Adding a Nabble embeddable forum to Blogger

So you want to put a forum / bulletin board on your Blogger/blogspot blog. A chatbox, shoutbox or comment widget in a sidebar just doesn’t cut it, you want a real forum, for free. You heard that it can’t be done.
Well it can be done really, with Nabble embeddable forum (thanks to Ralph for sharing the info). Here is a step by step guide to make your real forum a reality:

Create a forum

1. Go to Nabble.com and register.
2. Select Start a Free Forum.
3. Enter your forum name inside and click Create Forum.
4. Click Yes, create sample sub-forums button.
5. To add a sub-forum go to Options > Structure > Create a new sub-forum.
6. Once you’re satisfied with the results, click Embedding Options link on top right corner.
7. You will see a simple code in a text box, similar to the sample below.

   <a id="nabblelink" href="http://n3.nabble.com/Blogger-Sentral-Forum-xxxxxx.html">Blogger Sentral Forum</a>
   <script src=http://n3.nabble.com/embed/xxxxxx></script>

8. Copy the code.

Embed the forum in a page

1. Go to Edit Posts > Edit Pages and click New Page button to create a new page.
2. Switch to HTML mode and paste in the forum code.
3. Click Publish. That’s it your forum is installed.
4. Now, view your page. You should see the forum added to the page. It will look something like this:

Hey, you call this a forum?

Customize the appearance of your forum page

I have to agree looking at screenshot, it is nothing to brag about. You probably wish  you could remove all the unnecessary stuff from the page and make the forum fill up the entire blog width.
Well, wish granted, provided you follow the instructions in Apply different layout/styling to static pages. When you’re done with that, your forum page might as well look something like this:

Now that’s more like a forum

Forum features

• The forum comes with all the features similar to any other forums.
• Readers will browse, search, post, and navigate without ever leaving your page. The same applies to forum maintenance.

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Listing post titles in alphabetical or chronological order

In this tutorial I will show you how to list the titles of your blog’s 1000 most recent  posts. If you are looking for an alternative to Blogger’s Archive gadget, then this might be it. This list can also be used as a Table Of Contents. This list is made possible with the use of Yahoo! Pipe.
See the demo in Blogger Sentral Widget Showcase.
The list comes with several options:

1. List them inside a widget or inside a post page.
2. Arrange the titles in alphabetical or chronological order. If you use your blog as an online serial novel, then chronological order is just what you need.
3. Append (or not) a comment count at the end of each title.
4. Choose numbered or bulleted list style.

Let’s get started,

1) The code

<!-- Alphabetical/chronological Post Title Listing with comment count Start -->
<script type="text/javascript">
function getYpipeTL(feed) {
 document.write('<ul style="font-weight:bold">');
 var i;
 for (i = 0; i < feed.count ; i++)
 {
var href = "'" + feed.value.items[i].link + "'";
var pTitle = feed.value.items[i].title;
var pComment = " \(" + feed.value.items[i].commentcount + " comments\)";
var pList = "<li>" + "<a href="+ href + '" target="_blank">' + pTitle;
 document.write(pList);
 document.write(pComment); //to remove comment count delete this line
 document.write('</a></li>');
 }
 document.write('</ul>');
 }
 </script>
 <script src="http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?
 YourBlogUrl=http://www.bloggersentral.com
 &Order=alphabet
 &_id=401e43055731c1a29f1e1d3eb5e8e13f
 &_callback=getYpipeTL
 &_render=json" 
type="text/javascript"></script>
<span style="font-size: 80%; float:right;">Get this <a href="http://www.bloggersentral.com/2009/12/list-post-titles-in-alphabetical-order.html" target="_blank">widget</a></span>
<!-- Alphabetical Post Title Listing End -->

2) Put the list in a (dedicated) post page

Use this option if you want to put the list on a separate page. (You can then access it via a tab.)

1. Create a new page by going to Posting > Edit Pages and clicking the New Page button.
2. Click Edit HTML tab to switch to HTML mode.
3. Copy and paste the code into the editor.
4. Click Post Options at the bottom of the editor. Under the Edit HTML Settings heading, select Ignore newlines.
   
5. Publish and view your post . The list should appear inside the page.
6. Then add a link to the page from your homepage. This can be done by adding navigation tabs. If you have the page gadget installed, this is added automatically by Blogger.
7. If you want to remove the extras (sidebars, footer etc.) from the page, read Apply different layout/styling to static pages.

3) Put the list in a gadget

Use this option if you want to put the list on a sidebar, making it visible at all times.

1. Go to Design > Page Elements.
2. Click Add A Gadget link.
3. Select HTML/Javascript gadget.
4. Enter the title of your widget e.g. All Posts List.
5. Copy and paste the code inside the content box. Replace http://www.bloggersentral.com (the value of YourBlogUrl) in code line 20 with your own blog URL. Do not include the trailing slash (as in .com/). Refer to step 4 for options/customizations.
   Reminder: In the process of editing your code, never switch to Rich Text mode. Doing so will add line breaks (<br/>) in your code, rendering the code useless.
   
6. Save and view your blog.

4) Customizing the list

Below are a few available customizations/options:

• Listing order -the default order is alphabetical. To change to chronological order, just change the word alphabet in code line 21 to chrono.
• Comment count - comment count is displayed by default. To remove comment count, delete code line 13.
• List style -the default is bulleted list. To change to numbered list, replace ul (in line 4 and 16) with ol.
• Style the list with the inline style attribute in line 4.
• If your list becomes too long, you might want to put it in a scroll box

5) Editing the pipe (optional)

If you want further customize the widget output, you need to edit the (Yahoo) pipe itself. Follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Yahoo! pipe.
2. Log in to your Yahoo! account.
3. Create a clone by clicking the Clone button.
4. Click edit source to edit it in anyway you like.
5. When you’re done editing and saving, test run it by clicking Run Pipe button to confirm the output of the pipe.
6. To use your edited pipe, copy the pipe id and paste it to replace the existing id in line 22. (To get the id, look in your browser’s address bar. The id is the end part the URL when you are viewing or editing the pipe.)

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Floating social media sharing buttons

As promised to some of my readers, here’s a tutorial on how to add a Mashable-like floating bar of social media buttons to a Blogger blog. I made it into a widget, so you don’t have to go into your template HTML to install (or remove) them. Just drop the whole code into a HTML/Javascript gadget.
I have included Facebook Share, Retweet, Stumble, Google Buzz, Digg This and Google +1 (plus one) buttons in the bar. Each of them comes with a live counter. The corners of Facebook Share button and counter are rounded to blend with the rest of the buttons (doesn’t work in Internet Explorer, of course). You can add more social bookmarking or sharing buttons later if you wish.

I. Adding the buttons

1. Login to your Blogger account.
2. Go to Design > Page Elements.
3. Click Add A Gadget.
4. In Add A Gadget window, select HTML/Javascript .
5. Copy the code below and paste it inside the content box.

   <!-- floating page sharers Start bloggersentral.com-->
   <style type="text/css">
   #pageshare {position:fixed; bottom:15%; margin-left:-71px; float:left; border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;background-color:#fff;padding:0 0 2px 0;z-index:10;}
   #pageshare .sbutton {float:left;clear:both;margin:5px 5px 0 5px;}
   .fb_share_count_top {width:48px !important;}
   .fb_share_count_top, .fb_share_count_inner {-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;}
   .FBConnectButton_Small, .FBConnectButton_RTL_Small {width:49px !important; -moz-border-radius:3px;/*bs-fsmsb*/-webkit-border-radius:3px;}
   .FBConnectButton_Small .FBConnectButton_Text {padding:2px 2px 3px !important;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;font-size:8px;}
   </style>
   <div id='pageshare' title="Get this from BloggerSentral.com">
   <div class='sbutton' id='fb'>
   <a name="fb_share" type="box_count" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script>
   </div>
   <div class='sbutton' id='rt'>
   <script src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js" type='text/javascript'></script>
   </div>
   <div class='sbutton' id='su'>
   <script src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=5"></script>
   </div>
   <div class='sbutton' id='digg' style='margin-left:3px;width:48px'>
   <script src='http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
   <a class="DiggThisButton DiggMedium"></a>
   </div>
   <div class='sbutton' id='gplusone'>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>
   <g:plusone size="tall"></g:plusone>
   </div>
   <div style="clear: both;font-size: 9px;text-align:center;">Get <a href="http://www.bloggersentral.com/">widget</a></div><!-- Do not remove this link -->
   </div>
   <!-- floating page sharers End -->

   Update
   July 2011: Remove Google Buzz button. Who needs Buzz when you have +1?
   June 2011: Add Google Plus One button.
   July 2010: Add Digg This button.
6. Save the gadget.
7. Drag the gadget and reposition it under Blog Posts gadget.
8. Click Save button on upper right corner.

II. Customizing

1. Vertical alignment
   Change the value of bottom in code line 3. The code positions the button relative to the bottom of your browser window. To fix the distance even when window is resized, specify the value in px (pixels) instead of %.
2. Horizontal alignment
   Change the value of margin-left in code line 3. Negative value pushes the button to the left of the main blog column, positive value pushes it to the right.
   To position the button relative to the left or right edge of browser window, replace the margin-left with left (as in left:10px;) or right (as in right:10px;) respectively.
3. Replacing and removing buttons
   You can replace existing buttons with your own. Each button is represented by this code:
   

   <div class='sbutton'>
   BUTTON CODE
   </div>

   To replace the button, simply replace the button code with the new code.
   To remove the button, delete the whole div.

Update: If somehow your Google +1 button doesn’t appear despite other buttons appear successfully, try this workaround:

1. Go to Design > Edit HTML and find this line:
   <body expr:class='&quot;loading&quot; + data:blog.mobileClass'>
   or
   <body>
2. Copy the code in step I.5 and paste it right below the line.
3. Replace the margin-left:-71px; in code line 3 with left:10px;.
4. Preview before saving.

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Add Custom Search box to navigation/menu bar

This tutorial will show you how to add a Google Custom Search box to horizontal navigation bar, just like what you see here in Blogger Sentral. (Google Custom Search enables you to search within a collection of blogs or websites of your choice).

Step 1. Create your custom search engine

For the custom search to work you need a Google custom search engine to go with the search box. Follow the steps below to create one.
Note: This tutorial is not applicable to Search Box gadget added via Design > Page Elements.

1. Go to Google Custom Search to create a custom search engine.
2. If your are an Adsense publisher you can also use Adsense for search. 
3. Configure the search engine and get the code for the search box.
4. Look for the search engine unique ID in the code. It should look something like this: 006442829066104501157:setkk2xdqoi or this: partner-pub-4409159435154980:sle4z0smh1f
   We are only interested in this ID, the rest of the code is of no use.
   

Step 2. Create the search box

This is the code for the search box:

<!-- Google custom search box Start -by BloggerSentral.com -->
<div class='cse' style='color:#000000;float:right;margin:6px 10px 0 0 ;'>
<form action='http://www.google.com/cse' id='cse-search-box'>
<input name='cx' type='hidden' value='partner-pub-4409159435154980:sle4z0smh1f'/>
<input type='text' name='q' size='35' />
<input name='ie' type='hidden' value='ISO-8859-1'/>
<input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en"></script>
</div>
<!-- Google custom search box End -->

Mar. 2011: Code updated to include Google Custom Search logo and search button.
Dec. 2010: Code update.

1. Replace the value of value attribute in line 4 with the Search engine unique ID from Step 1.3.
2. To make the search results appear in a new window, just add target="_blank" before the closing bracket in line 3.
3. You can modify the search text box width by changing the value of size attribute in line 5.

Step 3. Add search box to navigation bar

The steps below will place the search box on the right hand side of the bar.

1. Login to your Blogger account.
2. Go to Dashboard > Design > Edit HTML.
3. Back up your template.
4. Tick the  Expand Widget Templates check box on top right of the HTML window.
5. If your navigation bar is made of Pages gadget, look for this code:
   

   <b:widget id='PageList1' locked='false' title='Pages' type='PageList'>
   <b:includable id='main'>
   <b:if cond='data:title'><h2><data:title/></h2></b:if>
   <div class='widget-content'>
   <ul>
   PUT THE SEARCH BOX CODE HERE
   <b:loop values='data:links' var='link'>

6. Insert the search box code from Step 2 right after the <ul> line.
7. If your navigation bar is made of a LinkList gadget, look for LinkList (instead of PageList) in line 1.
   If you created your navigation bar using Blogger Sentral’s Creating navigation or menu tabs in Blogger tutorial, just add the search box code right after <div id="navibar"> line of the navigation tabs code.
   
8. Preview before saving.

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