How To Add A Ticker

Click here to learn how to put an HTML code into your blog!

Having a ticker on a blog is a great way to catch a reader's eye with something important when they visit your blog.

This is my current code:

<marquee behavior="scroll" direction="left">Thanks for visiting this blog! If you want me to make a tutorial, simply COMMENT with your idea!</marquee>

To create a ticker code with what you'd like it so say, start with this code:

<marquee behavior="scroll" direction="left"></marquee>

In between the ">" and "<", type in what you'd like to say, and then add it to your blog!

I've found it looks best on most blogs to add the HTML right below your title and above "Pages" ( if you have any ). 

Adding Custom Fonts & Colors To Your Blog

I had someone wondering about how to customize the blog text's fonts and colors.

First, go to Blogger and click "Template", and then "Customize".

On "Customize", select "Advanced". From here, you can click "Page" to adjust page text, "Links" to adjust link text, and so on.

On the left side, you can adjust the FONT of the text. Don't choose something too distracting from your content, though. I recommend sticking with a regular, no-frills font like "Arial".

On the right side, you can adjust page text. You can pick from one of the suggested colors/colors from the template you picked, or you can actually click the color ( mine is black ) that has a drop-down menu, and it'll have a huge rainbow where you can customize the color exactly.

If you want to try something out and you're not sure if you'd like it, just do it anyways! You can PREVIEW it and decide not to save the changes if you don't like it.

Adding SNOW To Your Blog

Since it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, here's an awesome way to show it in your blog!

Go to "Template".

In "Template", select "Edit HTML"- right next to the "Customize" option.

Click "Ctrl" and then "f" on your keyboard to make a search bar pop up on your screen. With this search bar, you can search the whole HTML code for one particular thing WAY faster than searching with your own eyes. In the search bar, search for </head>. It will be highlighted.

Directly above </head>, enter in this code: 

<script src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js'/>

<script src='http://yourjavascript.com/61532113121/new-snofall.js'/>

<script>
$(document).ready( function(){
$.fn.snow({ minSize: 10, maxSize: 50, newOn: 400, flakeColor: '#ffffff' });
});
</script>

Select "Save Template", and now your blog should have snow!

TO REMOVE THE SNOW, go back to the blog's HTML code, search for </head>, and remove the above code. Select "Save Template".

How To Add A Custom Title Picture

Whenever you start a blog, the title is always boring- just the words that make up the name of your blog. If you ever want to add a picture, this tutorial should help!

Go to Google Images, and find a picture that would well match your background of your blog. Save it to your desktop.

Now, open up Paint. Open up your saved background, and select "Resize". Select "Pixels", and then uncheck "Maintain Aspect Ratio". You're going to need more horizontal pixels than vertical pixels, but re-size however you think it would work with your blog.

Add your title, and then add any other things that you'd like. Save your project. DON'T EXIT PAINT YET, IN CASE THE PIXEL AMOUNT ISN'T ENOUGH!

Now, go back to Blogger. Click on "Layout".

Find your blog's title on "Layout", and click "Edit".

Check "Shrink To Fit", and "Instead of Title and Description", and upload your image.

If it looks a little bit too small, go back to Paint, resize, save, and upload, until you get the desired result.