuzz, vimeo, tumblr, twitpic, posterous, sharethis, lastfm, dopplr and many more.

Sizes: 117x23, 130x26 px
Format: .PNG icons compressed .ZIP file
PS: Do Not PUT THE DOWNLOAD LINK ON OTHER WEBSITES - LINK TO THIS PAGE! Please!

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Blogging Faceoff: Blogger vs. WordPress

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:54:58 PDT

Blogger vs WordPress is one battle I'm playing ever since I've chosen Blogger as my primary platform for blogging. With Due respect to both the blogging platforms since we love both of them. Lets battle it out with Readers, users vote. Do vote for your favorite blogging platform with reason. a be a part of this epic battle for the ultimate blogging service. Let the games Begin!

Free Hosted Blogger vs Free Hosted WordPress

With a Free WordPress account, and if you have no plans to go to paid version. You're going to choke yourself with the limited themes present in store for you. A big No to small time bloggers who dont want to pay for a self hosted blog, and those who want to tweak the WordPress theme. In this Battle of Free Blogger vs Free WordPress Blogger steals the match with a no game from WordPress. Almost all third party Premium WordPress themes like Thesis, Revolution, Arthemia (and many others) which cannot be used on a Free WordPress account, whereas can be easily set up on a Free Blogger account within seconds.

Themes and Customization

Blogger Allows you to install Third Party templates you can also edit templates, styles and colors, do practically everything with a .blogspot account.

WordPress users are allowed to edit the template. Editing the style sheet is only available with a paid upgrade.

Statistics from visitors

Blogger - No built-in statistics, but you can use free scripts to track your visitors, page views, etc.
WordPress- No third party scripts. The admin panel shows all the stats.

Image Storage

1 Gigabyte. There is no interface to browse the images, unless you sign up for Picasa Web Albums which is a little frustrating.
3 Gigabytes. Upgrades are available for paid.

Static Pages
Blogger - No Static Pages yet, contact forms etc have to be embed in a blog post which acts as a virtual static page. But Blogger Doesn;t have static pages yet.
WordPress- Allows Static pages.

Self Hosted WordPress Power!

If you're a serious blogger, who has given up your daily job to become a professional blogger, and you are willing to pay some extra money for hosting charges etc... Then Blogger isn't the best platform to you. WordPress as a powerful CMS, outclasses blogger in that aspect. So since Free Blogger VS Free Hosted WordPress was won by Blogger by a pretty good margin. Self hosted WordPress is the ultimate way to go blogging. No Debate on the topic that if its Self hosted WP then Blogger has no chance to stand against it.

So The Winner of this Round is WordPress. But, Blogger if coded in a brillliant way can be matched up to Self Hosted WordPress themes. For example, Chethstudios.net isn't a WordPress blog. But it runs a beautiful WordPress theme. Some designers are conecentrating more on converting WordPress themes to Blogger templates. Lets wait for one year and have a Rematch and see who Wins. Until then you can please go and ask the blogger team to prepare for the battle.

Misconceptions about Blogger Platform.

1. Blogger Isn't user friendly.

I Asked this question to dharshana who's a complete Stranger to coding, and doesnt know the H of HTML and C of CSS. She had a straight forward reply, to a person without knowledge of any coding runs a neat and well maintained blog. Even Artihonrao who has been blogging since 6 years! Finds Blogger Very userfriendly and to small time bloggers who blog with 'passion' just to stay connected with friends and relatives, blogger is the ideal platform to her. Since she can edit the blogger templates, very easily by simply getting a free xml file and clicking on upload without loosing anything and she has HUGE number of templates to choose from. Whereas if a blogger like her, if she would choose WP them she wount be able to use a thesis theme/ Arthemia theme on free hosted wordpress blog which she can do on a free blogger hosted blog.

2. Blogger Doesn't Support jQuery, MooTools, etc.

Another Big misconception among WordPress fans that blogger doesnt support these. It supports everything except PHP.

3. Blogger Doesn't have enough themes/ templates.
This is one of the major complaints WordPress fans claim against Blogger. Its totally untrue. Because 99/100 WordPress themes present can be easily coded to Blogger. The only problem with Blogger is that it doesnt have enough 'developers', 'coders', 'designers' supporting it because they cannot accept anything apart from WordPress.

Blogger Gadgets vs WordPress Plugins.

WordPress: WordPress has Millions of Plugins to do even a tiny trick like social bookmarks for posts etc. They are effecient, They have official support from the WordPress team, and a single plugin has various versions and each one maintained by a plugin library.

Blogger: Blogspot doesn't have a plugin database, but it has lesser in number but some important gadgets. But the gadgets library has a neat feature where you can paste your own Custom HTML/JavaScript. And the Rest coding has to be either built within your own custom template.

WordPress is a clear winner in this round for only one reason, it has lots of developers rooting and coming up with thousands of plugins each day. Scope of improvement lies when developers like you and me find some time to blogger. Or the Blogger Team should encourage more developers to come to it. Till then WordPress will rule in the plugin Department. But some wp plugins can be incorported to blogger thanks to some blogger tutorials.

Blogger Templates vs WordPress Themes.

This is one tough round of this blogging faceoff. Because most of the people think Premium WordPress themes cannot be used on Blogger, they're totally wrong! Need some proof? well do you know that chethstudios.net is run on an Irresistible Wordpress theme converted to Blogger. Originally designed by woothemes. So now this is one close battle to fight out. But since almost all wordpress themes, the only thin line why wordpress wins in this case is that many designers are interested in designeing WordPress themes, and not Blogger Themes. But some blogger die-hard fans like me are fighting our own battle by converting WordPress themes to Blogger. You can see a list of WordPress Themes converted to Blogger Here.

Why Should WordPress Theme Designers Consider Blogger Platform.

Are you one of the new WordPress designer/coder trying to become popular overnight? Please let me show you a short cut to fame. WordPress theme market is already crowded with millions of Free and Premium themes already available. Whereas, blogger opens up all the arms to new theme designers since now many of 'us' have started converting WordPress themes to Blogger. And trust me why will a new designer who cannot stand against the powerful WordPress theme designers present already. In my humble opionion, WordPress theme market is already crowded for designers, and they should try exploring blogger (which surprisingly is growing better since last 6 months).

Which is the better CMS?

If you are a Blogger fan I must say sorry you loose on this point. WordPress has a very powerful CMS and Blogger stands nowhere near it. Probably the blogger team is working on this aspect.

Departments where Blogger Can Improve after loosing the Battle with WordPress.

1. Static Pages
Static Post pages should be introduced to Bloger at the earliest! post pages like a custom 'About US' or custom 'Contact Us' page are very essential for any blog. So The first priority for Blogger Team should be on this aspect. Yes, we can create a blog post and convert it to ' Contact Us' like this page. But its standalone pages should be made available to Blogspot users at the earliest.

2. Gravatar Support.
After much wait Blogger team rolled out the avatars for blogger default commenting system which uses the profile images of blogger profiles. But we still miss the power of WordPress using gravatar in the commenting system.

3.Down/Up Time.
Blogger has been a little inconsistent with Blogger outage last week. Since its a proud member of Google Products it should be stable without much (any) outages.

4. Editing the Comment forms.
The default Blogger Embed Comment form is pretty rigid and hard to work on. Blogger should consider developing a comment form like WordPress. But for the time-being, users can still use Disqus, JS-Kit, Intense debate and other third party comment forms. But its always good to see something neat and sleek like the WP comment forms.

And Now if you're a newbie blogger you can now sit and rethink which can be your ideal blogging platform. Until then Lets have a readers poll and you guys decide which one is the superior platform.

Gautam Hans of Blog godown.

1. Easier to code, very simple interface and a very good platform for newbies.
2. Wordpress is a more professional platform mainly for starting websites.
3. Blogger has recently started Gadgets which will surely outdo the plugins feature of wordpress.
4. Wordpress has php coding which has more options that available in blogger which is coded in xml
5. Blogger is google search friendly, there is no need even to add to google search engine.

Wizy from WP Studios and TheLanceLife

Whoever wants to do some serious blogging cannot avoid to run his own blog platform to get around public blogging services limitations.Wordpress is obviously the easier and fastest way to setup a full customizable blogging platform.

Here are just a few points that make Wordpress the best choice for
everyone.

1. easy and fast set-up on almost any kind of hosting
2. huge library of free plugins and themes
3. fully customizable in every aspect
4. frequently updated
5. It is almost a standard and that means support by worldwide users and
pros

Klodian ~ Desinger of free free blogger templates at deluxetemplates

1. Free [means anyone can use it, you need a blog, ok this is blogger.com, not need to think twice, because is free, nothing to loose]
2. Very easy to create a new blog [just 3 steps, easier than to open email account]
3. Templates, are probable the same to WP or better. [ if you get templates from my blog :) ] difference, at Blogger.com is easy to install a new template, just upload -> Save.
4. You can play with blogger.com, can easy customise any blog, and show your friends what you did :)
5. Blogger.com is from Google, better rank and feel good :)

Elegant Icons from this pack

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HOW TO: Official Facebook Share Counters for Blogs

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:39:10 PDT

Content is king! No doubt, but having good content isn't the only way to become a pro-blogger. Promoting your content must be a topmost agenda of any blogger. So Facebook was quick to learn this little lesson and now the Official Facebook Share counters are rolled out. Last week I had shown you guys how to implement a third part Facebook Share Counter on your Blogs. But Now since the Official Share counter has appeared I would suggest you to use this alternative.

The Looks of the Facebook share counter is pretty similar to Tweetmeme Twitter Retweet counter, and is pretty similar to the 9 Retweet counter Scripts I had blogged about last week. It also has a nomal version and Compact version making it easier for Bloggers to choose from.

Counter Style: Normal Above Button

<div style='float:left; margin-right:10px;'>
<a name="fb_share" type="box_count" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script>
</div>

Counter Style: inline / Compact version

<div style='float:left; margin-right:10px;'>
<a name="fb_share" type="button_count" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script>
</div>

How To use the Script:
Blogger Users Login to your Blogger Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML > " Expand Widget Temaplates " Paste the code below <data:post.body/> tag in your template. Or you can choose to paste it wherever you prefer it to be.

When a user Shares your content, FB looks at your page to find a relevant title and image, and media if you specify it. You should add <meta> tags to your page to help us find this information. See the documentation for help with setting up these tags.

Facebook also provides an API to query data on shared items.

See the documentation for detailed information on Share and the API.

Dont Like the Official Facebook Widget for your blog? Try this alternative facebook share counter.

About The Author
Cheth is the founder and Brainchild of Chethstudios. Design Guy, Blogger, Social Media junkie, Chief Troublemaker at Cheth Studios and also a Part time Design (Nerd). Altogether nice guy! Follow Cheth on Twitter for updates, design, web development.

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Create Mobile Version of Blog: 12 Free Alternatives

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:38:29 PDT

As per the recent report on Techcrunch, mobile web usage keeps on growing, and growing and growing. Now you can imagine how many readers read your blog from mobile. there arises the need to keep your blog mobile reader friendly. Yeah I agree to the fact that most of the mobiles are capable of reading the normal browser version. Now If you are visiting my blog via mobile you are probably reading the mobile version already. Or else you can see a Mobile version of chethStudios right here. Thanks to my twitter users they suggested me their favourite free mobile website designer. Here is a list of the best ones.

mobify.me

mobify.me is the easier and one of the best websites offering free mobile version of your blog. Where you control almost everything! chethstudios mobile version is built on mobify.me

mofuse

mofuse In my humble opinion is one of the most used websites used for creating easy mobile version of your blog/website. If you are a total newbie this one is for you.

FeedM8

Bango

Jag.ag

Zinadoo

xtgem.com

winksite

dotMobi

PHN.ME

mobiSiteGalore

Mobilemo

Do you know any other website which offers such free mobile services where we can design, host your mobile blog for free. Tell us, and our readers by dropping a comment! If you think the mobile version of your blog is way awesome than chethstudios mobile version Show us by dropping a comment right here!

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jQuery Powered Text / Font Resize Widget

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:00:38 PDT

Text resizer, or Font resizer comes handy when dealing with readers who browser in different browser resolutions. It gives them the power to choose the way they read the blog. Last week Anil (A web designer buddy) had few clients requesting for a similar plugin, because as you know smaller text is fun to read by not everyone likes it. Especially older people (in age) find it annoying to read small text. In that case this jQuery script which allows you to resize text/font on your blogger blog. It can be used universally on other websites since its runs on jQuery code.

There are 2 ways to add this jQuery plugin to your blog sidebar. Choose anyone which suits your blog better. DEMO of this widget on the Sidebar.

jQuery Powered Text / Font Resize Widget STYLE#1

1. Add jQuery.
You can skip this step if your blog already runs the jQuery Script. If not you can paste this above </head> tag of your blog/website.
BACKUP YOUR TEMPLATE BEFORE YOU TRY THIS!

2. Add The Resize Widget.

Blogger Users: Add an HTML/JavaScript Widget on your blog and paste the code, save it

3.Customising the Widget.
Now the Widget is ready, but to make the Reset function of this widget work you will have to copy your template .post-body class and replace it with the code highlighted below. Please Note this is necessary if you want the reset the values to your template default codes.

.post-body {
font-size:13px;
font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#000000;
}

jQuery Powered Text / Font Resize Widget STYLE#2

This Style #2 Resize Widget uses a similar technique of Increase, Decrease, Reset Font size but displays in T+ , T , T- technique like most of the Wordpress Blogs use.
BACKUP YOUR TEMPLATE BEFORE YOU TRY THIS!

1.Blogger users Login to Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML. Please Don't check "Expand Widget Templates" it will simplify your codes and will be easier.

2. Add resizeFont to your blog, the following code just before ]]></b:skin> tag in Blogger Template.

#resizeFont{
text-align:right;
margin-right:10px;
}

3. Now Add jQuery.
As Always, add the jQuery part before the </head> tag

4. Final Step, configure the Widget
Save Your Template , Now go to Layout > Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript and paste the code below and Save.

About The Author
Cheth is the founder and Brainchild of Chethstudios. Design Guy, Blogger, Social Media junkie, Chief Troublemaker at Cheth Studios and also a Part time Design (Nerd). Altogether nice guy! Follow the Cheth on Twitter for updates, design, web development.

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9 Useful Twitter Retweet Button Scripts For Blogs

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:15:58 PST

"Eat Twittter, Sleep Twitter! and Now Blog and share now on Twitter". Find my words lame? Eh! Do you know the fact that Chethstudios has 40% of its traffic coming from Twitter alone! So here is a little thing you can do by using one of those impressive Twitter Retweet Counters so that your readers can share your blog posts with ease. So here is a list of the best Twitter sharing widgets, retweet counters for your Blogs/Websites.

For Scripts / plugin details here, you may need to follow the respective links provided.

Tweetmeme Retweet counter

Can be arguably called the King Of Retweet counters. Yup chethStudios is currently running the very flexible Tweetmeme retweet counter widget. So its obviously one of the best of the pack.

For Wordpress Plugin and how to add/tweak Tweetmeme Counter Visit this tutorial

<div style='float:left; margin-right:10px;'>
<script type='text/javascript'>
tweetmeme_source = 'cheth';
tweetmeme_service = 'su.pr';
tweetmeme_service_api = '43271e92a4266c484bdaefbdcf465235';
</script>
<script src='http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js' type='text/javascript'/>

TwittLink

A new member on the block, competing with tweetmeme and others. You can Read More About TwittLink Share counter for Blogs

For Wordpress Plugin and how to add/tweak TwittLink Counter Visit this tutorial

Twittley

Twittley is my current new favourite out of all these. Infact I didnt know this one existed before. A more powerful and sophisticated twitter sharing button which stands out from its other competitors.

BASIC

ADVANCED
The Basic Twittley button code above pulls the URL, Title, Keywords, and Description automatically depending on the page it's found on. If for some reason you would like to customize those parameters, use the code below. Be sure you customize the parameters.

WordPress Download the plugin to your computer. Click here to visit the Wordpress.org Twittley plugin page now.

Retweet.com

The so called "Official Retweet button" for sharing articles on Twitter. This one is a serious competitor to the very popular Tweetmeme Script. And to some extent it stands up to the hype generated with its release.

The scripts used:

There is a compact version as well.

BackType Retweet counter

BackType has a impressive Retweet counter. If you wish to play with the colors of the widget so that it suits your blog design then BackType Retweet counter just allows you to do that. After Tweetmeme, this one is the most impressive one which provides a range of options to tweak the widget.

For Wordpress Plugin and how to add/tweak BackTweype Counter anc change colors etc, Visit this tutorial

Some Other Impressive Twitter Share Counters/ Widgets.

Create Your Own Retweet button ~ by Louisgray

The Best part of this Retweet button is that its simple, perfect and a better alternative to the third party scripts which you can host on your own site, and is powered by bit.ly, the officially "Twitter blessed" URL shortener, which tracks total clicks on your share, not how many individual people have sent it.

Simple Twitter Share Buttons

This is one of the most commonly used Twitter share buttons, infact one of the first twitter share buttons. In the tutorial you can find other buttons along with Twitter. So if you intend to use only the Twitter button ignore the other codes.

You can Find a Bigger version of this twitter share button , or opt for a shorter version.

Wait! You shouldn't trust me so easily! Why dont you test the buttons by sharing this post on Twitter ;) If You know of any other Twitter retweet button counters/scripts let me know via comments

UPDATE: Now there is another Topsy retweet counter!

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Blogger Platform Over the Years (Pictures) (1999 - 2009)

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:25:20 PDT

Blogger Without doubt is one of the most Loved Blogging Platforms Ever! Yes You might argue on the fact that WordPress is far better. But If WordPress isn't self hosted the things you can do on WordPress is limited. Blogger Without any restrictions (if self hosted or not) is one of the most flexible platforms. Blogger was launched by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003. Let me take you through time and show you how Blogger Developed into what It is today.

And yes ChethStudios is Powered by Blogger! I'm not on WordPress as most you guys might think! ;)

The Story of How Blogger Started,

I wonder how many blogger/blogspot users have read this. But it's pretty interesting to learn how a 'tiny company' later was acquired by Google! Read The Entire Story here.

I found these images from a link sent by Shreya, so not sure if I've to credit anyone for the images since these are screen shots. Image Credit

Just check out the transition of the Blogger Homepage over the years! It started off with a pale looks suiting for a low resolution monitor. Obviously We miss the web 2.0 feel like Wordpress Dashboard. But for some reason we still like the blue layout.

If You save the images and zoom it, you can actually see what they were doing around that time behind the scenes of the Blogger team.

And the final one is the 10th Birthday design, you can see the special logo too.

Ok That was the evolution of the blogger platform. Do let me know what you think about this, and how the blogger design can/could be improved. You can also check out the wallpaper I designed for Blogger Fans.

You can get this Blogger Wallpaper Designed by me either on DeviantArt or directly from my blog.

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HOW TO: WordPress Style "About The Author" Widget For Blogger

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:53:55 PDT

Wordpress Style " About the Author Widget " is now available for Blogger Blogs. You might have seen this very popular widget on Wordpress Powered Blogs. And some of you might have seen on Blogger Blogs as well. Like For example my friend Gautam, the man behind Blog Godown uses a widget which shows the about author section. This widget is similar to it, but the main disadvantage is it shows on each page. But what If a guest Blogger Blogs in your blog? And since guest posting is a new trend in the Blogosphere my improved Blogger Widget comes Handy where you can selectively display and edit the author/admin / guest blogger credits as per convenience.

Here is a screenshot of how it looks on DesignV7 Test Blog

First of all, add the css below to your Blogger template.

/* About Author Blogger Code by Cheth Studios */
.authbio{
color: #666;
font-weight: normal;
font-size:0.9em;
background: #fff;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
width: 540px;
padding: 15px;
margin-bottom:25px;

}

.authbio a{

text-decoration:underline;

}
img.alignleft {
float:left;
background-color: #c4e3e0;
border:1px solid #c4e3e0;
padding: 5px;

margin-left:2px;
margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:25px;
margin-right:12px;

}
/* About Author Blogger Code by Cheth Studios End */

That's it. And now whenever you want to add "About Author Widget anywhere in your Blog post use the code below in Edit HTML mode of you Blogger Blog Post Editor.

<div class="authbio">
<div style="float: left;">
<img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5rlxf3T9Z9U/Sl7enaVUpDI/AAAAAAAACgY/My-_D00otNc/cheth_mail attach.jpg" />
</div>
<h1>
About The Author</h1>
cheth is the Web designer and also a blogger at <a href="http://chethstudios.blogspot.com/">Chethstudios</a>. Design Guy, Blogger, Social Media junkie, Chief Troublemaker at Cheth Studios and also a Part time Design (Nerd). Altogether nice guy! Follow the <a href="http://twitter.com/cheth">Cheth on Twitter</a> for updates, design, web development.
</div>

I Hope you will figure out how to change the name, bio and image to your own as its basic HTML to be changed. And Yes If you need any help in tweaking this widget. Comment and I will help you ASAP.

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HOW TO: Elegant CSS Message Boxes for Blogs

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:53:34 PDT

CSS Message Boxes for Premium Style Blogger Templates

Wait are you and Wordpress user? Dont think this can be used only on Blogger. Css is common to all so read on. Want to display an error message, or an alert, or simply a notification in your blogger template? No you dont have to create a photoshopped image and add the image in your posts all the time. Let me tell you how some simple CSS can be used to do that trick.

Here is a screenshot of how it looks on DesignV7 Test Blog

/*message box chethstudios */
.fave_css, .home_css, .idea_css, .author_css, .rss_css, .pen_css, .tooledit_css, .alert_css, .comment_css, .lock_css, .book_css {
border: 1px solid
margin: 10px 0px;
padding:15px 10px 15px 50px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 10px center;
}
.fave_css {
color: #00529B;
background-color: #BDE5F8; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 18px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 18px;
background-image: url('http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5rlxf3T9Z9U/SsIXnWAiPmI/AAAAAAAADbw/PNPR20ioK_g/heart_32.png');

}
.home_css {
color: #4F8A10;
background-color: #DFF2BF; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 18px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 18px;
background-image:url('http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5rlxf3T9Z9U/SsIXp7bJEAI/AAAAAAAADb4/c0XYyhY-DXg/home_32.png');
}
.idea_css {
color: #9F6000;
background-color: #FEEFB3; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 18px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 18px;
background-image: url('http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5rlxf3T9Z9U/SsIXsMD87MI/AAAAAAAADcA/hx_l4F3pcLQ/lightbulb_32.png');
}
.author_css {
color: #2E2D2D;
background-color: #A1C2C7; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 18px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 18px;
background-image: url('http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5rlxf3T9Z9U/SsIeeYeesFI/AAAAAAAADcw/yVE6xvr9S_U/user_32.png');
}
.rss_css {
color: #4F8A10;
background-color: #DFF2BF; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 18px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 18px;
background-image:url('http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5rlxf3T9Z9U/SsIX0rlYZ9I/AAAAAAAADcY/YE6Y2Nev0to/rss_32.png');
}
.pen_css {
color: #2E2D2D;
background-color: #C8E0C8; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 18px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 18px;
background-image: url('http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5rlxf3T9Z9U/SsIXyk9CJRI/AAAAAAAADcQ/BJZBSRCq7tQ/pencil_32.png');
}
.tooledit_css {
color: #554529;
background-color: #F1C983; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 18px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 18px;
background-image: url('http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5rlxf3T9Z9U/SsIX4ODWwwI/AAAAAAAADcg/p8D5a_X72Qo/tools_32.png');
}
.alert_css {
color: #2E2D2D;
background-color: #D25F66; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 18px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 18px;
background-image: url('http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5rlxf3T9Z9U/SsIX7-C1GYI/AAAAAAAADco/5XubUJ34o2c/warning_32.png');
}
.comment_css {
color: #2E2D2D;
background-color: #A6C8D2; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 18px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 18px;
background-image: url('http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5rlxf3T9Z9U/SsIXkQfrW9I/AAAAAAAADbo/EsSD0I42srs/comment_user_32.png');
}
.lock_css {
color: #2E2D2D;
background-color: #FFBABA; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 18px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 18px;
background-image: url('http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5rlxf3T9Z9U/SsIXuytpYfI/AAAAAAAADcI/I4Tm0W5gDQk/lock_32.png');
}
.book_css {
color: #4F8A10;
background-color: #DFF2BF; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 18px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 18px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 18px;
background-image:url('http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5rlxf3T9Z9U/SsIXiIlQU2I/AAAAAAAADbg/b3ERrIS-idI/address_book_32.png');
}
/*message box end*/

And Whenever You make use of this message box. type your message within the div code. And you will have a beautiful message box customised with your own icon.

<div class="fave_css ">
This is a neat box to show some text with a heart message icon.
</div>

<div class="home_css ">
This is a neat box to show some text with a home message icon.
</div>

<div class="idea_css ">
This is a neat box to show some text with a idea message icon.
</div>

<div class="author_css ">
This is a neat box to show some text with a author message icon.
</div>

<div class="rss_css ">
This is a neat box to show some text with a rss message icon.
</div>

<div class="pen_css ">
This is a neat box to show some text with a pen/pencil message icon.
</div>

<div class="tooledit_css ">
This is a neat box to show some text with a edit message icon.
</div>

<div class="alert_css ">
This is a neat box to show some text with a alert/caution message icon.
</div>

<div class="comment_css ">
This is a neat box to show some text with a comment message icon.
</div>

<div class="lock_css ">
This is a neat box to show some text with a lock message icon.
</div>

<div class="book_css ">
This is a neat box to show some text with a book message icon.
</div>

This is a neat box to show some text with a heart message icon.

This is a neat box to show some text with a home message icon.

This is a neat box to show some text with a idea message icon.

This is a neat box to show some text with a author message icon.

This is a neat box to show some text with a rss message icon.

This is a neat box to show some text with a pen/pencil message icon.

This is a neat box to show some text with a edit message icon.

This is a neat box to show some text with a alert/caution message icon.

This is a neat box to show some text with a comment message icon.

This is a neat box to show some text with a lock message icon.

This is a neat box to show some text with a book message icon.

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Recreating the PSDTUTS WordPress theme on Blogger Platform

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:53:09 PDT

Recreating the PSDTUTS Wordpress theme on Blogger Platform.

Are you One of the People who call Blogger/Blogspot as a Stupid Blogging Platform? Of corse I'm a WP Fan-boy too. But Wait Blogspot isn't a bad Platform either.

Below is a Screenshot of DesignV7 Which is originally a Wordpress theme by PSDtuts.

Blogger ( Blogspot ) VS Wordpress Head-on.

1. The Race Is half Lost by Blogger, because Wordpress has some awesome developers developing like 100 plugins each minute. And for some reason Developers aren't interested in Blogger.

2. Wait Did you notice that Cheth Studios Current theme is a modified Wordpress Theme " Irresistible " - And now a Blogger Template. Shocked? Oh Please don't be! Almost any Wordpress theme can be coded to Blogger / Blogspot.

3. Wait Aren't you familiar with the envato marketplaces? tutsplus Is one of my personal favorites, of which PSDTUTS
is a part of. No doubt collis the man behind PSDTUTS has designed a great Community Wordpress theme. And few days back when I was debating Wordpress against Blogger. Someone had an open challenge in store for me to create a community theme which has the functionality of a TutsPlus website. And resulted in this blogger template coded in 5 hours Flat. The point to be noted is If a designer like me can code it down. Why aren't The Elite Developers shifting focus towards Blogger Platform?

PLEASE NOTE: THIS PSDTUTS THEME IS A CREATION BY Collis and he virtually owns this Blogger template too. I've created this template just to show that a Powerful Wordpress theme can be recreated on Blogger. No Other Intentions. This template wont be Sold / put to download until Collis allows me to.

I happened to read the ThemeForst Forum and you can see what Collis had to say about recreation of the PSDtuts Theme. And this Post is dedicated just to show how the PSDtuts can be coded into Blogger For Real. And If You're a Wordpress coder spare a thought. And If you are a Blogspot user and want this PSDTUTS Blogger template. Go ask Collis.. He is the owner of PSDTUTS and I wont redistribute it until he allows.

Now Click on the Jumper Menu with a azy load effect! Impressive isn't it? And You thought such things were possible only in WordPress. ;)

PS: The Theme Was coded in 5 Hours so I didn't waste much time in implementing all the features. But I can do it.

I Dont want to be called a WordPress Theme Ripper. So I repeat This theme is originally Done by the PSDtuts Guys! And they own the copyrights. If anyone feels offended by this Post. Kindly contact me and I will remove this Post.

Let me know what you think about this, Drop a comment if you liked / disliked anything.

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Write for Us?

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:48:26 PST

Contribute | Blogger, Graphic and Web Design Blog -Resources And Tutorials

Hey! Do you know We all started as newbies into design, web design and development. All that drives us is the passion to learn things. If you think you have the passion to write for us. Then we would be glad to know what you've got to offer. You blog and we will publish it for you. Interested? Read on.

About ChethStudios
ChethStudios is a design blog, mainly focussed on Blogger platform. Most of our top posts include blogger, jQuery tutorials, blogger templates (themes) and many more. We make it a point to release freebies to our blog readers often. And our freebies have been showcased on Top Design Blogs too. We have been mentioned on Official Blogger.com twice, on Blogger Buzz and also selected as Official Blogger Blogs of Note.

Advantage YOU!
My Guest Bloggers Join my Team, and I ( @cheth ) will personally promote all my guest bloggers. Since chethstudios.net is hosted on Blogger we will remain on blogger for one more year and finally decide upon our shift to WordPress. So you don't have to worry if you don't know the platform. Just submit your articles in any suitable format ( text format with links and credits) and we will publish it for you. Needless to say you earn a back-link to your blog. So that readers from ChethStudios automatically read and discover your blog.

We will need your,
1. Full name, second name
2. Short biography about Yourself to get people to know You;
2. Website URL – if You are writing blog already, You’ll have a great chance to leave backlink, so people can read more about You and Your articles
3. Gravatar or avatar – add small image, so people can easily identify You, gravatars are used usually in comments worldwide, twitter etc.

Payment
As of now, even though we have a large audience and readers reading our articles we have introduced ads recently to our blogs. So I can't really pay you a fat cheque. I don't want to offer small amounts to my Guest Bloggers. So lets first focus on converting it to a community. And when I personally earn benifits out of it. It will surely be shared with my Guest Blogging team. But, not now to be honest.

Taking Action
Now Since you are reading this post to the very end , I have a little feeling in my heart that you're passionate enough to join our Elite team. If yes do ping me on admin@chethstudios.net and we will work it out. Remember, if readers can make my blog popular. By making a team we will eventually build a little community. Who knows we will be a BIG community someday! Peace!

About

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:47:12 PST

Hello!
ChethStudios.net is a design blog dedicated to bloggers, freelancers, web-developers and designers. Categories, topics related to web design, graphic design, tutorials and inspirational roundups.

I'm Chetan R, a Computer Science Engineering Student. 21 years of age with a huge passion of Animation and web design ever since my high school days. Each designing award I won in those inter college/ state-wide competitions was all less. I went in search for more until a discovered Social Media and Blogging. I'm basically trained in Bachelor of Engineering, but as they say destiny drew my mind towards CSS, HTML, jQuery, Flash, Action Scripting, Photoshop, Illustrator. I soon realised how awesome it feels to be one. So this passion driven design crazy guy named Cheth soon wanted to help his fellow designers by contributing to the design community. Wait did I tell you where I live? that isn't important but I live in Manipal, India. So since you wanted to know about us you can connect with me on Twitter ( @cheth ) to know me better.

So, enjoy the posts on ChethStudios. And don't forget to drop your comments, Since I cant read your mind do tell me your feedback. I love readers like you who take some time to read the ABout Section of the Blog.

See you around, ( in the comment section of our blog ;) )

Best of the Web: September Design Commnunity News

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:02:28 PDT

Here is the First Edition Of Design Inspiration, some of which are chosen from random tweets and the others which were submitted in Submit News Section of Chethstudios Best of the Web September Design Inspiration, is a compilation of Links Which I've bookmarked. So enjoy these and let us know if you liked it. We will be featuring more posts each month. So make sure you submit links to my blog. And Yes Links Submitted to ChethStudios. Are also tweeted to my 30K awesome followers on Twitter.

Stunning FWA Inspired Desktop Wallpapers

The FWA is one of the best places to search for the latest in Flash website designs.

40+ Creative Business Card Designs that will Inspire You

Designrfix has yet another impressive roundup of business cards, here you will find aspects of creativity and visual design. And a real feast for design inspiration to all the creative heads.

Creative Business Cards: Uses of various shapes and materials

Business cards are no longer the plain dull cards you've seen few years back, more and more companies are using creatively designed business cards to convey the image and personality of their businesses to leave a long lasting impression. Here is an amazing list of creative business cards.

Free PSD Files: Collection of 50+ psd files from around the web
Here is a neatly assembled 50+ high quality PSD files from around the web. A must download! these files will save you lots of time in your next graphic designs.

35 Realistic Photo Manipulations

Photo manipulation is one of the coolest part of graphic designing tools. Here is a roundup of 35 incredible examples of Photo manipulated images.

Photo-Realistic Vectors from 10 Illustrators

10 Steps displays some amazing work from artists photo-realistic graphics. Some Mind-blowing Stuff in there.

Beautiful and Colorful Illustrations by Fil Dunsky

Abduzeedo Bring out some Beautiful and Colorful Illustrations by Fil Dunsky an amazing illustrator from Khabarovsk, Russia.

Social Network Icons Reloaded
A HUGE Collection Of Social Network Icons. A Must download!

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar October
Yeah I know Its a September Roundup! But here are some Calender wallpapers for the upcoming month by designers all around the world. Some Diwali wallpapers too! Enjoy!
WALLPAPERS

27 Exeremely Free Windows 7 Wallpapers | blueblots.com Wallpapers Link

50+ Most Amazing and Funny Twitter Comics Twitter Comics Link

Fluid Social Bookmarks Widget for Blogs Link

Some Lesser known Twitter Search Tricks Link

Top 40+ Blogger Tutorials Roundup Tutorials Link

Syntax Highlighter in Blogger Post Codes - Now the famous Wordpress hack is available for Blogger/Blogspot - Syntax Highlighter for Blogspot Blogs

Gorgeous Mini Social Networking Icon set - Social Networking Icon Link

40+ New and Fresh Blogger Templates - Blogger Templates Download

HOW TO: Facebook Share Count Button For Blogs - Tutorial Link

76 Dirty, Extreme And Creative Free Grunge Fonts - Fonts Download

Inspiration Dose - Issue 2 (Life Like 3D Stills) - slodive - Visit External Website

270+ Sets Free And Beautiful Watercolor Textures - Textures Link

30 Professional Logo Design Processes Revealed - Visit External Website

20 Tutorials For Creating HDR Images - Visit Tutorial

6 Incredible Twitter Powered Art Projects
Visit External Website

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HOW TO: Facebook Share Count Button For Blogs

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:55:06 PDT

No debate on the topic that Twitter has grown breaking all boundaries. And Facebook has never missed out any chance to try to copy Twitter's features. Well you haven't heard of the TweetMeme Retweet button for blogs? You can see it live on chethstudios Blog. And Backtweets also introduced a rival twitter retweet button and it was impressive too. NO before you start accusing Facebook that It's stolen this idea again let me tell you about fbshare.me These guys have come up with a Facebook share button with a counter! You can see the share button yourself, let me tell you how you can put it up on your blog.

The Facebook sharecount button displays the number of times the current page has been shared on Facebook and allows visitors to share it themselves. Inspired by the popular Retweet buttons, it was built by us folks behind awe.sm

Update: Now there is an Official Facebook Share counter. Suggest you to use the new counter here.

Main Features:
Displays the number of shares and on hover the total number of clicks for those shares (displays Facebook logo when 0 shares)
Track the shares from the button using your awe.sm API Key or fbshare.me links
Add Google Analytics parameters to fbshare.me links

WordPress users, can easily get the plugin. Otherwise, get the embed code.

Blogger / Blogspot users Login to your Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML and check the "Expand Widget Templates" option. Don't Forget to backup before you try changing any codes.

Firstly Locate this code in your blogger template.

<data:post.body/>

And then copy and paste the below code just above the <data:post.body/> tag.

Now the customization part:
1.<div style='float:right; aligns the button to the right. set it as left if you want it on the left hand side of the post.
2.the above code was pasted above the <data:post.body/> tag. So if you want the retweet button in the bottom section of your post. Place the code below <data:post.body/>

3.size - The size of the button: 'large' OR 'small' (if not specified, defaults to 'large')
4.url - The URL of the page you want shared on Facebook (if not specified, defaults to that of the page on which the button is displayed)
5.title - The name of the page you want shared on Facebook (if not specified, defaults to that of the page on which the button is displayed)
6.google_analytics - If no awesm_api_key specified, sets whether fbshare.me links have Google Analytics parameters added: true OR false (if not specified, defaults to false)
7.awesm_api_key - For existing awe.sm customers only (if not specified, will use fbshare.me links)

For example a customised Small facebook share count button code looks like.

<div style='float:right; margin-left:10px;'>
<script>var fbShare = {
url: 'http://chethstudios.blgospot.com/',
size: 'small',
google_analytics: 'true'
}</script>
<script src="http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.js"></script>
</div>

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Social Network Icons Reloaded

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:26:43 PDT

Social media is the hottest planet these days, and we designers are trying to harvest it. And so are bloggers who blog about social network websites. So here comes the need of Free Social Network Icons which can be easily embed into blog posts, themes etc. Simplifying your task here is a Roundup of some of the Beautiful Social Icons designed.

For the Birds!

Set of Social Icons
Set of Social Icons

Socialize Icon Set
Nurture Social Icon Set

Subtle Grey: Free Social Network & Bookmark Icons ~ Nymphont

Lighter Gray: 15 Free Social Network & Bookmarking Icons ~ Nymphont

Gorgeous Mini Social Networking Icon set

CS Social Icons - Elegancy speaks!

Extreme Grunge Garments Icons by ~colaja

Heart: A Free Social Icon Set

Heart v2
Social Web Buttons

Facebook Metal Grunge Icon 2 by ~ThrashATL

Twitter Metal Grunge Icon by ~ThrashATL

Facebook Metal Grunge Icon by ~ThrashATL
Cheers Social Bookmark Icon Set
Page Peel – A Free Social Media Iconset
Social Media Icons
108 Wood Social Networking Icons
Web Social Icons

New free social icons vector set! | pinkmoustache.net | vector stories

Social Icons -knobs

Tabbed Social Media Icon Set - Designed for CreativeNerds

WHITE MAGIK - A Free Social Icon Pack

Elegant Social Media Icons Version 2.0

Black n white- Social Media Icons Version 1.0

Hand Drawn Social Media Shapes
Social Media Grungy Watercolor
Magic Marker Icon Set
Social Media Comment Bubbles
108 Glowing Neon Social Media
ColorStroked Freehand Icon Set
Transparent Glass Social Icons
108 Denim Jeans Social Media Icons
Shiny Social Christmas Balls
Social Post Stamps

koidesign social icon pack by ~koidesign

Starry Site Social Icons
Drink Web Icon set
IconTexto User Webdev Icons
Whitewashed Stars Patterned Icons

108 Antique Social Media Icons

Location Social Media Icon Set
Grungy Social Icon Set

Free Social Bookmarking Icons

10 Grungy Social Media Icons
108 Silver Social Media Icons
Social 2 Duo Icon pack
108 White Matte Square Social Networking Icons
108 Crumpled Paper Icon Set

65 Bookmarks & Social Icons Set

Wild Twist Social media Icon pack

Social Icon stickers

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20 Blogger People to Follow on Twitter

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:22:23 PDT

Twitter everywhere! Social Networking is now becoming a vital thing for bloggers too and many of them are flocking already. So here I'm compiling some of the coolest people on Twitter those who can be called "power users of Blogger / Blogspot " platform. Yes that is arguable. But IMO these are some of them who provide some great blogger related content. So If you have a blogger blog you need to definitely check out these guys. To make it simpler for my readers, you can follow all of them with a single click or else have a look at their blogs and Twitter Profiles. Enjoy and don't forget to suggest if I've missed anyone.

Blogger
Official Blogger Account by the Blogspot team. They tweet important Blogger Notifications and news.

Dante Araújo
A talented blogger theme designer and also blogs about Blogging, Blogger templates,.

Antonio Lupetti
Woork- Engineer, Pro Blogger, Mac User, Web addicted.

Amandafazani
The Brain behind the very popular BloggerBuster. blogger, designer and full time mum!

Rahul Jadhav
rahuljrark - He Blogs about Blogger hacks, and tweaks at cooltricksntips.com

virtuosoblogger
Gautam - The Admin behind bloggodown.com. Some fantastic blogging related articles.

Lauren Thompson
nymphont - font geek. freelance designer.

Iván
ZonaCerebral - Author at Zonacerebral.com, a fantastic blogger template designer.

cebongipiet
The Admin at ipietoon.com and a very popular blogger theme designer.

Claudia
claudiacs - Co-hoster of BTemplates.com, and blogger template designer.

Francisco
fcovicente - BTemplates founder and also blogs about Web development.

Vin07
A well known face on the Google Blogger Help Group. Blogger guru

Aneesh
bloggerhelp

Rick Klau
rklau- The man who is behind the Blogger Buzz website.

ThemeForest
Premium Blogger themes and also a hub for Wordpress themes, and almost every thing related to Blogging.

deluxetemplates
Klodian - Blogger Template Designer.

btemplates
One of the Largest Blogger Template Directories.

cheth
Admin, Brainchild behind Chethstudios . Graphic and Web Designer.

chethstudios
Official Twitter Account of ChethStudios Blog

You can Follow all of them with a single click using the list. Now if you think I've missed out anyone why don't you guys drop a comment and let me know. I would be glad to know who among these are your favorites. And Yes as I always say. Keep Blogging :)

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40+ New and Fresh Blogger Templates

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:33:13 PDT

After a month of Quiet hibernation at chethstudios We are now back with a bang! So I thought why not showcase up some neat blog designs I came across since last month. So presenting Very Fresh and brand new blogger templates. So choose a nice one and pimp up your blog.

Before you jump into the roundup you might like to see our previous roundups:
Roundup of Best Blogger templates |chethstudios & also Quality Free Blogger Templates + PSD Source Files & finally Visually Impressive and Smashing Blogger Templates.

Design Blog Blogger Template

Template Download and instructions click on the download buttons.

WB Fashion Blogger Template

Browndong Blogger Template

3 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Brown, Fixed width, Right sidebar

Earthling two Blogger Template

2 Columns, Blue, Brown, Fixed width, Green, Right sidebar, White

Photoplus Light Blogger Template

3 Columns, Fixed width, Minimalist, Photolog, White,phtography

Kaleidoscope Blogger Template

2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Brown, Fixed width, Right sidebar, White,Floral, Grunge, Personal pages

Note Guy Blogger Template

2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Fixed width, Right sidebar, White

Republic Blogger Template

2 Columns, Blue, Fixed width, Right sidebar, White

Beach Holiday Blogger Template

2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Blue, Fixed width, Left sidebar, Rounded corners, White

Girls Fantasy Land Blogger Template

2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Brown, Fixed width, Right sidebar, White,Girl, People, Personal pages, Vector

Blue Bird Basic Blogger Template

3 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Blue, Brown, Fixed width, Randa Clay, Right sidebar, White, Animals, Personal pages, Vector

Exploitable Blogger Template

2 Columns, Blue, Fixed width, Right sidebar, Rounded corners, White

Scrapbook Blogger Template

2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Black, Fixed width, Gray, Right sidebar, White

Design Blog Blogger Template

2 Columns, Black, Brown, Fixed width, Right sidebar, Rounded corners

Happy Shopping Blogger Template

Cupcake Cookie Free Blogger Template

3 Columns, Fixed width, Green, Left sidebar, Right sidebar, Rounded corners, White

Cypher Blogger Template

Mimbo Minimalistic Blogger Template

Dance through the music Blogger Template

3 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Brown, Fixed width, Green, Left sidebar, Red, Right sidebar, Rounded corners

Coffee Maker girly Blogger Template

Pork and Beans Blogger Template

Desk Space Blogger Template

Green Blog Dark Blogger Template

Creative by Nature Blogger Template

Auto Blog Blogger Template

Design Blog Blogger Template

Design Studio Blogger Template

Burn out bright Stylish Blogger Template

Mainam Blogger Template

Emblazoned Blogger Template

Oriental Blogger Template

Stylissimo Blogger Template

Chucky Blogger Template

Facebook 2.0 Blogger Template

Ocean Kid Blogger Template

Travelling Logbook Blogger Template

Letter Frame Blogger Template

Delicious Food Blogger Template

Ormeggiare Blogger Template

I can watch movies Blogger Template

Girly Nature Blogger Template

Before you jump into a conculsion with one template you might like to see our previous roundups: Roundup of Best Blogger templates |chethstudios & also Quality Free Blogger Templates + PSD Source Files & finally Visually Impressive and Smashing Free Premium Blogger Templates. Did you check out the Blogger template specially designed for chethStudios Readers? No? Have a look at this beautiful dark blogger template.

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HOW TO: TwittLink Retweet, Fast Share counter for Blogs

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:49:11 PDT

Dont complain about Twitter Information overload already! Well bloggers wont complain until they have a Twitter Traffic pool to dive into. The next question is how to promote your blog? Well there are so many ways to do it, but a retweet button has to be top of your blogging agenda.

Previous months we had written about how to add Tweetmeme, and BackTweet retweet counters to your Blogger / WordPress Blogs

Now introducing TwittLink, Wait! Its not a replica of Tweetmeme , Backtweet, or retweet.com widget. You will then see a TwittLink tab on the left hand side of your page, clicking on this tab pops open a full Twitter client. Then all you have to do is authenticate yourself via OAuth, you can then tweet from here, see your followers updates, see tweets about that particular site. In short you can do everything possible!

And clicking on it launches the TwittLink widget instead of opening a popup widnow to your twitter page like tweetmeme does. So this makes your blog reader stay at your website/ blog, as they will never have to leave your page. It looks to be an exact copy of Tweetmeme’s popular button, but it’s in orange instead of green.

If you run your blog on Wordpress, you can use the Wordpress plugin.

Usage for a web page/ Blogger Blog:
Please login into your Blogger Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML and check the "Expand Widget Templates" option.Now as a precautionary measure please download your template so that you have an emergency backup if in case you create any errors.

Firstly Locate this code in your blogger template.
<data:post.body/>

And then copy and paste the below code just above the data:post.body tag to integrate the big retweet button

For a compact version, choose the one below.

If you're smart enough you can set your own parameters.

That's all to integrate this button within your blog. Now Do some good deed and drop a comment with a Thank you note. :)
If this widget isnt impressive then try some other stylish retweet buttons.

How to add Tweetmeme Retweet counter widget to blogs.
Custom Backtype Tweetcount Retweet Widget to your Blog

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Gorgeous TweetDeck Color Schemes

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:50:21 PDT

When it comes to Twitter you cannot deny from the fact that Tweetdeck is one of the most smartest Adobe Air powered Twitter apps out here. Don't Complain if you are seeing a lot of twitter related posts on chethstudios these days. Well fact is a fact we don't get bored of tweeting. If In case you are a twitter user you are in my #newbie list if you dont like TweetDeck or Seesmic. Well if you say lets battle TweetDeck vs Seesmic. I would choose TweetDeck why? The Gorgeous TweetDeck Color Schemes!

A week back I had buzzed on Twitter asking my followers to share their TweetDeck color schemes. To my surprise many asked me what that a color scheme was. phew! A few others asked me to blog about it. Here it is.

Click on TweetDeck Settings on the Right side top of your app and then in TweetDeck Settings Choose > Colors/Font > Enter the color codes as shown in this blog post and you are done with a brand new look to your TweetDeck.

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #1

Primary Background Color 000000

Secondary Background Color 993333

Input Area Background Color 2D2D2D

Primary Text Color FFFFFF

Secondary Text Color CCCCCC

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #2

Primary Background Color 000000

Secondary Background Color CC6600

Input Area Background Color 2D2D2D

Primary Text Color FFFFFF

Secondary Text Color CCCCCC

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #3

Primary Background Color 000000

Secondary Background Color 006666

Input Area Background Color 333333

Primary Text Color FFFFFF

Secondary Text Color CCCCCC

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #4

Primary Background Color 660066

Secondary Background Color 663366

Input Area Background Color 663366

Primary Text Color FFFFFF

Secondary Text Color CCCCCC

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #5

Primary Background Color 99CCFF

Secondary Background Color 99CCFF

Input Area Background Color CCCCFF

Primary Text Color 000000

Secondary Text Color 333333

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #6

Primary Background Color 003366

Secondary Background Color 003366

Input Area Background Color 0066CC

Primary Text Color FFFFFF

Secondary Text Color CCCCCC

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #7

Primary Background Color 000000

Secondary Background Color 990066

Input Area Background Color 993399

Primary Text Color FFFFFF

Secondary Text Color BDBDBD

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #8

Primary Background Color 000000

Secondary Background Color CC9900

Input Area Background Color FFFF99

Primary Text Color 000000

Secondary Text Color 000000

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #9

Primary Background Color 000000

Secondary Background Color 663366

Input Area Background Color 993399

Primary Text Color FFFFFF

Secondary Text Color BDBDBD

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #10

Primary Background Color 333366

Secondary Background Color 333366

Input Area Background Color 333333

Primary Text Color FFFFFF

Secondary Text Color CCCCCC

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #11

Primary Background Color 000000

Secondary Background Color CC3366

Input Area Background Color 333333

Primary Text Color 000000

Secondary Text Color 000000

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #12

Primary Background Color 666600

Secondary Background Color 666633

Input Area Background Color 666600

Primary Text Color FFFFFF

Secondary Text Color CCCCCC

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #13

Primary Background Color 000000

Secondary Background Color 3399FF

Input Area Background Color 99CCFF

Primary Text Color 000000

Secondary Text Color 333333

TweetDeck Color Schemes - Take #14

Primary Background Color 000000

Secondary Background Color 663333

Input Area Background Color 333333

Primary Text Color FFFFFF

Secondary Text Color CCCCCC

TweetDeck Color Schemes - shared by @Artsy_Jenny

Color Scheme was suggested by: @Artsy_Jenny
Primary Background Color 000000

Secondary Background Color 333366

Input Area Background Color 333333

Primary Text Color FFFFFF

Secondary Text Color BDBDBD

Wait wait this was just a PART1 - I have the color schemes of my Designer Buddies coming soon in my next part of this post. Until then you can play around with this and also tweet me your TweetDeck Color Schemes so that I can include them in my next Roundup next week.

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Gorgeous Mini Social Networking Icon set

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:57:58 PDT

Gorgeous Mini Social Networking Icon set was a part of design assignment for a friend of mine who is planning to roll out a new design blog. The main reason why I'm releasing it as a freebie is, I've designed a whole lot of social icon sets. But they were usually fancy or too attractive to be used in decent blog designs. So someone on twitter pointed that out. So here it is. They are free to use but NEVER re distribute it on any other blog/website. Link back to this article and share the love. Please let me know if you need any particular icon to be included will be rolling out a version 2 of this icon set depending on the response I get for this.

Includes: 45 Icons
Blogger /Blogspot , Delicious, Digg, Designmoo, Facebook, Design float, Linkedin, Mixx, Myspace, RSS, Technorati, Twitter, Wordpress, Yahoo, Windows, Apple,Openid, Orkut,Skype,Visualizeus,DeviantArt,FriendFeed and many more!

Sizes: 64x64, 32x32 px

Format: .PNG icons compressed .ZIP file

PS: Do Not PUT THE DOWNOAD LINK ON OTHER WEBSITES - LINK TO THIS PAGE! Please!

Mirror : download Link

Screenshot: Download screenshot.

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How to Block users From Visiting Your Blogger Blog

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:25:44 PDT

Some time you will notice that certain IP users are visiting and performing some unwanted ( spam ) activities. This can be tracked using a tracker placed in your website/blog. Then the noted IP can be used to block or literally ban users from visiting your blogger blog. This trick is Implemented using JavaScript and PHP.

Login into your Blogger Dashboard >Edit HTML
As I always say before attempting any tutorial or hack its wise to make a backup of your blogger template. So please download your blogger template.

Locate <head> in your blog template. And paste the following code just at the beginning of your blog's <head> tag.

Replace the IP ranges from the above code with the IPs of the visitors you want to keep out of your blog. Example: If you want to block all IPs in the range '11.22.XXX.XXX', simply add "11.22" as the IP number in the above code.

Note: if entering the above code into your template returns the following error: "XML error message: The content of elements must consist of well-formed character data or markup.", use the code from this website (exactly as it is given) instead of the code given above.

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Update Twitter, Facebook and MySpace Status While Surfing Your Website

noreply@blogger.com (ADMIN) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:23:11 PDT

UpdateThat is a free widget that enables your visitors to update their Facebook, Twitter and MySpace status while on your site.

Access to these accounts is made via Gigya Socialize API so the login is safe and, of course, always possible to remove these authorizations from your visitors accounts.

Using the widget is very easy, all you have to do is enter a piece of code into your blog's template:

Customise:
var gs_sw_width = 290 this is the width of the widget, so set it to a value you like.
var gs_sw_status set the status to anything you wish. Like " Wow I'm loving this post at : "

Set the color codes respectively. Now you have an ultra cool widget which will enable your readers to Update Twitter, Facebook and MySpace Status While Surfing Your Website

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