Show Adsense ads below post title

In this tutorial I will explain how to place Adsense ads below post title in Blogger Blogs with lots of customization tips. You might have noticed that most of the bloggers show Google adsense ads below title to increase their Click through rate and earnings.

According to Google adsense help pages " Where to place adsense ads ?". Placing adsense ads below title and above article content can bring high ctr and performance.

This "heat map" illustrates the ideal placing on a sample page layout. The colors fade from dark orange (strongest performance) to light yellow (weakest performance). So it's clear from the heat map that the adsense ads below post title can bring high ctr.

How to add Adsense ads below post title ?

It's really very easy to add adsense ads below post title in blogger. Inorder to add adsense ads below post title ,just follow the below steps.

Before adding the adsense ads to blogger templates , we need to encode our adsense ads code.If you add the adsense code without encoding then you can't see any adsense ads below post title.

Encoding Adsense Ad Code ?

To encode adsense ads, first create an adsense ad and then visit centricle website to encode. In centricle web page , you need to paste your adsense code in the text area and then click " Encode ". Copy the encoded code. Now your adsense code is ready to be added to blogger template.

Adding adsense ad code to blogger template

step 1 : Go to layout section of your blogger template and then navigate to EDIT HTML sub tab. There check the "Expand Widget Templates ".

step2 : Look up the following tag : <p><data:post.body/></p> and paste the encoded adsense ad code above that tag.

Then click save. That's it Now we have added the adsense ad code below the post title in blogger blog successfully.

Customizing Adsense ads

Here are the few customization tips , which you can apply to increase your CTR.You might have seen that most of the bloggers will show more than Three posts in home page / labels page / archives page. But as per adsense TOS we can show only Three ads per page. So due to this we will see some blank spaces between post title and content , when the three adsense ads are already loaded.In order to avoid this error , we can show adsense ads only in Post pages i.e pages containing articles.

Showing adsense Ad only in Post pages

In order to implement this hack in your blogger template. you need to change the encoded adsense ad code to this.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
Encoded Adsense code here
</b:if>

Now paste this code above <p><data:post.body/></p>

Making adsense ads to Float

After adding the adsense ad code to your templates , you can see that by default the adsense ad code will not allow any text to be shown nearby it.


So in order to overcome this error , we need to add some CSS codes to make adsense ad code to float either left or right.

For this we just need to modify the encoded adsense code to be added in step 2.

replace that encoded code with this one :

<div style="float:left;padding:5px;">

encoded adsense ad code here

</div>

Change the text in red to make adsense ad to float either to left or right.

My suggestion

According to me , instead of showing adsense ads in all pages ( home page , archives page and labels page ) , we can show adsense ads only in post pages to increase our ctr. If you are using the " Read More hack for Blogger with automatic Thumbnail creator script " then it's advisable to show adsense ads only in post pages.

Hope you guys will like this hack. If you need any more customization , then give me your suggestions via comments.

backup Blogger Blog Widgets - an easy video tutorial

One of the Major Problem Blogger users have is whenever they try to change their templates , They will loss their widgets even if they have taken backup of their blogger blog template. After changing their Blogger template , they need to add blogger widgets again manually. It's really annoying and time consuming process. So here I have created a video which will give you step by step instructions to backup blogger templates without loosing any of your widgets.

I have written a tutorial on Backup Blogger blog widgets " How to change Blogger Template without deleting widgets ? " .But most of the friends found that difficult to backup blogger widgets. So in order to help them , I have created a video tutorial for them to backup Blogger Template and blogger widgets while changing their blogger templates.

BACKUP BLOGGER WIDGETS VIDEO TUTORIAL

This is my first video tutorial guys , so please give me your suggestions. Due to lesser RAM , the Voice is a bit choppy. If you still have any doubts or difficulty to backup the blogger blog widgets then please feel free to contact me.

Very soon I will write tutorials on

• How to backup Blogger Posts

and will explain the functionality of numerous blogger posts backup software. If you don't want to miss my future tutorials or hack then please suscribe to my blog.

Read More hack for Blogger with automatic Thumbnail creator script

You might have noticed that since few weeks I have been using a strange script which enables us to summarize content and show only the summary with a thumbnail in Home Page , Archives page and Labels page.

Since some of my readers requested this hack in gtalk , so I am going to explain How to add this hack to your blogger template.



Before going into this , I would like to mention the previous versions of this created by some of my fellow Bloggers.

• Eblog Templates
• Hackosphere

But these versions had some disadvantages like :

1. It can't automatically create summaries.

We need to add the following tag in all post pages while writing new posts

Type your summary here
<span id="fullpost">
Type rest of the post here
</span>

2. This feature can be available only for future posts.

That is if you already have 50 posts in your blog and then after that you are adding this hack to your template then you need to add the above tag in each and every previous 50 posts to make this hack working. But it's a tedious process.

3. Can't create Thumbnails automatically

This hack can't create automatic thumbnails for posts.

Now a new version has been developed by my blogger friends. I would like to share that new version of read more hack with you all.

Read More hack with automatic Thumbnail creator script

This hack has overcome all the drawbacks of the previous version of read more hack. This hack is developed by Blogsphera . ( Translated version ).

Let's see the installation instructions :

Adding the Javascript in the header

To add the javascript files to the header , first login to your blogger account. Then navigate to Layout section of your blog and then move to EDIT HTML sub tab.

There search for this tag : </head>

Now place the follwing code above that tag </head> :

<SCRIPT type='text/javascript'> var thumbnail_mode = &quot;no-float&quot; ; summary_noimg = 500; summary_img = 400; img_thumb_height = 130; img_thumb_width = 281; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT src='http://www.smashingtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/read-more.js' type='text/javascript'/>

then save your template.

Final step : ADD the code in post body

Now check " Expand Widget Templates " option in the edit html page. And then search for this tag

<p><data:post.body/></p>

Now replace that whole tag with the code below :

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<p><data:post.body/></p>
<b:else/><DIV expr:id='&quot;summary&quot; + data:post.id'><p><data:post.body/></p></DIV> <SCRIPT type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb(&quot;summary<data:post.id/>&quot;);</SCRIPT> <div style='clear: both;'/> <div style='border:0px;padding-top:5px;;float:right;text-align:right;'><span class='readon'><a expr:href='data:post.url' rel='bookmark'><img src='http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp302/bloggeracs/ReadMore.png'/></a></span></div>
</b:if>

You can now preview your template and then save it.

it will look like this :

Customizing The code

Now let us see how to customize the code to suit your style :

• var thumbnail_mode = "no-float";
By default i have selected no-float. That the image will be unformatted. If you want the thumbnail to be shown only on left use the option " float " instead of "no-float".

• summary_noimg = 500 ;
This code will decide how much characters must be shown in the post if that post doesn't contain any images. I have selected 500 characters.. you can customize it to suit ur template.
• summary_img = 400 ;

If the post contains image , then this code will decide how many characters must be shown in that post. Change the number of characters to be shown to suit your template.

• img_thumb_height = 130;
This tag decides the height of the thumbnail to be shown in the post. Vary the number 130 to suit your template.

• img_thumb_width = 281 ;
This tag decides the width of the Thumbnail image to be shown.


Adding read more image

The author of this hack haven't included any read more buttons in this hack. But I have modified the code and have included a image to link to the full post.


http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp302/bloggeracs/ReadMore.png

If you want to change the image then replace the url of the image with your own image

or if you don't need any read more button , then replace the code in final step to this one :


<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<p><data:post.body/></p>
<b:else/><DIV expr:id='"summary" + data:post.id'><p><data:post.body/></p></DIV> <SCRIPT type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary<data:post.id/>");</SCRIPT> <div style='clear: both;'/><div style='border:0px;padding-top:5px;;float:right;text-align:right;'><span class='readon'><a expr:href='data:post.url' rel='bookmark'>Read More...</a></span></div>
</b:if>

change the tag in red to suit your style.

Hope I have explained everything in this script. if you need any other modification or help please feel free to add to gtalk. I love to help you guys.

30+ smashing tutorials for creating Texture and Background Effects in Photoshop

We all know that attractive backgrounds are very much needed for any graphics, banners or ads these days. An interesting artwork can make the abstract art , vector or texture pattern more appealing . Getting the correct theme, whether it’s an abstract art, vector, or texture pattern, somehow makes the entire artwork looks more interesting.

Hope most of you know the importance of a good background image . For Instance , some product graphics advertisements uses subtle background or texture to help create focus point. Even your Desktop also needs a good attractive background as well. And also for most of the web designers creating backgrounds is a tedious job , since for that you need to know photoshop or Adobe illustrator and other image editing software. Even though if you are good at CSS programming skills without a background image you can't create a much appealing site.

So here I present some of the most famous and interesting abstracts and background tutorials for Adobe Photoshop users.It’s probably not about getting the exact effect they’ve got, but to pickup the technique and see how you can advance from there.

Calculations And Colorization :

Learn how to create an Alpha Channel using the Calculations dialog and we’ll use it to get a really great abstract photo effect.

Create a magical rainbow color flame in Photoshop

Repeating Seamless Background

A trick often employed on webpages is to use a seamless background that can tile both vertically and horizontally. If your website gets alot of traffic and you don’t like paying for extra bandwidth costs you need to optimize your site for every single kilobyte. This generally translates to NOT using a giant JPG as a background.

Abstract Summer Illustration :

Learn to create an illustration picturing the summer.

Texture of black bubbles effects :

Create cool texture of Black Bubbles in photoshop

Digital Star Effect

An easy tutorial to generate Digital Star Effect in Photoshop .

Mac-type background

This tutorial is about making a "mac" style background. You can use these in all sorts of situations, including the obvious --your desktop-- as well as part of your designs or for corporate work

Cool abstract background

Being able to create effects from elsewhere is a great way to learn Adobe Photoshop. Here I will take you through the steps used to create abstract background from bubbles and waves.

Chroma Wallpapers

This tutorial explains how to create a energetic, vibrant, colorful wallpaper, like the ones available at Color Charge.

photoshop tutorial abstract light rays

An easy tutorial to create abstract light rays in photoshop.

Photoshop Retro Grid Background

Create Retro Grid Background easily in photoshop with this tutorial

vintage grunge textures

Brown Paper Textures

5 Fantastically Free High Res Brown Paper Textures created by Blog Spoon Graphics

Christy Sobolewski Textures

color grunge textures

hardcore vintage grunge

Old Grunge Photo Texture Pack

17 More Old Book Cover Textures

Vintage Texture Pack

Wood textures : Textures - Wood

Local Texture: Three by One

Feel free to use this for anything you want. It took five seconds to take the photo, but I'd still like to see the finished product of anything this is used in. Click download for larger.

Cardboard Textures and Objects

Add Visual Texture in 3 Easy Steps

Create an Awesome Background Using Patterns

Create a Realistic Torn Paper Effect in Photoshop

How To Make An Awesome Grungy Paper Texture From Scratch

53 Impressive Polka Dot Pattern Swatches

GrungeTextures

Brusheezy Patterns

Milleseicentopercento

Abstract Lines Background

hope you guys will like this one. If you have came across any other tutorial to create texture or background effect then please let me know. I will add them to this list as well.