Add a Floating Back–To-Top button

If your blog has lengthy posts, then this back-to-top button is a must for you too. I have added this on Techie Vinayak because sometimes the codes of a widget makes the post longer, so in order to come back to top of the blog will be easy with these buttons. I have got 3 designs with me with their codes. Here we go with the first one:-

Here’s the code of this button:-

<!--BACK-TO-TOP-STARTS-->

<a style="display:scroll;position:fixed;bottom:5px;right:5px;" href="#" title="Back to Top"><img onmouseover="this.src='http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w331/Vinnutter/hodge_podge-hodge_podge_icons-hodge_podge-left_arrowico-48x484.png'" src="http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w331/Vinnutter/hodge_podge-hodge_podge_icons-hodge_podge-left_arrowico-32x324.png" onmouseout="this.src='http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w331/Vinnutter/hodge_podge-hodge_podge_icons-hodge_podge-left_arrowico-32x324.png'"/></a>

<!--BACK-TO-TOP-STOPS—>

Now, lets move on to the second button:-

Here’s the code:-

<!--BACK-TO-TOP-STARTS-->

<a style="display:scroll;position:fixed;bottom:5px;right:5px;" href="#" title="Back to Top"><img onmouseover="this.src='http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w331/Vinnutter/Up1Blue4.png'" src="http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w331/Vinnutter/Up1Blue9.png" onmouseout="this.src='http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w331/Vinnutter/Up1Blue9.png'"/></a>

<!--BACK-TO-TOP-STOPS—>

Last, but not the least. Here’s the third button:-

Here’s the code:-

<!--BACK-TO-TOP-STARTS-->

<a style="display:scroll;position:fixed;bottom:5px;right:5px;" href="#" title="Back to Top"><img onmouseover="this.src='http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w331/Vinnutter/24.png'" src="http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w331/Vinnutter/back-to-top-small-14.png" onmouseout="this.src='http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w331/Vinnutter/back-to-top-small-14.png'"/></a>

<!--BACK-TO-TOP-STOPS—>

That’s it. So, try it out. It will make your blog more good.

Stop writing about your problems..Start solving problems

Surfers become readers only when you provide them with what they expect. If you keep blogging about your doubts and problems on the blogosphere or the internet, those people would really hate to come back to your blog. So start blogging about solutions for the problems you know. Start from the grass root level and then step onto conflicting and great subjects. Thus the surfers become your readers as they earn something visiting your blog.

Hope this tip would help you improve your blog...Keep blogging...

Add Numbered Page Navigation

Numbered Page Navigation is a must for every blog. Well, my blog doesn’t has much pages so the readers can use the Older Posts button at the bottom of the page but if your blog has many pages and the reader wants to access the 12th page. He would not like to keep clicking the Older Posts button again and again so there is a huge need of Numbered Page Navigation in a blog. Here is a screenshot of how it looks:-
 

Follow the steps below in order to get the numbered page navigation:-

1. Go to your blogger dashboard—> Design—> Edit Html.

2. Find(ctrl+f) ]]></b:skin> and add the code given below BEFORE the ]]></b:skin> code.

.showpageArea a {
text-decoration:underline;
}
.showpageNum a {
text-decoration:none;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
margin:0 3px;
padding:3px;
}
.showpageNum a:hover {
border: 1px solid #ccc;
background-color:#ccc;
}
.showpagePoint {
color:#333;
text-decoration:none;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
background: #ccc;
margin:0 3px;
padding:3px;
}
.showpageOf {
text-decoration:none;
padding:3px;
margin: 0 3px 0 0;
}
.showpage a {
text-decoration:none;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
padding:3px;
}
.showpage a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
}
.showpageNum a:link,.showpage a:link {
text-decoration:none;
color:#333;
}

3. Now find the </body> code and add the below code just BEFORE it.

<script style='text/javascript'>
var pageCount=5;
var displayPageNum=2;
var upPageWord=&quot;Previous&quot;;
var downPageWord=&quot;Next&quot;;
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
var home_page_url=location.href;function showpageCount(json){var thisUrl=home_page_url;var htmlMap=new Array();var thisNum=1;var postNum=1;var itemCount=0;var fFlag=0;var eFlag=0;var html='';var upPageHtml='';var downPageHtml='';for(var i=0,post;post=json.feed.entry[i];i++){var timestamp1=post.published.$t.substring(0,19)+post.published.$t.substring(23,29);timestamp=encodeURIComponent(timestamp1);var title=post.title.$t;if(title!=''){if(itemCount==0||(itemCount%pageCount==(pageCount-1))){if(thisUrl.indexOf(timestamp)!=-1){thisNum=postNum}if(title!='')postNum++;htmlMap[htmlMap.length]='/search?updated-max='+timestamp+'&max-results='+pageCount}}itemCount++}for(var p=0;p<htmlMap.length;p++){if(p>=(thisNum-displayPageNum-1)&&p<(thisNum+displayPageNum)){if(fFlag==0&&p==thisNum-2){if(thisNum==2){upPageHtml='<span class="showpage"><a href="/">'+upPageWord+'</a></span>'}else{upPageHtml='<span class="showpage"><a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+upPageWord+'</a></span>'}fFlag++}if(p==(thisNum-1)){html+='<span class="showpagePoint">'+thisNum+'</span>'}else{if(p==0){html+='<span class="showpageNum"><a href="/">1</a></span>'}else{html+='<span class="showpageNum"><a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+(p+1)+'</a></span>'}}if(eFlag==0&&p==thisNum){downPageHtml='<span class="showpage"> <a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+downPageWord+'</a></span>';eFlag++}}}if(thisNum>1){html=''+upPageHtml+' '+html+' '}html='<div class="showpageArea"><span style="COLOR: #000;" class="showpageOf"> Pages ('+(postNum-1)+')</span>'+html;if(thisNum<(postNum-1)){html+=downPageHtml}if(postNum==1)postNum++;html+='</div>';var pageArea=document.getElementsByName("pageArea");var blogPager=document.getElementById("blog-pager");if(postNum<=2){html=''}for(var p=0;p<pageArea.length;p++){pageArea[p].innerHTML=html}if(pageArea&&pageArea.length>0){html=''}if(blogPager){blogPager.innerHTML=html}}function showpageCount2(json){var thisUrl=home_page_url;var htmlMap=new Array();var isLablePage=thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")!=-1;var thisLable=isLablePage?thisUrl.substr(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")+14,thisUrl.length):"";thisLable=thisLable.indexOf("?")!=-1?thisLable.substr(0,thisLable.indexOf("?")):thisLable;var thisNum=1;var postNum=1;var itemCount=0;var fFlag=0;var eFlag=0;var html='';var upPageHtml='';var downPageHtml='';var labelHtml='<span class="showpageNum"><a href="/search/label/'+thisLable+'?&max-results='+pageCount+'">';var thisUrl=home_page_url;for(var i=0,post;post=json.feed.entry[i];i++){var timestamp1=post.published.$t.substring(0,19)+post.published.$t.substring(23,29);timestamp=encodeURIComponent(timestamp1);var title=post.title.$t;if(title!=''){if(itemCount==0||(itemCount%pageCount==(pageCount-1))){if(thisUrl.indexOf(timestamp)!=-1){thisNum=postNum}if(title!='')postNum++;htmlMap[htmlMap.length]='/search/label/'+thisLable+'?updated-max='+timestamp+'&max-results='+pageCount}}itemCount++}for(var p=0;p<htmlMap.length;p++){if(p>=(thisNum-displayPageNum-1)&&p<(thisNum+displayPageNum)){if(fFlag==0&&p==thisNum-2){if(thisNum==2){upPageHtml=labelHtml+upPageWord+'</a></span>'}else{upPageHtml='<span class="showpage"><a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+upPageWord+'</a></span>'}fFlag++}if(p==(thisNum-1)){html+='<span class="showpagePoint">'+thisNum+'</span>'}else{if(p==0){html=labelHtml+'1</a></span>'}else{html+='<span class="showpageNum"><a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+(p+1)+'</a></span>'}}if(eFlag==0&&p==thisNum){downPageHtml='<span class="showpage"> <a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+downPageWord+'</a></span>';eFlag++}}}if(thisNum>1){if(!isLablePage){html=''+upPageHtml+' '+html+' '}else{html=''+upPageHtml+' '+html+' '}}html='<div class="showpageArea"><span style="COLOR: #000;" class="showpageOf"> Pages ('+(postNum-1)+')</span>'+html;if(thisNum<(postNum-1)){html+=downPageHtml}if(postNum==1)postNum++;html+='</div>';var pageArea=document.getElementsByName("pageArea");var blogPager=document.getElementById("blog-pager");if(postNum<=2){html=''}for(var p=0;p<pageArea.length;p++){pageArea[p].innerHTML=html}if(pageArea&&pageArea.length>0){html=''}if(blogPager){blogPager.innerHTML=html}}var thisUrl=home_page_url;if(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")!=-1){if(thisUrl.indexOf("?updated-max")!=-1){var lblname1=thisUrl.substring(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")+14,thisUrl.indexOf("?updated-max"))}else{var lblname1=thisUrl.substring(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")+14,thisUrl.indexOf("?&max"))}}var home_page="/";if(thisUrl.indexOf("?q=")==-1&&thisUrl.indexOf(".html")==-1){if(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")==-1){document.write('<script src="'+home_page+'feeds/posts/summary?alt=json-in-script&callback=showpageCount&max-results=99999" ><\/script>')}else{document.write('<script src="'+home_page+'feeds/posts/full/-/'+lblname1+'?alt=json-in-script&callback=showpageCount2&max-results=99999" ><\/script>')}}
//]]>
</script>

You can edit two codes in the second html which you have to paste before </body>.
1 : var pageCount=5;
*where 5 is the the number of post that apppear in another page you will visit.
2: var displayPageNum=2;
*This code determines the number of additional page navigation numbers that will be displayed on the page.

So, try it out on your blog and tell me the result by commenting.

Make Your Blog More Better

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