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Update: I have won the competition. Thanks to all the readers who voted for me

Hi friends, this is a rather unusual post from me as it is not related to the topics which I post here. Still I felt that I should post this here as I needed your help in winning a Photography contest that I had participated in. We had to send pics related to running and I sent a pic that I had taken during the Mumbai Half Marathon (21kms)

Luckily this pic got selected for the finals where it is competing against 5 other pics and the pic that gets the most votes will win a Rs 50,000 gift!!! This contest is being held using the Poll feature on Facebook. It would be great if you could vote for my pic. It will hardly take a minute to vote. Do vote for me if you found this blog useful and if possible please ask your friends to vote for me. Check the pic below for more info.

Blogger Now Allows You To Add Static Pages To Your Blog

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Finally Blogger has added the option to add Static Pages to your blogspot blog. This has to be one of the most demanded features by the Blogger users. However this feature has not yet been added to the main Blogger site. To use this feature, you have to login using Blogger Draft .

Once you have logged in using Blogger Draft, click on Posting option and in it click on Edit Pages.

Once you click on it, you will be taken to a page which is same as the one which you use for posting articles. However, instead of Post Title , you will have to add Page Title.

I am using the pages option to add a Contact Me page as seen below

As you can see from the image, there isn't any difference between the creating Posts and Pages. On the pages, you have option to allow or not allow comments and some other options. To publish the page, click on Publish Page.


Then , you will reach a page where you have the option to add the published page as a sidebar widget, blog tab or add it manually. I will select the third option as I want to add where ever I want.

Now click on the Save And Publish button and that's it. The page has been published. This page wont be seen on your Home Page as it isn't a post. The URL of the page will be like this http://www.cooltricksntips.com/p/contact-me.html

However, it seems that the post page isnt working properly for my blog. This must be happening as this blog has automatic post summary feature. I tested this feature on a classic blogger blog and a blog which doesn't use automatic post summary. It was working properly on both the blogs.

Try adding pages to your blogger blog and do give us your response about it.

Community Galleria: An Elegant Blogger Gallery Template

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Community is a very popular blogger template which is also the current template of this blog. I thought that it would be great if I would convert this template into a gallery template. So I present you the Gallery version of Community template called Community Galleria

This template has the following features:

• Gallery template
• Automatic post summary with thumbnails
• Two column
• 2 Navigation menus
• 3 Column Footer

You have to make some modifications to the template to add your links and images as given below.

Navigation Menu

To modify the Top Navigation Menu, go to Layout > Edit HTML and then click on Expand Widget Templates. Now search (press Ctrl+F) for the following code in the template
<div class='topnav'>

below it, you will get the following code, just edit it to add your links

<ul id='topnav'>
            <li><a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'>Home</a></li>
<li><a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl + &quot;feeds/posts/default&quot;'>Posts RSS</a></li>
    <li><a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl + &quot;feeds/comments/default&quot;'>Comments RSS</a></li>
    <li><a href='#'>Edit</a></li>

To modify the 2nd navigation menu, search <div id='navbarmenu'> and just edit the links given.

<ul id='nav'>
        <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Photoshop</a></li>
        <li>
          <a href='http://your-link-here'>Freebies</a>
          <ul>
            <li>
              <a href='http://your-link-here'>Icon</a>
              <ul>
                <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Icon #1</a></li>
                <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Icon #2</a></li>
                <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Icon #3</a></li>
              </ul>
            </li>
            <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Pattern</a></li>
            <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Brush</a></li>
            <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Swirl</a></li>
          </ul>
        </li>
        <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Vector</a></li>
        <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Sketch</a></li>
        <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Wallpaper</a></li>
        <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Theme</a></li>
        <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Layout</a></li>
        <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Inkscape</a></li>
        <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Graphic</a></li>
        <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>CSS</a></li>
        <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Community</a></li>
        <li><a href='http://your-link-here'>Submit</a></li>
      </ul>

RSS Subscription

To add your RSS subscription link, search YOUR-FEEDBURNER-ID. You will get the following code. Just replace YOUR-FEEDBURNER-ID with your Id and its done

<form action='http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify' id='feedform' method='post' onsubmit='window.open(&apos;http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=YOUR-FEEDBURNER-ID&apos;, &apos;popupwindow&apos;, &apos;scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520&apos;);return true' target='popupwindow'>
        <input class='textarea' name='email' onblur='if (this.value == &apos;&apos;) {this.value = &apos;Enter email address here&apos;;}' onfocus='if (this.value == &apos;Enter email address here&apos;) {this.value = &apos;&apos;;}' type='text' value='Enter email address here'/><br/>
          <input name='uri' type='hidden' value='camelgraph'/> <input name='title' type='hidden' value='54800'/> <input name='loc' type='hidden' value='en_US'/>
        </form>

125x125 Ads

To add your ads, just find the following code and edit it to add your links and images

<!-- Ad1 start -->
<a class='ad1' href='#'><img src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sunpK_FtO1E/SmLcNLRnB4I/AAAAAAAAAI8/T31xo25DqCQ/s1600/themeforest.jpg'/></a>
<!-- Ad2 start -->
<a class='ad2' href='#'><img src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sunpK_FtO1E/SmLcNLRnB4I/AAAAAAAAAI8/T31xo25DqCQ/s1600/themeforest.jpg'/></a>
<!-- Ad3 start -->
<a class='ad3' href='#'><img src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sunpK_FtO1E/SmLcNLRnB4I/AAAAAAAAAI8/T31xo25DqCQ/s1600/themeforest.jpg'/></a>
<!-- Ad4 start -->
<a class='ad4' href='#'><img src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sunpK_FtO1E/SmLcNLRnB4I/AAAAAAAAAI8/T31xo25DqCQ/s1600/themeforest.jpg'/></a>

That's it, I hope that you love this template. I would love to know your response. You can also check more templates by visiting  Best Blogger Templates Released In November 09

25 Beautiful Christmas Wallpapers For Your Desktop

Christmas is just 2 days away now and everyone is in mood to celebrate it. So why do you want to leave your computer out of all the festivities. So I have made a collection some of the most beautiful, awesome, gorgeous (blah blah blah :) ) desktop wallpapers so that even your computer can celebrate Christmas with you. So what are you waiting for, just dress up your computer for Christmas. And if you want to check more awesome wallpapers, then do check 30 Cool Wallpapers For Your Desktop

..::: MErry ChristMas :::... by ~vikas1307

Christmas Volcano by ~vladstudio

Christmas Green by =JackieW

Christmas 2004 by ~emberInc

A Small Gift For Christmas by ~vladstudio

Merry Christmas. by ~chopeh

Merry Christmas by ~vikas1307

Merry Christmas by ~Deeo-Elaclaire

Christmas Wallpaper by ~Ablaze4God

merry christmas by ~anoop-pc

Christmas wallpaper by ~JPeiro

Snow man snow child by ~vladstudio

Where Snowflakes Are Born by ~vladstudio

Bonkers - The Crazy Snowman by ~McKack

christmas in winter by ~Rozairo

Merry Christmas 1280x800 by ~kegonomics

CHRISTMAS HALLOWEEN wallpaper by ~nikolaihoe27

Christmas Tux 2007 by ~Klowner

Waiting For The Miracle by ~vladstudio

Merry Christmas 2008 by ~lithosphere

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Merry Christmas

Yellow Snow

X-mas Wallpapers by *Lydia-distracted

Best Blogger Templates Released In November 09

Hello friends, I am back with some of the best templates that were released in November. This month, a large number of templates were created. So it was lot of work choosing the templates. I have selected 20 of the best templates. I hope that you love them. You should also check my previous posts Best Blogger Templates Released In October 09 and Best Blogger Templates Released In September 09


Christmas V1.0
Template by BloggerThemes for ChethStudios
Features: 2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Fixed width, Red, Right sidebar, White

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Christmas V2.0
Template by BloggerThemes for ChethStudios
Features: 2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Brown, Fixed width, Premium, Right sidebar, White

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Black Rock
Template by ThemeCraft
Features: 2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Black, Fixed width, Right sidebar

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Mystique
Template by ThemeCraft
Features: 2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Black, Elegant, Fixed width, Premium, Right sidebar

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Garden
Template by Teknomobi
Features: 2 Columns, Blue, Fixed width, Green, Left sidebar, White

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Granite
Template by Templates Block
Features: 2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Fixed width, Gray, Right sidebar, Rounded corners

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Astra
Template by ThemeCraft
Features: 2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Black, Fixed width, Right sidebar

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WP Boxed Tech
Template by Free Blogger Template
Features: 3 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Fixed width, Magazine, Minimalist, Right sidebar

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Dark Orange
Template by Bloggets
Features: 2 Columns, Black, Fixed width, Magazine, Orange, Right sidebar

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Maxis
Template by BloggerThemes
Features: 2 Columns, Fixed width, Minimalist, Right sidebar

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Save Green
Template by BloggerThemes
Features: 2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Fixed width, Orange, Right sidebar

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Drawing Time
Template by Deluxe Templates
Features: 2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Blue, Fixed width, Right sidebar

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New York
Template by Dhampire
Features: 2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Blue, Fixed width, Left sidebar

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Bloggerpress
Template by Insight your Blogger
Features: 3 Columns, Brown, Elegant, Fixed width, Right sidebar, Rounded corners

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Glassical
Template by ChethStudios
Features: 2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Blue, Fixed width, Minimalist, Right sidebar

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Hybrid Gallery
Template by Insight your Blogger
Features: 3 Columns, Elegant, Fixed width, Gray, Left sidebar, Photolog, Rounded corners

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Rainbow
Template by ThemeCraft
Features: 2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Fixed width, Right sidebar

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sGallery
Template by Anshul
Features: 3 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Brown, Fixed width, Photolog, Right sidebar, Rounded corners

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My Showcase
Template by BloggerThemes
Features: 4 Columns, Blue, Fixed width, Photolog, Right sidebar

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Blues
Template by BloggerThemes
Features: 2 Columns, Adapted from Wordpress, Blue, Fixed width, Right sidebar, White

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