Merging Two Blog Account

Do you have two separate email addresses that are connected two blog? Maybe you aren't sure how to merge them. Well, one way is to make one address the admin of the two blogs. Read more for more details

Number 1 step you should do is to choose which email address you want to make it dominant (that is, the one that controls the two blogs). For example, say that I have two account, both have a blog attached to it. Let's just call it john.s@gmail.com and johnsmith@gmail.com. I want my johnsmith@gmail.com account to be able to control both the blog. After you decide then open up your Dashboard (with the account that you want detach your blog from, NOT the one that you choose just now, so in my case I login using the john.s@gmail.com) and click on the Settings tab, then choose the Permission subtab.

In the Blog Author section, the one with your email address there, click 'Add Authors' then type in your other email address (I should type johnsmith@gmail.com) and hit 'Invite'. Sign out from your Dashboard. Now check your email inbox if there is a mail (from Blogger) that says you are invited to be an author, click the confirmation link and follow the given step. Usually you have to login with your other account, so that's why I told you to sign out first.

Now back to your Dashboard > Settings > Permissions (still with the account you want to detach your blog from). If you do it right, then you would see both of your email addresses, one labeled admin and one author. Beside the label you should see a link called 'make admin' and click that.

Sign out from your current account and sign in (now I sign in with johnsmith@gmail.com) again with your another account. Now you should be able to administer both of your blog with that one account only. You are done for this part but if you want to remove your other account (in my case I want to remove john.s@gmail.com from being an admin), go to your Dashboard > Settings > Permission and hit the Remove link beside your email address.

If you have any technical difficulties, feel free to comment and tell your problem, I'll be very glad to help you out.

Widen your blog width

Are you kinda sick of the width of your blog? It can only hold that wide pics (usually 220px for sidebar). In this tutorial we'll learn how to make more space on your blog so that your pics stays in. NOTE: this tutorial is intended for those who use the default templates, if you use custom template then this tutorial is most likely not applicable.

Ok, so our 1^st step is to open the Dashboard > Layout and choose the 'Edit html' tab. In the code, find the line:

#main-wrapper {
width: 474px;
margin: 15px;

This is taken from the Denim template, your's may have a slightly different code, depending on the template.

Now see there the width is (in my case) 474px, and I can't put any pic or videos that are wider than 474px. So how do we change it? Simple just change the width values to whatever size you want it to be. In my example I'll change it to 500 px.

#main-wrapper {
width: 500px;
margin: 15px;

Don't forget there's a semicolon at the end of px. Simple right? The code above changes the width of your blog posts, not the sidebar. If you want to change the sidebar width, then look for the following code:

#sidebar-wrapper {
width: 240px;
word-wrap: break-word;
overflow: hidden;

And change the width value to whatever width you wish. Ok, after you are done, Save the template.

Now after you finished editing your posts and sidebar width then it's time to edit the outer-wrapper. You'll need this to have the same width as the total of your post and sidebar. So go back in the edit html and find either:

#content-wrapper {
width: 985px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0 0 15px;

OR

#outer-wrapper {
width: 985px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0 0 15px;

And change the width by as much you change the sidebar or posts. Here's a practical way to do that. Say I've change the posts width by 35px, and the sidebar width by 20px, that means a total of 55px. My current outer-wrapper (or content-wrapper) width is 985px, so I must change it to 1040px (that is, 985 + 55). Save your template. You are done for this part.

Now if you got your header misaligned, you must change the width as you change the outer-wrapper. Find the code:

#header {
width: 985px;
margin: 0 auto;

And change the width by the same amount you change the outer-wrapper. Hit the Save button for the last time and you are done! Now you have a wider blog to hold all your pics. But if the width still doesn't fit you, go back to editing html until you find the perfect width. Keep experimenting!

Add random text gadget

Do you want to make a random, always-changing, text? Maybe its a quote of the day, or maybe it's a list of random tips. Anyway, let us begin.

First of all prepare your text. It is preferable to use not more than 3 sentences. After you do so open http://www.anniyalogam.com/widgets/random-message-widget in your browser. You should see a plain white site with many blanks to fill in. Now, fill in the 'Widget Title' with the title of your widget (quotes of the day, etc) and the rest 10 blank (that is, message 1, message 2, and so on) with your quotes/tips. Then hit the 'Generate Code' at the bottom of the page. The large box in the bottom should be filled up with Javascript code.

Your next step is to copy the code, go to your dashboard, click layout, and on the Page element tab click 'add a gadget'. Scroll down till you find the 'HTML' gadget. Hit the + button to add it to your blog. Then a window should pop up. Fill in the 'Content' with the code you copy earlier, hit 'Save' and position the gadget wherever it fits you. That's it, now you have a random text gadget!