How to Build a Huge Opt-In Email List and Increase Your Profit

The value of a large opt-in list is usually grossly understated. It is never good enough to simply be making sales from your affiliate products. Failing to compile a fresh mailing list will result in lack luster or stagnant sales.

The purpose of building a list of your website visitors is to help you maintain contact with them and develop a relationship with them. Your mission in doing this is to turn as many as you possibly can into your customers. It has been said, and rightly so, that your list is the most valuable asset in your online business. With your list being that important, here are some tips that will make building a quality list possible.

* Offer an incentive to get people to give you their email address and name. This is one of the best ways to encourage people to sign up for your list. I like to offer a special report, free Internet marketing course, or anything else that my visitors find useful. It is essential to give them something for signing up for your list. This tip alone can easily double the number of opt-ins you receive.

I see many people trying to build a list without offering any kind of incentive for signing up which can be a huge mistake. Incentives are so easy to create that it only makes sense to offer one. Anything with a high-perceived value that you offer free will help boost signups significantly. I've test both ways of list building and I must say that offering incentives will give you far better results.

* Include a privacy policy. Many people do not opt-in is because they are afraid they will be spammed. Everyone abhors spam. Give your website visitor a guarantee that you will not share or sell their email address with anyone. This will make a huge difference in he number of opt-ins you receive.

* Create many tightly targeted lists. Few people understand the power of a targeted list. By offering different lists on one site you dramatically increase the chance for people opting into your list. One of the lists could be for periodic updates, another could include a tips letter that your market would find helpful, while another could be for a newsletter. No matter what they choose, you get their email address.

Think about things that your market might be most interested in and offer that information on that topic or, at a minimum, access to it on your site. If you do not provided several options that person would have signed up for nothing. Two or three options are plenty.

* Be sure to make all your lists double opt-in. Double (or Verified) opt-in lists require people to first sign up on your site, and then activate their subscription by replying to a confirmation email. There are many good reasons to use the double opt-in format. First of all, it will take away any chance of being labeled a spammer. You can show definitive proof that people actually did requested your emails.

Additionally, double opt-in will give your a significantly higher quality list of readers, as opposed to those from the singe opt-in method. The reason is because since these people are interested in your offer enough to verify with the confirmation email, they tend to be much more serious about what you offer. If that is the case, they will be much more responsive to your offers compared to those who sign up for your list on a whim. A high quality list is critical to making sales.

By putting the above tips into use you will be able to build a massive, high quality list in the shortest amount of time possible. I have personally tested all of these methods and they work marvelously. They will work for you too.

You don't have to spend a bundle to build a large list. Having an offer that a great majority of people will want also increases your click through rate. Go to Make Money Online to see how it can help you compile your list fast.

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Turn Your Website Into a Revenue Generator

The biggest thing in technology these days is Google. Google is revolutionizing the way people make money on the internet.

Now with the powerful Google Home Business Kit you will learn:

• How to take advantage of Google Adwords.
• How to find the right target keywords.
• How you could get 10,000 visitors daily.
• How to optimize your website for Google. (Website included with kit!)
• How to find profitable products and ideas. (Wholesale club included with
  kit!)
• Plus much more.

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Broadband Internet Speed Test

Broadband connections are often not as fast as advertised. The reasons are many, but include your ISP and your computer settings. Use the test below to see what your true speed is!

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Hack to Change Windows XP Home to Windows XP Professional

Enable the features found in Windows XP Professional on your Windows XP Home Edition installation with this hack. It will allow you to turn your Windows XP Home CD into a Windows XP Profrssional CD.

Note: If your Windows XP CD does not contain Service Pack 2, you might want to Slipstream Your Windows XP CD first as you will not be able to upgrade an installation after using the CD.

1. Copy the root directory and the i386 directory of the WindowsXP CD to your hard drive.

2. Extract the Bootsector of your Windows XP CD.

3. Click START-->RUN-->REGEDIT

4. Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

5. Click FILE-->LOAD HIVE and select the Setupreg.hiv file This file is located on your Windows XP CD in the i386 folder.

6. Locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHomekeyControlSet001Servicessetupdd

7. Edit the DEFAULT key and change the following values:

01 to 00 02 to 00

8. Change the name to the value HOMEKEY to anything.

9. Locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHomekeyControlSet001Servicessetupdd Edit the DEFAULT key and change the following values: 01 to 00

02 to 00

10. Highlight HOMEKEY and select FILE-->UNLOAD HIVE

You can now burn the data on your hard drive to a CD. Then use the CD to install Windows XP. Be sure to make the CD bootable. You can use the instructions here in an upcoming post to help you do that.

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Vista-style Sidebar for Windows XP

Thoosje Sidebar:The Thoosje sidebar for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista has gadgets like media players, google search, yahoo search and lots of more search engines. It has also vista sidebar gadgets like weather and system uptime and lots of more useful gadgets. The sidebar uses 50% less RAM and is faster than the original Microsoft Sidebar with more extras and works on Microsoft Windows Vista and XP.

Organize your gadgets in Thoosje Vista Sidebar:

Thoosje Vista Sidebar works on Windows XP and Windows Vista. Gadgets are easy to use mini applications that give you information at a glance and provide easy access to frequently used tools. Thoosje Vista Sidebar helps you to organize your gadgets. As you use your computer to access information, perform tasks, and interact with software, you may at times feel like you're facing information overload. You have to open a web browser just to check the weather, open an application to view your calendar, and open a calculator program just to add up a few numbers. Now, with Windows Sidebar and its associated mini-applications called gadgets, the specific information you need is at your fingertips.

Gadgets:
Gadgets are mini applications with a variety of possible uses. They can connect to web services to deliver business data, weather information, news updates, traffic maps, even slide shows of photo albums. Gadgets can also integrate with other programs to provide streamlined interaction. For example, a gadget can give you a view of all your online instant messaging contacts, the day view from your calendar, or an easy way to control your media player. Gadgets can also have any number of dedicated purposes. They can be Search Gadgets, Clocks, sticky notes, and more.

All this is free so visit their website here, or download direct from here.

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Hovering Peek-A-Boo Navabar on New Blogger

In a previous post, we explained how to remove the New Blogger navigation bar. Well, perhaps you didn't really want to eliminate it altogether? Follow along on this hack and after it is in place, when you hoover your cursor over where the navabar should be, it will appear.....Like Magic!!

1.-Open Your Layout Settings
2.-Go To The Edit HTML
3.-Put This Two Lines Of Code Inside The CSS Section That Is After The Color Parameters Arrays Of Your Blogger v3.0 Template And Before the /head Code Tag:

#navbar-iframe{opacity:0.0;filter:alpha(Opacity=0)}
#navbar-iframe:hover{opacity:1.0;filter:alpha(Opacity=100, FinishedOpacity=100)}

Need more guidance to do it? ok, just look for this spot in your template Before the /Head code tag in the CSS section:








And then put it there so it can look like this:







4.-Save Template
5.-Look At Your Blog

Why is this hack great?:

-No more need to erase the Blogger navbar without it getting in the way your blogs looks and works.

-You support Blogger default features unchanged and that makes it better than erasing it..

-It really looks cooler.

As a test, hover your curser over the top of this page above the header to see the navigation bar appear!!

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Your FREE eBook: The Cheats' Guide to Customizing Blogger Templates

I'm really happy to be able to release Amanda's (from Blog Buster) first eBook: The Cheats' Guide to Customizing Blogger Templates.
Based on the original article published there, this eBook will offer you many options and examples to customize your existing Blogger template quickly and easily, whichever style of template you are using.!

Features of this eBook

This eBook is much more comprehensive than the original online article, and features:

* New examples of template customizations
* An entire chapter about customizing stretch (fluid) templates
* How to use buttons, banners and images
* Many useful resources for template customization
* An optional download folder containing all of the templates and images used in the eBook

Download

Here you can download the Cheats' Guide to Customizing Blogger Templates eBook and also the download folder which contains all of the templates and images used in the guide:

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How to Make FREE International Calls to Any Phone from Google Talk using Talkster

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· No Sign-up · Call to any phone, landline or mobile · More than 30 countries supported

Adding phone numbers to your Google Talk contact list

1) To start, launch Google Talk on your desktop

2) Add contacts the same way you usually do: click on the Add button to add a friend

3) Type in the phone number of the person you want to call in the following format. Use
full phone number, including country code and area code:
phonenumber@talkster.gtalk2voip.com
Example: for UK, use 442071234567@talkster.gtalk2voip.com or for USA , use
12125551212@talkster.gtalk2voip.com
(Note: be sure to check the list of Talkster's supported countries to check if the friend you want to call is in one of the available countries)
http://www.talkster.com/Countries.aspx
4) You'll get a confirmation from Talkster with instructions. We assign a local Talkster number for your friend in their country. Your friends will use Talkster phone numbers to call-in to be connected with you.

5) If you are calling your friend on a mobile phone, he will receive an SMS with his Talkster call-in number for you. Otherwise, let him know the Talkster number by IM or email.

Make calls from your Google Talk

1) Click on your friend's number in your Google Talk Contact List

2) Click on the Call button to start the call with your friend
3) Talkster will dial out to your friend from Google Talk
4) When your friend answers, you will have 10 seconds to check to see if he's available to talk. Tell him to hang up and call right back, using his local Talkster phone number for you.
5) You wait while your friend hangs up and calls back using his local number for you. (If he doesn't know his number, send it to him by email or IM.)
6) As soon as your friend calls in, we connect you and you can talk as long as you want for FREE.

7) When you're done, you just end the call!

8) Tell your friend to save his Talkster call-in number in his phone so he can use it whenever you want to call him from Google Talk.

You can call as often as you like and talk as long as you like. There are no catches, no limits, and no conditions!

Helpful Hints

To use the service, your friend should make sure to enable his Caller ID. That is how we recognize him to connect the call; there are no logins or passwords needed.

To see Talkster's current list of supported countries, visit the Talkster web site at
www.talkster.com.

Invite Your Friends For Free:

http://free.talkster.com/

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How to Make $1000 a Day Posting on Youtube

Step#1 - Sign up at a CPA network.

Monetize the traffic that you get from Youtube by sending them to CPA offers. If you don't know what a CPA offer is, well its basically like an affiliate network where they pay you every time a visitor you refer fills out a form. Getting people to fill out forms in exchange for some kind of freebie that the advertiser is offering is real easy . If you have an account at these or any other CPA I personally use RocketProfit network, that will suffice. If you don't then I suggest you signup at RocketProfit.

Step#2 – Find a good offer to monetize.

I usually find offers that give away something free and are in vogue. For example, a free iPhone. The iPhone is a very hot product right now and people are crazy about it.

Find such an offer with the network you have signed up for. Try and pick an offer that has a landing page that is well designed and has a "call to action".

Typically a well designed landing page is designed in such a way that the only action the visitor can do is to fill out the form or close the page.

Pick out two to three good offers and save the affiliate links to a file.

Step #3 - Download the video conversion software.

Files that are stored at youtube and other video sharing sites are in the ".flv" format that you,ll need to convert to suitable format. So to do that you'll need to access this site Vixy.net. I’ll explain how to use it further down.

Step#4 – Make the video.

Ok this is the place where I hear you go "heck, I don't know how to make videos"!! Trust me it’s not that hard.

Option A

Go to Youtube or any other video sharing site and type the keyword in the search
box. In our example type "iphone". You will find several videos uploaded by people. Find one that's generic and doesn't have too much branding in it. The next step is to download this video from youtube or any other video sharing site that you found it at. To download it visit this site Vixy.net.


Enter the url to the video in the box. (make sure that the video site you are using is supported by them)

Select "convert to .AVI". This will convert the .FLV to usable .AVI format as it downloads. Just follow the prompts..

If you have Camtasia you can add your advertisement at any place in the video as a callout.
If you don't have Camtasia then you can use the free Camstudio that's given along with Tube Automator as a bonus and add your adverts into the video.

Option-B

The second option is to create a presentation in powerpoint and then record that presentation with either camtasia or camstudio. Creating text based presentations is a easy simple way to make your video and keep it short and interesting.

Step#5 – Make the blog.

The next step is to make a blog at any free blog site and add the code that’s below into the template. This code will redirect the user to your affiliate offer and since it’s a blogspot blog any body snooping around will not get your real info as they can’t really do a "whois" search at blogger.

<script language="javascript"><document.location='YOUR AFFILIATE LINK HERE'></script>

Step#6 – Upload the video to youtube

Upload the video to youtube and use a catchy title. Example "Win a free iPhone" In the description add the URL to the blog. Do not write anything else in the description. Add descriptive tags based on the offer you are promoting.

Step#7 – Make it popular with Tube Automator . Get Tube Automator to Automate it…
Finally use tube Automator to post comments and vote on your video. The more you vote and post with different accounts the more popular your video gets.

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Completely Uninstalling Windows Applications

When you uninstall a Windows application, the uninstaller doesn't remove all the files and registry entries created by the application. Sometimes the developers were too lazy or they thought those files might be needed if you reinstall the application. The end result is that your computer loads slower because your registry contains more entries and the hard drive stores unnecessary files.

Perfect Uninstaller is a better and easier way for you to completely uninstall any unneeded application that the standard Windows Add/Remove Program usually can't do.
This product has been a favorite simply because the design is unique with ease in use but powerful in efficiency. Find out more about this powerful tool here.

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Create a Secure and Locked Folder in Windows XP

NOTE: Since some people were having issues with this method of hiding a folder in XP (folder being renamed incorrectly, visible via the command prompt, etc), I am adding to the bottom another way to permanently hide a folder using a program called Free Hide Folder. Please scroll down to read about it.

If you’ve come across this page looking for a way to create a password protected, secure, hidden or locked folder in Windows XP for free, you’ve come to the right place. Unfortunately, Windows XP does not have any user-friendly built-in tools to create secure folders on computers with multiple users. Of course, you can encrypt data on your hard disk, but this only helps if your computer is stolen.

There is another way to create a secure locked folder without having to buy any 3rd party software.

It basically involves using a script to morph the folder into something completely different so that it’s still visible, but nothing inside the folder is accessible. In order to view the data, you have to run another script to morph it back. Anyone who clicks on the folder will be brought to the Control Panel and simply think it is a shortcut.

Here are the steps to create the protected folder in Windows XP:

• First create a folder that you will use to store your confidential data. For example, I have created a folder called Fonts at the root of my D drive. Since the hidden folder will bring you to the Control Panel, it’s best to name the folder as one of the programs inside there.

• In the same location where you created the new folder, create a new file in Notepad, copy the following below into it, replace Fonts with the name of your folder and save it as loc.bat.

ren Fonts Fonts.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

• To save the file as a .bat file in Notepad, just put the whole thing in quotes, like “loc.bat” and then click Save.

• Now you should have a bat file named loc in the same directory as your Fonts folder, not inside the Fonts folder.

• Create another NotePad file and type in the following listed below and save it as “key.bat”.

ren Fonts.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} Fonts

• Now you’ll have loc.bat and key.bat along with your folder. Go ahead and double-click on loc.bat and your folder will turn into the Control Panel and nothing inside can be viewed. Clicking on it will simply bring you to the Control Panel. You’ll notice the icon should have changed also.

• To view the data inside your folder again, click on key.bat and your folder will return to normal! Pretty simple!

Of course, keeping the key.bat file in the same folder will defeat the purpose of securing the folder, so it’s best to move the key.bat file somewhere else, or even better, put it on a USB stick or CD that only you can access.

Most people will be probably look at the folder and simply ignore it since it has the control panel icon and it links directly there. Of course, if someone knows this trick also, they can create their own key.bat file, etc and open it back up. However, if you’re dealing with someone who can do all of that, it’s best you check out more advanced 3rd party software to lock down a folder.

ALTERNATIVE METHOD:

If you’re having trouble with the above-mentioned method (from what I can see from the comments, a good number of people), then here’s another quick and free way to create a secure folder in Windows XP. There is a very nice program called Free Hide Folder from Cleanersoft that allows you to easily hide your private folders.

Your folders are completely hidden and you must supply a password to open the program to unhide the folders. The personal edition is free, just click the Skip Registration button unless you’re using it for commercial purposes.

I’ve tried this program myself and I cannot access the hidden folder via Windows Explorer nor the command prompt. So if the above method is not working, give this a shot!

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How to track the original location of an email via its IP address

Here’s a quick how-to guide on how you can track email to it’s originating location by figuring out the email’s IP address and looking it up. I have found this to be quite useful on many occasions for verification purposes since I receive lots of emails daily due to my blog. Tracking the IP address of an email sender does require looking at some technical details, so be ready to dig your heels in!

There are basically two steps involved in the process of tracking an email: find the IP address in the email header section and then look up the location of the IP address.

Finding the IP address of an email sender in GMail, Yahoo Mail, and Outlook

Let’s go ahead and take a look at how you would do this for Google, Yahoo and Outlook since those are the most popular email clients.

Google’s Gmail

1. Log into your account and open the email in question.

2. Click on the down arrow that’s to the right of the Reply link. Choose

Show Original from the list.

Now here’s the technical part that I was telling you about earlier! You need to look for the lines of text that start with “Received: from“. It might be easier to simply press
Cntrl + F and perform a search for that phase. You’ll notice that there are several Received From’s in the message header. This is because the message header contains the IP addresses of all of servers involved in routing that email to you.

To find the first computer that originally sent the email, you’ll have to find the Received From that’s farthest
DOWN. As you can see from the above image, the first one is from a computer called “aseem” with the
IP address 72.204.154.191. Then it was routed to my ISP’s server at eastrmmtao104.cox.net and so on and so forth till it got to your email server.

The computer aseem is my personal home computer and that’s my public IP address for my house! I’ll go through Yahoo and Outlook before talking about tracking the location of that IP address.

Yahoo Mail Beta

1. Log into your account and open the email (if you’re using Yahoo Mail Beta with the new preview interface, make sure you double-click on the email so that it opens in a new tab).

2. At the top right, you’ll see there is a drop-down option where
Standard Header is selected by default.

3. Click on it and choose Full Header.

.

Again, you’ll see the same information as before, just in a different window:

Microsoft Outlook

1. Open the email in Outlook by double-clicking on it

2. Go to View at the top menu (the menu options for the email, not the main Outlook window) and choose Options.

You’ll get a dialog box where you can set the message options and at the bottom you’ll see the
Internet Headers box. For some silly reason, the box is very small and you have to scroll a lot, so it’s best to simply copy and paste the text into Notepad to view it more easily.

Tracking the location of an IP address

Now that we have our originating IP address of 72.204.154.191, let’s find out where that is! You can do this by perform a location lookup on the IP address. My favorites are IP2Location and GeoBytes IP Locator.

GeoBytes gave me a big map of New Orleans, LA along with a bunch of other
information about the location itself.

IP2Location also gave me the same information pretty much, including the ISP (Cox Communications). Of course, this is correct since I live in New Orleans!

If you want more information, you can do a WHOIS database search also. My favorite one is the

ARIN WHOIS Database Search. This will give you information on who hosts that IP address and their registration information. You can always contact them to try and find more information on that particular IP address.

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How To Solve Low Memory Problems on Your PC

Normally you receive a low memory warning message when you run many programs at the same time than the RAM installed on your computer is designed to support. Your can solve this problem by increasing the system paging file size also called as virtual memory. Using this virtual memory, windows will move information to and from the paging file for fast processing. This will free up enough RAM for other programs to run properly. To increase the system page file follow these tips:



Control Panel > System > Advanced > Click on Settings (Under Performance) > Advanced > Change

Here under Drive (Volume label), you have the option to select any of your hard disk drives, but the best choice is to select any drive other than C drive for virtual memory.



Set the double Initial Maximum Size of your Virtual Memory. Here set initial size 700 MB and maximum size up to 1000MB; you can change this size according to the free space available on your hard drive.

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How Spyware And The Weapons Against It Are Evolving

Spyware has reached epidemic proportions and is only getting worse. Recent statistics indicate that approximately 95% of the world’s PCs are infected with some form of spyware. Unfortunately, removal techniques that worked just a couple of months ago are no longer effective in many cases and new types of spyware being released are more advanced than most computer viruses.

A couple of years ago, the worst thing that could happen to you while surfing the Internet was to get bombarded by pop up ads. Lately though, I feel like all I do is clean spyware. I have spent countless hours removing spyware from computers belonging to friends and family, only to have it re-appear a few days later. I try to help as many people as I possibly can, but the spyware problem has reached epidemic proportions and is only getting worse. Find out here why the spyware problem has gotten so out of hand and more importantly, what you can do about it.

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How to Show Your Favorite Name in Windows Taskbar

In Windows XP, you can create a great fun for others by using this trick. You can display your name or any other favorite word in windows taskbar just beside the digital time area and you can surprise your friends to show them your name in windows taskbar. If you have some knowledge to edit the windows control panel settings then you can do it very easily and next time you can reverse these changes same as you done.

Follow the given steps to display the name in windows task bar:

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

First click on windows Start button> Setting then click on Control Panel option.



Here double click on "Regional and Language Options" to edit the Regional default settings.



Now click on Customize button under the "Standard and formats" area, here a new dialog box title will open with "Customize Regional Options".



Select "Time" tab on the "Customize Regional Options" dialog box.



Now go to "AM symbol" & "PM symbol" and type the name that you want to display in windows task bar and click on Apply button to affect these settings.



Now click on Ok button to end the process and enjoy you name in windows taskbar.

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Speed up your Broadband Internet Connection

You can increase the speed of your broadband internet connection, if you are using windows XP on your computer. This is built-in feature of windows XP to reserve the 20 percent of bandwidth of your internet connection, but you can override of this default setting. By enabling these setting, you can use this reserve bandwidth and enjoy your speedy broadband internet connection. You can set reserve able limit from 0 to 100 percent, but if you want to enjoy 100 percent bandwidth of internet connection, you should configure bandwidth limit 0 percent.

Follow the given steps to configure bandwidth limit:


First click on Start button then type "GPedit.msc" in Run option and press Enter.



Under "Local Computer Policy" expand the "administrative templates".

Here in right side window expand the "Network" then highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler"

Now again in right side window, double click on "limit reservable bandwidth".

Under the "Limit reservable bandwidth properties" dialog box check "enabled" then change the "Bandwidth limit %" to zero.

Now close the Group Policy editor and restart your compute, after any changes to go into effect.

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Add Digg Button to Blogger or Blogspot

This is a step-by-step guide to automatically place a real-time Digg count and vote button to every single blog post. Digg is a social content website where your readers or you can submit content to. If you have a good story, members will 'digg' the post and write comments. As a blog owner, you may want to make it easy for and encourage your readers to submit and digg your articles.

Automatic Count and Vote Button

Before you do that though, you would want to take note of the following:-

1. Your blog should be set to save Post Pages. Post Pages are archived blog posts published to their own web page. Each post will have a unique URL, which is required by Digg for the individual posts to be submitted. To verify or enable it, login to your Blogger Dashboard. Under Settings-> Archiving, set the “Enable Post Pages?” to “Yes” and save the settings.

2. This template hack will put a Digg button to every post. You are therefore not able to choose which post you want to include or exclude a button. If you would prefer to have a Digg button added only to some posts, read the later part of this article on “Button for selective posts.”

3. The code reads the URL of the individual blog page and this shall be the URL used for submission of the story to Digg.

Under “Template”, click the “Edit HTML” tab. Block copy the entire HTML code for your site and save it in a text file. You can also click the "Download Template" link. This is one of the two necessary steps whenever you want to change the template. The second step is of course to “Preview” the new changes, and save the changes only when you are satisfied. The backup you have saved in a text file will come in handy when you accidentally click to save the changes without previewing them. With a backup, you can easily restore the template to the prior state if need be.



Click the box next to “Expand Widget Templates”. Scroll about two-thirds down the template to look for the code that reads:-

<p><data:post.body/></p>

If you want the button to show at the top right corner of your post, replace the above code with this.

<div style='float:right; margin-left:10px;'> <script type='text/javascript'> digg_url=&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;; </script> <script src='http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js' type='text/javascript'/> </div> <p><data:post.body/></p>

This is what you get:-



If you would like the button to appear at the end of your post, replace with this following code instead.

<p><data:post.body/></p> <div style='float:right; margin-left:10px;'> <script type='text/javascript'> digg_url=&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;; </script> <script src='http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js' type='text/javascript'/> </div>

The result will be this:-



If you want to have the button at the top left corner of your post, change the alignment.

<div style='float:left; margin-right:10px;'> <script type='text/javascript'> digg_url=&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;; </script> <script src='http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js' type='text/javascript'/> </div> <p><data:post.body/></p>

The outcome is this:-



Digg has another compact button. If you insert this code:-

<div style='float:right; margin-left:10px;'> <script type='text/javascript'> digg_url=&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;; digg_skin=&quot;compact&quot;; </script> <script src='http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js' type='text/javascript'/> </div> <p><data:post.body/></p>

You will see a compact Digg count button like this:-



You can also change the background color of the button to blend with your site. For example, a code like this:-

<div style='float:right; margin-left:10px;'> <script type='text/javascript'> digg_url=&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;; digg_bgcolor=&quot;#BDEDFF&quot;; digg_skin=&quot;compact&quot;; </script> <script src='http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js' type='text/javascript'/> </div> <p><data:post.body/></p>

will give you this:-



You can insert the color code of your choice into the red portion. For a list of color values to insert, you may refer to the Hexadecimal HTML color code list.

Automatic Count Button in Blog Footer

[Update] This segment is added in response to user's request to have the Digg button in the Blog footer, i.e., after the labels. If you scroll through your template, you will see this chunk of code which gives the labels in your Blog footer.

<p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> <b:if cond='data:post.labels'> <data:postLabelsLabel/> <b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'> <a expr:href='data:label.url' rel='tag'><data:label.name/></a><b:if cond='data:label.isLast != "true"'>,</b:if> </b:loop> </b:if> </span> </p>

If you want a Digg button to appear just after the labels, add the appropriate Digg button code right after the above code. For example, if you want the compact Digg button, add this code below the labels code:-

<div style='float:right; margin-left:10px;'> <script type='text/javascript'> digg_url=&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;; digg_skin=&quot;compact&quot;; </script> <script src='http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js' type='text/javascript'/> </div>

The resulting layout is this:-



Move the Digg button code above the labels if you'd like. Experiment a little. Just remember to preview the template and not to save it unless you are satisfied.

Digg Button in Blog Footer

If you do not want to see an Automatic Count button, you can also place a link button into the template. This button will appear at the bottom right corner of every post and readers can click it to submit that post to Digg.

Scroll to this part of the template and insert the lines (in red):-

<div class='post-body'> <p><data:post.body/></p> <div style='clear: both;'/> <!-- clear for photos floats --> </div> <div style="float:right; margin-left:10px;"> <a expr:href='"http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&amp;url=" + data:post.url + "&amp;title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'><img border="0" alt="Digg this" src="http://digg.com/img/badges/91x17-digg-button.gif"/></a></div>

With the code, this is what you will see at the end of every post.



You can change the position of this button. Go through what we discussed earlier in this article to understand where to place the code if you should want the button to be at the top of the article.

The button 91x17-digg-button.gif is simply an example. As the following section explains, there are many buttons you can use. To change the button to another design, replace the image URL with that of the new button.

Button for selective posts

The methods of manually adding a Digg button to selective posts are rather tedious and complicated. The problem is that Blogger does not allow you to simply insert a JavaScript into a blog post. Since this blog is targeted at the majority of us who are not computer experts, I shall suggest a method that I think is simple enough for us.

First, go to the Digg tools site to select a Digg button that you like. You will see a wide selection of Digg buttons.







Take note of the image URL. For example, the image URL of this button is

http://digg.com/img/badges/91x17-digg-button.gif

Write a post and publish it. Next, refresh the page and click on the title of your post. This will bring you to the post page. Take note of the new URL of your story. Insert it into the orange portion of this HTML code. If you want a different image, insert the image URL into the blue portion of the code.

<a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=URLofyourstory" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Digg my article" src="http://digg.com/img/badges/91x17-digg-button.gif"/></a>

Now, go back to your article and Edit it. Choose the “Edit HTML” mode and not “Compose” mode. Copy the above code and paste it into whichever part of your blog article. “Preview” it, and if you are happy with it, “Publish” it.

For this article, I have manually inserted the Digg button. If you would like to Digg this article, or just to see how it works, click this button.

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