How to add floating social media widget to blogger.

In the present time, the social bookmarking websites like Facebook, Google +1, Digg, Twitter, StumbleUpon play a major roll on the internet. These websites has a huge number of visitors daily. If you put sharing buttons for these websites on your website, they can drive much traffic to your website. Also your website will be more popular on these social networking websites as well as on the internet.
 In the following tutorial, you will learn to add these floating social media buttons to your blogger in the given simple steps:- 

Firstly you should disable share buttons for the “Blog Posts” widgets enabled by default. If you do not disable this option, the Google +1 button will not work properly.

1. Go to Dashboard > Design > Edit HTML. and search for <head> tag and Paste the following code just below it and Save the template.

<script src='http://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js' type='text/javascript'> {lang: &#39;en-US&#39;} </script>

2. Go to Design > Page elements

3. Add a gadget, Select HTML/Java Script gadget.

4. Now leave the “Title” blank and drag this Gadget to the left sidebar.

5. Copy the following code and paste inside this gadget in content box.

<style>#floatingbuttons{background:#F9F9F9;background:-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0, #fff), color-stop(1, #F9F9F9));background:-moz-linear-gradient(top, #fff, #F9F9F9);border:1px solid #ccc;float:left;padding:0 0 3px 0;position:fixed;bottom:15%;left:0;z-index:10;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;box-shadow:2px 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);} #floatingbuttons .floatbutton{float:left;clear:both;margin:5px 4px 0 4px;} .addbuttons{clear:both;text-align:center;padding-top:5px;} .addbuttons a span.getfloat, .addbuttons a span.sharebuttons{color:#000;background:none;font-family:arial, sans-serif;display:block;font-size:9px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;line-height:11px;} .addbuttons a:hover span{color:#fff;background:none;text-decoration:underline;}</style>
<div id='floatingbuttons' title="Share this post!"><script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"></script><script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var s = document.createElement('SCRIPT'), s1 = document.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0]; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = 'http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js'; s1.parentNode.insertBefore(s, s1); })(); </script><!-- Medium Button --><script src='http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' type="text/javascript"></script>

<div class='floatbutton' id='google+1'><g:plusone size="tall"></g:plusone></div>

<div class='floatbutton' id='facebook'><fb:like layout="box_count" show_faces="false" font=""></fb:like></div>

<div class='floatbutton' id='digg'><a class="DiggThisButton DiggMedium"></a></div>

<div class='floatbutton' id='stumbleupon'><script src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=5"></script></div>

<div class='floatbutton' id='twitter'><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" >Tweet</a></div>

<div class="addbuttons"><a href="http://www.hints-and-tricks.com/2011/11/how-to-add-floating-social-media-widget.html " title="How to add floating social media widget to blogger. "><span class="getfloat">Get buttons</span></a> </div> </div>

6. Click on Save. The social media floating widget has been installed on your blogger.

You can see example of this widget on left hand side of this blog.

How to take screenshot without any software installation in Windows.

Earlier if someone wanted to take screenshot in windows, he had to use the Print Screen option and paste the screenshot in any image editor for making the changes in that screenshot. Besides this, there are many softwares available on the internet for taking the screenshots or for screen-capturing. These softwares either they can be purchased or they come with trail period. After expiring their trail period, they becomes useless. At this time you have to download another one screen capturing software.

But the good news is that the Window 7, Window Vista and some latest Editions of Window XP has  inbuilt screen-capturing software called Snipping Tool. So What is the snipping tool?  The snipping Tool is a very handy and useful screen capturing utility. Snipping Tool can take screenshots of currently opened window, a rectangular area, entire screen or a freely selected area. Also Snipping tool can save the captured screenshots in PNG, GIF, or JPEG formats. You can edit the captured screenshot and send the captured screenshot by email. Also you can highlight any part of screenshot. The snipping tool has also many other useful options available. 

For opening Snipping Tool

Go to Programs > Accessories you will find snipping tool in this folder

You can also find this tool by typing Snipping tool in the search box.

So enjoy this very handy and simple utility.

How to lock a folder without any software in Window XP or Window 7.

If you can lock a folder without installing any software, then there is no need to buy costly software to lock the folders in window XP or window 7. Here is very simple trick to Lock any folder without any software in window XP or window 7. The simple steps are given below:- 

1.Open Notepad in your computer.  

2.Copy the code given below and paste it in the Notepad opened.

cls

@ECHO OFF

title Folder Locker

if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK

if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER

:CONFIRM

echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)

set/p "cho=>"

if %cho%==Y goto LOCK

if %cho%==y goto LOCK

if %cho%==n goto END

if %cho%==N goto END

echo Invalid choice.

goto CONFIRM

:LOCK

ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

echo Folder locked

goto End

:UNLOCK

echo Enter password to Unlock folder

set/p "pass=>"

if NOT %pass%==PUT YOUR PASSWORD HERE goto FAIL

attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Locker

echo Folder Unlocked successfully

goto End

:FAIL

echo Invalid password

goto end

:MDLOCKER

md Locker

echo Locker created successfully

goto End

:End

3. Replace “PUT YOUR PASSWORD HERE” text given in red color above code with password of your choice.  

4. Now the save this file as a .bat file having any name e.g. xyz.bat  

5. Try to save this file having name like the system files. And place this .bat file in the system folders. So that everybody will think, this file is a system file.  

6. Now close this .bat file. Double click on this .bat file, It will create a new folder called “Locker” automatically in the same directory as the .bat file created earlier.  

7. Now place the contents you want to hide or lock inside this Locker folder. And double click on .bat file. System will ask you “Are you sure u want to lock the folder”. Type Y and press Enter.  

8. The folder will be locked.  

9. To open this folder just double click the .bat file, the system will ask to enter the password. Just enter your password and Press Enter. The folder will be unlocked.  

10. So this is very simple trick to hide or lock the files in window XP or window 7. Just you have to be careful that nobody can access the .bat file generated and can know your password.

Enjoy this Trick.

How to block or enable cookies in Internet Explorer for specific website.

When you browse or surf any website, they collect the information about your browser type, your IP address, operating system and the web pages you are visiting etc. This all information is transmitted by your browser. Which is very useful for finding your activities and habits. For this purpose, the websites you visit send a piece of data which contains a unique identification code which is stored on your web browser, Which can be read back from that web browser. This piece of data is called cookies. Although these cookies are very beneficial for above said purposes but they can also be used to hack your important private information or passwords.

Most of the user thinks, it is always safe to block cookies in your internet browser. But for browsing some websites, the cookies acceptance should be enabled. To make an exception or change settings for cookie acceptance in browser, you can change Internet Explore settings to enable or block specific cookies. For this purpose the following steps are given:-

1.     Go to Tools and then Internet options in Internet Explorer.

2.   Click on Privacy tab. Adjust slider given under the settings to Medium. At this level the cookies from trusted sites are always accepted and are blocked from suspicious websites

3.   Press Advanced tab. And check the override automatic cookie handling. Also check First party cookies and third party cookies both as Accept. Also check the Always allows session cookies option to accept the cookies especially to browse financial institutions websites. Besides this if you want to notify you about your choice to accept cookies, you can also select Prompt option also.

4.     Press OK

If you want to enable or disable cookies for certain websites, you can create Block or Allow list.

1.      Go to Internet options in  your Internet explorer.

2.      Click Tools> Privacy> Sites.

3.      Put the URL or website, whose cookies you want to be block or allow. And click on Block or Allow as per your choice.

4.      Press OK, You can add or delete any website from this list to accept the cookies.

How to Type New Indian Rupee Symbol in Windows XP or Windows 7 without any Font Installation.

Finally Indian Rupee has got its own symbol like other international currencies. By default, anybody can not type the new Indian rupee symbol like other special characters. Also it will take some time to get the Key position on keyboards like other symbols. Generally,  you have to install new font for typing  Indian Rupee Symbol from somewhere. But I will explain a tutorial to create your own font for typing this symbol as follow:-

1.       Press windows key along with R.

2.       Type C:\WINDOWS\system32\eudcedit.exe  in Run and hit enter.

3.       The “Private Character Editor” will be opened. Press OK in the “Select Code” window  opened along with this Editor.

4.       Go to Tools in the “Private Character Editor”  and Item and then Pencil option.

5.       Draw the Indian rupee symbol with the help of pencil.

6.       Now go to File>Exit, The system will ask to save this character click Yes.

7.       Save the character to all the fonts shown or any specific font family.

8.       Now go to Start>Accessories> System Tools> Charactre Map option.

9.       The new Indian Rupee symbol can be found in the famil where it was saved.

10.   Now just copy the character and paste it where required. And Enjoy this trick.

How to change Shutdown and Startup sound in Windows 7, Window XP or Vista.

Hello Friends! If you are bored due to the sounds of window during the startup and shutdown, then there is a good news for you. You can change the startup and shutdown sounds in windows 7, windows XP and Vista. You can use any track of your choice instead of these sounds provided you have track of your choice in  .WAV format. For this purpose the following steps are given:-

1.       Firstly decide the Track which you want to use during the Shutdown and Startup.

2.       This track should be in .WAV format as well as having size less than 1Mb. If the size of this file is greater than this the window will take some more time during the startup and shutdown.

3.       Now name this track as “Windows XP Startup.WAV” and “Windows XP Shutdown.WAV”

4.       Now go to the C drive>WINDOWS>MEDIA. Here you will see two files having names  “Windows XP Startup.WAV” and “Windows XP Shutdown.WAV”. Replace these files with the files selected by you respectively.

5.       Now all the steps are completed and you can enjoy new startup and shutdown sounds.

How to Update Facebook Fan Pages automatically using RSS feed.

 

In the present time, the role of Facebook cannot be ignored in promoting any product, a website or blog. If you have a website, organization or runs any business, You can make Facebook Fan Pages to promote your product on the Facebook. Generally the website or blog is made for promoting any product online and Administrator of the website or blog used to provide the updates about the product on his website or blog. Besides this, the Facebook Fan Page should also be updated accordingly. For this purpose, you can Update Facebook fan page automatically with the RSS feeds of your website or blog explained as below:-

• Go to your Facebook account.
• Click on the dropdown arrow next to “Account”.
• Select the option “Use Facebook as Page”.
• Click the “Switch” button given in the next instruction.
• Click on the “Edit Page “option given at the top-right of the page.
• Click on “Apps” in left sidebar and click the link “Go to Application” under Notes.
• Click on “Edit import settings” given in the left sidebar.
• Put your Blog RSS feed address in the web URL box. Confirm this action and follow the instructions given ahead.
• Now click “Start importing” and Facebook validate your feed URL. In this way all the process is completed.