Add 6 stylish list/bullet to Blogger posts

Blogger’s default list/bulleting system is using dots, dotting style is cool but not that much cool if you are little bit of stylish and want to stay trendy and also want to represent your lists with high-end taste. That’s reason here I am publishing 6 different style of bullet system calls Arrow, Minus, Check, Plus, Carrow and Star. Made with CSS, Google font, Sprite images and they are super easy to add; designed that way. Let’s see how they look like and how to add them to your Blogger blog.

Arrow style

.post-body ul {margin:0; padding:6px 0; list-style:none;}
.post-body ul li {margin:10px; padding:0 0 5px 22px; color:#222222; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:-67px -558px; background-image:url(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DNKkr3dU60Y/U_Y0fu18r_I/AAAAAAAAE4g/D_thihTIu-E/s1600/oh.png); background-position:-303px -322px; font-size:15px; line-height:1;font-family: 'Droid Serif', serif; font-weight:100;}/*crawlist.net bullet*/
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Serif);

Minus style

.post-body ul {margin:0; padding:6px 0; list-style:none;}
.post-body ul li {margin:10px; padding:0 0 5px 22px; color:#222222; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:-67px -558px; background-image:url(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DNKkr3dU60Y/U_Y0fu18r_I/AAAAAAAAE4g/D_thihTIu-E/s1600/oh.png); background-position:-101px -520px; font-size:15px; line-height:1;font-family: 'Droid Serif', serif; font-weight:100;}/*crawlist.net bullet*/
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Serif);

Check style

.post-body ul {margin:0; padding:6px 0; list-style:none;}
.post-body ul li {margin:10px; padding:0 0 5px 22px; color:#222222; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:-67px -558px; background-image:url(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DNKkr3dU60Y/U_Y0fu18r_I/AAAAAAAAE4g/D_thihTIu-E/s1600/oh.png); background-position:-461px -163px; font-size:15px; line-height:1;font-family: 'Droid Serif', serif; font-weight:100;}/*crawlist.net bullet*/
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Serif);

Plus style

.post-body ul {margin:0; padding:6px 0; list-style:none;}
.post-body ul li {margin:10px; padding:0 0 5px 22px; color:#222222; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:-67px -558px; background-image:url(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DNKkr3dU60Y/U_Y0fu18r_I/AAAAAAAAE4g/D_thihTIu-E/s1600/oh.png); background-position:-141px -480px; font-size:15px; line-height:1;font-family: 'Droid Serif', serif; font-weight:100;}/*crawlist.net bullet*/
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Serif);

Carrow style

.post-body ul {margin:0; padding:6px 0; list-style:none;}
.post-body ul li {margin:10px; padding:0 0 5px 22px; color:#222222; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:-67px -558px; background-image:url(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DNKkr3dU60Y/U_Y0fu18r_I/AAAAAAAAE4g/D_thihTIu-E/s1600/oh.png); background-position:-619px -3px; font-size:15px; line-height:1;font-family: 'Droid Serif', serif; font-weight:100;}/*crawlist.net bullet*/
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Serif);

Star style

.post-body ul {margin:0; padding:6px 0; list-style:none;}
.post-body ul li {margin:10px; padding:0 0 5px 22px; color:#222222; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:-67px -558px; background-image:url(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DNKkr3dU60Y/U_Y0fu18r_I/AAAAAAAAE4g/D_thihTIu-E/s1600/oh.png); background-position:-580px -44px; font-size:15px; line-height:1;font-family: 'Droid Serif', serif; font-weight:100;}/*crawlist.net bullet*/
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Serif);

How to add:

• Log in to your Blogger, select your blog

• Go to ‘Template’ tab, select ‘Edit HTML’

• Search for ]]>< into code snippet (using Ctrl+F or Cmd+F)

• Before ]]>< copy paste any of style you want to use

• Save template, and see the changes by visiting blog or new post editing

Caution and FAQ:

• Most of Template have default list/bullet style designed into template codes; and those code stays in

.post-body ul {} and .post-body ul li {}

So you your template already have these lines; mark them and delete them. And set my given codes.

• You can’t use two or more style. But if you know little bit of coding then change the CSS class,

.post-body ul {} and .post-body ul li {}
to
.1 ul {} and .1 ul li {}

And in post editor switch to HTML, after listing being done; and add CSS class to following ul (like: <ul class="1">)

So what you opinion, feedback about this tutorial don’t forget mention. Goodluck.....

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Add ‘Text to Speech/Read it loud’ option to your Blogger blog

Sometimes site visitors/readers don’t like to read long full articles or they don’t have enough time to read long articles that case not to losing those visitors you can add ‘Text to Speech’ option on your Blogger site. That case you will have better visitor engagement, conversation rate, bounce rate etc. In web there a lot of ‘Text to Speech’ option you can find but most of them are not completely functional. But this service I use it’s cool and offer lots of function; this service will give you complete ‘Text to Speech’ solution with an advance way. Let’s see how to add ‘Text to Speech/Read it loud’ option to your Blogger blog, how to configure and run.

Add ‘Text to Speech/Read it loud’ option to your Blogger

The service we are going to use for adding ‘Text to Speech/Read it loud’ option name is ResponsiveVoice

This service features:

• HTML5-based Text-To-Speech library designed to add voice features to web sites and apps across all smartphone, tablet and desktop devices.

• Supports 51 languages through 168 voices, no dependencies and lightweight

• This is the easiest way to use the spoken word in your app or website.

• Latest HTML5 technology what allows the Speech API for Speech Synthesis and Speech Recognition, Speech Synthesis or more commonly known as Text To Speech (TTS) is now available in most modern browsers, unlike other ‘Text to Speech’ options (Text To Speech engines to render MP3 audio files from text and then download them from servers) HTML5 technology doesn’t follow that, so it super instant and super powerful.

• This service is free forever with (Unlimited Words, All Voices, Voice-Enable your site with one line of code, Dashboard for Voice Features, Voice Message Editor, HTML5 Text to Speech , Multilanguage Voices , Page Welcome Message, Select Text to Speak It , Speaking Menus and Links etc)

How to add:
You can add the ‘Text to Speech’ option in two ways:

1. Put text into a code and embed it to a post, ‘Play’ button to play speech 

• Login to Blogger; select your blog;

• Go to ‘Template’ option; select ‘Edit HTML’

• Search for </head> using (Ctrl+F or Cmd+F) into code snippet

• Copy and paste this code before </head>, and Save template

<script src="http://code.responsivevoice.org/responsivevoice.js"></script>

• Now select a new post/old post from post editor switch to HTML option;

• Copy and paste this line and ‘your text here’ replace with your text.

<input onclick="responsiveVoice.speak(' your text here ');" type="button" value="Play" />

• Switch back to ‘Compose’ part and hit ‘Play’ button to see it working.

2. Turning all text elements to speech; upon selecting the text and hovering links:

• Go to Responsivevoice site, open an account, login

• From Dashboard, you may set up welcome massage

• Tic ‘Select text to speak’ and ‘Spoken page links’

• Select Voice style, put email and website link

• Hit create page code

• Copy the given code from next page,

• Now on other tab, login to your Blogger, select your blog

• Got to ‘Template’ option, select ‘Edit HTML’

• Search for </head> using (Ctrl+F or Cmd+F) into code snippet

• And paste the copied code before </head>, and Save template

Done, you may tell everybody you have ‘text to speech’ system; and that can be turn on by selecting text; so

• Go to ‘Layout’ tab, select ‘add a gadget’ from sidebar

• Select ‘Text’ gadget and in content put announcement (like this site offer’s text to speech option, you can hear article by selecting text’) Save gadget.

After setup process; Check your blog out to see how it working.

This text to speech service is free to use for personal purpose and site; but if you looking for more customizable option and professional solution you may switch their premium version. Adding text to speech service to site is optional option but it enhance visitor engagement to you site, not everybody like to read that case they will find an awesome alternative, So what your thought about this tutorial don’t forget to mention by comment. Chill.....

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6 best Free Email Marketing tools/Newsletter sending services

When you are going to run an online business project you must tell people about your project; allure them to you site and turn them into customers. The easiest way to do that job online marketers basically do Email marketing (proverb goes that ‘Email marketing is the backbone of any kind of online business’) sending newsletter to subscribers. That’s why here I made a list of such email marketing tools/newsletter sending services. And this list made it for beginners and small business projects; so I just listed those services what you can use for free with sending range of 500-5000 subscribers. Read on-

6 best Free Email Marketing tools/Newsletter sending services

1. Mailchimp
Mailchimp is the coolest free email marketing service. Their free plan includes 2,000 subscribers and up to 12,000 emails a month. Mailchimp offers both email templates and the ability to create your own emails from scratch with Drag and drop system, include WYSIWYG editor, subscriber profiles, third party integrations, analytics, customizable templates, a full-featured API to sync existing customer databases, shopping carts, sending plain text emails, Feedburner integration, default opt-in forms, simple dashboard easy to use all the basic features and manage and grow subscriber list.

2. Madmimi
Madmimi is the second best free email marketing service. Their free plan includes 2,500 subscribers and up to 12,500 emails. The free plan includes a variety of useful features including image hosting, reporting and tracking, Google analytics, a third party integrations lots of extension/plugins, sending plain text emails, WYSIWYG editor, default templates and forms.

3. Mailigen
Mailigen introduced their “Epic Free” plan that has all the features of their paid plans for up to 5,000 subscribers. Build your subscriber list faster using advanced web signup forms, drag and drop editor, survey clients, social media integration, reports and tracking, auto responders etc.

4. Target hero
Target hero’s free plan includes 1,000 contacts and unlimited emails. They offers strong contacts  management system that divide your contacts into groups, segment them by demographics, and personalize your message for results-driven, targeted email-marketing with a personal touch, strong  WYSIWYG editor with both one-click templates and build your own, image hosting, HTML and plain text emails, real time analytics, strong spam filters etc.

5. GrowMail
GrowMail’s free package comes up with Sending 2000 emails every Month for free. Unlimited subscribers and all features included. Features are cool too like Unlimited Subscribers allow you to have millions of contacts, subscribers. Unlimited campaigns sending, scheduling email, unlimited Image hosting, templates, Social Media Integrations, Auto-responder, HTML Editor to customize built-in templates, analytics. Spam score checker, Send in any language etc.

6. Elite Email
Elite Email is an old school Email marketing service what offers you to have 500 contacts are free forever, No time limit. 400 ready-to-use templates, social media integration, fully-branded subscription center where your customers can set up their preferences, enter their info and even edit their profiles, Over 80 interactive reports to track your results and ensure maximum email marketing success, Mailing List Management Simplified, powerful & easy drag-and-drop editor, unlimited image storage and easy personalization, spam filters etc.

So try any of these services and grow your business. By the time your project is progressing you can switch up to their premium services for using all features. Some of premium only services offers cost friendly email sending option with lots of cool features and they offers trial you can try them up too (like:-

Get-response
World’s Easiest Email Marketing with Auto-responders, Create, publish and host beautiful, high converting landing pages in minutes, Live Support, better delivery rates, fewer bounces rate and stronger results, 500+ professionally designed email templates and drag and dropping customization, FREE access to over 1,000 stock images, A/B testing up to 5 versions and modern UI. Get-response offers 1 month free trial full featured.

Aweber
Time-Saving Autoresponders, Seamless Integrations WordPress, Facebook, PayPal, Salesforce, Shopify, Heyo and many more to support all of your marketing programs,  Faster Email List Growth Mobile-ready sign up forms and email templates, brading, Easy Importing Migrate your current list in minutes without another opt-in, spam filter, Live Expert Customer Support etc. Aweber offers 1 month free trial full featured.

Constant contact
Constant contact is one of the most comprehensive email marketing applications on the web, with a variety of tools, such as surveys and event marketing add-ons, built-in analytics, impressive customizable template database and social sharing features. They offers 2 months free trial to try all of campaign types as often as you like by sending to up to 100 contacts.

Sending newsletter to subscribers is a guaranteed audience; everyone who signs up will receive your newsletter that means you will get a better Conversion Rates with your targeted audience (that’s utterly means success). So sign up any of these services and turn your entrepreneurship to success profession. What service you going to use don’t forget to mention. Goodluck.....

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