Dear Dr.Love

do destiny exist??

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:43:00 +0000

many believes and still believes that destiny is true/...

what is destiny??

Once upon a time when i was a young boy at the age of 3

my father is always telling me some stories about fantasies and destinies...
and i strongly believe in his stories and
i also believe in destiny in that time..
but when my father died...
i ended up believing destiny..

and i asked my self..
does my father destiny is to die???

NOOOO...!~!!!

when i was in first year high school my teacher
in english said that
"life is a matter of choice"

you will be the one who will make your own way your own destiny///

but
at the present time..

i am a fourth year student..
a graduating student..

in this time im going to angeles city,pampanga into the Holy Angel Univ. to inquire and
pass my entrance form to get my
entrance exam schedule

i once have a girl friend in texting when im 11 y/o and im not able to see her..
i really love this girl..
but the time comes she went to sta. rosa laguna and
the globe prepaid doesnt have signal so
we wont have any communications..

till i go to angeles city..
and i ride in a jeepney to transport me into the university
and i saw a two girl..
smiling.. i didnt have any clue..
until i asked them if they are also going at HAU..
they answered yes..

and when we alight into the jeepney
they asked me if i was ALLEO..
waaaaa??? shocking??/ how did they know??
ahaha...

AHA..!!! and she introduce her self

"ako kaya si keith"

^_^

kaya pala nagssmile kasi tinitignan ung i.d ko ^_^

pareho pa color damit namin...!!

after this happeningss...

yeah

i therefore conclude that destiny is really exist in this world

in some matters

i love you keith

a nice Song For Lovers...

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:28:00 +0000

All I am, all I'll be
Everything in this world
All that I'll ever need
Is in your eyes
Shining at me
When you smile I can feel
All my passion unfolding
Your hand brushes mine
And a thousand sensations
Seduce me 'cause I

Chorus
I do cherish you
For the rest of my life
You don't have to think twice
I will love you still
>From the depths of my soul
It's beyond my control
I've waited so long to say this to you
If you're asking do I love you this much
I do

In my world, before you
I lived outside my emotions
Didn't know where I was going
'Till that day I found you
How you opened my life
To a new paradise
In a world torn by change
Still with all my heart
'Till my dying day

Chorus

Nice song huh? sing this song into your partner with using guitar or piano
i asure you
she/he will fall inlove with at the 2nd time around ^^

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noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:16:00 +0000

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when i die

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:11:00 +0000

when i die
ill be very
lonely specialy
when i haven't
said goodbye
to
you but dont wori
i will be back
not to scare you but to
hug youand say

im leaving na,
im gonna miss you

Soul Like The Vastest Sea

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:15:00 +0000

Your soul is like the vastest sea
And mine a darting fish:
I lose myself within your love;
I live within your heart.

I breathe your love: it is my air,
My element, my world.
I know no other ambiance;
I have no other dream.

I know there is outside your love
A world of rocks and sand;
And I could live there, too, but oh!
How poor and thin each breath!

How rich my world, how beautiful,
Alive within your love,
Each moment filled with dancing light
Refracted through your eyes!

Current TV Ratings Philippines (January 20-26, 2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 08:06:00 +0000

ABS-CBN’s new show, Tayong Dalawa enters the top 3 and poses a serious threat to Gagambino while La Lola and Luna Mystika stay safe in the first two spots.

Here are the top Daytime and Primetime TV shows based on Mega Manila ratings conducted by AGB-Nielsen Philippines.

January 20, Tuesday

Daytime:

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 22.6%
Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 18.3%
Saan Darating ang Umaga? (GMA-7) - 17.6%
Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 16.6%
Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 16.3%
Pieta (ABS-CBN) - 14.9%
Parekoy (ABS-CBN) - 14.8%
Rosalinda (GMA-7) - 12.6%
Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) - 7.3%
SiS (GMA-7) - 6.2%

Primetime:

Lalola (GMA-7) - 33.1%
Luna Mystika (GMA-7) - 32.9%
Tayong Dalawa (ABS-CBN) - 32.6%
24 Oras (GMA-7) - 31.3%
Gagambino (GMA-7) - 31.2%
I Love Betty La Fea (ABS-CBN) - 27.9%
Money War (GMA-7) - 26.8%
TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 26%
Eva Fonda (ABS-CBN) - 25.6%
Family Feud (GMA-7) - 21.1%

January 21, Wednesday

Daytime:

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 22.8%
Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 18.3%
Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 17.3%
Saan Darating ang Umaga? (GMA-7) - 16.9%
Pieta (ABS-CBN) - 15.7%
Parekoy (ABS-CBN) - 15.4%
Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 14.3%
Rosalinda (GMA-7) - 14.1%
SiS (GMA-7) - 9.6%
Boy &Kris (ABS-CBN) - 5.8%

Primetime:

Luna Mystika (GMA-7) - 31.9%
24 Oras (GMA-7) / Lalola (GMA-7) - 29.5%
Tayong Dalawa (ABS-CBN) - 28.3%
Money War (GMA-7) - 26.7%
I Love Betty La Fea (ABS-CBN) - 26.7%
Gagambino (GMA-7) - 25.5%
TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 25.4%
Eva Fonda (ABS-CBN) - 21.8%
Family Feud (GMA-7) - 20.7%
Pinoy Fear Factor (ABS-CBN) - 20.2%

January 22, Thursday

Daytime:

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 26.4%
Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 20.9%
Saan Darating ang Umaga? (GMA-7) - 20.8%
Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 16.9%
Parekoy (ABS-CBN) - 15.9%
Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 15.5%
Pieta (ABS-CBN) - 13.6%
Rosalinda (GMA-7) - 12%
SiS (GMA-7) - 7.3%
Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) - 7%

Primetime:

Luna Mystika (GMA-7) - 36%
Lalola (GMA-7) - 31.8%
24 Oras (GMA-7) - 31.4%
Gagambino (GMA-7) - 29.9%
Tayong Dalawa (ABS-CBN) - 29.6%
I Love Betty La Fea (ABS-CBN) - 27.3%
Eva Fonda (ABS-CBN) - 25.4%
Money War (GMA-7) - 25%
TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 24.8%
Pinoy Fear Factor (ABS-CBN) - 22.1%

January 23, Friday

Daytime:

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 24.4%
Saan Darating ang Umaga? (GMA-7) - 20.4%
Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 19%
Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 18.2%
Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 16%
Be Strong Geum Soon (GMA-7) - 14.5%
Pieta (ABS-CBN) - 13.6%
Parekoy (ABS-CBN) - 13.4%
Rosalinda (GMA-7) - 12.6%
La Traicion (ABS-CBN) - 8.9%

Primetime:

Luna Mystika (GMA-7) - 34.4%
Lalola (GMA-7) - 31.5%
Gagambino (GMA-7) - 30.4%
Tayong Dalawa (ABS-CBN) - 28.4%
24 Oras (GMA-7) - 28.3%
Money War (GMA-7) - 27.3%
I Love Betty La Fea (ABS-CBN) - 26%
Family Feud (GMA-7) - 23.5%
TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 23.3%
Eva Fonda (ABS-CBN) - 21.3%

January 24, Saturday

Daytime:

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 23%
Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 21.2%
Komiks Presents Mars Ravelo’s Dragonna (ABS-CBN) - 17.2%
Wish Ko Lang (GMA-7) - 15.3%
Cinema FPJ: Da King on ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN) - 14.7%
Pinoy Records (GMA-7) - 14.6%
Startalk (GMA-7) - 12.4%
Entertainment Live (ABS-CBN) - 12.2%
Takeshi’s Castle (ABS-CBN) - 9.9%
Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 9.8%

Primetime:

Imbestigador (GMA-7) - 31.2%
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (GMA-7) -28.7%
Bitoy’s Funniest Videos (GMA-7) - 28.4%
Maalaala Mo Kaya (ABS-CBN) - 25.5%
The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 21.6%
Kapuso Movie Festival: Anak ng Kumander (GMA-7) - 20.2%
Kakasa Ka Ba Sa Grade 5? (GMA-7) - 19.9%
Banana Split (ABS-CBN) - 15.7%
XXX (ABS-CBN) - 13.4%
TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 9.2%

January 25, Sunday

Daytime:

SOP (GMA-7) - 17.4%
ASAP ‘08 (ABS-CBN) - 15.7%
Showbiz Central (GMA-7) - 13.9%
Dear Friend (GMA-7) - 12.8%
Takeshi’s Castle (GMA-7) - 11.2%
Your Song Presents My Only Hope (ABS-CBN) / The Buzz (ABS-CBN) - 10.7%
Matanglawin (ABS-CBN) - 8.5%

Primetime:

Kap’s Amazing Stories (GMA-7) / Mel & Joey (GMA-7) - 28.1%
Family Feud: Celebrity Edition (GMA-7) - 28%
Rated K (ABS-CBN) / Ful Haus (GMA-7) - 22.4%
All Star K (GMA-7) - 21.8%
The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 20%
Sharon (ABS-CBN) - 16%
SNBO: Pinoy Meets World (GMA-7) - 15.6%
TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 13.3%
Goin’ Bulilit (ABS-CBN) - 11.7%
Sunday’s Best (ABS-CBN) - 3.9%

January 26, Monday

Daytime:

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 25.6%
Saan Darating ang Umaga? (GMA-7) - 18.9%
Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 17.5%
Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 16.6%
Parekoy (ABS-CBN) - 15.9%
Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 14.7%
Pieta (ABS-CBN) - 13.6%
Rosalinda (GMA-7) - 12.3%
Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) - 8.1%
SiS (GMA-7) - 7.8%

Primetime:

Luna Mystika (GMA-7) - 32%
Lalola (GMA-7) - 31%
Tayong Dalawa (ABS-CBN) - 30.9%
24 Oras (GMA-7) - 30.1%
Gagambino (GMA-7) - 29.1%
I Love Betty La Fea (ABS-CBN) - 28%
TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 25.7%
Money War (GMA-7) - 25.8%
Eva Fonda (ABS-CBN) - 23.9%
Family Feud (GMA-7) - 21.2%

BF'S LIVER CANCER

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:34:00 +0000

may isang babae gusto makipag break sa
boyfriend niya kasi hindi na raw niya ito mahal

humingi ng favor yung bf niya
na kung pwede after 3months
nalang sila magbreak

pumayag yung girl
sa isang kondisyon

"NA HINDI MAKIKIALAM YUNG BF NIYA
SA LAHAT NG KANYANG GAGAWIN"

dalawang araw nalang bago mag 3months

na realize nung girl na love pa
tlaga niya yung guy...

pumunta siya sa bahay ng guy
to explain and to ask sorry
to continue thier relationship...

she was wondering
kung bakit maraming tao
sa bahay ng guy...

nakasalubong niya yung bestfriend
ng guy sabay bigay sa sulat

"BABY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH..
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING..!!
NOW YOUR FREE..."

THE GEOGRAPHY

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:33:00 +0000

a faThEr wAs
reading a newspaper
he doesn't want to be
disturb by his little girl

so he cut out the map
of the world....
he tOre iT to pieces
and gave it to her
to assemble

after a while
she returned to him
the map all in
PERFECT...!!!!
ORDER.....

in its everyplace....

the surprised father said:
"HONEY YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT GEOGRAPHY,
SO HOW DID YOU DO IT..????"

the innocent girl replied:
"THE PICTURE OF JESUS IS AT THE BACK AND
I KNOW IF I HAD JESUS IN THE RIGHT PLACE,
THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD BE PERFECT..."

a short quote

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:33:00 +0000

a 4 yeARs oLd AsKEd HEr dAD:
" y dOeS mY lEG cRaMp ANd cUDnt FeEl ANYtHinG?"
dAd aNSWeRED: "Ue LeG BumS NuMB f U LAy sTill ANd DNT mOve BcOZ bLoOd dSnt cIrCuL8 PRopERly."
WeN d GirL TurNEd 16,
She FElL inLove aND exPRieNCeD HeR 1St HEaRtBReAk.
1 DaY, dAd SaW His DaAUGhtER LAyINg StIL WyL hOlDing Her CHeSt.
dAD AsKEd heR:" waT'S wRoNg?"
D gIrL SeD: Im TrYIng 2 maKE mY HeArT cRaMp sO i Cud B nUMb aND wuD b HuRt No More.."

THE SAVIOR BF

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:33:00 +0000

there was a girl
who loved her
bestfriend
more than her
boyfriend

after her sleep
she was so surprised
for what she saw

her bestfriend
who was beside her
full of blood

and his boyfriend
who was holding the knife

she called the police
and her boyfriend was
arrested and was
sentenced to death

after his boyfriends
death

one of her friend
told her

''''YOUR BESTFRIEND WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAPE AND KILL YOU'''''
''''YOUR SO LUCKY BECAUSE YOUR BOYFRIEND IS THERE TO SAVE YOU"""

THE 6YRS OLD KID

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:32:00 +0000

there was a boy
who was a son
of a raped victim

he was such a
good,friendly,
caring,and
loving boy

but his mom
hated him
so much
bcoz of the
reason she was
raped that's
why she gave birth

one day the mom shouted
the boy
"I WOULD BE THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD IF YOU DIE"

but then one day
the mother realized
that she loved her
son so much
and she doesn't want
to lost it, and she's
ready to be a fulltime
good mother to the boy

on her way home after
mass on her BIRTHDAY

when she gOt home
she saw her son
blooding dead
and leaved a letter
for her

sayin'

'''MOM AS WHAT YOU'VE TOLD ME
THAT YOU'LL BE THE HAPPIEST
PERSON IN THE WORLD IF I DIE""
""MOM I'M GIVING YOU THE HAPPINESS
ON YOUR BIRTHDAY""
""GOODBYE MOM I LOVE YOU SO MUCH""

lOvers mEan stOry

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:45:00 +0000

there were
lovers in
the past
who used
to argue everyday

until one day
the bF called
his gf and invited
her gF to haVe
a serious talk

his gF went tO her bF's
hOuse and the bF bRought
hEr tO his rOOm

and then thE bF said

"iF yOu really love mEh give me what i want"

the giRl kissed her bF
and did somethin'

after the wonderfull "sEx"

the bF said
"you didn't let me talk for everything"
"what i really want is a break-up thanks for the sex i enjoyed it but i need to say goodbye" :C

You Cannot

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:25:00 +0000

You cannot Teach what
you dont know
you cannot give what you dont
have
you cannot forgive what you cant
forget

but
you can love
even if your
not bein love back

"I'm the Go-Between Who Loves the Guy"

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:23:00 +0000

Dear Doctor Love

I need some advice. I had been secretly in love with someone, B., for the past 2 years. He and I are good friends, but he likes someone else, Kara, who is also my friend.
So since it didn't seem possible for me to express my feelings for him, I helped him court Kara. Then Kara decided that she wasn't ready to commit, and broke up with him.
He was so devastated that I didn't know what to do. He wanted me to help them come back together, so during our Christmas party, I got them to dance together. But somehow, I felt so sad I had to stop dancing and go somewhere to cry.
Then when he came back and told me that Kara had rejected him again, I just didn't know if I should feel glad or sad, or anything at all.
When I was about to leave the dance, he offered to send me off. We ended up discussing he and Kara. When he told me that he is willing to wait until Kara accepts him, I felt my heart die.
I was so sad that i just wanted to end my feelings for him. So I asked him to close his eyes, kissed him and said goodbye.
Since I didn't think we'd meet again, I thought everything would end there. But I cannot get my mind off him.
Then I met Kara yesterday at a party. We left together and talked about their relationship. She told me that she's hesitant about the outcome and thus is not confident enough to make up with B.
So I ended up encouraging her to accept B. Then I felt so rotten about myself that I went home to cry again.
I'm hopeless and I don't think I can take it anymore. I don't think I can continue being their go-between aunt-agony anymore, but I can't tell Kara that I love her boyfriend.
What should I do?
In need of a break,
Gone-Between

My God! How much suffering can you inflict on yourself.
Stay out of their relationship!
Tell B. that he is too good to be with someone who doesn't love him and tell Kara that you don't want to be a go between. Also, don't tell either of them about your secret passion.
He won't be ready for you unless he gets over her so tell him he is worth much more than this kind of suffering. Then give it some time.
Meanwhile, act friendly to both.
IF he comes to you, tell him that you care, but that he needs to work it out for himself.
Tell him you know someone who likes him, but that you can't tell him till he gets over this. Then see what happens.
Besides, this is a self-esteem issue for you. Don't you think you deserve someone for yourself?
The only way to find out if there can really be anything between you and B. is to let him heal, and then see if he responds to you.
Also, I wouldn't spend that much time with either of them right now. Hang out with others. You may actually meet someone else that you like even better.
Waiting around won't get you anywhere and may actually be an unconscious statement that you don't think you can get your own guy.
Believe me, you can.!
Let me know how it goes. Good luck..

15 Tips to Increase Blog Traffic

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:21:00 +0000

The blogosphere is a big and busy world with over 100 million blogs and growing. How do you attract visitors to your blog? Follow these simple tips to drive traffic to your blog.

1. Write Well and Write Often

Frequently updating your blog with useful content is the first step to building your blog's audience. The content you write is what will keep readers coming back for more. Make sure you have something meaningful to say to them and say it often to maintain their interest and keep them loyal.

Furthermore, post frequently to increase the number of chances you have for your blog's content to be noticed by search engines such as Google or Technorati.

2. Submit Your Blog to Search Engines

Get on the radar screen for the popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo! by submitting your blog's URL to them. Most search engines provide a 'Submit' link (or something similar) to notify the search engine of your new blog, so those search engines will crawl it and include your pages in their results.

It's important to understand that simply submitting your blog to search engines doesn't mean your pages will appear at the top of a Google search results screen, but at least your blog will be included and will have the chance of being picked up by a search engine.

3. Use and Update Your Blogroll

By adding links to sites you like in your blogroll, the owners of those blogs will find your blog and will be likely to add a reciprocal link in their blogrolls. It's an easy way to get the link to your blog in front of many readers on other blogs. The hope is that some of those readers will click on the link to your blog on the other blogs' blogrolls and find your content interesting and enjoyable turning them into loyal readers.

4. Harness the Power of Comments

Commenting is a simple and essential tool to increase your blog's traffic. First, respond to comments left on your blog to show your readers that you value their opinions and draw them into a two-way conversation. This will increase reader loyalty.

Second, leave comments on other blogs to drive new traffic. Make sure you leave your blog's URL in your comment, so you create a link back to your own blog. Many people will read the comments left on a blog post. If they read a particularly interesting comment, they are highly likely to click on the link to visit the commentor's website. It's important to make sure you leave meaningful comments that are likely to invite people to click on your link to read more.

5. Syndicate Your Blog's Content with an RSS Feed

Setting up an RSS feed button on your blog makes it easy for your loyal readers to not just read your blog but also know when you publish new content.

6. Use Links and Trackbacks

Links are one of the most powerful parts of your blog. Not only are links noticed by search engines, but they also act as a tap on the shoulder to other bloggers who can easily identify who is linking to their sites. Linking helps to get you noticed by other bloggers who are likely to investigate the sites that are linking to them. This may lead them to become new readers of your blog or to add links to your blog from theirs.

You can take links to other blogs a step further by leaving a trackback on the other blog to let them know you've linked to them. Blogs that allow trackbacks will include a link back to your blog in the comments section of the post that you originally linked to. People do click on trackback links!

7. Tag Your Posts

It takes a few extra seconds to add tags to each of your blog posts, but it's worth the time in terms of the additional traffic tags can drive to your blog. Tags (like links) are easily noticed by search engines. They're also key to helping readers find your blog when they perform searches on popular blog search engines such as Technorati.

8. Submit Your Posts to Social Bookmarking Sites

Taking the time to submit your best posts to social bookmarking sites such as Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit and more can be a simple way to quickly boost traffic to your blog.

9. Remember Search Engine Optimization

When you write your blog posts and pages, remember to optimize your pages for search engines to find them. Include relevant keywords and links but don't overload your posts with too many relevant keywords or completely irrelevant keywords. Doing so can be considered spamming and could have negative results such as your blog being removed from Google's search entirely.

10. Don't Forget Images

Images don't just make your blog look pretty, they also help people find you in search engine listings. People often use the image search options offered by Google, Yahoo! and other search engines, and naming your images with search engine optimization in mind can easily boost your traffic.The blogosphere is a big and busy world with over 100 million blogs and growing. How do you attract visitors to your blog? Follow these simple tips to drive traffic to your blog.

11. Consider Guest Blogging

Guest blogging can be done when you write a guest post on another blogger's blog or when another blogger writes a guest post on your blog. Both methods are likely to increase traffic as your blog will be exposed to the other blogger's audience. Many of the other blogger's readers will visit your blog to see what you have to say.

12. Join Forums, Web Rings or Online Groups

Find online forums, web rings, groups or social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn where you can share ideas and ask questions of like-minded individuals. Add a link to your blog in your signature line or profile, so each time you post on a forum or participate in another online network, you're indirectly promoting your blog. Chances are many people will click on that link to learn more about you.

13. Promote Outside Your Blog

Promoting your blog shouldn't stop when you step outside the blogosphere. Add your blog's URL to your email signature and business cards. Talk about it in offline conversations. It's important to get your name and your blog's URL noticed offline, too.

14. Nominate Yourself and Other Blogs for Blog Awards

There are a number of blog awards given out throughout the year. Nominating yourself and other blogs and bloggers can draw attention to your blog and drive traffic to it.

15. Don't Be Shy

The most important part of the blogosphere is its community and much of your success as a blogger will be tied to your willingness to network with that community. Don't be afraid to ask questions, join conversations or just say hi and introduce yourself. Don't sit back and hope the online world will find you. Speak out and get yourself noticed. Let the blogosphere know you've arrived and have something to say!

Creating a three column (or a wide, two column) canvas - Blogger template design series====Credits to bloggerbuster

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:00:00 +0000

When I begin to design a new Blogger template, the first thing I take into consideration is the overall layout. Creating the perfect layout is crucial to the design process, and should be the first step in designing a custom Blogger template.

The most popular layout styles for Blogger blogs are:

Three columns, with sidebars to the left and right
Three columns with two sidebars to the right
A wide two column template, with a wider posts area and a wide sidebar to the right

So in this installment of the Blogger Template Design series, I will offer basic instructions for how each of these layouts can be constructed. Then in the next installment, I will focus on tweaking these layouts in order to make the canvas complete.

For the purpose of this series, I have created a demonstration blog which you can view here. This demonstration blog will be used to demonstrate customizations throughout the series, and will include links back to each chapter of the series for your reference.

Things you should consider when deciding on your blog layout

Visual appeal is not the only thing you should consider when deciding which layout you will adopt for your template. The three different styles I highlighted above can all serve different functional purposes; depending on you wish to display in your sidebars, one or other may be better suited to your needs:

Three column templates with sidebars to the left and right are best suited to blogs which don't use many Javascripts or images in the sidebars.

This is because Javascripts and images call upon different servers and slow down page loading time. If you have many scripts or images loading in the left sidebar, this can delay the loading of your posts, which is off-putting for new visitors to your blog (especially those who access the Internet through dial-up!)
Three column templates with both sidebars aligned to the right are a good choice for blogs which feature a lot of different content in the sidebars.

This style helps neaten the content of sidebars, prevents lengthy loading delays of the blog entries (the primary content) and stops the sidebars from becoming too long in relation the main content on post pages.
Two column templates with a wide posts section and wide sidebar are most suitable for those who feature ads in the sidebar, or who need much content to be "above the fold" of the page.

Wider sidebars allow for wider ads, or rows of the popular 125x125 square ad boxes which can feature higher up the page. Also, it is easier to display wider images, or text blocks. A wider posts section will also allow more content to be featured above the fold, and can prevent home pages from becoming too lengthy.

With this in mind, let's take a look at the different methods available for creating a template canvas.

The best way to create a customized template...

Is to base this on an existing template!

Blogger templates contain a vast variety of tags and code, which is very difficult to reconstruct by hand. By basing your customized template on an existing template which already has tags and code in place, you will make the job much easier for yourself, and will save hours (if not days) of time troubleshooting a hand coded template.

The recent poll I offered concluded that the most familiar template to Blogger Buster readers is the Minima template, so for the purpose of this series, I will base all tutorials on modifications of this template. By the time this series is complete, the resulting "demonstration" template will not resemble Minima at all!

Before we begin!

I would strongly recommend that you use a test blog to create your customized template rather than interfere with your main blog. For more information about test blogs, take a look at this post, or read through my guide to essential tools for customizing Blogger templates.

If you choose not to use a test blog, you must back up your existing template before making any changes to it!

From this point forwards, I will assume that you are either using a test blog to create your new template, or that you have fully backed up your existing template.

Making a wider template

Over the years, the default Blogger templates have not changed much. Aside from the stretch designs (which are designed to accommodate the entire width of the browser window), most are rather narrow when compared to the size of most readers' browser screens.

So the first thing we will do to the Minima template is make it wider. The resulting width will then be large enough to include either two sidebars (instead of only one), or alternatively a wider posts column and a thicker sidebar.

The optimum width of a blog template

Most modern blog templates, whether hosted on Blogger, Wordpress or Typepad platforms, are between 800 and 950 pixels wide. This seems to be the optimum size range for blog templates, as this width can accommodate two sidebars or an expanded entries column.

I would recommend that you make your template no wider than 950 pixels. Even though this width may not fully span the width of your own browser window, you can be fairly certain that it will not run off the screen of smaller browsers.

In these tutorials, I will show you how to create a blog layout which is 950 pixels wide, though you can certainly make this a different value if you prefer.

Alter the outer-wrapper

The overall width of the Minima template is determined by the "outer-wrapper" div. This is styled within the section of the template as follows:

#outer-wrapper {
width: 660px;
margin:0 auto;
padding:10px;
text-align:$startSide;
font: $bodyfont;
}

To change the width of the template to 950 pixels, we simply need to change the line highlighted in red to this:

width: 950px;

After this change, my demonstration blog now looks like this:

As you can see, there is now a wide gap between the posts column and the sidebar. We can fill this gap by using one of these methods:

Depending on your choice of blog layout, you will need to use one of the following methods for your custom template.

Creating a three column template (with a second sidebar)

Although I have previously written a post about this method, I have decided to revamp my method here to add some extra functionality to the finished template.

In this tutorial, we will create the following dimensions in the layout:

Two sidebars, measuring 250px in width
The main posts column will be 450 px wide

This ensures regularity of each element, and will make it easier to add margins and passing at a later stage.

Change the width of the sidebar

It is easier to change the width of the existing sidebar before we add another one. To do this, open your template (no need to expand the widget templates) and find this section of code in the section:

#sidebar-wrapper {
width: 220px;
float: $endSide;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}

Change the line highlighted in red to this:

width: 250px

Your sidebar will now be slightly wider.

Adding the style for the second sidebar

Before we can call the secind sidebar in the blog template, we will need to add the styling for this sidebar, and make it unique.

Find and copy this whole section from your template (this is the section we modified in the previous step):

#sidebar-wrapper {
width: 250px;
float: $endSide;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}

Once you have copied this to your clipboard, paste this section of code immedietly beneath the original set of code. Then change this line in your newly pasted code:

#sidebar-wrapper {

To say this instead:

#new-sidebar-wrapper {

This is the identity of the div which contains the sidebar wrappers. Each div element which has an ID must be unique and should only be called once within the page. By adding the "new" part to the title of the style for the div, we can ensure the new sidebar will display properly.

If you want your second sidebar to fleat to the right of the main posts column, you can leave the styling as it is.

However, if you prefer the sidebar to appear to the left of the main posts column, you will need to change the following line:

float: $endSide;

To this instead:

float: $startSide;

This will ensure that your new sidebar will float to the left.

Calling the second sidebar in your blog template

To call the secind sidebar, we need to add a section of code to the actual template section. The location for this code changes depending on whether you wish the second sidebar to be aligned to the left or the right of the main posts column.

There are two possible locations for this second sidebar. Assuming you have not added any extra widgets to your Minima template, you will be able to find the following section of code in your Blogger template (do not expand the widget templates):

I have included some comments here to show where to paste the following code, depending on your choice of alignment. When you have decided where you would like your second sidebar to appear, copy and paste the following section of code in the appropriate place:

You should save your new template at this point.

There is currently no content in this second sidebar, so if you preview your blog, nothing will be displayed in it's place. But if you go to Template>Page Elements in your Blogger dashboars, you will see a new "Add page element" section. Here you can add a new widget and take a look at your blog to see how it will be displayed.

In my demonstration blog, I added the new sidebar to appear to the right of the main column which now appears like this:

Change the width of the main posts column

The final customization to this three column layout is changing the width of the main posts column slighly to make better use of the space available.

This is another simple edit. Simply find this section in the <>

#main-wrapper {
width: 410px;
float: $startSide;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}

Change the line highlighted in red to the following:

width: 450px;

Then save your template.

The finished result should look something like this:

You will notice that there is no space between the sidebars or main posts column. To make space appear between each sections, we will need to use margins and/or padding in the style section, which I will demonstrate in the next chapter of the Blogger Template Design series.

Creating a wide, two column template

Creating a wider template with added space for the main posts column and sidebar is a much simpler process.

In this example, we will make the width of the posts column to 650px, and the width of the sidebar to 300px. You can change these values if you prefer, so long as the total of these two sections is 950px.

Assuming you have already changed the width of the "outer-wrapper" to 950px, you will now only need to make two small edits to the style section of your template.

Change the width of the main posts column

The width of the main posts column is defined in the following section of code:

#main-wrapper {
width: 410px;
float: $startSide;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}

Simply change the line highlighted in red to this:

width: 650px;

Change the width of the sidebar

The width of the sidebar id defined in the following section of code:

#sidebar-wrapper {
width: 220px;
float: $endSide;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}

Again, you only need to edit the line in red to say the following instead:

width: 300px;

Finally, save your template and take a look at your newly widened blog. If you have used the same values as I did, your new template should appear like this:

As with the three column layout, you will notice there is no space between the sidebars and the main posts column. We will work on optimizing this canvas in the next installment of the Blogger Template Design series.

Final words

For your convenience, I have made each of the template layouts described above available for download as an XML template. To download any of these files, right click on the link and choose "Save As..."

Progress of the demonstration blog

For the demonstration blog which will accompany this series, I have chosen the three column design where the two sidebars are aligned to the right. You can view the progress of the Blogger Template Design Series blog using this link.

Coming soon

In the next installment of this series, I will explain how you can further modify this basic canvas to suit your requirements. This will include modifications to the margins, padding and the header section, plus a few other elements of the blog's style.

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Effect of custom domain conversion on traffic and PageRank

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:55:00 +0000

As you know, Blogger has introduced custom domain whereby you can register your own domain name and use it for your blog instead of the sub-domain of blogspot.com. Some may be deterred from using custom domain because it involves a change of URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and PageRank of the blog reduced to being not ranked, both which may reduce the traffic to the blog.

Last year I finally decided to make the leap and convert one of my less traffic blog, http://dummies-guide-to-google-blogger.blogspot.com/ to custom domain, namely http://www.blogger-book.com/.

Regarding PageRank, it did get downgraded from a PageRank of 4 to being not ranked at all. However, the PageRank of Blogger book has now increased to PageRank 1 and is expected to increase as time goes by. The best of all is, it appear that PageRank is not that crucial to getting hits (traffic) as the conversion to custom domain, despite the PageRank downgrad, did not decrease. In fact, from an average of 3020 unique visitors per month from the month of January to October (before conversion), the number of unique visitors have increased to 3976, an increase of 32% (see screen shot below):

However, before I convert, I saved all the permalink prior to conversion to custom domain to test whether the old permalink will be redirected to the new custom domain permalink. I am happy to report that all the old permalink is being effortlessly redirected to the new custom domain permalink (individual post URL).

Update: A blogger has complained that after conversion, traffic went down to almost zero. It turned out that the blogger registered the domain direct from Godaddy. In my case, I registered using Google Apps via SETTINGS > PUBLISHING, paid for the registration and did the conversion to custom domain all within Blogger, never directly through Godaddy. Looks like most of those bloggers experiencing problems with custom domain did it via Godaddy.

Quote For the Day

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:41:00 +0000

We have two eyes
and just one tongue

which means we need
to look twice
and talk once

we have two ears
and just one mouth so
we need to listen
more than we talk

we have two hands and
one stomach

so we need to work
twice as much as me eat

we have two brains,
left and right,
and one heart

so we can think
twice

BUT LOVE ONLY ONE

Past is Past

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:24:00 +0000

People say
"past is past"
you need
to move on
to see
the future but
how can you move on
when
your past
is the only thing
you ever wanted to be
with in the future

Quote of the day

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:19:00 +0000

when people hurt me
i think of them
like a
sand paper

they may scratch me
and
hurt me
a
bit
but in the
end
i end up polished
and they end up
USELESS.....!!!!

does TRUE LOVE exist? question by "headed to nowhere"

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:28:00 +0000

yes.......
True Love Does Really exist in this world
its unexplainable
it has own reason.... and that reason is UNKNOWN
true love cant be seen in physical looks,mental ability,money......
kindness.....
but in the Heart...
mouth cant say...
brain cant think....

only the heart... can say... ^^
"Do i Love Him/Her???"

Contact me

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:39:00 +0000

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"I Feel Trapped in This Relationship"

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:25:00 +0000

Dear Dr, Love

I am a 20 year old female that is in a relationship with a 25 year old man. We have been going out for three months now, but we fell in love after going out for three weeks. The relationship was a dream come true until very recently.
My boyfriend asked me to stay with him during my school break from college (2 weeks). This seemed like a long period of time and I was a little nervous inside because of concern over my need for space.
Despite this apprehension, I agreed to the arrangement. He said that it has been the best time of his life while I felt like I was going crazy after the two weeks were over. I told him that I needed to go away for a few days so that I could have more freedom, more space, and get more things done. I complained that I felt like I had gotten married overnight. I was confined to the house most of the time. It took him a while to finally give me a key and I am isolated from transportation and friends. I felt like he wanted me to adapt to his ways of doing things instead of doing things my own way.
When I wasn't living with him, he would still come straight from work and take me out for a great time. Since I've been staying with him, we mostly go out to run errands, go to the grocery store, and take the trash out!
Every time he was around he wanted me to be with him (For example: if I was watching TV, he would want me to stop so that I could lay next to him while he was on the phone.) I told him that simple things make me feel in control (being able to come and go as I please, working outside the house, etc.) but I felt like he was trying to be in control. I told him that made me feel unhappy so I had to go back to my original environment for a little while.
Meanwhile, he keeps saying he wants to ask me to marry him someday, he wants me to have his children, he wants me to live with him permanently after I graduate in May. I'll admit that we've had some wonderful times together. But I'm feeling suffocated.
After we discussed these things, he voluntarily said he would change. He said he didn't think he was controlling but that possibly I thought so because of the way he said things and that he would try to be more careful. I told him that I am a very independent person and I need time for my own activities and interests. He said he will value my privacy more.
This is all nice but I am still feeling awkward about going back to stay with him. I feel more irritated by him that ever and my need for space seems to grow everyday.
I feel overwhelmed and confused. I keep telling myself that love will keep us together despite my recent doubts.
What should I do?

Trapped

This guy may be great and wonderful but you are in an entirely different life stage. You are definitely not ready to play house.
Your feelings are right when they tell you that being confined is not right for you at the age of 20. We need to keep in mind that he is five years older than you and may be more ready than you are. This relationship, as loving as it is, was not equipped to handle coming home and doing chores.
You had your best times when you could go out and have fun. You need to keep doing this. So many young people make the mistake of giving up their late adolescence and early adulthood, which is a time of discovery and experimentation, to be committed to someone they might eventually outgrow.
We change the most between the ages of 20 to 28. All your feelings of being stifled are telling you that you need to be much freer than you are with this young man. Your heart is telling you that you can't handle this so listen to it.
Try to go back to the stage where you are merely dating. Errands and chores at your age will deprive you of the period of experimentation and growth at the sacrifice of what he needs you to be.
I can't stress how strongly I feel that you need to break away from this and discover your own life as a separate individual before you make this kind of choice.
What if you wake up in five years and say, "My God, I've missed five years of my development!"
I guarantee you this is what will happen.
Your feelings are correct. Pay attention to them.

Pasahe

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:13:00 +0000

Sa Isang Jeep

Pasahero: Mama, Magkano Po Yung Pasahe?

Driver: 7.50 Yung Minimum

Pasahero: (Dumukot Ito Sa Bulsa Para Kunin Yung Pera Niya, Ngunit sa Di Sinasadyang Dahilan Kulang Yung Pamasahe Niya.) Patay, Kulang Yung Pera Ko. Paano Kaya Ito? (Nag Isip Ito At Lumingon Sa Driver. Napansin Niya Na Duling Ito. Sabi Niya Sa Kanyang Sarili, Tama Duling Yung Driver Sigurado Pag Nagbigay Ako Ng 3.75 di Niya Mapapansin Na Kulang Yung Pera Ko. Kasi Doble Yung Paningin Nito. Inabot Niya Sa Driver Yung Pera.

Ngunit Laking Gulat Niya Nung May Sinabi Yung Driver Sa Kanya.

Driver: Kulang Ito!

Pasahero: Anong Kulang? Di Ba Sabi Mo 7.50 Yung Minimum?

Driver: Oo Nga 7.50 eh Dalawa Kaya Kayo.

Patay! Akala Mo Lusot Kana ha?

Lottery Winner

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Love) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:04:00 +0000

Sa States, isang Bikolano ang nanalo sa Lottery. Takbo agad siya sa Lottery Office para kunin ang ang pera.
Bikolano: I want my $20 million!

Lotto Official: No, Sir, Hindi po ganoon ang pag bayad namin. Sa umpisa, bibigyan ka namin ng 1 Million. Every year thereafter, Ibibigay namin sa iyo ang 1 Million.

Bikolano: Kailangan ko na ang buong pera ngayon!

Lotto Official: Talagang hindi pwedi dahil may kasulatan diyan sa likod ng ng ticket na hindi pwedi ang Lump Sum!

Bikolano: Look, I want my money now! Pag hindi niyo ibibigay ang $20 million ngayon, mabuti pa, Ibalik niyo na sa akin ang $1.00 na puhunan ko sa ticket!!!