Showing posts with label Widgets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Widgets. Show all posts

Friday, 29 July 2016

5 Themes For Blogger Official Search Box Widget

Updated on: November 20, 2016

Search box is the must have widget in each and every blog. Search box allows your readers to get access to your articles more easily by helping them to find the content what they are looking for. I have already published Stylish search box widgets for blogger, but blogger also provide their official search box widget, which is basically known as Google Custom Search box.

How to customize blogger official search widget

Google Custom Search (CSE) is the best search box on the web because it gives you numbers of benefits that are hard to resist. For instance - Others 3rd party search boxes only analyses your post title with searched query to show search results, but CSE also analyses your post content, meta codes and many other things to show results so that your readers can get most relevant content. Actually, this work as same as Google Search works, but the only difference is that, you get only that data which is linked with your blog. Blogger users get this widget free of cost where as for non-blogger users its cost near about $100/year. You can add this widget by navigating to Layout > Add widget > Select Search box > Save.

CSS Themes for Blogger Default search box widget

The main reason why most of the bloggers don't want to add this official search widget is, that the look and feel of the widget is very very simple but allows you to change the look of the widget. To style and customize your Search widget you must have knowledge of CSS, but many of you don't, that's why, I created 5 beautiful, professional and stylish themes for your widget. What all you need to do is the simple copy paste work. Go ahead, choose your design and follow the instructions.

Stylish CSS for blogger's Search widget

Simple style to customize blogger official search widget
input.gsc-input{background-color:#fff;border-color:#CDCDCD!important;padding:6px!important;border-radius:5px 0 0 5px!important}input.gsc-search-button{margin-left:-1px!important;border:1px solid #ddd;padding:5px;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;cursor:pointer}
Css for default search box
input.gsc-input{background-color:#fff;border-color:#62B3EC!important;padding:6px!important;height:17px;font-size:13px}input.gsc-search-button{margin-left:-1px!important;border:1px solid #62B3EC;padding:5px;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;cursor:pointer;font-size:0;height:31px;width:31px;background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR75YtQeDX20mTgXmrpkAmhiY5A_uuCWc6SDrJHwU80tv9JBg0DKkYuJNaMF7cpUMhHrav_KEyMXZDihlWyBVldocOd6JCWr3lcB0k5UdsXNz9wy-RzWAC5QsxlyQzU3SbSpRT7jKMaCg4/s1600/Search-icon.png) no-repeat center;background-color:#62B3EC;background-size:15px}.gsc-search-button:hover{background-color:#3B78E7;border-color:#3B78E7;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0}
Customize google blogspot search box
table.gsc-search-box td.gsc-input{padding-right:5px!important}input.gsc-input{background-color:#fff;border-color:#CCC!important;padding:6px!important;height:17px;font-size:15px;color:#9F999D;border-radius:3px 0 0 3px;border-width:1px 0 1px 1px !important}input.gsc-search-button{margin-left:-1px!important;border:1px solid #CCC;padding:5px;border-radius:0 3px 3px 0;cursor:pointer;font-size:0;height:31px;width:31px;background:#fff url(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b7DvNZpfZio/VbJw34qUQOI/AAAAAAAAAFU/MfOQrIYchKQ/s1600/search-icon.png) no-repeat center;border-width:1px 1px 1px 0}
Dark theme for blogger official search box widget
table.gsc-search-box td.gsc-input{padding-right:40px!important}.gsc-search-button{display:none!important}input.gsc-input{padding:5px 0 8px 40px !important;height:22px;font-size:13px;color:#fff;border-radius:19px;border-width:0!important;width:100%!important;box-shadow:2px 3px 3px #292929 inset;background:#fff url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR75YtQeDX20mTgXmrpkAmhiY5A_uuCWc6SDrJHwU80tv9JBg0DKkYuJNaMF7cpUMhHrav_KEyMXZDihlWyBVldocOd6JCWr3lcB0k5UdsXNz9wy-RzWAC5QsxlyQzU3SbSpRT7jKMaCg4/s1600/Search-icon.png) no-repeat scroll 16px 12px;background-color:#444;background-size:12px;text-shadow:1px 3px 3px #0B0A0A}
Beautiful CSS for default search widget

Recommended: For perfect experience of this style use colorful background image.

table.gsc-search-box td.gsc-input{padding-right:0!important}input.gsc-input{background-color:RGBA(0,0,0,0.5);padding:8px 15px!important;height:22px;font-size:15px;color:#fff;border-radius:19px;border-width:0!important;width:100%!important}input.gsc-search-button{margin-left:-5px!important;margin-right:5px!important;padding:5px;border-radius:50%;cursor:pointer;font-size:0;height:30px;width:30px;background:#fff url(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b7DvNZpfZio/VbJw34qUQOI/AAAAAAAAAFU/MfOQrIYchKQ/s1600/search-icon.png) no-repeat center;border-width:0}

Steps: To customize blogger official search box

Step 1. Login to your blogger account > Dashboard > Template > Edit HTML

Edit HTML Template

Step 2. Click anywhere inside the code and find the following code (use Ctrl + F):

]]></b:skin>

Step 3. Just above ]]></b:skin> place you CSS code.

Step 4. Click Save template.

Great!

Refresh your blog to see your beautiful, professional looking google search box. For any issues related to above Tutorial Please Comment Below. Stay Updated, Browse Howbloggerz ! :)

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Monday, 18 April 2016

How To Change Email Subscription Delivery Time For Blogger

If you were looking to change your google blogger feedburner email subscription delivery time for blog updates or To send recent / latest / newly published posts into yours followers inbox immediately or after few hours or Want To manage the auto-send email setting to prevent delay of day or several hours in email receiving or to receive posts email updates from your blog in real-time or To solve any other issue related to posts delivery schedule via email. Follow the below given step by step tutorial with images :
how to change Email subscription delivery time blogger

Steps: To Change Email Subscription Delivery Time



feedburner logo



Step 1. Go to Feedburner, Login with your blogger account > Select your blog.


Feedburner dashboard



Step 2. Then navigate to Publicize > Email Subscriptions > Delivery Options.


Changing email delivery time blogger


Step 3. Change the setting and then Click Save.

Some Tips :

  1. Make sure your the time in your Blogger settings is in YOUR time zone. This will throw the delivery timing off if it isn’t.
  2. Make sure when you schedule a blog that is timed BEFORE the scheduled Email Delivery time in Feedburner.
  3. This screen is also where you can DEACTIVATE sending emails from Feedburner all together if you still want to keep your account active but just want to stop email service.
  4. The setting to schedule delivery of new posts to email subscribers does not allow for immediate delivery, but asks you to choose a two hour window. Therefore you can schedule/publish your post few hours before delivery time to deliver it faster.

That's it

Now your subscribers will receive posts updates via email in your scheduled time. For any issues related to above tutorial comment below. Stay Updated, Browse Howbloggerz ! :)
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Saturday, 13 February 2016

4 Stylish Email Subscription Widgets For Blogger

Updated on: August 27, 2016

Email subscription widget is a subscription form for blogger sidebar provided by feedburner, this widget help your interested visitors to get latest updates from your blog via e-mail. People just enter their email address and then click on the "Subscribe" button and then, they would get all your blog's updates right on their email's Inbox. These widgets not only increase your traffic but also helps you to grow a loyal community of readers.

Benefits Of Email Subscription Widget

Email Subscription box is also considered as the best ways to promote a website. Subscription widget help you in creating an active community of readers and boost your blog traffic. More traffic = More AdSense earning. This widget help you to deliver latest posts to your customers instantaneously via Email, and the best part of this widget is that you will get social media links free in it which are going to help you to connect with your customers via social media channels.

How To Add Email Subscription Widget To Blogger

Even blogger provide the Email subscription widget for blogger but that was not as much appealing as a custom stylish email subscription box with social media integration. Custom email subscription widget provide email subscription service as well as social media service. Here are some best subscription widgets for blogger, so choose according to the design of your blog and follow the steps given below:

Stylish email subscription widget for blogger
<style type="text/css">
.hbzsignup-form {
    background: transparent url("https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_e_B9KzB-c/Vr6fNXna_BI/AAAAAAAAALo/dk3TFDW2-4I/s1600/Email-bg.jpg") no-repeat scroll center center / 250px 150px;
    height: 150px;
    width: 250px;
    margin: 10px auto 60px auto;
}

.hbzform-inner p {
    text-align: center;
    color: #fff;
    padding: 10px;
    font: bold 18px "trebuchet MS","Tahoma";
}

.hbzemailform {
    margin: 120px auto 5px;
    width: 215px;
}

#hbzemailbox {
    background: #FEFEFE none repeat scroll 0% 0%;
    border: medium none;
    font: 12px/12px "HelveticaNeue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
    margin-right: 5px;
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px rgb(207, 207, 207) inset, 1px 1px 1px rgb(186, 186, 186);
    padding: 7px;
    box-sizing: content-box;
    height: 12px;
    vertical-align: top;
    display: inline-block;
}
#hbzemailbutton {
    background: transparent linear-gradient(to bottom, rgb(202, 48, 40) 0%, rgb(235, 88, 78) 100%) repeat scroll 0% 0%;
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px rgb(182, 37, 32) inset;
    border: medium none;
    color: #FFF;
    cursor: pointer;
    font: 13px/13px "HelveticaNeue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
    padding: 6px;
    border-radius: 5px;
    height: 27px;
    display: inline-block;
}

#hbzemailbutton:hover {
    background: transparent linear-gradient(to bottom, #CA3028 0%, #B72420 100%) repeat scroll 0% 0%;
}

.hbzsocial-icons {
    margin: 20px 0 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    display: block;
    text-align: center;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul {
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 0 auto !important;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 0px
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li {
    background: transparent !important;
    border: none !important;
    float: left;
    list-style-type: none !important;
    margin: 0 4px 10px !important;
    padding: 0 !important;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li::before,
.hbzsocial-icons ul li::after {
    display: none !important;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li a, .hbzsocial-icons ul li a:hover {
    background: url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYio4WG2f506TKSK7Y9znDcmB6ywLN7gY1D0EyiPYwTRDdDj3Lr56whoSP4Fm7xdOemPLbXYZ7UHIx9AYljYeSnx7XTp3kfDtNeeBCi3jHMB7wD5-rk-JzPmMtC2ofIW3JmNF6Whe0jcLU/s1600/sprite_32x32.png") no-repeat scroll 0 0;
    -moz-border-radius: 50%;
    -webkit-border-radius: 50%;
    border-radius: 50%;
    display: block;
    height: 38px;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-indent: -999px;
    transition: all 0.25s linear 0s; width: 38px;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-facebook a {
    background-color: #3b5998;
    background-position: -60px 3px;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-twitter a {
    background-color: #00aced;
    background-position: -253px 3px;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-gplus a {
    background-color: #dd4b39;
    background-position: -93px 3px;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-pinterest a {
    background-color: #cb2027;
    background-position: -157px 3px;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-rss a {
    background-color: #F87E12;
    background-position: -189px 3px;
}
.hbzsocial-icons ul li a:hover {
    background-color: #333;
}

.hbzsocial-like {
    display: block;
    text-align: center;
}

.hbzsocial-like tbody, .hbzsocial-like tbody tr {
    display: block;
}

.hbzfb-likes {
    display: inline-block;
    padding-bottom: 15px;
    margin-right: 5px;
}

.hbztw-follow {
    display: inline
}

</style>

<div>
 <div class='hbzsignup-form'>
  <div class='hbzform-inner'>
   <p>Sign Up for Email Updates</p>
  </div>
  <div class='hbzemailform'>
   <form action='http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify' id='subscribe' method='post' onsubmit='window.open(&apos;http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=[Your Blog uri]&apos;, &apos;popupwindow&apos;, &apos;scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520&apos;);return true' target='popupwindow'>
    <input name='uri' type='hidden' value='[Your Blog uri]'/>
    <input name='loc' type='hidden' value='en_US'/>
    <input id='hbzemailbox' name='email' required='' type='text' placeholder='Enter your email...'/>
    <input id='hbzemailbutton' title='' type='submit' value='Sign up'/>
   </form>
  </div>
 </div>

 <div class="hbzsocial-icons">
  <ul>
   <li class="social-facebook"><a href="[Fb url]" target="_blank" title="Facebook">Facebook</a></li>
   <li class="social-twitter"><a href="[Twitter url]" target="_blank" title="Twitter">Twitter</a></li>
   <li class="social-gplus"><a href="[Google+ url]" target="_blank" title="Google+">Google+</a></li>
   <li class="social-pinterest"><a href="[Pinterest url]" target="_blank" title="Pinterest">Pinterest</a></li>
   <li class="social-rss"><a href="[RSS url]" target="_blank" title="RSS">RSS</a></li>
  </ul>
 </div>

 <table class='hbzsocial-like'>
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <td class='hbzfb-likes'>
     <div id="fb-root">
     </div>
     <script>(function(d, s, id) {
  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.4";
  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));
     </script>
     <div class="fb-like" data-href="[Fb url]" data-layout="button_count" data-action="like" data-show-faces="false" data-share="false">
     </div>
    </td>
    <td class='hbztw-follow'>
     <a href="[Twitter url]" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="true" data-show-screen-name="false" data-dnt="true">Follow @[Twitter Username]</a>
     <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');
     </script>
    </td>
   </tr>
  <tbody>
 </table>
</div>
Stylish email subscription form with social media for blogger
<style type="text/css">
.hbzsub {
    background-color: #1E293B;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgb(30, 41, 59);
}

.hbzemailform {
    width: 239px;
    margin: 10px auto;
}

.hbzform-inner h4 {
    color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
    text-align: center;
    padding: 10px;
    font: bold 18px/40px "trebuchet MS","Tahoma";
}

#hbzemailbox {
    background-color: #FFF;
    border: 1px solid #FFF;
    border-radius: 7px 0px 0px 7px;
    height: 20px;
    padding: 6px;
    box-sizing: content-box;
}

#hbzemailbutton {
    background-color: #F0553B;
    border: 1px solid #F0553B;
    color: #FFF;
    height: 34px;
    border-radius: 0px 7px 7px 0px;
    margin-left: -4px;
    font-weight: 600;
    cursor: pointer;
}

#hbzemailbutton:hover {
    background-color: #1E293B;
    border: 1px solid #FFF;
    box-shadow: 0 0 5px #ddd;
}

.hbzsocial-like {
    background: transparent url("https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2hqsqwGQg2M/VsCLsiFb2sI/AAAAAAAAAMY/7jkBsN8tVIg/s1600/Facebook-twitter-rectangle.png") no-repeat scroll center center / 250px 157px;
    width: 250px;
    height: 120px;
    margin: 10px auto;
}

.hbzfb-likes {
    margin-top: 90px;
    margin-left: 20px;
    position: absolute;
    display: block;
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(9, 42, 87, 0.73);
}

.hbztw-follow {
    display: block;
    margin-left: 152px;
    position: absolute;
    margin-top: 89px;
    box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(2, 81, 173, 0.59);
    height: 20px;
}
</style>

<div class="hbzsub">
 <div class='hbzsignup-form'>
  <div class='hbzform-inner'>
   <h4>Get Posts In Your Inbox</h4>
  </div>
  <div class='hbzemailform'>
   <form action='http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify' id='subscribe' method='post' onsubmit='window.open(&apos;http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=[Your Blog uri]&apos;, &apos;popupwindow&apos;, &apos;scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520&apos;);return true' target='popupwindow'>
    <input name='uri' type='hidden' value='[Your Blog uri]'/>
    <input name='loc' type='hidden' value='en_US'/>
    <input id='hbzemailbox' name='email' required='' type='text' placeholder='Enter Your Email Here...'/>
    <input id='hbzemailbutton' title='' type='submit' value='Subscribe'/>
   </form>
  </div>
 </div>
<table class='hbzsocial-like'>
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <td class='hbzfb-likes'>
     <div id="fb-root">
     </div>
     <script>(function(d, s, id) {
  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.4";
  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));
     </script>
     <div class="fb-like" data-href="[Fb url]" data-layout="button_count" data-action="like" data-show-faces="false" data-share="false">
     </div>
    </td>
    <td class='hbztw-follow'>
     <a href="[Twitter url]" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" data-show-screen-name="false" data-dnt="true">Follow @[Twitter Username]</a>
     <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');
     </script>
    </td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
Custom emaill subscription widget for blogger with social media integration
<style type="text/css">
.hbzsub {
    background-color: rgb(87, 98, 105);
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    padding: 5px;
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px rgb(87, 98, 105);
}

.hbzform-inner {
    text-align: center;
    color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
    font: bold 16px "trebuchet MS","Tahoma";
}

.hbzemailform {
    width: 240px;
    margin: 10px auto;
}

#hbzemailbox {
    background-color: #798187;
    color: #FFF;
    width: 208px;
    border: 1px solid #697780;
    padding: 15px;
    text-align: center;
    height: 18px;
    box-sizing: content-box;
}

#hbzemailbutton {
    background-color: rgb(243, 93, 92);
    border: 1px solid rgb(215, 84, 83);
    color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
    width: 240px;
    font: bold 16px "trebuchet MS","Tahoma";
    padding: 15px;
    text-align: center;
    height: 50px;
    margin: 10px auto;
    cursor: pointer;
}

#hbzemailbutton:hover {
    background-color: #E64C4B;
    border: 1px solid #BF4A49;
}

.hbzsignup-form {
    margin-top: 15px;
}

.hbzsocial-icons {
    overflow: hidden;
    text-align: center;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(133, 133, 133);
    width: 230px;
    display: block;
    margin: 20px auto;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul {
    margin: 0px auto !important;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 0px !important;
    display: inline-block;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li {
    background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0% !important;
    border: medium none !important;
    float: left;
    list-style-type: none !important;
    padding: 0px !important;
    margin: 0px 2px !important;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li::before,
.hbzsocial-icons ul li::after {
    display: none !important;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li a, .hbzsocial-icons ul li a:hover {
    background: url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYio4WG2f506TKSK7Y9znDcmB6ywLN7gY1D0EyiPYwTRDdDj3Lr56whoSP4Fm7xdOemPLbXYZ7UHIx9AYljYeSnx7XTp3kfDtNeeBCi3jHMB7wD5-rk-JzPmMtC2ofIW3JmNF6Whe0jcLU/s1600/sprite_32x32.png") no-repeat scroll 0 0;
    -moz-border-radius: 50%;
    -webkit-border-radius: 50%;
    border-radius: 50%;
    display: block;
    height: 34px;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-indent: -999px;
    transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;
    width: 34px;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-facebook a {
    background-position: -62px 1px;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-facebook a:hover {
    background-color: #3b5998;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-twitter a {
    background-position: -254px 1px;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-twitter a:hover {
    background-color: #00aced;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-gplus a {
    background-position: -95px 0px;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-gplus a:hover {
    background-color: #dd4b39;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-pinterest a {
    background-position: -159px 1px;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-pinterest a:hover {
    background-color: #cb2027;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-rss a {
    background-position: -190px 0px;
}

.hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-rss a:hover {
    background-color: #F87E12;
}

</style>

<div class="hbzsub">

<div class="hbzsocial-icons">
  <ul>
   <li class="social-facebook"><a href="[Fb url]" target="_blank" title="Facebook">Facebook</a></li>
   <li class="social-twitter"><a href="[Twitter url]" target="_blank" title="Twitter">Twitter</a></li>
   <li class="social-gplus"><a href="[Google+ url]" target="_blank" title="Google+">Google+</a></li>
   <li class="social-pinterest"><a href="[Pinterest url]" target="_blank" title="Pinterest">Pinterest</a></li>
   <li class="social-rss"><a href="[RSS url]" target="_blank" title="RSS">RSS</a></li>
  </ul>
 </div>

 <div class='hbzsignup-form'>
  <div class='hbzform-inner'>
   <h4>Subscribe to my Newsletter</h4>
  </div>
  <div class='hbzemailform'>
   <form action='http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify' id='subscribe' method='post' onsubmit='window.open(&apos;http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=[Your Blog uri]&apos;, &apos;popupwindow&apos;, &apos;scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520&apos;);return true' target='popupwindow'>
    <input name='uri' type='hidden' value='[Your Blog uri]'/>
    <input name='loc' type='hidden' value='en_US'/>
    <input id='hbzemailbox' name='email' required='' type='text' placeholder='Your Email'/>
    <input id='hbzemailbutton' title='' type='submit' value='Subscribe'/>
   </form>
  </div>
 </div>
</div>
Stylish email subscription box
<style type="text/css">
    .hbzsub {
        background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        border: 1px dashed #ddd;
    }
   
    .hbzsube {
        color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
        background-color: rgb(11, 172, 227);
        padding: 10px 0;
        text-align: center;
        font: bold 15px "trebuchet MS", "Tahoma";
        width: 100%;
    }
   
    .hbzemailform {
        width: 235px;
        margin: 10px auto;
    }
   
    #hbzemailbox {
        background-color: #FFF;
        color: #747474;
        width: 130px;
        border: 1px solid #D8D8D8;
        padding: 7px;
        height: 18px;
        display: inline-block;
        vertical-align: top;
        box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 5px #c2c2c2;
        box-sizing: content-box;
        font-size: 13px;
    }
   
    #hbzemailbutton {
        background-color: rgb(243, 93, 92);
        border: 1px solid rgb(215, 84, 83);
        color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
        width: 85px;
        font: bold 13px "trebuchet MS", "Tahoma";
        padding: 7px;
        text-align: center;
        cursor: pointer;
        display: inline-block;
        height: 34px;
    }
   
    #hbzemailbutton:hover {
        background-color: #E64C4B;
        border: 1px solid #BF4A49;
    }
   
    .hbzsignup-form {
        margin-top: 15px;
    }
   
    .hbzsocial-icons {
        overflow: hidden;
        text-align: center;
        display: block;
        margin: 20px auto;
    }
   
    .hbzsocial-icons ul {
        margin: 0px auto !important;
        text-align: center;
        padding: 0px !important;
        display: inline-block;
    }
   
    .hbzsocial-icons ul li {
        background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0% !important;
        border: medium none !important;
        float: left;
        list-style-type: none !important;
        padding: 0px !important;
        margin: 0px 5px !important;
    }
   
    .hbzsocial-icons ul li::before,
    .hbzsocial-icons ul li::after {
        display: none !important;
    }
   
    .hbzsocial-icons ul li a {
        background: url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYio4WG2f506TKSK7Y9znDcmB6ywLN7gY1D0EyiPYwTRDdDj3Lr56whoSP4Fm7xdOemPLbXYZ7UHIx9AYljYeSnx7XTp3kfDtNeeBCi3jHMB7wD5-rk-JzPmMtC2ofIW3JmNF6Whe0jcLU/s1600/sprite_32x32.png") no-repeat scroll 0 0;
        -moz-border-radius: 50%;
        -webkit-border-radius: 50%;
        display: block;
        height: 34px;
        overflow: hidden;
        text-indent: -999px;
        transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;
        width: 34px;
    }
   
    .hbzsocial-icons ul li a:hover {
        background-color: #aeaeae !important;
    }
   
    .hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-facebook a {
        background-position: -62px 1px;
        background-color: #3b5998;
    }
   
    .hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-twitter a {
        background-position: -254px 1px;
        background-color: #00aced;
    }
   
    .hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-gplus a {
        background-position: -95px 0px;
        background-color: #dd4b39;
    }
   
    .hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-pinterest a {
        background-position: -159px 1px;
        background-color: #cb2027;
    }
   
    .hbzsocial-icons ul li.social-rss a {
        background-position: -190px 0px;
        background-color: #F87E12;
    }
</style>
<div class="hbzsub">
    <div class="hbzsube">Join Our Free Newsletter</div>
    <div class='hbzsignup-form'>
        <div class='hbzemailform'>
            <form action='http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify' id='subscribe' method='post' onsubmit='window.open(&apos;http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=[Your Blog uri]&apos;, &apos;popupwindow&apos;, &apos;scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520&apos;);return true' target='popupwindow'> <input name='uri' type='hidden' value='[Your Blog uri]' /> <input name='loc' type='hidden' value='en_US' /> <input id='hbzemailbox' name='email' required='' type='text' placeholder='Your Email address' /> <input id='hbzemailbutton' title='' type='submit' value='Join Us' /> </form>
        </div>
        <div class="hbzsube">Sociliaze with Us</div>
        <div class="hbzsocial-icons">
            <ul>
                <li class="social-facebook"><a href="[Fb url]" target="_blank" title="Facebook">Facebook</a></li>
                <li class="social-twitter"><a href="[Twitter url]" target="_blank" title="Twitter">Twitter</a></li>
                <li class="social-gplus"><a href="[Google+ url]" target="_blank" title="Google+">Google+</a></li>
                <li class="social-pinterest"><a href="[Pinterest url]" target="_blank" title="Pinterest">Pinterest</a></li>
                <li class="social-rss"><a href="[RSS url]" target="_blank" title="RSS">RSS</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>
        <div style="width: 230px; margin: 0px auto;">
            <div id="fb-root"></div>
            <script>
                (function(d, s, id) {
                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
                    js = d.createElement(s);
                    js.id = id;
                    js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6";
                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
                }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));
            </script>
            <div class="fb-page" data-href="[Fb url]" data-width="230" data-small-header="true" data-adapt-container-width="true" data-hide-cover="false" data-hide-cover="true" data-show-facepile="true">
                <div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore">
                    <blockquote cite="[Fb url]"><a href="[Fb url]">[Fb Page Name]</a></blockquote>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Steps: How To Add a Stylish Subscription Widget To Blogger

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger account, then go to Layout > click on the 'Add a gadget' link on the left side.

Step 2. Choose HTML/JavaScript from the pop-up window > paste the code of the subscription widget inside the empty box.

Add HTML/JavaScript widget

Step 3. Configuration of Subscription Box.

  • Replace [Your Blog uri] with Your blog Uri which is basically your Feed title. You can get it by visiting http://feedburner.google.com and then navigate to Publicize > Email Subscription and find your uri value in given box. For eg: http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=Howbloggerz and <input name='uri' type='hidden' value='Howbloggerz'/>
  • Replace [Fb url] with your Facebook page URL. For eg: https://www.facebook.com/howbloggerz
  • Replace [Twitter url] with your twitter page URL. For eg: http://www.twitter.com/howbloggerz
  • Replace  [Google+ url] with your google+ page or account URL. For eg: https://plus.google.com/101438893480071463583
  • Replace [RSS url] with your RSS URL. For eg: http://feeds.feedburner.com/howbloggerz
  • Replace [Pinterest url] with your pinterest URL.
  • Replace [Twitter Username] with your twitter account username. For eg : @Howbloggerz
  • Replace [Fb Page Name] with your Facebook Page Name. For eg : Howbloggerz

Note: Minimum Sidebar width required - 230px.

Read: How to Change Email Subscription Delivery Time

Step 4. Press Save.

Enjoy !

Now visitors of your blog will be able to subscribe your blog easy by using Subscription widget. For any issues related to above Subscription boxes Please Comment Below. More Subscription widgets will be added soon. Stay Updated, Browse Howbloggerz ! :)

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Monday, 8 February 2016

5 Stylish Search Boxes For Blogger (with Demo)

Updated on: August 27, 2016
Custom Stylish Search box widget
Search boxes for blogger

Search Box is the basic but a necessary part of a website. They're user convenient and help you in increasing your website usability. They help your readers to navigate throughout your blog more efficiently. You would see that every blogspot blogger has different stylish custom search box widget matching their template design because, they were not only help users to find the solution of their problems more easily but also add a professional look to your blog.

Whereas Web crawlers like Google can crawl your entire site easily to index all of your posts and pages, visitors have only access to the links that are in front of them. You may have hundreds or more posts/pages for people to read. You may have a different category, labels, tag, related posts, etc. listed on each of your pages, but you cannot provide all of your data in a single page. For people to find what they are looking for, they need to be able to search through your entire content quickly and easily.

Whichever page a visitor lands on, they can search for what they want. This allows people to get access to some of your hidden content that would take much longer to find by clicking through countless pages or posts. The easier it is for people to navigate your whole blog, the more likely they will stay and visit again as they can switch away to another, increasing your bounce rate.

Custom Search Boxes For Blogger

Just adding a Search Bar is not enough, it should always be ready to help customers and reliable according to the theme of your blog. Blogger also provides Officially Simple widget for it, but that doesn't provide the professional, stylish look to your blog, but you can use CSS to Style blogspot official search box widget. If your old Search box is not working properly and you want to replace it with beautiful one don't worry, just pick up one of the following and follow the steps by step instructions below. The look of the design is up to you, you can also edit the CSS according to your blog needs.

Benefits of Adding Custom Stylish Search Box

  • Add professional looks to your website.
  • Provide basic benefits to customers.
  • Save user time.
  • Can be applied anywhere like in header, sidebar, footer etc.
  • Stylish Active,hover and focus effects.
  • Pure CSS, no image.
  • Easy customization from CSS styles.
  • Automatically adjust width.
Custom Beautiful Stylish Blue Grey Search box widget
<style type="text/css">
    #hbz-searchbox {
        background-color: #F5F5F5;
        border: 1px solid #EDEDED;
        padding: 5px;
        border-radius: 10px;
        margin: 10px auto;
        min-width: 238px;
        max-width: 288px;
    }
   
    #hbz-input {
        background-color: #FEFEFE;
        border: medium none;
        font: 12px/12px "HelveticaNeue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
        margin-right: 2%;
        padding: 4%;
        box-shadow: 2px 1px 4px #999999 inset;
        border-radius: 9px;
        width: 60.33%;
    }
   
    #hbz-input:focus {
        outline: medium none;
        box-shadow: 1px 1px 4px #0D76BE inset;
    }
   
    #hbz-submit {
        background: transparent linear-gradient(to bottom, #34ADEC 0%, #2691DC 100%) repeat;
        border-radius: 9px;
        border: medium none;
        color: #FFF;
        cursor: pointer;
        font: 13px/13px "HelveticaNeue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
        padding: 4%;
        width: 28%;
    }
   
    #hbz-submit:hover {
        background: transparent linear-gradient(to bottom, #2691DC 0%, #34ADEC 100%) repeat;
    }
</style>

<form id="hbz-searchbox" action="/search" method="get">
    <input type="text" id="hbz-input" name="q" placeholder="Type Here..." />
    <input type="hidden" name="max-results" value="8" />
    <input id="hbz-submit" type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>
Beautiful Stylish Red Grey Search box widget
<style type="text/css">
    #hbz-searchbox {
        min-width: 250px;
        margin: 10px auto;
        border-radius: 3px;
        overflow: hidden;
        max-width: 300px;
    }
   
    #hbz-input {
        width: 59.2%;
        padding: 10.5px 4%;
        font: bold 15px "lucida sans", "trebuchet MS", "Tahoma";
        border: none;
        background-color: #EEE;
    }
   
    #hbz-input:focus {
        outline: none;
        background-color: #FFF;
        box-shadow: 0 0 2px #333333 inset;
    }
   
    #hbz-submit {
        overflow: visible;
        position: relative;
        float: right;
        border: none;
        padding: 0;
        cursor: pointer;
        height: 40px;
        width: 32.8%;
        font: bold 15px/40px "lucida sans", "trebuchet MS", "Tahoma";
        color: #FFF;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        background-color: #D83C3C;
    }
   
    #hbz-submit::before {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        border-width: 8px;
        border-style: solid solid solid none;
        border-color: transparent #D83C3C;
        top: 12px;
        left: -6px;
    }
   
    #hbz-submit:focus,
    #hbz-submit:active {
        background-color: #C42F2F;
        outline: none;
    }

    #hbz-submit:focus::before,
    #hbz-submit:active::before {
        border-color: transparent #C42F2F;
    }

    #hbz-submit:hover {
        background-color: #E54040;
    }

    #hbz-submit:hover::before {
        border-color: transparent #E54040;
}
</style>

<form id="hbz-searchbox" action="/search" method="get">
    <input type="text" id="hbz-input" name="q" placeholder="Search..." />
    <input type="hidden" name="max-results" value="8" />
    <button id="hbz-submit" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
Animated Green color Stylish Search box widget
<style type="text/css">
    #hbz-searchbox {
        background: transparent linear-gradient(#2C2C2C, #111);
        border-width: 1px;
        border-style: solid;
        border-color: #000;
        border-radius: 4px;
        padding: 10px;
        z-index: 1;
        display: block;
        margin: 10px auto;
        min-width: 228px;
        max-width: 278px;
    }
   
    #hbz-input,
    .hbz-submit {
        box-shadow: 0 2px #000;
        font-family: 'Cabin', helvetica, arial, sans-serif !important;
        margin: 0px;
        padding: 0px;
    }
   
    #hbz-input {
        background: linear-gradient(#333, #222);
        border: 1px solid #444;
        color: #888;
        display: block;
        float: left;
        font-size: 13px;
        height: 30px;
        padding-left: 4%;
        padding-right: 4%;
        width: 60.2%;
        border-radius: 3px 0px 0px 3px;
    }
   
    #hbz-input:focus {
        animation: glow 800ms ease-out infinite alternate;
        border-color: #393;
        color: #efe;
        outline: none;
    }
   
    .hbz-submit {
        background: linear-gradient(#333, #222);
        box-sizing: content-box;
        border: 1px solid #444;
        border-left-color: #000;
        color: #fff;
        display: block;
        font-size: 12px;
        height: 30px;
        line-height: 30px;
        position: relative;
        width: 30%;
        cursor: pointer;
        border-radius: 0px 3px 3px 0px;
    }
   
    .hbz-submit:hover,
    .hbz-submit:focus {
        background: linear-gradient(#393939, #292929);
    }
   
    .hbz-submit:hover,
    .hbz-submit:focus {
        color: #5f5;
        outline: none;
    }
   
    .hbz-submit:active {
        top: 1px;
    }
   
    @keyframes glow {
        0% {
            border-color: #393;
            box-shadow: 0 2px #000, 0px 0px 5px #3DAD3D, inset 0px 0px 5px #1F391F;
        }
        100% {
            border-color: #6f6;
            box-shadow: 0 2px #000, 0px 0px 8px #6bab6b, inset 0px 0px 10px #1F391F;
</style>

<form id="hbz-searchbox" action="/search" method="get">
    <input type="text" id="hbz-input" name="q" placeholder="Search..." />
    <input type="hidden" name="max-results" value="8" />
    <button class="hbz-submit" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
Custom Stylish Search box widget with hover effect
<style type="text/css">
    #hbz-searchbox {
        height: 40px;
        position: relative;
        min-width: 250px;
        max-width: 300px;
        margin: 10px auto;
    }
   
    .hbz-buttonwrap {
        border: none;
        width: 14%;
        height: 35px;
        display: block;
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        right: 0;
        background: #009bff;
        cursor: pointer;
        border-bottom: 5px solid #0276c1;
    }
   
    .hbz-buttonwrap:hover {
        border-bottom: 5px solid #bc490a;
        background: #d75813;
    }
   
    .hbz-submit {
        width: 35px;
        height: 35px;
        background: transparent;
        cursor: pointer;
        position: absolute;
        right: 50%;
        top: 50%;
        margin-top: -17.5px;
        margin-right: -17.5px;
        border: none;
    }
   
    .hbz-submit:after {
        content: '';
        position: absolute;
        width: 8px;
        height: 8px;
        border: 2px solid white;
        border-radius: 50%;
        left: 10px;
        top: 9px;
        box-sizing: content-box;
    }
   
    .hbz-submit:before {
        content: '';
        position: absolute;
        height: 8px;
        width: 2px;
        background: white;
        transform: rotate(-35deg);
        top: 19px;
        left: 21px;
    }
   
    #hbz-input {
        height: 32px;
        width: 82%;
        position: absolute;
        padding-left: 4%;
        border: none;
        outline: none;
        right: 14%;
        border-bottom: 5px solid #bbb;
        border-left: 1px solid #eaeaea;
        background-color: #fbfbfb;
        border-top: 1px solid #eaeaea;
        box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #e9e4e4 inset;
    }
   
    #hbz-input:focus,
    #hbz-input:active {
        background-color: #fff;
    }
</style>

<form action="/search" id="hbz-searchbox" method="get">
    <span class="hbz-buttonwrap"><button class="hbz-submit" value="" type="submit"></button></span>
    <input type="text" name="q" id="hbz-input" placeholder="Type here ..." />
    <input type="hidden" name="max-results" value="8" />
</form>
beautiful Smooth Stylish Search box widget
<style type="text/css">
    #hbz-searchbox {
        height: 35px;
        margin: 10px auto;
        position: relative;
        min-width: 250px;
        max-width: 300px;
    }
   
    .hbz-buttonwrap {
        border: none;
        width: 14%;
        height: 35px;
        display: block;
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        right: 0;
        background: #444;
        cursor: pointer;
        border-top-right-radius: 5px;
        border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
    }
   
    .hbz-buttonwrap:hover {
        background: #1a1a1a;
    }
   
    .hbz-submit {
        width: 35px;
        height: 35px;
        background: transparent;
        cursor: pointer;
        position: absolute;
        right: 50%;
        top: 50%;
        margin-top: -17.5px;
        margin-right: -17.5px;
        border: none;
    }
   
    .hbz-submit:after {
        content: '';
        position: absolute;
        width: 8px;
        height: 8px;
        border: 2px solid white;
        border-radius: 50%;
        left: 10px;
        top: 9px;
        box-sizing: content-box;
    }
   
    .hbz-submit:before {
        content: '';
        position: absolute;
        height: 8px;
        width: 2px;
        background: white;
        transform: rotate(-35deg);
        top: 19px;
        left: 21px;
    }
   
    #hbz-input {
        height: 35px;
        width: 82%;
        padding: 0px;
        padding-left: 4%;
        border: none;
        outline: none;
        position: absolute;
        right: 14%;
        box-shadow: inset 0 2px 2px #080808;
        background-color: #444444;
        color: #fff;
        border-top-left-radius: 5px;
        border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
        transition: all 0.5s;
    }
   
    #hbz-input:hover,
    #hbz-input:focus {
        box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 10px #000;
    }
</style>

<form action="/search" id="hbz-searchbox" method="get">
    <span class="hbz-buttonwrap"><button class="hbz-submit" value="" type="submit"></button></span>
    <input type="text" name="q" id="hbz-input" placeholder="Search..." />
    <input type="hidden" name="max-results" value="8" />
</form>

Steps: How To Add Stylish Search Box Widget To Blogger

Note: Minimum sidebar width required - 250px

Step 1. Login to your Blogger account, then go to Layout > click on the 'Add a gadget' link on the left side.

Step 2. Choose HTML/JavaScript from the pop-up window > paste the code inside the empty box.

Add HTML/JavaScript widget

Step 3. Configuration:

- Change the value="8" for total numbers of posts per page. Eg value="12".

Note: Make sure max-results value matches with your post limit on homepage.

Step 4. Press Save.

Read: How to Change Status message on search result page
Read: Beautiful Subscription Box widgets for blogger
Read: How to change search results order

Done !

Now your visitors can navigate your blog easily. For any issues related to above tutorial Please Comment Below. Stay Updated, Browse Howbloggerz ! :)

Video Tutorial:

Video link: https://youtu.be/Xu_wLGMYXes

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