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With all the changes to Blogger's template system, it seems no wonder that my original tutorial for hiding the Blogger nav-bar no longer works effectively (particularly for newer template designs). In case you were wondering, it is possible to hide the Blogger nav-bar (which displays a search box and useful links). The principle is the same as in my previous tutorial in that we simply need to add a few lines of CSS to our Blogger template code. Here's how my updated technique to hide the Blogger nav-bar in a few simple steps: Go to Design>Edit HTML in your Blogger dashboard Using your browser's search function, locate the closing </b:skin> tag in your template's HTML markup. Immediately before this line, paste the following section of code: #navbar-iframe, #navbar, .navbar {height:0px; visibility:hidden; display:none; margin: 0 !important;} Preview the changes to ensure everything looks the way it should, then click "Save". That'

Since we can completely customize the appearance of our blogs and use custom domains, it is not always easy to tell if a website is powered by Blogger. Having looked at hundreds of websites while researching for the Blogspot Top 100 list, I've discovered a few methods to discover if a website is built on the Blogger platform. For those who would like to know if their favourite blogs operate using Blogger, here are some tips to help you find out. Does the URL of the site include *.blogspot.com? This is an immediate giveaway! Even if the Blogger navbar is hidden, sites whose URL is a subdomain of blogspot.com are definitely powered by Blogger!  Many content publishers choose to use a custom domain for their sites, so for these sites we need to look at other methods of deduction. Is the Blogger nav-bar present? The navbar at the top of the page is is the most obvious sign that a website is powered by Blogger! Used as a means to search and share the blog, this

Yet more treats for Blogger's 10th birthday celebrations were released for us today! An additional button in the Blogger Navbar now enables us to share our posts via Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader and by email: When a reader clicks the "Share" link on your blog's home page, they can opt to share the URL of your blog by Twitter, Facebook or Google Reader. On item pages, the pop-up box includes the additional option to share by email: When readers share your blog and posts, additional parameters are added to the URL which helps you track the syndication of these posts using Google Analytics in the format "?spref=nn" where the nn part is changed to fb for Facebook, tw for Twitter or gr for Google Reader. For example: https://lovethemedownload.blogspot.com//search?q=share-from-nav-bar?spref=tw (sharing the announcement post on Twitter) http://www.bloggerbuster.com?spref=fb (sharing the homepage on Facebook) You can then search for URLs ending w