All of blogging

Best of blog award

2012-12-10T08:59:00.002-08:00

A Germany organization Deutche Welle organizes award for blogger around the world every year. There are 17 categories in a total of 11 languages in the BOBs (BOB = Best Of Blog). Submissions to the contest can be in the any of the following languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.

If you want to participate in this competition, just go to their website and read details.

Multilingual categories - Jury Award & User Prize

Best Blog

This is the place for the blogs whose content and design do an exemplary job of promoting and protecting human rights as well as initiating and fostering open discussion of topics that are of social and pubic importance.

Best Use of Technology for Social Good

The search is on for programs, applications or Internet platforms that dedicate themselves to providing the technology that enables people to improve society and democratic social integration.

Best Social Activism Campaign

The winner here will be an initiative that makes exemplary use of social media, networks and other new forms of communication to bolster democracy, freedom and human rights. Corporate advertising and marketing campaigns are excluded from this category.Reporters Without Borders Award

In cooperation with Reporters Without Borders, this special award honors blogs that take a strong stance for freedom of information and expression around the world. It also honors bloggers who dare to spread information under daunting circumstances.

Special Topic Award Human Rights

Each year the BOBs choose a particular topic for special recognition. The focus for the 2011 award is human rights. This year the BOBs will honor blogs that advance the cause of human rights. The Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum will also cast a spotlight on human rights during its annual conference, which runs from June 20 - 22 in Bonn.

Best Video Channel

This is the category for people regularly producing material in a video format. Topics of the videos should be related but need not necessarily depend on each other. Entries in this category must be produced solely for online consumption.

Language-specific categories - User Prize only

Here they’re looking for the best blogs in each of the BOBs’ 11 contest languages. Winners here will initiate discussions and provide top-quality analysis and commentary on current events.

Best Blog / Arabic

Best Blog / Bengali

Best Blog / Chinese

Best Blog / English

Best Blog / French

Best Blog / German

Best Blog / Indonesian

Best Blog / Persian

Best Blog / Portuguese

Best Blog / Russian

Best Blog / Spanish

Submit XML sitemap to search engines

2012-08-30T00:47:00.002-07:00

If you are a programmer, then you can create your own xml sitemap. But if you cannot, then there are lots of website which do it for you in gratis. You shall find easily these kind of websites through search engines by searching ‘make xml sitemap’.

If you use wordpress, you can use the google xml plugin. This plugin shall create an xml sitemap for your Wordpress site.

After creating your xml sitemap, you have to upload it to www.yourdomain.com/sitemap. xml. You have to submit this url as your xml sitemap url to search engines.

1) Google: Google has webmaster tools. You have to sign up for an account with a Gmail account. Account is free. If you have created an account, then log in to your account. Submit your site, verify it. You have to verify your site in one of the two methods. (1) Upload an file to your website given by Google. (2) Add meta tag in your head section given by Google. Then submit your

2) Yahoo: Yahoo also has a webmaster account service. You have to sign up for an account with your yahoo email. If you have created a webmaster account, then you can submit your site and sitemap to yahoo. You need to verify your website by two methods described before.

3) Bing: You have to sign up for a webmaster account by yourlive email. If you have created you can submit your site and sitemap to your account.

4) Ask: To submit you sitemap to ask, you have to type http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=http://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap. xml in your browser and then browse. Change red portion with your own sitemap url.

Terms of blogosphere

2012-08-24T04:06:00.002-07:00

Anonoblog - a blog written and maintained by an anonymous blogger.

Blogosphere - the collective content of the blogs worldwide.

Blook - book written by blogger and generally grow out of his blog.

Copyright – the exclusive right of a person to copy, publish etc.

Endnotes – the reference list at the end of an article.

Footnotes - the reference list at the end of a page of an article.

Keyword - Density the number of time the keyword is used divided by the total word count on the page.

Meme – an idea that spreads over the internet.

Misinformation - Information that is misleading or distracting.

Newbie - a term applied to someone new to blog, discussion, freelancing etc.

Ping - notifies Weblog Services such as Blog Search Engines and blog directories that your blog has been updated.

SEO – Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Optimized, Search Engine Optimizer.

Spomment - spam comment. Spam comment is comment that is done for backlink or by machine.

Tag - a language element, e.g. a word, used in blogs to identify the type of content that makes up a particular post.

How to delete blogger/ blogspot blog

2012-08-23T09:38:00.001-07:00

To delete blogger blog, follow the steps below:

1 Go to the blog dashboard which you want to delete. I am on dashboard of blogging help blog.

2 Go to settings menu

3 Go to Other menu

4 Click delete blog. A window shall appear:

5 You may download a copy before deleting. Click delete this blog.

Add google translator to your blog

2012-08-16T04:27:00.002-07:00

Increase traffic to blog

Addition of Google translator shall increase your blog's/ website's visitors. Because your visitors shall be able to see your website on different languages. So a person who does not know the language of your blog, shall be able to read your website in his language.

How to add Google translator

To add Google translator go to <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_tools" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate_tools</a>. You can determine criteria and then add the code to your blog/ website. You can use 'add to blogger' button if you are blogging on blogger. 
Addition of google translator shall increase visitors of your website. Because visitors shall be able to view your site in their own languages.

HTML elements

2012-07-15T10:59:00.001-07:00

This is lesson 4 of HTML. The elements of HTML are
(the code to test all of these elements is given at the bottom)

The a (anchor) element is used to set link.
Attributes: href, name
Example: <a href="www.websitebuildingguide.blogspot.com">build website</a>

…

This is used to bold a text.

Attributes: none
Example: this is bold text

This is used to insert break after a line. It does not have end tag.
Attributes: none
Example: You have you have you have.

Center elements shows the content in the center of the browser.
Attributes: none
Example: <center>This text is in center</center>

…

Font element determines appearance of the text.
Attributes: size, color, face

Example: font size 10

font size 20

font size 32

<hr />

Horizontal rule is created across the screen. It does not have end tag.
Attributes: align, color, noshade, size, width
Example: <hr/>

This used define heading of text. Here, n is a number among 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Attributes: align
Example: <h1>This is heading 1</h1>

<h2>This is heading 2</h2>

<h5>This is heading 5</h5>

…

Italic element is used to display text in etalic,
Attributes: none
Example: This is italic text.

<img />

Image element is used to show image. It has no end tag.
Attributes: align, border, height, src, vspace, width.
Example: <img src="tulips.jpg" height="50" width="50"/>

…

Paragraph element is used to separate and indent paragraph.
Attributes: none
Example: (See the code at the bottom)

 ... 
Underline texts.
Attributes: none
Example: This is underlined text
 ... 
em element is used to mean that this portion render different emphasis from other part. It is shown in italic appearance.

Attributes: none
Example: This is emphasized text

 ... 
strong element is used to mean that this portion render more emphasis than emphasis element and from other part. It is shown in bold appearance.
Attributes: none
Example: This is strong text

 ...

This is used to subscript text.

Attributes: none
Example: Subscript4

 ...

This is used to superscript text.

Attributes: none
Example: Superscript2

Attributes: (described later)
Example: <marquee>The text is in marquee tag</marquee>

Code

<html>
<head>
<title>first website</title>
</head>
<body>
<a href="www.websitebuildingguide.blogspot.com">build website</a>

this is bold text

You have the power. You have the power. 
You have the power. (br element is here) You have the power.

<center>This text is in center</center>

font size 10

font size 20

font size 32

<hr/>

<hr size="15"/>

<hr color="red"/>

<h1>This is heading 1</h1>

<h2>This is heading 2</h2>

<h5>This is heading 5</h5>
This is italic text
<img src="tulips.jpg" height="50" width="50"/>
This is underlined text
This is emphasized text
This is strong text
Subscript4
Superscript2
<marquee>The text is in marquee tag</marquee>
</body>
</html>

HTML basics

2012-07-15T09:32:00.000-07:00

A HTML document has elements. Elements have attributes. Attributes have values. For example,The elements of basic HTML document is

<html>
<head>
<title> … </title>
…
</head>
<body>
…
</body>
</html>

Note that, elements (e.g. html)have start tag (e.g. <html>) and closing tag (</html>). Start tag are surrounded by < > (e.g. <html>) and end tag is surrounded by </ > (</html>).

<html>...</html> All codes of HTML document are written inside this element.
Attributes: none

<head>...</head> The codes which are written for a website, but not needed to show on page are written here. It must contain title element at the first position.
Attributes: none

<title> … </title> Title of website are written here. It is shown on the top of the browser.

Attributes: none

<body>...</body> Contents of a website are written inside this element. It has three attributes
Attributes: background, bgcolor, text.

For example, write the following code on your notepad
<html>
<head>
<title>first website</title>
</head>
<body>
This is a website
</body>
</html>

Save it as "firstwebsite.html"

View "firstwebsite.html" in a browser. You shall see

You can add attibutes to body element for change. For example to change background color, you can add bgcolor attribute to body element. You can do this by following code
<html>
<head>
<title>first website</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="green">
This is a website
</body>
</html>

Here, "green" is value of attribute bgcolor. You shall see on browser

You can add background picture by using following attribute to body element.

<html>
<head>
<title>first website</title>
</head>
<body background ="tulips.jpg">
This is a website
</body>
</html>

Suppose, you have saved "firstwebsite.html" to "project" folder. You have to keep the "tulips.jpg" file on the same folder meaning "project". If you save it in a sub folder "image", you have set link as

<body background ="images\tulips.jpg">

HTML: where to write and test on desktop

2012-07-15T08:09:00.001-07:00

This is lesson 1 of HTML. If you are making website or trying code of HTML, you have can do any of the following:

1) Write on Notepad

Go to Start > programs > accessories > notepad. write you HTML code and save it with HTML extension. It means if you are saving file with the name of "new", you have to save it by the name of "new.html". Then save it. And run it in a browser.

2) Use a software

You can use Macromedia Dreamweaver or Microsoft Frontpage, and test your code there. These are commercial software.

Test HTML of a website maintains w3 standard or not

2012-07-14T03:46:00.000-07:00

It is necessary to test whether HTML of your website maintains standard of W3 or not. To test that you can try any or more than one ways described below. First one is validator of W3. This validator tells your errors of your websites. This validator can be found on http://validator.w3.org/.
You just enter domain of your website on the address bar and click check. Then this validator shall tell you errors of your website and also suggestion.

You can also try HTML Tidy which is described in these words, "HTML Tidy is a free utility for fixing HTML mistakes automatically and tidying up sloppy editing into nicely laid out markup. It also works great on the atrociously hard to read markup generated by some specialized HTML editors and conversion tools, and can help you identify where you need to pay further attention to making your pages more accessible to people with disabilities."
You can use Amaya, an open source product (huge opens ource software to download and use), is both browser and hypertext editor. It's a test-bed for the design of embedded math, objects, stylesheets, structured graphics etc. If your website can viewed without flaw, then it can be viewed perfectly in all popular web browsers. You can also edit your website through this software.
You can find more validator tools on http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/

Best Wordpress plugins

2012-07-14T03:41:00.000-07:00

Wordpress is the most popular CMS with lots of beneficial free and commercial plugins available around you. These plugnins are useful and necessary to fulfill your blogging need with Wordpress. Some most popular and super plugins are described below:

1) Search engine optimization for wordpress:

For search engine optimization of your wordpress, you have to use plugin which provides opportunity to do all steps necessary for seo. The most popular two plugins for seo are ‘all in one seo pack’ and ‘headspace2’. With this two plugins you can edit page, post and site for seo. These two are free.

2) Ninja affiliate:

This is the best wordpress affiliate plugin. It inserts affiliate in your posts automatically depending on your keyword. It also hides affiliate links (if your aff link is www.fakaia.com/referid12, it shall show your viewers it as earnonweblog.com/fakaia or anyway you like). It is a commercial plugin. You have to buy it. But, price is too low than its service.

3) 123linkit affiliate marketing:

This is another affiliate plugin. Those who are not buying ninja affiliate, can use this plugin as this is free. This plugin inserts affiliate links to keywords of posts, hides affiliate links. You shall earn commission. Commission shall be share between you and 123 linkit.

3) Dynamic widgets:

You can decide in which page, post, category etc., a definite widget will be shown. It is easy to use.

4) Google Xml sitemaps:

An xml sitemap is needed to submit it to search engines for seo. This plugin create an xml sitemap automatically. (you may have to know Submit xml sitemap to Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask search engines)

5) State press:

Do you want to know visitors of your website. This plugin shall show you visitors, referral links, spiders etc.

6) Wp-pageNavi: Normally, after posts of Wordpress blog, ‘older posts’ is shown. This plugin shall add page navigation with numbered pages.

7) Quick adsense:

This plugin shall show ads inside of your posts and pages. It shall show ads in a post in different areas such as before post, after post, middle of post, after <more> tag etc. You just have to put advertisement code in the place of this plugin and you are done. This plugin can be used for any advertisement, if you have the advertisement code.

8) Breadcrumb Navigation XT:

This plugin adds breadcrumb to your wordpress website. Just like home>first destination>second destination.

9) Contact form 7:

It adds contact form to your site. It is easy to customize and add. You can add this to a page or post using code provided by them.

10) Digg Digg:

It adds a floating social network websites’ share icon. It is useful to share your post. It shall float while a visitor scrawls a post and thus shall always be present on visitors’ eye.

11) Related posts via categories:

This plugin shows related posts of the same category of current post.

12) User submitted posts:

With this plugin you can add a page in which your visitors shall be able to submit posts. It is very easy to use and add.

13) w3 Total Cache:

This plugin is most used plugin. This plugin improves speed of your site and user experience.

Favicon HTML

2012-07-14T03:38:00.001-07:00

Favicon (pronounced fav-eye-con) is the short name for “favorites icon” and is otherwise called as a shortcut icon. It is a square icon that is shown next to the URL of any webpage in a browser that supports tabs like Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Internet Explorer. It works as an identity of the website and company. It must be 16×16 (most common) or 32×32 pixel using 8 bit or 24 bit color.

If you are using Blogger blog, you might have already noticed that Blogger shows default favicon next to the URL of your blog as shown here:

I f you are using blogger, then you can change favicon from your dashboard easily.Because in dashboard you have click on favicon and select the file from your hard disk and finished.
But if you want to use HTML to put favicon, then do the following steps.
1. Host your favicon image on any hosting platform. You can use free hosting service such as Mediafire. And get the url of image in which it can be found.
2. Put the following HTML code inside head section of HTML. Head section means the place between
<head> and </head> .

<link rel="icon"

type="image/png"

href="http://example.com/myicon.png">

Change http://example.com/myicon.png for url of favicon file.

Video: html-kit favicon

Video: favicon.cc

Contact form for blogger

2012-07-14T03:30:00.005-07:00

There are many websites which build contract from for free. You have to create free account, then on dashboard you have to choose which option will be provided in the contract form. Then after selection, they shall provide you html code. You can embed this html code in two ways.
1 Create a post and paste the html, in edit html mode. And give label 'contact me' or create a menu if you are using menu.
2 Create a page by going to posting>edit pages and name the page 'contact' and paste the html in description. Then, done
You can do this on www.kontactr.com.

HTML to redirect website/ blog

2012-07-14T03:30:00.001-07:00

Redirect htmlRedirection is process where url of a website/ blog is redirected to another website/ blog. sometimes, website owners and blogger change their domain. To keep visitors of past domain, website owners and bloggers have to redirect their past domain to new one.
For example, if you have a blog of which domain is www.pastdomain.co and you redirect that blog to www.presentdomain.com. Then when visitors shall attempt to visit www.pastdomain.com, they will automatically be redirected to www.presentdomain.com. And they shall see your present website.
To redirect your web address you have to add HTML code to the website of past domain that is www.pastdomain.com. The html for redirection is

<meta HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0; url=http://www.presentdomain.com"/>
Just put the code immediately after <head> or before </head>. And replace "www.ustad.com" for your website URL. Here, 0 tells the browser second to wait for redirection. You may change it.

Benefits to blog on Blogger

2012-07-14T03:27:00.001-07:00

A blog site is a site where the publisher of the blog writes about something. People and enterprises publish blog to provide information on a definite topic. They write valuable theories, critical reviews, news, services etc.
Deutsche Welle, a German radio organization, organizes the best of bloggers award. In this event, bloggers from the whole world participate in various categories.
Blogs are of various categories such as text, video, audio, podcast. The blog site which I am writing about can be used as text blog. But you can also add video, audio, picture and lots of others services available in that site.
The name of that site is www.blogger.com.

In this website you can create static kind of blog, not dynamic. In this site you can create a blog with your Gmail (www.gmail.com) account. You can create as many blogs as you want with a single account. In this site you can create blog in various languages. Hosting and sub domain (www.yourdomain.blogspot.com) are free here. If you want to use a custom domain, you can buy one from here or anywhere else and use the domain for your blogger free of cost. You can add gadgets to your blog from their huge stock. Some popular gadgets are HTML addition, stats, followers, label, search etc. You can design this blog site easily. You can add feed, audio, news, offer etc. and much more. You can follow blogs of other sites through 'follow' tab on your account's dashboard instead of going to those sites. You can also create pages in your blog.
You can earn by placing google adsense ads, google affiliate network ads and third party ads even using the sub domain and not paying to blogger.
It will be time consuming to describe entire site. It shall be better that you go to that site. Then create a blog and see all of its features practically.
Further it is a service of google, so no need to hesitate. Lots of blogger help to use blogger blog by providing tips on their blogs. At last, it is my earnest request to you that create a blog which is useful. Do not publish any useless post. Do not waste your time and others.

There is no free domain

2012-07-14T03:21:00.001-07:00

Many person look for free domain around internet. But, is there any free domain? The answer is there is no free domain. Because, domain is for selling and buying. No organization gives free domain which it has to buy. But free sub domain is available. Lots of organizations provide free sub domain (with hosting or without hosting).

Sub domain is not a domain, but a part of the main domain. For example, blogspot.com is a domain. And sub domain websitemakingguide.blogspot.com is part of the main domain.

The identity of a sub domain is that it has three parts divided by dots (.). For example, moneyonnet.co.cc. It has three parts divided by dots. The 3^rd part from the right side is a sub domain. Here, main domain is co.cc. To understand domain structure, you may read this
So, sub domain is found free. But domain is not. Sometimes domain is found at a cheap price.