How to Add a Tiny jQuery Circleslider to Blogger

Tiny Circleslider is a small jQuery plugin that generates a circular carousel of images.

There is noting complicated about using this type of carousel, however when it's about customizing it, it's necessary to use a bit of arithmetic. All these details can be found in the author's homepage, so I'll just limit myself to show you the basics.

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Obviously, we need to add the javascript jQuery library in our template:

Step 1. From your Blogger's dashboard, go to Template > press the Edit HTML button

Step 2. Search for the </head> (CTRL + F) tag and just above it, add the following code:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src="http://fe-blogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/jquery.tinycircleslider.min.js"/>

We would lack the CSS styles that we need to add above the </head> tag as well:

<style>
  #rotatescroll { /* is the rectangle container */
    height: 300px;
    position: relative;
    width: 300px;
  }
  #rotatescroll .viewport { /* is the rectangle containing the images */
    height: 300px;
    position: relative;
    margin: 0 auto;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 300px
  }
  #rotatescroll .overview { /* is the list with the images */
    left: 0;
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
  }
  #rotatescroll .overview li { /* each item of the list */
    float: left;
    height: 300px;
    position: relative;
    width: 300px;
  }
  #rotatescroll .overlay { /* the image with the circle overlapping the list */
    background: transparent url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcq_PkD5Hw4RthyphenhyphenNswjgAmUP05Zwm8GTYHRvc70Z_t4KaPuyvFVrldyXfWCbhh4HPbyoZKFHUwRGREFLxjCwH6V4fN6IIwGzl5gZvimHVeXH4XNFjWJSgEhz-tkTmbFMWB5aeE1wgeRW4f/s1600/bg-rotatescroll.png) no-repeat 0 0;
    height: 300px;
    left: 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    width:300px;
  }
  #rotatescroll .thumb { /* the red circle that allows us to navigate */
    background:transparent url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PSdIYf1RAOKwGi2m6CjixrZ-qO_a1IPaTg6dDUDMs57ofzU7k-3GMRzzL0Z8Xckt_JcTdjdSeiTeREUan4ohchUvq_4vrYrLnkcVXzg66kkVIsU2qBjTNhwM5_j7qKWt4Ty-0ITt3hYN/s1600/bg-thumb.png) no-repeat 0 0;
    cursor: pointer;
    height: 26px;
    left: 137px;
    position: absolute;
    top: -3px;
    width: 26px;
    z-index: 200;
  }
  #rotatescroll .dot { /* the points indicating the position of each image */
    background: transparent url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCce_SYe4z80g25IVD1A3RBWxR-m3ebSAAKYmBrrGicH3LbYt-Wj2-j7dpKQmhfeXuwBo8rZT513OH0OY2L5-S5EmCrZO2qUSm-T2RHeJVugET2il46w3vY0eu3ettLgXrnI6GVdRmSkoR/s1600/bg-dot.png) no-repeat 0 0;
    display: none;
    height: 12px;
    left: 155px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 3px;
    width: 12px;
    z-index: 100;
  }
  #rotatescroll .dot span { /* are hidden by default */
    display: none;
  }
</style>

Screenshot

Step 3. Now here's the HTML that has to be added to where we want to display the carousel.
Create a New post and paste on the HTML section, the code below:

<div id="rotatescroll">
  <div class="viewport">
    <ul class="overview">
      <li><img src="imageURL" /></li>
      <li><img src="imageURL" /></li>
      <li><img src="imageURL" /></li>
      <li><img src="imageURL" /></li>
      <li><img src="imageURL" /></li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <div class="dot"></div>
  <div class="overlay"></div>
  <div class="thumb"></div>
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){ $('#rotatescroll').tinycircleslider(); });
$('#rotatescroll').tinycircleslider({ interval: true, snaptodots: true });
</script>

Screenshot

Note: replace the imageURL text with the URL of your images

and here are other options that could be added, separated by commas:

snaptodots - false if you want no dots to be shown when dragging them
hidedots - false if you want to display the internal points (by default is true)
intervaltime - is the time between slides (by default 3500)
radius - defines the size of the circle (by default is 140)

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Turn off the lights with jQuery

For those who enjoy watching videos on the net, this is a very useful script made by Janko with jQuery.

So what this script does? It will "turn off the lights" so that everything you have on the page will be fading to dark less the video, so there will not be other elements that will distract us while watching a video and we will feel like in the cinema.

You can see an example here by clicking on the link that says "Turn off the lights".
Whenever you want, then you can click on the link again and it will turn the lights back on.

Turn off the lights

To put this effect of "lights" on the blog, go to Template > Edit HTML and before the </head> tag (CTRL + F to find it), paste the script:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#darkness").css("height", $(document).height()).hide();
$(".lightSwitcher").click(function(){
$("#darkness").toggle();
if ($("#darkness").is(":hidden"))
$(this).html("Turn off the lights").removeClass("turnedOff");
else
$(this).html("Turn on the lights").addClass("turnedOff");
});
});
//]]>
</script>

Then add before ]]></b:skin> the CSS styles:

/* Turn off the lights
----------------------------------------------- */
#lightsVideo {
position:relative;
z-index:102;
}
#switch {
max-width:640px;
text-align:left;
position:relative;
height:25px;
display:block;
margin: 25px 0 0 60px;
}
.lightSwitcher {
position:absolute;
z-index:101;
background-image:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdTee3ytVsLmpmhUS1g7nyU_O8MUL0TwSuT-ZQ4a5oSd-CSk4sX6lB1dYo_88Lbd-XW014NGtLRA6MiR1Ttu53AAjm8w1lo47Rr78oqMw4apF9Ff34gnJy596R2TAG9TTaZUAydCnc22-/s1600/lights-on.png);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left;
padding: 0 0 0 20px;
outline:none;
text-decoration:none;
}
.lightSwitcher:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
.turnedOff {
color:#ffff00 !important;
background-image:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKMYDcfoEGRMklCTmnxp7-7xlw3ne-XvuHD6wLmskGVnZ6yUIL7C2Sg0csoR8d2fweaMm1eLKt-AQ6vn7zq8cuiR5lfWAOoZEMCRgNU-yd1ga-K-E5j5OJ4M5sD72or1YZ3HC6_15Tagn/s1600/lights-off.png);
}
#darkness {
background:#000;
opacity:0.8;
filter:alpha(opacity=80);
position:absolute;
left:0;
top:0;
width:100%;
z-index:100;
}

Click on the arrow to expand the styles

 Then, before the </body> tag, add this:

<div id='darkness'/>

And finally, wherever you put your video, either a post or a HTML/Javascript gadget, use this code:

<center>
<div id="switch"><a class="lightSwitcher" href="javascript:void(0);">Turn off the lights</a></div>
<div id="lightsVideo">
...Here goes the code of the video...
</div>
</center>

Add the code of your video to where is indicated and that's it. Now you can enjoy your videos with the lights off!

Remember that this trick uses jQuery, so if you use Scriptaculous or Mootools you should apply a patch, and if you use another version of jQuery, you must use only one.

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Before/After Photo Effect with jQuery

If you have a design or makeup blog, or if you are using before and after image comparison, this script will surely be very useful for you.

In this tutorial we'll learn how to add the Before/After plugin, a script that works with jQuery and displays two pictures dynamically for comparing them at the same time. By dragging sideways a small bar we can see both images that are being compared.

See this Brittany Murphy pic before and after photoshop:

Implementing this script is simple, we just need jQuery, the Before/After script, and the two images that we are going to compare.

How to add the Before/After plugin to Blogger

Step 1. Go to Template > Edit HTML and before </head> (CTRL + F to find it) paste the following:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://fe-blogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/jquery.beforeafter.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(function(){
$(&#39;#beforeafter1&#39;).beforeAfter({showFullLinks : true});
});
</script>

Step 2. Click on the Save template button
Note: if the above script doesn't work for you, add it above the </body> tag. Also please verify if you have added jQuery in your template (if you did so, then remove the line in green)

Step 3. Go to Layout, add a HTML/Javascript gadget and paste this code inside the empty box:

<div id='beforeafter1'>
<div><img alt='before' src='URL of the first image' width='500' height='291'/></div>
<div><img alt='after' src='URL of the second image' width='500' height='291'/></div>
</div>

Add the URL of the first image that is the Before image, and the URL of the second image that is the After image.

It is important that you have specified the width and height of each picture so that they work on all browsers.
If you want to add more images just change the ID of the container, in this case the container is called beforeafter1 so you need to change it to beforeafter2 and so on, although you can choose any name as long as all are different.

And in the first code to paste, add another line like this one in blue:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://fe-blogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/jquery.beforeafter.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(function(){
$(&#39;#beforeafter1&#39;).beforeAfter({showFullLinks : true});
$(&#39;#beforeafter2&#39;).beforeAfter({showFullLinks : true});
});
</script>

You can add as many before/after images as you like as long as all containers have a different ID and the corresponding lines are added in the script.
Below each photo container are the "Show only Before" and "Show only after" links that when you click on them, the complete pictures will be shown. If you want to hide these links, then just change true to false in the first code and they will not be displayed anymore.

Note: if you see white space around the drag icons, then search for this code in your template:

   <Group description="Images" selector=".main-inner">
     <Variable name="image.background.color" description="Background Color" type="color" default="#ffffff" value="#ffffff"/>

... and change the #ffffff value in red to transparent.

Autor: Catch my fame

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Page peel effect using jQuery

Page Peel is a popular page flip effect that when your cursor is passing over it will show "what's behind" as if it would be a book.
There are many ways to do this, many of them use flash files which makes it less customizable, however, the one that we will see in this post is made with jQuery.

Regularly the content that is "behind" it is an image for subscribing to feed but you can put any image and link to any page.

Demo

You can see an example in this demo blog.

To add this page curl effect on your blog: 

 

1. Go to Template > Edit HTML and before </head> paste the script:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<script>
//<![CDATA[
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#pageflip").hover(function() {
$("#pageflip img , .msg_block").stop()
.animate({
width: '307px',
height: '319px'
}, 500);
} , function() {
$("#pageflip img").stop()
.animate({
width: '50px',
height: '52px'
}, 220);
$(".msg_block").stop()
.animate({
width: '50px',
height: '50px'
}, 200);
});
});
//]]>
</script>

2. Then before ]]></b:skin> paste these styles:

/* Page Flip
----------------------------------------------- */
#pageflip {
position: relative;
right: 0;
top: 0px; /* Change to 30px if you have the navbar (navigation bar) */
float: right;
z-index:9;
}
#pageflip img {
width: 50px;
height: 52px;
z-index: 99;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
top: 0;
-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;
}
#pageflip .msg_block {
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
overflow: hidden;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
top: 0;
background: url(http://oi44.tinypic.com/2hheno6.jpg) no-repeat right top;
}
#pageflipMirror {
position: static;
right: 0;
top: 0;
float: right;
}

3. Finally, paste after <body> or:

<body expr:class='&quot;loading&quot; + data:blog.mobileClass'>

The following code:

<div id='pageflip'>
<a href='http://name-of_your_blog.blogspot.com/atom.xml'>
<img src='http://oi40.tinypic.com/10fqnav.jpg' style='width: 50px; height: 52px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;'/></a>
<div class='msg_block' style='width: 50px; height: 50px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; '/>
</div>

In blue you will see a URL - this is the URL of the image that, in this case, is an invitation to subscribe to the feed. You can change it later to another (should be of the same size) if you want.
In red you can see where the name of your blog should be added, that will be the link to the feed of your blog when the user is giving a click on the image behind, but you can put any URL in case you want to link to another page.

And that's it. Save the template.

Remember that uses jQuery, so you should only have one version of it, and if you use Scriptaculous or Mootools, you should apply some changes.

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Customize the scroll bar (scrollbar) with JScrollPane

JScrollPane is a jQuery script that allows you to change the blog' scroll bar, ie the browser scrollbar.
Although we can use CSS to change it, the problem is that is not standardized, because with CSS we can make it work only in Chrome and Safari; and in the case of Internet Explorer it also has its own code but obviously it only works in that browser (I don't know which versions). So what we will do then is to give a new look to the scrollbar but by using jQuery, so the change will be visible in all browsers.

Demo

You can see an example in this test blog where the scroll bar has a different shape and color.

How to change the scrollbar on Blogger

1. Go to Template > Edit HTML and before </head> paste this code:

<script src='//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<style>
.jspContainer {overflow: hidden;position: relative;}.jspPane {position: absolute;}
.jspVerticalBar {position: absolute;top: 0;right: 0;width: 16px;height: 100%;background: #ccc;}
.jspHorizontalBar {position: absolute;bottom: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 16px;background: #ccc;}
.jspVerticalBar *,.jspHorizontalBar * {margin: 0;padding: 0;}
.jspCap {display: none;}.jspHorizontalBar .jspCap {float: left;}

.jspTrack {
background: #fff; /* background color of the bar */
position: relative;
}
.jspDrag {
background: #CC0000; /* Color of the scrollbar */
position: relative;
top: 0;
left: 0;
cursor: pointer;
}
.jspHorizontalBar .jspTrack,
.jspHorizontalBar .jspDrag {
float: left;
height: 100%;
}
.jspArrow {
background: #888; /* The color of the scrollbar limits */
text-indent: -20000px;
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
}
.jspArrow.jspDisabled {
cursor: default;
background: #333; /* Color of the limits when the srollbar is reaching them */
}
.jspVerticalBar .jspArrow {
height: 16px;
}
.jspHorizontalBar .jspArrow {
width: 16px;
float: left;
height: 100%;
}
.jspVerticalBar .jspArrow:focus {outline: none;}.jspCorner {background: #eeeef4;float: left;height: 100%;}* html .jspCorner {margin: 0 -3px 0 0;}
html, body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#blog-container {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: auto;
}
</style>
<script>
//<![CDATA[
/*! Copyright (c) 2013 Brandon Aaron (http://brandonaaron.net)
* Licensed under the MIT License (LICENSE.txt).
* Version: 3.1.3
*/

(function (factory) {
if ( typeof define === 'function' && define.amd ) {
define(['jquery'], factory);
} else if (typeof exports === 'object') {
module.exports = factory;
} else {
// Browser globals
factory(jQuery);
}
}(function ($) {

var toFix = ['wheel', 'mousewheel', 'DOMMouseScroll', 'MozMousePixelScroll'];
var toBind = 'onwheel' in document || document.documentMode >= 9 ? ['wheel'] : ['mousewheel', 'DomMouseScroll', 'MozMousePixelScroll'];
var lowestDelta, lowestDeltaXY;

if ( $.event.fixHooks ) {
for ( var i = toFix.length; i; ) {
$.event.fixHooks[ toFix[--i] ] = $.event.mouseHooks;
}
}

$.event.special.mousewheel = {
setup: function() {
if ( this.addEventListener ) {
for ( var i = toBind.length; i; ) {
this.addEventListener( toBind[--i], handler, false );
}
} else {
this.onmousewheel = handler;
}
},

teardown: function() {
if ( this.removeEventListener ) {
for ( var i = toBind.length; i; ) {
this.removeEventListener( toBind[--i], handler, false );
}
} else {
this.onmousewheel = null;
}
}
};

$.fn.extend({
mousewheel: function(fn) {
return fn ? this.bind("mousewheel", fn) : this.trigger("mousewheel");
},

unmousewheel: function(fn) {
return this.unbind("mousewheel", fn);
}
});

function handler(event) {
var orgEvent = event || window.event,
args = [].slice.call(arguments, 1),
delta = 0,
deltaX = 0,
deltaY = 0,
absDelta = 0,
absDeltaXY = 0,
fn;
event = $.event.fix(orgEvent);
event.type = "mousewheel";
if ( orgEvent.wheelDelta ) { delta = orgEvent.wheelDelta; }
if ( orgEvent.detail ) { delta = orgEvent.detail * -1; }
if ( orgEvent.deltaY ) {
deltaY = orgEvent.deltaY * -1;
delta = deltaY;
}
if ( orgEvent.deltaX ) {
deltaX = orgEvent.deltaX;
delta = deltaX * -1;
}
if ( orgEvent.wheelDeltaY !== undefined ) { deltaY = orgEvent.wheelDeltaY; }
if ( orgEvent.wheelDeltaX !== undefined ) { deltaX = orgEvent.wheelDeltaX * -1; }
absDelta = Math.abs(delta);
if ( !lowestDelta || absDelta < lowestDelta ) { lowestDelta = absDelta; }
absDeltaXY = Math.max(Math.abs(deltaY), Math.abs(deltaX));
if ( !lowestDeltaXY || absDeltaXY < lowestDeltaXY ) { lowestDeltaXY = absDeltaXY; }
fn = delta > 0 ? 'floor' : 'ceil';
delta = Math[fn](delta / lowestDelta);
deltaX = Math[fn](deltaX / lowestDeltaXY);
deltaY = Math[fn](deltaY / lowestDeltaXY);
args.unshift(event, delta, deltaX, deltaY);
return ($.event.dispatch || $.event.handle).apply(this, args);
}
}));

/*
* jScrollPane - v2.0.0beta5 - 2010-09-18
* http://jscrollpane.kelvinluck.com/
* Copyright (c) 2010 Kelvin Luck
* Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.
*/
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</script>

<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.scroll-pane').jScrollPane({showArrows: true});
});
</script>

2. Then locate this tag:

<body>

Or this line:

<body expr:class='&quot;loading&quot; + data:blog.mobileClass'>

Under any of these two add this:

<div class='scroll-pane' id='blog-container'>

3. Finally search for the </body> and above it paste this:

</div>

Save the changes and that's all. In green you will see where you can change the scrollbar colors and its different areas, or add other styles, such as shadows, rounded corners, etc..
If you want the top and bottom limits to not appear (as in the example) then remove what is in red.

Remember that the script uses jQuery, so if you already have it, then don't put the script again (the first line of code). If you are using Scriptaculous or Mootools, then you should make some slight changes in order to make it work.

Maybe the code might appear long but better add the scripts directly in the template, so the scripts will always be available and load faster. Regardless of all of this the end result is quite aesthetic, don't you think?

More about → Customize the scroll bar (scrollbar) with JScrollPane

Adding a Youtube Video in the Background of a Blogger blog

Some of you might have wondered how to put a video to play in the blog's background, so that instead of having just a color or an image, to have a video. We can do this thanks to the jQuery plugin Tubular that lets you use a YouTube video as a background of a web page.

Although the result can be very original and attractive, I must say it has three drawbacks: they can not be silenced, if the video has ads, they will also appear, and it can slow the loading time of the blog, so if anyone wants to use it, may consider putting it only on special occasions, or on blogs that load very quickly.

Also it can be done in HTML5, the problem with this method is that you need to load the video in 3 different formats (.mp4, .webm and .ovg) along with a picture for browsers that do not support them, so this YouTube option seems more practical to me, despite the drawbacks.

You can see it working on this demo blog

Steps 

1. The first step is to just above the </head> tag, this script:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
/* jQuery tubular plugin
|* by Sean McCambridge
|* http://www.seanmccambridge.com/tubular
|* Copyright 2012
|* licensed under the MIT License
|* Enjoy.
|*
|* Thanks,
|* Sean */

var videoWidth = 853;
var videoRatio = 16/9;
var defaultDiv = 'wrapper-video';

jQuery.fn.tubular = function(videoId,wrapperId) {
wrapperId = (typeof(wrapperId) == undefined) ? 'wrapper-video' : wrapperId;
t = setTimeout("resizePlayer()",1000);

jQuery('html,body').css('height','100%');
jQuery('body').prepend('<div id="yt-container" style="overflow: hidden; position: fixed; z-index: 1;"><div id="ytapiplayer">You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.</div></div><div id="video-cover" style="position: fixed; width: 100%; height: 100%; z-index: 2;"></div>');
jQuery('#' + wrapperId).css({position: 'relative', 'z-index': 99});

var ytplayer = 0;
var pageWidth = 0;
var pageHeight = 0;
var videoHeight = videoWidth / videoRatio;
var duration;

var iframe = '<iframe id="myytplayer" width="' + videoWidth + '" height="' + videoHeight + '" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/' + videoId + '?autoplay=1&controls=0&modestbranding=1&showinfo=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&version=3&wmode=transparent&loop=1&playlist=' + videoId + '" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>';

jQuery('#ytapiplayer').html(iframe);
jQuery(window).resize(function() {
resizePlayer();
});
return this;
}

function onYouTubePlayerReady(playerId) {
ytplayer = document.getElementById("myytplayer");
ytplayer.setPlaybackQuality('medium');
ytplayer.mute();
}

function resizePlayer() {
var newWidth = jQuery(window).width();
var newHeight = jQuery(window).height();
jQuery('#yt-container, #video-cover').width(newWidth).height(newHeight);
if (newHeight > newWidth / videoRatio) {
newWidth = newHeight * videoRatio;
}
jQuery('#myytplayer').width(newWidth).height(newWidth/videoRatio);
}

//]]>
</script>

And this one too:

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
$().ready(function() {
$('body').tubular('61BLn00AN_w','wrapper-video');
});
//]]>
</script>

2. Then locate the <body> tag (CTRL + F)
Or if you are using a template from Template Designer, find this line:

<body expr:class='&quot;loading&quot; + data:blog.mobileClass'>

3. Under either of these two, add this:

<div id='wrapper-video'>

4. Now search for the </body> tag, and before it put this:

</div>

Save the changes and that's it. In red you must put the ID of Youtube video, the ID are the characters that appear at the end of the URL:

Remember: There is no option to mute, so if you don't want to have sound as in the demo blog, you have to choose a video that has no sound. I also recommend using a video in HD in case you don't want any black parts to show around it.

If you are using jQuery, remove other versions that you have to avoid duplication and have problems.

Author | jQuery Tubular

More about → Adding a Youtube Video in the Background of a Blogger blog

Create a Background Slideshow for Blogger

In the previous post we saw how to make the blog's background fill the screen regardless of the resolution of the monitor. The method that we'll use now with jQuery is a plugin called BackStretch which also has the option of creating a slideshow of pictures as a blog wallpaper without losing the property of adjusting to the width and height of the screen.

What we will do in this entry is just this, try to make the blog's background to have some images that are changing, all with fade effect between each transition.

You can see an example in this demo blog.

To put this slideshow in the blog's background, just go to Template - Edit HTML and before </head> add the following code:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script>
//<![CDATA[
/*
* jQuery Backstretch
* Version 1.2.8
* http://srobbin.com/jquery-plugins/jquery-backstretch/
* Add a dynamically-resized background image to the page
* Copyright (c) 2012 Scott Robbin (srobbin.com)
* Licensed under the MIT license
* https://raw.github.com/srobbin/jquery-backstretch/master/LICENSE.txt
*/
;(function(a){a.backstretch=function(p,b,l){function s(){if(p){var b;0==c.length?c=a("<div />").attr("id","backstretch").css({left:0,top:0,position:m?"fixed":"absolute",overflow:"hidden",zIndex:-999999,margin:0,padding:0,height:"100%",width:"100%"}):c.find("img").addClass("deleteable");b=a("<img />").css({position:"absolute",display:"none",margin:0,padding:0,border:"none",zIndex:-999999,maxWidth:"none"}).bind("load",function(d){var b=a(this),e;b.css({width:"auto",height:"auto"});e=this.width||a(d.target).width();d=this.height||a(d.target).height();n=e/d;q();b.fadeIn(g.speed,function(){c.find(".deleteable").remove();"function"==typeof l&&l()})}).appendTo(c);0==a("body #backstretch").length&&(0===a(window).scrollTop()&&window.scrollTo(0,0),a("body").append(c));c.data("settings",g);b.attr("src",p);a(window).unbind("resize.backstretch").bind("resize.backstretch",function(){"onorientationchange"in window&&window.pageYOffset===0&&window.scrollTo(0,1);q()})}}function q(){try{j={left:0,top:0},rootWidth=h=o.width(),rootHeight=r?window.innerHeight:o.height(),f=h/n,f>=rootHeight?(k=(f-rootHeight)/2,g.centeredY&&(j.top="-"+k+"px")):(f=rootHeight,h=f*n,k=(h-rootWidth)/2,g.centeredX&&(j.left="-"+k+"px")),c.css({width:rootWidth,height:rootHeight}).find("img:not(.deleteable)").css({width:h,height:f}).css(j)}catch(a){}}var t={centeredX:!0,centeredY:!0,speed:0},c=a("#backstretch"),g=c.data("settings")||t;c.data("settings");var o,m,r,n,h,f,k,j;b&&"object"==typeof b&&a.extend(g,b);b&&"function"==typeof b&&(l=b);a(document).ready(function(){var b=window,d=navigator.userAgent,c=navigator.platform,e=d.match(/AppleWebKit\/([0-9]+)/),e=!!e&&e[1],f=d.match(/Fennec\/([0-9]+)/),f=!!f&&f[1],g=d.match(/Opera Mobi\/([0-9]+)/),h=!!g&&g[1],i=d.match(/MSIE ([0-9]+)/),i=!!i&&i[1];o=(m=!((-1<c.indexOf("iPhone")||-1<c.indexOf("iPad")||-1<c.indexOf("iPod"))&&e&&534>e||b.operamini&&"[object OperaMini]"==={}.toString.call(b.operamini)||g&&7458>h||-1<d.indexOf("Android")&&e&&533>e||f&&6>f||"palmGetResource"in window&&e&&534>e||-1<d.indexOf("MeeGo")&&-1<d.indexOf("NokiaBrowser/8.5.0")||i&&6>=i))?a(window):a(document);r=m&&window.innerHeight;s()});return this}})(jQuery);
//]]>
</script>

<script>
//<![CDATA[
var images = [
 "Image URL",
 "Image URL",
 "Image URL",
 "Image URL",
 "Image URL",
  ];

  $(images).each(function(){
 $('<img/>')[0].src = this;
  });
  var index = 0;
$.backstretch(images[index], {speed: 1000});
  var slideshow = setInterval(function() {
  index = (index >= images.length - 1) ? 0 : index + 1;
    $.backstretch(images[index]);
  }, 5000);
//]]>
</script>

Here add the URLs of the images that will be the background of your blog.
If you would like to add more pictures, just add after the var images = [ another line like this:

 "Image URL",

The images will be changing in the order you have added them, if you want these to appear in a random order, then change the second part of the code with this:

<script>
//<![CDATA[
var images=new Array();
images[ 1 ]="Image URL";
images[ 2 ]="Image URL";
images[ 3 ]="Image URL";
images[ 4 ]="Image URL";
images[ 5 ]="Image URL";

  Array.prototype.shuffle = function() {
  var len = this.length;
  var i = len;
  while (i--) {
  var p = parseInt(Math.random()*len);
  var t = this[i];
  this[i] = this[p];
  this[p] = t;
  }
};

  images.shuffle();
  $(images).each(function(){
 $('<img/>')[0].src = this;
  });
  var index = 0;
$.backstretch(images[index], {speed: 1000});
  var slideshow = setInterval(function() {
  index = (index >= images.length - 1) ? 0 : index + 1;
    $.backstretch(images[index]);
  }, 5000);
//]]>
</script>

You can also add more pictures by adding a line like this:

images[ 6 ]="Image URL";

But you will see that in this case there are some consecutive numbers in blue, so if you add another such as 6, then the next one should be 7, etc..

In both cases you can change the duration of each image which is in the 5000 value that is at the end of the script.
The advantage of this slideshow in the blog's background is that images are automatically resized to the size of the monitor, so that, no matter of the resolution, it should look good.

It is worth remembering that if you are using Scriptaculous, you have to make some changes, and if you already use jQuery, should leave only one version.

Author page | Backstretch

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Vertical drop down menu with jQuery

jGlideMenu is a vertical menu that can be dragged and dropped so that the reader can place it anywhere, and in addition, he can browse through the tabs in a very peculiar manner that comes with a sliding effect giving a sexy touch.

One of the advantages is that it can store a large number of links and can be removed anytime if we want.

To understand this menu better and to see it in action, visit this demo blog. There we can drag the menu, navigate through its tabs or close.

To add this vertical menu on your blog, just follow these steps:

1) From your Blogger dashboard, go to Template > Edit HTML and before the </head> tag, add these scripts:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.7.1/jquery-ui.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://fe-blogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/jQuery.jGlideMenu.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#jGlide_001').jGlideMenu({
tileSource : '.jGlide_001_tiles' ,
demoMode : false
}).show();

$('#switch').click(function(){$(this).jGlideMenuToggle();});
});
//]]>
</script>

2) Now paste before ]]></b:skin> these styles:

.jGM_box {
position: absolute; /* Change absolute with fixed if you want it to float */
top: 50px; /* Distance from above */
right: 760px; /* Distance from right */
width: 227px;
height: 317px;
background: #fff; /* Background color */
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid #ccc; /* Border */
overflow: hidden;
}
.jGM_header {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
height: 18px;
width: 227px;
background: #d1d1d1; /* Background color for the up bar */
color: #fff;
text-align: right;
vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 18px;
cursor: move;
}
.jGM_header a {
margin-right: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000 !important;
cursor: pointer;
}
.jGM_wrapper {
position: absolute;
top: 19px;
left: 0;
width: 2270px;
height: 288px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
}
.jGM_tile {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 7px;
width: 213px;
height: auto;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
display: block;
}
.jGM_cats {
width: 100%;
height: 64px;
overflow: hidden;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: left;
}
.jGM_cats h4 {
font-family: Verdana,Arial,serif;
font-size: 1.8em;
margin: 0;
padding: 2px 0;
line-height: 1.8em;
color: #414141;
font-weight: normal;
}
.jGM_cats p {
font-family: Verdana,tahoma,arial;
font-size: 1em; /* Font size of the description */
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
line-height: 1.2em;
color: #858585; /* Description color */
font-weight: normal;
}
.jGM_pager {
height: 18px;
width: 213px;
line-height: 18px;
margin: 0;
border: 0;
padding: 0;
background: #f6f6f6;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.jGM_pager a {
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
}
.jGM_pager a:hover { background: #d1d1d1; }
.jGM_pager img { border: 0; margin: 6px 0; }
.jGM_content {
width: 213px;
height: 150px;
margin: 1px 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
.jGM_content a {
font-family: Tahoma,arial;
text-decoration: none;
color: #333 !important;
height: 18px;
width: 100%;
display: block;
line-height: 18px;
padding: 0 0 0 10px;
background-color: #e6e7e9;
margin: 1px 0;
}
.jGM_content a:hover {
color: #fff !important;
background-color: #4D4E67; /* Bar color on mouseover */
}
.jGM_more {
background-image: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lebENDZnVXG3xgZH1It8TU5tHxtaAEoLQgVgrKtddwbS53BE_uDRgnQSHAcfJthiQf13VkDlqcxrCSXMToWnLrknJJn0jHkPPXcFDX_rYDekqsdbng6DcewVt4c0J3vt8d77saGH1ZE/s1600/arrow.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 203px 50%;
}
.jGM_back {
position: absolute;
top: 255px;
right: 0;
height: 18px;
width: 52px;
background: #d1d1d1;
line-height: 18px;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
margin: 10px 0 0 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
z-index: 99;
}
.jGM_back a {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000 !important; /* Color of the "Back" link */
display: block;
}
.jGM_back a:hover {
color: #fff !important; /* Color of the "Back" link on mouseover */
background: #4D4E67;
}
.jGM_reset {
position: absolute;
top: 255px;
right: 62px;
height: 18px;
width: 52px;
background: #d1d1d1;
line-height: 18px;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
margin: 10px 0 0 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
z-index: 99;
}
.jGM_reset a {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000 !important; /* Color of the "Home" link */
display: block;
}
.jGM_reset a:hover {
color: #fff !important; /* Color of the "Home" link on mouseover */
background: #4D4E67;
}

3) Now go to Layout and paste the structure of the menu inside a HTML/Javascript gadget:

<div class="jGM_box" id="jGlide_001">

<!-- Here all the links of the first level -->
<ul id="tile_001" class="jGlide_001_tiles" title="Menu" alt="Description of the first level">
<li rel="tile_002">Link 1</li>
<li rel="tile_003">Link 2</li>
<li rel="tile_004">Link 3</li>
<li rel="tile_006">Link 4</li>
<li rel="tile_007">Link 5</li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 6</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 7</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 8</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 9</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 10</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 11</a></li>
</ul>

<!-- Here all the links of the second level -->
<ul id="tile_002" class="jGlide_001_tiles" title="Menu" alt="Description of the second level">
<li rel="tile_005">Link 1.1</li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 1.2</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 1.3</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 1.4</a></li>
</ul>

<ul id="tile_003" class="jGlide_001_tiles" title="Menu" alt="Description of the second level">
<li><a href="URL address">Link 2.1</a></li>
<li rel="tile_008">Link 2.2</li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 2.3</a></li>
</ul>

<ul id="tile_004" class="jGlide_001_tiles" title="Menu" alt="Description of the second level">
<li><a href="URL address">Link 3.1</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 3.2</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 3.3</a></li>
</ul>


<ul id="tile_006" class="jGlide_001_tiles" title="Menu" alt="Description of the second level">
<li><a href="URL address">Link 4.1</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 4.2</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 4.3</a></li>
</ul>

<ul id="tile_007" class="jGlide_001_tiles" title="Menu" alt="Description of the second level">
<li><a href="URL address">Link 5.1</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 5.2</a></li>
</ul>


<!-- Here all the links of the third level -->
<ul id="tile_005" class="jGlide_001_tiles" title="Menu" alt="Description of the third level">
<li><a href="URL address">Link 1.1.1</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 1.1.2</a></li>
</ul>


<ul id="tile_008" class="jGlide_001_tiles" title="Menu" alt="Description of the third level">
<li><a href="URL address">Link 1.2.1</a></li>
<li><a href="URL address">Link 1.2.2</a></li>
</ul>

</div>

Add the URLs of the links and the names of the tabs and that's it.
If you want to add more links to the first level, then add another line like this:

<li><a href="URL address">Link 12</a></li>

If you want to add another level to the link, then the line should be like this:

<li rel="tile_0010">Link 5</li>

Then in the area of ​​the second or third level, add a piece like this:

<ul id="tile_0010" class="jGlide_001_tiles" title="Menu" alt="Description of the second level">
<li><a href="URL address">Link 5.1</a></li>
<li><a href="Url address">Link 5.2</a></li>
</ul>

Here you should keep something in mind, if you look closely the link takes the REL attribute which must be the same as the ID we put on the second level, these IDs should not repeat and always be unique.
Yes, it sounds complicated, but once you understand the concept, you'll see that is actually pretty simple.

In the area of ​​the styles, there are the parts that can be customized. If you want the menu to be static, let's say you want to add it in the sidebar, then delete the first code of the script that is in italics. And in the CSS styles, remove this part:

position: absolute; /* Change absolute with fixed if you want it to float */
top: 50px; /* Distance above */
right: 760px; /* Distance to the right */

When there are many links then, there will be showing some arrows, so when you mouseover them, it will show the rest of the links either up or down.

Throughout the menu structure we can change the Menu name and the descriptions as well.

As this menu is made with JQuery, it is recommended to verify to have only one version of it.

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Possibly the most simple jQuery Slider

Do you have jQuery in your blog and space to insert 10 lines of code? If the answer is yes and you also want to have an automatic slideshow, this is the simplest code I've seen so far.

That code having a succession of simple images placed inside a box with a common general container would give this result:

1. Adding the JavaScript

If you do not have jQuery, then you should add this line just after ]]></b:skin> to load this popular slideshow:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>

Once confident that we have the library in our template, we need to add the same line to make the series of images function as a slider:

<script type="text/javascript">//<![CDATA[
$(function(){
    $('#slider div:gt(0)').hide();
    setInterval(function(){
      $('#slider div:first-child').fadeOut(0)
         .next('div').fadeIn(1000)
         .end().appendTo('#slider');}, 4000);
});
//]]></script>

We can save changes to the template because that is all. It is simple but you will see that it works and does what it has to do. Now we just have to put the images where we want to display, in the manner discussed below.

2. Create the slider

After adding the codes above in our template (although you could add it directly into a gadget, on a page or even in an entry as you see here) we can create a viewer as you saw above. We just have to use this HTML structure below to add the images:

<div id="slider">
    <div><img src="IMAGE_URL"/></div>
    <div><img src="IMAGE_URL"/></div>
    <div><img src="IMAGE_URL"/></div>
</div>

I do not know how you see it but it is all you need.

For me this is quite lightweight and efficient, much more than most libraries that are used perhaps too often.

Settings

The last three numbers of the plugin allow us to adjust some things. All are expressed in milliseconds (4000 = 4 seconds)

fadeOut(0): Time for the outgoing image
fadeIn(1000): Time for the next image
('#slider');},4000): Time spent in each image

How it Works

And for the curious who want to learn things...

$('#slider div:gt(0)').hide();
With gt(x) we select all the divs from number x. In this case 0 is the first, so what we do with this line is to hide (hide) all the boxes except the first, which will be the image visible initially.

setInterval(function(){ [what we will do] }, 4000);
We need to reiterate a few things from time to time and we do with setInterval, indicating the delay time between each set.

$('#slider div:first-child').fadeOut(0)
Within each of these intervals we remove (fadeOut) the first box (div:first-child) that is in the relationship of images...

.next('div').fadeIn(1000)
...and we make the following box (next) appearing gradually (fadeIn).

.end().appendTo('#slider');
Finally we have the first image and place it at the end (appendTo) of the "list".

end() resets the count of elements that we move forward with next(). Thus, the first child made earlier to disappear is the one we sent down the stack and not the image that is now visible.

Variants and customization

As you have seen CSS is not necessary for the slider to work, but using it we can change its look, allow the use of images of different sizes, include labels and even improve the transition. Here are some ideas.

DEMO TEXT1

DEMO TEXT2

DEMO TEXT3

We can limit the overall container size and prevent overflow for larger images. And then we will put rounded corners, border and then center them.

#slider {
overflow: hidden;
width: 500px;
height: 300px;
border:3px solid #b8b8b8;
border-radius: 40px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0;
position: relative;
}

If we place the parent boxes of the images absolutely with respect to the general container (for that we put before the relative), these will overlap each other. In this way the fadeOut may give them some time to be "visible" (we changed 0 to 1000) and a smoother transition between images. The mixture of images is produced in the second demo.

In the images, the max-width serves us to always take up the entire width and min-height so that even if they are distorted, there will remain no space below when they are less than 300px.

#slider > div {
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
}
#slider img {
width:100%;
min-height:300px;
margin:0;
padding:0;
border:0;
}

And if we add other elements on the images (in this example a text), we'll just label them with a span or paragraph (p) and position them in the CSS in an absolute manner, placing them in the exact place where we want with top/bottom - left/right.

#slider p {
position: absolute;
bottom: 30px;
left: 0;
display: block;
width: 400px;
height: 24px;
margin:0;
padding: 5px 0;
color: #eee;
background: #990000;
font-size: 22px;
line-height:22px;
text-align:center;
}

The markup in the HTML for this last, includes also a link to the image, so it would be like this:

<div id="slider">
<div><a href="Link_URL1"><img src="Image_URL1" /></a><p>TEXT1</p></div>
<div><a href="Link_URL2"><img src="Image_URL2" /></a><p>TEXT2</p></div>
<div><a href="Link_URL3"><img src="Image_URL3" /></a><p>TEXT3</p></div>
</div>

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Highlight Author Comments in Blogger in threaded comment System

I told you before, Comments are the best way to make good relationship with your blog visitors / Followers.
Do you have a blog and do your blog getting comparatively good traffic then your blog also getting many comments, that may be positive or negative. getting comments related to how your interact with your visitors. Are you not interested to read full about this trick you can skip to trick Highlight Author Comments.


Many comments may be in your blog. How blog visitors identify or recognize your comment from these comments. There is accidental case that occur in most blogs is Many bloggers use their account name as Admin. If they comment in your blog or gives reply to other comments, the other visitors think that is the Admin of that blog. Do you have wish to highlight your comments in your blog? If so here is the trick to do that and make your comments recognizable to others.Here I am going to share the trick to highlight Author Comments in Threaded comments and this trick also work in basic commenting system. This is coded using simple Jquery.

How to highlight Author Comments in Blogger

• Sign In to Blogger Dashboard
• Go to Template -> Edit HTML
• Find </body> and copy the following code above it

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {
      function highlight(){
        $(&#39;.user.blog-author,.ssyby&#39;).closest(&#39;.comment-block&#39;)
          .css(&#39;border&#39;, &#39;1px solid #e1e1e1&#39;)
          .css(&#39;background&#39;,&#39;#f1f1f1 url(&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTC32VOlsthpN4zyf5yYeDlXZ4Cy2JO6kNnBgYiWv9J90OtMxC869FTdlxPov3SSXFYbzNVg9E__u62SW3BSMyezlCTJ3y48NdRJMSZrl-DhkyiMvWx8d48rfbwtzyvJ4ZgHPBCcVe-2w/s1600/admin_comment1.png&quot;) no-repeat bottom right&#39;)
          .css(&#39;padding&#39;, &#39;10px&#39;);
          }
          $(document).bind(&#39;ready scroll click&#39;, highlight);
                       });</script><a style="display:none" href="http://fe-blogger.blogspot.com">Blogger Widgets</a>

• Click Save.

Congratulations you are done. If you enjoyed this article please like and share.

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Fade In/Out Page Loading Effect On Blogger Posts

A very common effect in jQuery is the fade effect that hides or shows an element by fading it, and we can use it in many ways as for example in the blog's navigation. The following script does just that, by loading the page with a fading effect when we browse on internal links that are in the blog, such as post titles, labels links, archive, navigation links, etc..

You can see an example in this demo blog, click on the title of any post and see the fading effect when the page is loading.

How To Implement the Fade In Loading Effect

1) To put this fading effect on your blog, go to your Template > Edit HTML :

2) Click anywhere inside the code area and search for the </head> tag using CTRL + F keys:

3) Then, just above </head> add the following code:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
$(document).ready(function() {
$("body").css("z-index", "-10");
$("body").fadeIn(0);

$("a").click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
linkLocation = this.href;
$("body").fadeOut(500, redirectPage); });
function redirectPage() {
window.location = linkLocation;
}
});
//]]>
</script>
<style>
html {
background-color: #F2F2F2; /* Color fading */
}
</style>

4) Save the changes and that's it. In green you can see where to change the color that fades on a loading page.

The original script hides the body of the page while loading, I prefer to change that property with a negative z-index to avoid problems with the search engine robots that may effect the positioning.

Problems?

Consider that such effects could increase the blog loading time, so I recommend using it only when your blog loads fast and does not have too many scripts.

If you already use another version of jQuery remove the other, leaving only this which will be readed first.

If you are using Mootools or Scriptaculous, then you have to make some modifications to the code in order to be compatible.

If you have another script with a fade effect, then it could interfere with this and you might not see anything on the page except the color fading, in such cases it is better without this script.

You can also use this effect only on some links, for example, if you want to appear only when you click on the post titles in the navigation links (older posts and newer posts), and on the top tabs, then replace this line:

$("a").click(function(event){

With this:

$(".post-title a, .blog-pager-older-link, .blog-pager-newer-link, .tabs").click(function(event){

In some cases, the page can load for a second and then load with the fade effect, this may be "normal" because the browser is slow to read the script on page load.

Apart from these drawbacks, I think it's a very elegant way to load blog pages while browsing them, don't you think?

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