How to Add Borders to a Blogger Footer Blogspot

In this Blogger tutorial I expand on my previous article about how to add a 3-4 column footer to Blogger by showing you how add border styling to the new footer. You will learn how to add a border around all of your footer columns or around only part of the footer columns. You will also learn how to add different border styles and border colors to customize your 3-4 column footer.

If you have just landed here and need instructions on how to add a 3 or 4 column footer to your Blogger blog then please refer to how to add a 3 or 4 column footer to a Blogger template (Blogspot template)

This is a walkthrough designed to assist bloggers with no experience of CSS styling who want to enhance their Blogger template with borders and other CSS styling. By following these examples you will gain the knowledge you need to make many types of custom changes to the borders of your new Blogger footer. For help with changing the background of your blogger footer please see my article How to Change the Background a Blogger Footer.

How to Add Borders to the Footer of a Blogger Template
To add lines (commonly known as borders) to a Blogger template footer we need to add some CSS styling.

Before beginning to add borders there are 3 values to consider:

• width of the border (line thickness eg 1px, 2px, 3px and so on)
  
• line style of the border (solid, dotted, dashed, double)
  
• color of the border (hex color)

1. How to Add a Border Around the Outside of a Blogger Footer
   First we add the border property and then add the border style, border width and the border color values. In these following examples just by changing these values we can achieve lots of different results.
   
   
   • To Add a Dashed Border Around the Outside of a Blogger Footer
     With the following code a dashed black line 1px thick will be added around the outside of the footer.
     
     

     #footer-columns {
     
     margin:0 auto;
     clear:both;
     }
     
     Change to:
     
     #footer-columns {
     border: 1px dashed #000000;
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }

     
     
     
   • To Add a Dotted Border Around the Outside of a Blogger Footer
     By changing the dashed black line to a dotted border it is simple to get a different line style.
     
     

     #footer-columns {
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }
     
     Change to:
     
     #footer-columns {
     border: 1px dotted #000000;
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }

     
     
     
   • To Add a Solid Border (Blue 3px thick) Around the Outside of a Blogger Footer
     To add extra emphasis we can change the line color and its thickness. Here I have made the line blue rather than black and thickened it from 1px to 3px.
     
     

     #footer-columns {
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }
     
     Change to:
     
     #footer-columns {
     border: 3px solid #336699;
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }

     
     
   
   
2. To Add a Partial Border to a Blogger Footer
   Sometimes we might want to add a border to only one part of the footer area rather than the whole thing. Again we add the border property but we append it with the following values: (top, bottom, left, right) depending on where we want to place the border.
   
   
   • To Add a Solid Border to the Top of a Blogger Footer
     

     #footer-columns {
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }
     
     Change to:
     
     #footer-columns {
     border-top: 1px solid #000000;
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }

     
     
     
   • To Add a Solid Border to the Bottom of a Blogger Footer
     

     #footer-columns {
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }
     
     Change to:
     
     #footer-columns {
     border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }

     
     
   • To Add a Dashed Border to the Top of a Blogger Footer
     

     #footer-columns {
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }
     
     Change to:
     
     #footer-columns {
     border-top: 1px dashed #000000;
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }

     
     
   • To Add a Dotted Border to Both Top and Bottom of a Blogger Footer
     

     #footer-columns {
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }
     
     Change to:
     
     #footer-columns {
     border-top: 1px dotted #000000;
     border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000;
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }

     
     
   • To Add a Dotted Border 4px thick to Both Top and Bottom of a Blogger Footer
     

     #footer-columns {
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }
     
     Change to:
     
     #footer-columns {
     border-top: 4px dotted #000000;
     border-bottom: 4px dotted #000000;
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }

     
     
     
   • To Add a Blue Solid Border 5px thick to Both Top and Bottom of a Blogger Footer
     

     #footer-columns {
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }
     
     Change to:
     
     #footer-columns {
     border-top: 5px solid #336699;
     border-bottom: 5px solid #336699;
     clear:both;
     margin:0 auto;
     }

     
     

In this Blogger tutorial (Blogspot tutorial) I have shown you how to make some simple customizations to the borders of a Blogger footer. This tutorial is intended as an extension of my earlier tutorial on adding a three or four column footer to Blogger. However it is also suitable if you are using a custom template and want to enhance the footer styling further. You have learned how to add borders to a Blogger footer and change the position, color, width and styling.

If you want to know more about CSS styling I will be publishing further articles in the future. Look out for my next article in this series How to Add Backgrounds to a Blogger Footer.

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How to Add a Table to Blogger Blogspot Post

This Blogger tutorial (Blogspot tutorial) explains how to put a table into a Blogger post. You will learn how to create tables in Blogger ranging from a simple table to a more complex table with alternating colors.

We will start with a basic table and gradually add CSS styling to the table to improve the look and functionality until we have built the table pictured directly below. No knowledge of CSS and HTML is assumed so this Blogger tutorial is suitable for absolute blogging beginners.

A Blogger Table Caption

Table Header	Table Header	Table Header
Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell

Tables are a useful way to display information particularly tabulated information. Tables are good whenever you want to align information so that it is easy to read and understand. You can add text, hyperlinks and even images to a table which makes them very useful for presenting information.

There is no easy way to add tables in Blogger yet. Even if you are using the new editor you will note that no table button is provided. Fortunately it is easy enough to use a bit of CSS styling to spruce up a table and enter this manually into a Blogger post.

How to Add a Table to Blogger Posts
First you will learn how to add a simple table to Blogger. We are going to start with a table with 3 columns and 4 rows including a header row. Then I will show you step by step how to add different features to the table including how to add extra rows, a background color to the header, a border, a caption, change the size of the table, center align the table and more.

Table Header	Table Header	Table Header
Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell

1. In Blogger open either a new post or an existing post that you wish to add a table to
   
   
2. Click on the Edit HTML tab on your Blogger editor
   
   
3. Copy the following code into your Blogger post which will produce the basic table as shown above:
   
   

   <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
   <tr>
   <th>Table Header</th>
   <th>Table Header</th>
   <th>Table Header</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   <tr">
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   </table>
   

   
   
   
4. Make changes to the table to suit your own Blogger template if necessary by changing the following:
   
   

   <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">

   
   
   • Border width (blue)
     
   • Border color (black)
     
   • Background color (red)
     
   • Table width (orange) Can be a percentage or actual width eg 500px
     
   
   
5. Now we are going to fix an annoying problem in Blogger which renders too much white space above the table. We do this by adding the following styling denoted in red directly above the table tag and adding a closing </div> at the end of the table code
   
   

   <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none }</style>
   <div class="nobrtable">
   <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
   <tr>
   <th>Table Header</th>
   <th>Table Header</th>
   <th>Table Header</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   <tr">
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   </table></div>
   

   
   
6. Let's add some further styling to our table header to improve the look of our table as denoted in red. Change the background color and color attributes to suit your own color scheme if you wish
   
   
   
   
   

   Table Header	Table Header	Table Header
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell

   
   
   

   <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none }</style>
   <div class="nobrtable">
   <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
   <tr style="background-color:#0033FF; color:#ffffff; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:4px;">
   <th>Table Header</th>
   <th>Table Header</th>
   <th>Table Header</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   </table>
   

   
   
   
7. Now let's add another row to our table for Blogger so you can see how this is done
   
   
   
   
   

   Table Header	Table Header	Table Header
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell

   
   
   

   <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none }</style>
   <div class="nobrtable">
   <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
   <tr style="background-color:#0033FF; color:#ffffff; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:4px;">
   <th>Table Header</th>
   <th>Table Header</th>
   <th>Table Header</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   </table>
   

   
   
   
8. In this step we are going to center the contents of our Blogger table. This can be done in several ways but we are going to take a short cut here by assigning a style to every table row
   
   
   
   
   

   Table Header	Table Header	Table Header
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell

   
   
   

   <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none } tr {text-align: center;} </style>
   <div class="nobrtable">
   <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
   <tr style="background-color:#0033FF; color:#ffffff; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:4px;">

   
   
9. Now we are going to jazz up our Blogger table by adding alternating colored rows to improve readibility and appearance. By far the easiest way to do this is to assign a class.
   
   
   
   
   

   Table Header	Table Header	Table Header
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
   Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell

   
   
   

   <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none } tr {text-align: center;} tr.alt td {background-color: #eeeecc; color: black;}</style>
   <div class="nobrtable">
   <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
   <tr style="background-color:#0033FF; color:#ffffff; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:4px;">
   <th>Table Header</th>
   <th>Table Header</th>
   <th>Table Header</th>
   </tr>
   <tr class="alt">
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   <tr class="alt">
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   <td>Table Cell</td>
   </tr>
   </table>
   

   
   
   
10. It is also easy to add a caption to your Blogger table. For a caption above the table simply add the caption line as shown in red. For a caption below the table add the caption line in red and a style as shown in blue
    
    
    
    
    

    A Blogger Table Caption

    Table Header	Table Header	Table Header
    Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
    Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
    Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
    Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell

    
    
    

    <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none } tr {text-align: center;} tr.alt td {background-color: #eeeecc; color: black;} tr {text-align: center;} caption {caption-side:bottom;} </style>
    <div class="nobrtable">
    <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
    <caption>A Blogger Table Caption</caption>
    <tr style="background-color:#0033FF; color:#ffffff; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:4px;">
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    </tr>
    <tr class="alt">
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="alt">
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    

    
    
    
11. One more important property needs to be addressed in our new Blogger table to improve the look. We can reduce the double border into a single one. The easiest way to do this is to change the cellspacing to zero as denoted in red. Or, alternatively we can apply the border collapse property to our table as shown in blue. Note: Border collapse may not be supported by all browsers particularly if the cellspacing attribute is defined also)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    A Blogger Table Caption

    Table Header	Table Header	Table Header
    Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
    Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
    Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell
    Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell

    
    
    

    <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none } tr {text-align: center;} tr.alt td {background-color: #eeeecc; color: black;} tr {text-align: center;} caption {caption-side:bottom;}</style>
    <div class="nobrtable">
    <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF; border-collapse:collapse;" width="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0">
    <caption>A Blogger Table Caption</caption>
    <tr style="background-color:#0033FF; color:#ffffff; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:4px;">
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    </tr>
    <tr class="alt">
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="alt">
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    

    
    
    
12. Now go ahead and add your data to your new Blogger table. Filling in each instance of "Table Header" and "Table Cell" with your own data. The information you add to the Blogger table can be text, hyperlinks or even an image
    
    
13. Save your changes to the Blogger table by saving and publishing your post
    

Please feel free to use this Blogger table as a template whenever you need to add a table to your Blogspot post. If you want to regularly add a table to your Blogger posts that consistently looks the same you could consider adding the table CSS styling to your Blogger template.

In this Blogger tutorial (Blogspot tutorial) I have demonstrated how to build a complex table in HTML and CSS to insert into a Blogger post. You have learned how to manipulate a variety of table properties and attributes to create a table for Blogger that matches the color scheme of your blog and is functional and appealing.

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Add a Comments Counter Button to Blogger Blogspot

In this Blogger tutorial (Blogspot tutorial) you will learn how to add a comments counter button to Blogger (Blogspot) to show off the number of comments each of your posts has received.

A comment counter button (bubble) will have the effect of encouraging visitors to comment on your Blogger blog and also help to highlight the credibility of your articles.


Installing this Blogger hack to add a comment counter button only takes a few minutes. The changes needed to add the comment bubble to Blogger while not difficult do involve adding a small snippet of code to your Blogger template in two places. For this reason I strongly urge you to back up your Blogger template before attempting this blogger hack.

Blogger Tutorial Difficulty - easy to medium

How to Add a Comments Counter Bubble to Blogger
A Step-by-Step Walkthrough
The following steps will insert a fully clickable comments counter button on the same line as the post title in Blogger. The comments counter is right aligned by default.

1. Log in to Blogger and the blog you wish to apply these changes to
   
   
2. Select Design > Edit HTML
   
   
3. Click on Download Full Template to back up your template before you make any changes
   
   
4. Check the Expand Widget Templates box
   
   
5. In the CSS Styling section of your Blogger template and just before the ]]></b:skin>
   
   

   .comments-button {
   width : 48px;
   height : 48px;
   background : url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUmhykgPQzYoyCAZjjEoekVvPRLEFlZckjiBjm7uUnqEyNkL_vYmJEWuRtiUdxVxHu5yfueWAgp0OzoJO5Fk_gRtPdj7C_yiRUwvz8INx5KFln8faDLHmUMfenXvXqwLyo6s8Kvkwrzj1/s200/comment-counter-bubble.png) no-repeat;
   float : right;
   font-size : 18px;
   margin-top : -15px;
   margin-right : 2px;
   text-align : center;
   padding-top:10px;
   }

   
   
6. Now find the following block of code using CTRL key + F
   
   

   <b:includable id='post' var='post'>
   <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template'>
   <a expr:name='data:post.id'/>
   <b:if cond='data:post.title'>
   <h3 class='post-title entry-title'>
   <b:if cond='data:post.link'>
   <a expr:href='data:post.link'><data:post.title/></a>

   
   
7. Copy this code block:
   
   

   <b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'>
   <a class='comments-button' expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl' expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'><data:post.numComments/></a>
   </b:if>

   
   
8. Insert as follows:
   
   

   <b:includable id='post' var='post'>
   <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template'>
   <a expr:name='data:post.id'/>
   <b:if cond='data:post.title'>
   <h3 class='post-title entry-title'>
   <b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'>
   <a class='comments-button' expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl' expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'><data:post.numComments/></a>
   </b:if>
   <b:if cond='data:post.link'>
   <a expr:href='data:post.link'><data:post.title/></a>

   
   
9. Save template and then view blog to admire your new comment counter badge.

Tips and Troubleshooting

1. If you prefer you can replace the button image I have provided with your own image. You can find other buttons easily enough by doing a Google search with a term like "speech button icons".
   
   Upload your button to a hosting service such as Photobucket and change the URL address of the image in the CSS styling section. The following example will render a smaller blue button. Note I have reduced the font size to accommodate the change. You may need to play around with the settings to get the font sizing right for your image.
   
   

   .comments-button {
   width : 48px;
   height : 48px;
   background : url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FTvQ0d8Y1ZRuA6oWDrhK3LDNW7slb5ZXp7D7gm5VqqvwcpoAyCcGfGGH3bSHdPub_STAB45h6ORrTm_Q9_fFNoeLRbX3TpQuMPJZt9jSLBSGm8FmNtb9q9o3Olh8bWj5XcvVbQ1U-WBa/s200/comment-counter-bubble-2.png) no-repeat;
   float : right;
   font-size : 14px;
   margin-top : -15px;
   margin-right : 2px;
   text-align : center;
   padding-top:10px;
   }

   
   
   
2. If you want your comment counter to be left aligned instead of right you will need to change the CSS styling from float:right; to float:left;
   

In today's Blogger tutorial I have covered how to add a comments counter to a Blogger blog (blogspot blog) that will appear to the right of your blog post title. A comments counter is a way to encourage visitors to comment and is a way of showing off the credibility of your blog posts. Good luck! Any comments about installing this blogger hack are most welcome.


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How to Change Bullet Point Style in Blogger (Blogspot) Lists

In Part 1 of this three part series of Blogger tutorials I discuss how to change bullet point styles of lists you may want to include in Blogger posts. This first Blogger tutorial deals with unordered lists and how these can be styled using CSS in Blogger (Blogspot). The second part of these tutorials will deal with ordered lists while part 3 discusses bullet point changes you can make to your sidebar, footer and menus.

Today you will learn how to:

• change the style of bullet points in unordered lists
  
• add bullet points to unordered lists if they are absent
  
• add an image instead of a bullet to lists in your Blogger posts

This tutorial is rated easy and is designed so that even Blogger newbies can make the changes they want to their Blogger template. Changing the bullet point style involves changing the CSS styling in your Blogger template (Blogspot template). Join me as I walk you through this step by step guide.

How to Add Bullet Points to a Blogger Post
If you are still using the old Blogger editor you will need to add bullet points manually to any unordered lists you create in Blogger posts. If you are using the new editor the work is done for you. Either way though this is the type of code that generates unordered lists:

<ul><li>Create your own list markers in Blogger</li>
<li>Create unordered lists in Blogger</li>
<li>Create bullet points in Blogger</li>
</ul>

Any text can be placed between the two <li></li> tags. Simply copy this list into a Blogger post and substitute your text for mine and you will have an unordered list.

Circular Bullet Points
Circular bullets (also known as markers or discs) are displayed in Blogger by default whenever unordered lists appear. This means that whenever the <ul></ul> tags are used in Blogger posts a leader dot or disc will appear before each line of text denoted by <li>. (Note I will discuss ordered lists <ol></ol> tags in part two of this tutorial).

An unordered list in a Blogger post using the <ul></ul> tags would appear like this:

• Change Bullet Point Style in Blogger
  
• Add Bullets to Blogger
  
• Changing the look of unordered lists in Blogger
  

We can make lots of changes to the look of these filled discs or filled circles by changing the CSS styling in Blogger. For instance we can have squares, or we can choose to have no bullet point at all. Here's how.

To Add Square Bullet Points to Blogger (Blogspot)
The following code will replace the filled circle bullet points with squares instead:

1. Login to Blogger if not already logged in
   
   
2. From the Dashboard go to Design >Edit HTML
   
   
3. Back up your template
   
   
4. Find the posts section of your CSS stylesheet which will be before ]]></b:skin> tag
   
   
5. For the following default Blogger templates eg "Simple" add the following CSS code to the post section like this
   
   

   .post ul li {
   list-style: square;
   }

   
   
   
6. Save template and view blog post to see the circular bullet points have been replaced by square ones

To Add Circle Bullet Points to Blogger (Blogspot)
To add unfilled circle list markers or bullet points to Blogger posts do the following:

1. Follow steps 1-4 as per square bullets
   
   
2. Add the following code to the posts section of the CSS stylesheet of your Blogger template by entering the following code:
   
   

   .post ul li {
   list-style: circle;
   }

   
   
   
3. Save the changes to your template and view a blog post to see the empty circle bullet points

How To Indent Bullet Points in Blogger
There are two ways to increase the indentation of list style markers or bullet points.

1. Using the Inside or Outside Element
   The indentation of bullet points can be varied using the "inside" element. By default the list will be "outside" unless the "inside element" is used. The following code shifts the indentation of the list further to the right.
   
   

   .post ul li {
   list-style: circle inside;
   }

   
   
   
   
2. Custom Indentation CSS Styling
   It is also possible to add custom indentation styling to lists. For instance here I have added a 2.5em indent using the following code to the circles example:
   
   

   .post ul li {
   list-style: circle;
   margin-left: 2.5em;
   }

   
   

How To Replace Bullet Points with an Image in Blogger (Blogspot)
Sometimes you may prefer to have an image list marker or icon instead of a bullet point. You will need to host your image somewhere such as a free image hosting service eg Flickr or Photo Bucket. Follow the steps below to replace bullet points in your Blogger posts with an image

1. Follow steps 1-4 as per square bullets
   
   
2. In the CSS styling of the posts section of your Blogger template and before the </head> insert the following code:
   
   

   .post ul li {
   list-style: url("http://URLaddressofImage.gif");
   }

   
   
   
3. Replace URLaddressofImage with the URL address of the image you have uploaded to an image hosting service. Note in most cases the file will have a .gif extension. If the extension is anything other than .gif you will need to change this too.
   
   
   
4. Save the changes to your Blogger template and navigate to a post page to see your image list marker installed

How to Remove the Bullet Points from Blogger Posts
If you are going for a minimalist look you may prefer to have no bullet points in the lists in your Blogger posts. In this case:

1. Follow steps 1-4 as per square bullets
   
   
2. In the CSS styling of the posts section of your Blogger template and before the </head> insert the following code:
   
   

   .post ul li {
   list-style: none;
   }

   
   

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Remove Image Border in Default Blogger Templates Simple and Awesome Inc

In this Blogger tutorial I show you how to remove the border around images in Blogger posts (Blogspot posts) when using one of the latest default Blogger templates Simple or Awesome Inc.

If you are using an older generation Blogger template or a custom template the solutions contained in this article may work for you however it is more likely that you will need to follow the methods to remove image borders outlined in my previous Blogger tutorial Change or Remove Blogger Image Borders (Part 1)

Below I explore two methods of removing or deleting image borders in the Blogger template Simple. The first method shows you how to remove the image border using Template Designer and the second method outlined describes how to remove the image border manually by changing the code.


Method 1 - Use Template Designer to Remove Image Border in Blogger

1. From the Blogger Dashboard go to Design > Template Designer
   
2. Then select Advanced > Images
   
3. Under Border Color use the drop down arrow to open the color palette
   
4. Change the setting to transparent by checking the small box on the bottom right hand side marked "transparent"
   
   
   Note: If you are using the black version of the Awesome Inc template you will need to change the Background Color to transparent too. Click on the down arrow of the color palette and select transparent.
   
   
5. Click Apply to Blog to save your changes to the template
   
6. Navigate to any post page to view images in posts without the border

Method 2 - Change Template Code to Manually Remove Image Border from the New Default Blogger Templates

1. From the Blogger Dashboard go to Design > Edit HTML
   
2. Back up your Blogger template
   
3. Find this line amongst the declared variables at the top of your template
   
   

   <Variable name="image.border.color" description="Border Color" type="color" default="transparent" value="#cccccc"/>

4. Change to the value of the border color to transparent like so
   
   

   <Variable name="image.border.color" description="Border Color" type="color" default="transparent" value="transparent"/>

5. Save your changes to the template
   
6. Navigate to any post page that has an image and see that the border around the image is no longer visible

In this Blogger tutorial (Blogspot tutorial) I have shown you how to remove or delete the border around images in Blogger posts for the newest generation of default Blogger templates Simple and Awesome Inc. I have discussed two different methods to remove the border around the images either by adjusting the settings in the Blogger Template Designer or by manually changing the code of the variable in the CSS styling section of the default Blogger template


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How to Remove or Change the Blog Title Border in Blogger (Blogspot) - Minima Template

In this Blogger tutorial I discuss how to change the blog title border color or remove the border in a Blogger template (Blogspot template) by changing either the CSS styling of the border manually or by using the Blogger Template Designer feature.

Lots of bloggers have updated their Blogger template to the new default series of Blogger templates for 2010. There are however many of you who are still using the default Minima template from 2006 (and there are lots of good reasons to do so) so this tutorial is for you and anyone else who is using a custom Blogger template based on Minima.

You will learn how to change the border styling around the blog title to suit your individual requirements. You can either change the border color or remove the border altogether. If you want to remove the border around images in Blogger posts (Blogspot posts) then please refer to my Blogger tutorial How to Add, Change or Remove the Border Image in Blogger Posts

Remove or Change the Blog Title Border in Blogger (Blogspot)
There are two simple ways to remove the border around the blog title in Blogger. We are going to hide the border rather than actually remove the code that creates it by making the border color transparent. I will also show you how to change the border color.

Method 1 discusses how to do this using the Blogger Template Designer while Method 2 describes how to change the blog title border manually by changing the code.



Method 1 - Using Blogger Template Designer

1. Log in to Blogger
   
2. From the Dashboard go to Design > Template Designer
   
3. Go to Templates > Advanced > Border Color
   
   
   
4. Choose the down arrow color picker to activate the color palette window
   
5. Choose transparent which is below the color palette to remove the border around the blog title completely. You now will see the blog title border disappear. Or choose a new color from the color palette to change the color
   
   Remove Blog Title Border
   Change Blog Title Border Color
   
6. Click on Apply to Blog to save your changes

Method 2
If the Blogger Template Designer is not working on your template for some reason you can tweak the code in your template to remove the border around the blog title

1. Log in to Blogger
   
2. From the Dashboard go to Design > Edit HTML
   
3. Back up your Blogger template
   
4. Find the border color variable which will be near the top of the template code
   
   
   
5. Change the border color value to transparent to remove the border altogether so that your code now looks like this:
   
   

   <Variable name="bordercolor" description="Border Color"
   type="color" default="#ccc" value="transparent">

   
   
   or change the value to a color of your choice eg
   
   

   <Variable name="bordercolor" description="Border Color"
   type="color" default="#ccc" value="#ff7f00">

   
   
6. Save your template and view your blog to see that the border around the blog title has been removed or changed color
   
   

Tips and Troubleshooting
Below are some tips to help you further customize the blog title border width. You can either remove the inner border, thicken the outer border or thicken both borders around the blog title in Blogger.

1. To change the width of the border around the blog title in Minima change the following:
   
   #header {
   margin: 5px;
   border: 1px solid $bordercolor;
   text-align: center;
   color:$pagetitlecolor;
   }
   
   to
   
   #header {
   margin: 5px;
   border: 10px solid $bordercolor;
   text-align: center;
   color:$pagetitlecolor;
   }
   
   This code increases the border width from 1px to 10px
   
   
2. To remove the inner border around the blog title in Minima change the code to the following:
   
   #header {
   margin: 5px;
   border: 10px solid $bordercolor; (remove this line)
   text-align: center;
   color:$pagetitlecolor;
   }
   
   
3. To increase the width of the outer border around the blog title in Minima change this code
   
   #header-wrapper {
   width:660px;
   margin:0 auto 10px;
   border:10px solid $bordercolor;
   }
   

In this Blogger tutorial you have learned two methods to change the color of the border around a blog title in Blogger blog (Blogspot blog). I have also shown you how to increase the size of the border width. This tutorial applies particularly to the default Blogger template Minima but also is relevant for any blogger using a custom Blogger template based on Minima. Good luck!


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How to Highlight Author Comments in Blogger Posts

In this Blogger tutorial I will show you how to highlight the author comments section of your Blogger template (Blogspot template) using CSS styling.

Benefits of Adding CSS Styling to Author Comments
If you are using a default Blogger template chances are it is difficult to differentiate between comments made by visitors and comments made by you, the blog author. If you only have a few comments per post that may not be enough of an issue for you. If however, you have some posts with lots of comments you may need to make your remarks stand out from those of your visitors. We can do that by adding CSS styling to highlight your author comments.

What Will I Learn in This Tutorial?
In this Blogger tutorial you will learn how to easily add some highlighting to your comments so that they will never get lost in the crowd again. This requires a small amount of tweaking to your Blogger template which is not difficult to do if care is taken. The image below shows one example of what can be achieved using this Blogger hack and some CSS styling.



Will This Blogger Hack Work on My Template?
I have tested this Blogger hack on both the old generation of Blogger templates (Minima and Sand Dollar) and the latest generation of default Blogger templates eg Simple. It will also work on custom templates as the comments code is likely to be very similar.

If you are using a custom Blogger template and run into difficulty you can also try this alternative method to highlight author comments in Blogger posts

How to Add CSS Styling to Author Comments in a Blogger Post
The following instructions will highlight author comments in the comments section of a Blogger post. The code creates a shaded box around the comments made by the blog author. These changes will not affect the CSS the styling of any of the other comments made.

Instructions to Add CSS Highlighting to Author Comments in Blogger

1. Login to Blogger
   
   
2. From the Dashboard go to Design > Edit HTML
   
   
3. Back up your template by downloading it to your computer
   
   
4. Check the Expand Widget Templates checkbox on the top righthand side
   
   
5. Use CTRL + F by entering the following into the search box
   
   

   <dd class='comment-body'>

   
   
6. Immediately above this line paste the following code:
   
   

   <b:if cond='data:comment.author == data:post.author'>
   <dd class='comment-body-author'>
   <p><data:comment.body/></p>
   </dd>
   <b:else/>

   
   
7. Now look for this code block
   
   

   <dd class='comment-body'>
   <b:if cond='data:comment.isDeleted'>
   <span class='deleted-comment'><data:comment.body/></span>
   <b:else/>
   <p><data:comment.body/></p>
   </b:if>
   </dd>
   

   
   and paste </b:if> immediately after it.
   
   
8. Your code will now look like this:
   
   

   <div expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_comments-block-wrapper&quot;'>
   <dl expr:class='data:post.avatarIndentClass' id='comments-block'>
   <b:loop values='data:post.comments' var='comment'>
   <dt expr:class='&quot;comment-author &quot; + data:comment.authorClass' expr:id='data:comment.anchorName'>
   <b:if cond='data:comment.favicon'>
   <img expr:src='data:comment.favicon' height='16px' style='margin-bottom:-2px;' width='16px'/>
   </b:if>
   <a expr:name='data:comment.anchorName'/>
   <b:if cond='data:blog.enabledCommentProfileImages'>
   <data:comment.authorAvatarImage/>
   </b:if>
   <b:if cond='data:comment.authorUrl'>
   <a expr:href='data:comment.authorUrl' rel='nofollow'><data:comment.author/></a>
   <b:else/>
   <data:comment.author/>
   </b:if>
   <data:commentPostedByMsg/>
   </dt>
   
   
   <b:if cond='data:comment.author == data:post.author'>
   <dd class='comment-body-author'>
   <p><data:comment.body/></p>
   </dd>
   <b:else/>
   
   <dd class='comment-body' expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + data:comment.cmtBodyIdPostfix'>
   <b:if cond='data:comment.isDeleted'>
   <span class='deleted-comment'><data:comment.body/></span>
   <b:else/>
   <p>
   <data:comment.body/>
   </p>
   </b:if>
   </dd>
   
   </b:if>
   
   </dd>
   <dd class='comment-footer'>
   <span class='comment-timestamp'>
   <a expr:href='data:comment.url' title='comment permalink'>
   <data:comment.timestamp/>
   </a>
   <b:include data='comment' name='commentDeleteIcon'/>
   </span>
   </dd>
   </b:loop>
   </dl>
   </div>
   

   
   
9. Now using CTRL + F again find this line ]]></b:skin>
   
   
10. Paste the following immediately before ]]></b:skin>
    
    

    .comment-body-author {
    background: #f5deb3;
    border: 2px solid #de7008;
    padding: 5px;
    }

    
    
11. Save your template changes
    
    
12. Click on View Blog and go to a post that you have commented on to see the CSS styling has highlighted your comments.

Alternative Method to Add Highlighting to Author Comments in Blogger
The following method will also add highlighting to author comments in Blogger and can be used if you have difficulty with the first method. It does however involve changing some code rather than just adding some so this is not as desirable in terms of future proofing your template for Blogger updates.

1. Login to Blogger
   
   
2. From the Dashboard go to Design > Edit HTML
   
   
3. Back up your template by downloading it to your computer
   
   
4. Check the Expand Widget Templates checkbox on the top righthand side
   
   
5. Find the following section of code by using CTRL + F and entering <data:comment.body/> into the search box
   
   

   <span class='deleted-comment'><data:comment.body/></span>
   <b:else/>
   <p><data:comment.body/></p>
   <b:include data='comment' name='commentDeleteIcon'/>
   </b:if>

   
   
6. Replace with the following code after <span class='deleted-comment'> and before </b:if> as shown in red:
   
   

   <span class='deleted-comment'>
   <!--Highlight Author Comments Start-->
   <b:if cond='data:comment.author == data:post.author'>
   <p class='comment-body-author'><data:comment.body/></p>
   <b:else/>
   <p><data:comment.body/></p>
   </b:if>
   <!--Highlight Author Comments End-->
   </b:if>

   
   
7. Use CTRL + F to find ]]></b:skin> that closes the CSS styling section
   
   
8. Paste the following code immediately above ]]></b:skin>
   
   

   p.comment-body-author {
   background: #eeeecc;
   border: 2px solid #335577;
   padding: 5px;
   color:#558866;
   }

   
   
9. Save your template
   
   
10. Click on View Blog and navigate to a post that you have commented on to see the that your comments will now be highlighted

In this Blogger tutorial you have learned two different methods to add CSS styling to highlight the author comments in your Blogger posts. Obviously there is still some work to do on your part to adjust the colors in the CSS styling to match the color scheme of your blog. Good luck!


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