How to Add a Tiny jQuery Circleslider to Blogger

Tiny Circleslider is a small jQuery plugin generating a circular carousel of images that we can slide infinitely (circular). When clicking on the red dot, the main picture moves to the left and another set of images will slide out.

There is nothing complicated about using this type of carousel, however when it is about customizing it, we need to use a bit of arithmetic. All these details can be found in the author's homepage, so I'll just limit myself to show you the basics.

To see it in action, please visit the below demo blog and just drag the red dot:

Tiny jQuery Circleslider Demo

Adding the Tiny CircleSlider to a Blogger Blog

In order to make it work, first task is to add the javascript jQuery library in the template:

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger account > select your blog

Step 2. Go to "Template" and hit the "Edit HTML" button:

Step 3. Click anywhere on the code area and search by using the CTRL + F keys for this tag:

</head>

Step 4. Just above the </head> tag, add the following scripts:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script>
//<![CDATA[
/*! Tiny Circleslider - v2.0.8 - 2015-08-08
 * http://www.baijs.com/tinycircleslider
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2015 Maarten Baijs <wieringen@gmail.com>;
 * Licensed under the MIT license */

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</script>

Please note that if you already have another version of jQuery, you will need to remove the line in red.

Step 5. Now, let's add the CSS styles above the same </head> tag:

<style>
  #rotatescroll { /* is the rectangle container */
    height: 300px;
    position: relative;
    width: 300px;
  }
  #rotatescroll .viewport { /* is the rectangle containing the images */
    height: 300px;
    position: relative;
    margin: 0 auto;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 300px
  }
  #rotatescroll .overview { /* is the list with the images */
    left: 0;
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
  }
  #rotatescroll .overview li { /* each item of the list */
    float: left;
    height: 300px;
    position: relative;
    width: 300px;
  }
  #rotatescroll .overlay { /* the image with the circle overlapping the list */
    background: transparent url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VSAxaiLkrWNJK7ZeGj-nUzg3rPB_Xs6m__UhHrEZmwAD821Iqn4A1Vn79AMgAF3q2F6-wR0VWomVen_ua752jbosJaSPnHiLL2VpfdWTTq2STjTP64SCHtphEUHjxtFJXPWLZLXCV5jB/s1600/bg-rotatescroll.png) no-repeat 0 0;
    height: 300px;
    left: 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    width:300px;
  }
  #rotatescroll .thumb { /* the red circle that allows us to navigate */
    background:transparent url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4gJnxJiZAKAx2jHHpTVNQnSPiH91BCa0Hcn9p_tiwJuD9h2Dz7LSUexYq6WPf4aAT3sLlMvOvYtrUHkuoyHj47miJBxSRutdz-yGJsRZO67_qPEZqF7b-4XMbVFjleBO9Ch-1WDzn7ZL/s1600/bg-thumb.png) no-repeat 0 0;
    cursor: pointer;
    height: 26px;
    left: 137px;
    position: absolute;
    top: -3px;
    width: 26px;
    z-index: 200;
  }
  #rotatescroll .dot { /* the points indicating the position of each image */
    background: transparent url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOr8PRzmipyah0q98vs9iaiA_BqM_fKe_GOXGIBceVdtSh_QVMMXCLaCT22ibDdc5iZ3X7Bh8mHndm_TvdEAAGdBaUPb0hiTLIGiU1-MmTmOwhM1VXEL_msiz7fdsUSNieN5pA4j1cHeLs/s1600/bg-dot.png) no-repeat 0 0;
    display: none;
    height: 12px;
    left: 155px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 3px;
    width: 12px;
    z-index: 100;
  }
  #rotatescroll .dot span { /* are hidden by default */
    display: none;
  }
 #rotatescroll .viewport ul.overview li img {
   width: 300px;
   min-height: 300px;
   object-fit: cover;
   padding:0;
   border:0;
 }
</style>

Screenshot

Step 6. Save the changes by clicking the "Save Template" button

And here's the HTML that has to be added to where we want to display the carousel. To add it inside a post, click the "New post" button on the left side of your dashboard and paste the below code in the "HTML" box of your post:

<div id="rotatescroll">
  <div class="viewport">
    <ul class="overview">
      <li><img src="imageURL" /></li>
      <li><img src="imageURL" /></li>
      <li><img src="imageURL" /></li>
      <li><img src="imageURL" /></li>
      <li><img src="imageURL" /></li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <div class="dot"></div>
  <div class="overlay"></div>
  <div class="thumb"></div>
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#rotatescroll').tinycircleslider({
interval: true,
snaptodots: true
});
});
</script>

Adding HTML inside a Blogger post

Replace the imageURL text with the URL of your images.

Some other options that could be added, separated by commas:

1. snaptodots: false if you want no dots to be shown when dragging them
2. hidedots: false if you want to display the internal points (by default is true)
3. intervaltime - is the time between slides (by default 3500)
4. radius - defines the size of the circle (by default is 140)

To add the Tiny jQuery Circleslider to your sidebar, simply go to "Layout" > click the "Add a Gadget link" > from the popup window, choose "HTML/Javascript" and paste the code inside the empty box.

Turn off the lights with jQuery

For those who enjoy watching videos on the internet, this is a very useful script made with jQuery by Janko. And what this script does? It will turn off the lights for you, so that everything on the page will be fading to dark, except the video, and everything around the video will be less visible, in a way that nothing will distract you while watching it.

You can test it on the following demo blog - click the link that says "Turn off the lights" and the page will be darkened. To make the page elements visible again, just click the "Turn on the lights" link:

Turn Off the Lights DEMO

How to add the "Turn off the Lights" Feature to Blogger/Blogspot

Step 1. Log into your Blogger account and click on your blog, then go to "Template" and hit the "Edit HTML" button

Step 2. Click anywhere inside the code area and search for the following tag by pressing the CTRL + F keys (hit Enter to find it):

</head>

Step 3. After you found it, paste the below scripts just above it:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#lightsoff").css("height", $(document).height()).hide();
$(".lightSwitcher").click(function(){
$("#lightsoff").toggle();
if ($("#lightsoff").is(":hidden"))
$(this).html("Turn off the lights").removeClass("turnedOff");
else
$(this).html("Turn on the lights").addClass("turnedOff");
});
});
//]]>
</script>

Note: if you already have one version of jquery in the template, please remove the line in red.

Step 4. Now search for the following tag:

]]></b:skin>

Step 5. Just above ]]></b:skin> add the following CSS code:

/* Turn off the lights
----------------------------------------------- */
#lightsVideo {
position:relative;
z-index:102;
}
#switch {
max-width:640px;
text-align:left;
position:relative;
height:25px;
display:block;
}
.lightSwitcher {
position:absolute;
z-index:101;
background-image:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWG0RSikvNKrJcbLxs9bkz_vFN4QWfNizjjrecoj8hYYm_96-UhkqS85fAOkgVegM0lTyvOEvT0zk4f6wdGJvPTMQfi0w0I6AqyQVLH1YCOKUOc7tJcwl8nkSY_cf63e5NdU2byrlMxqCn/s1600/lights-on.png);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left;
padding: 0 0 0 20px;
outline:none;
text-decoration:none;
}
.lightSwitcher:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
.turnedOff {
color:#ffff00 !important;
background-image:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24KXWoe5vdkNQBbGxKhehdmAdErfP7DwI_rMDZ4U_O4u43ZfOFEhH2UyqYdGCa4NWQUjExgiAlr7g0qcNW94l8bEC9XsoaP_D2c-NVvrRlTvq1Kpz_D2F5b2XcWA18uchbkziBgAqbewC/s1600/lights-off.png);
}
#lightsoff {
background:#000;
opacity:0.9;
filter:alpha(opacity=90);
position:absolute;
left:0;
top:0;
width:100%;
z-index:100;
}

Step 6. Finally, find this tag:

</body>

Just above the </body> tag, add this HTML code:

<div id='lightsoff'/>

Step 7. Click the "Save Template" button and that's it!

Now, each time you add a video, either in a post or using a HTML/Javascript gadget, use this code:

<center>
<div id="switch"><a class="lightSwitcher" href="javascript:void(0);">Turn off the lights</a></div>
<div id="lightsVideo">
...Here goes the code of the video...
</div>
</center>

Add the iFrame code of your video instead of the text in blue and "Save" the gadget or "Publish" your post. Now you can enjoy your videos with the lights off!

Remember that this trick uses jQuery and if you have another version of jQuery, you need to remove it, otherwise it might not work.

New releases from the Worldforge project.

Yesterday saw the release of a new version of the client-side software "Ember" for the Worldforge project (an open-source MMO framework).

The focus of this version was to improve the world-editing features, and if not yet included, the GoSC 2013 improvements (for example an updated terrain renderer) should arrive in Ember soon too.

Speaking of the GoSC 2013: Another project benefiting from it under the umbrella of Worldforge was Ryzom Core, the open-sourced MMORPG engine behind the (older) commercial Ryzom MMORPG.

It seems like their OpenGL3.0 renderer is making good progress (see some videos here), and they seem to have finally decided to tackle the lack of proper Blender tools by hiring someone to do it (see paid job advertisement on Blender Artists). As it is an open-source project this seems to have been initiated by one of the developers only, so maybe we can get some people to pledge some extra funds to add to the bounty he is offering?

Before/After Photo Effect with jQuery

If you have a design or makeup blog, or if you are using before and after image comparison, this script will most likely be useful for you. In this tutorial, you will see how to add the Before/After plugin, a script that works with jQuery in order to display two pictures dynamically for comparing them at the same time.

To see how it works, click on the demo link from below and drag horizontally the small bar to see both images that are being compared:

Before & After Demo

Implementing this script is really easy. We just need jQuery, the Before/After script, and the two images to compare.

How to add Before/After Effect on Blogger Images

Step 1. Go to "Template" and click on the "Edit HTML" button. Once the template HTMK editor opens up, click anywhere inside the code area and press the CTRL + F keys to search for the following tag - hit Enter to find it:

</head>

Step 2. Right before </head> paste the following scripts:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
(function(a){a.fn.extend({beforeAfter:function(b){var d={animateIntro:false,introDelay:1000,introDuration:1000,showFullLinks:true,imagePath:"/js/beforeAfter/"};var b=a.extend(d,b);var c=Math.round(Math.random()*100000000);return this.each(function(){var e=b;var h=a(this);var n=a("img:first",h).width();var p=a("img:first",h).height();a(h).width(n).height(p).css({overflow:"hidden",position:"relative",padding:"0"});var m=a("img:first",h).attr("src");var j=a("img:last",h).attr("src");a("img:first",h).attr("id","beforeimage"+c);a("img:last",h).attr("id","afterimage"+c);a("img",h).remove();a("div",h).css("float","left");a(h).prepend('<div id="dragwrapper'+c+'"><div id="drag'+c+'"><img width="8" height="56" alt="handle" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhCS6Uzv4UEXav96DUgnZOElfren-rBJV86xZQCBgQeWKlg26U5UWtERb-8zaCpd01jR4p-j-WmXJWC3Y3B8aRD7LwCp-aVZLbDN0VOl3F_d0dGugAqT3Ilt2CHhOmC9S3Krhs9ji_d9e/s1600/handle.png" title="Drag to the left or right to see the Before/After" id="handle'+c+'" /></div></div>');a("#dragwrapper"+c).css({position:"absolute",padding:"0",left:(n/2)-(a("#handle"+c).width()/2)+"px","z-index":"20"}).width(a("#handle"+c).width()).height(p);a("#dragwrapper"+c).css({opacity:0.25});a("div:eq(2)",h).height(p).width(n/2).css({"background-image":"url("+m+")",position:"absolute",overflow:"hidden",left:"0px","z-index":"10"});a("div:eq(3)",h).height(p).width(n).css({"background-image":"url("+j+")",position:"absolute",overflow:"hidden",right:"0px"});a("#drag"+c).width(2).height(p).css({background:"#888",position:"absolute",left:"3px"});a("#beforeimage"+c).css({position:"absolute",top:"0px",left:"0px"});a("#afterimage"+c).css({position:"absolute",top:"0px",right:"0px"});a("#handle"+c).css({"z-index":"100",position:"relative",cursor:"pointer",top:(p/2)-(a("#handle"+c).height()/2)+"px",left:"-3px"});a(h).append('<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkd2h6QHLSqzRPhtZsz4PZyc4yAESYnGJg0Q5yPmIPsBf3Weuo7HLQyySaIm0wVWz2tPaL815LZ_VDytf7lhxAug7hX2z5mo-A7xWSOMWN82S_Y4Pe21cRLTGLtsCXYUaHiqopoVkmM3R/s1600/b_a-lt-small.png" width="7" height="15" id="lt-arrow'+c+'"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpCW_tpH6Da-Fsd6lfw7rRrPSGInRuZxOHeXYBB5xeSDqLg6gwCOqYelh2FZ98IYfKIgDMgfss9ZOiar5moU6MSy9k38lodO2wpgndaJYQSujKDv3tZ0owcS2SKF-D9njLlPbleliwhVO/s1600/b_a-rt-small.png" width="7" height="15" id="rt-arrow'+c+'">');if(e.showFullLinks){a(h).after('<div class="balinks" id="links'+c+'" style="position:relative"><span class="bflinks"><a id="showleft'+c+'" href="javascript:void(0)">Show only before</a></span><span class="bflinks"><a id="showright'+c+'" href="javascript:void(0)">Show only after</a></span></div>');a("#links"+c).width(n);a("#showleft"+c).css({position:"relative",left:"0px"}).click(function(){a("div:eq(2)",h).animate({width:n},200);a("#dragwrapper"+c).animate({left:n-a("#dragwrapper"+c).width()+"px"},200)});a("#showright"+c).css({position:"absolute",right:"0px"}).click(function(){a("div:eq(2)",h).animate({width:0},200);a("#dragwrapper"+c).animate({left:"0px"},200)})}var g=a("#dragwrapper"+c).offset();var k=g.left;var i=a("div:eq(2)",h).width();var f=a("div:eq(3)",h).width();a("#dragwrapper"+c).draggable({handle:a("#handle"+c),containment:h,axis:"x",drag:function(q,o){var s=a(this).offset();var 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l(){a(h).hover(function(){a("#lt-arrow"+c).stop().css({"z-index":"20",position:"absolute",top:p/2-a("#lt-arrow"+c).height()/2+"px",left:parseInt(a("#dragwrapper"+c).css("left"))-10+"px"}).animate({opacity:1,left:parseInt(a("#lt-arrow"+c).css("left"))-6+"px"},200);a("#rt-arrow"+c).stop().css({position:"absolute",top:p/2-a("#lt-arrow"+c).height()/2+"px",left:parseInt(a("#dragwrapper"+c).css("left"))+10+"px"}).animate({opacity:1,left:parseInt(a("#rt-arrow"+c).css("left"))+6+"px"},200);a("#dragwrapper"+c).animate({opacity:1},200)},function(){a("#lt-arrow"+c).animate({opacity:0,left:parseInt(a("#lt-arrow"+c).css("left"))-6+"px"},350);a("#rt-arrow"+c).animate({opacity:0,left:parseInt(a("#rt-arrow"+c).css("left"))+6+"px"},350);a("#dragwrapper"+c).animate({opacity:0.25},350)});a(h).click(function(q){var r=q.pageX-this.offsetLeft;var o=n-r;a("#dragwrapper"+c).stop().animate({left:r-(a("#dragwrapper"+c).width()/2)+"px"},600);a("div:eq(2)",h).stop().animate({width:r+"px"},600);a("#lt-arrow"+c).stop().animate({opacity:0},50);a("#rt-arrow"+c).stop().animate({opacity:0},50)});a(h).one("mousemove",function(){a("#dragwrapper"+c).stop().animate({opacity:1},500)})}})}})})(jQuery);
//]]>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(function(){
$(&#39;#beforeafter1&#39;).beforeAfter({showFullLinks : true});
});
</script>

Step 3. Click the "Save template" button to save your changes.

Note: if the above script doesn't work for you, add it above the </body> tag. Also, please see if you have added jQuery in your template (if you did so, then remove the line in green).

Step 3. To add it as a gadget - go to "Layout" and click on the "Add a gadget" link, then choose "HTML/Javascript" option. Paste this code inside the empty box:

<div id='beforeafter1'>
<div><img alt='before' src='URL of the first image' width='500' height='291'/></div>
<div><img alt='after' src='URL of the second image' width='500' height='291'/></div>
</div>

Add the URL of the first image that is the "Before" image, and the URL of the second image that should be the "After" image. Also, don't forget to specify the width and height of each picture, so that they work on all browsers (see the part in orange where you need to add the height and width of your images).

If you want to add more images, you will need to change the ID of the container. In my example, the container is called beforeafter1, so you will need to change it to beforeafter2 and so on, although, you can choose any name.

Then, add another line, like the blue one from below, in the first code that you added in step 2:

<script type='text/javascript'>
$(function(){
$(&#39;#beforeafter1&#39;).beforeAfter({showFullLinks : true});
$(&#39;#beforeafter2&#39;).beforeAfter({showFullLinks : true});
});
</script>

You can add as many before/after images as you want, as long as all containers have a different ID and the corresponding lines are added in the script.

Below each image /photo container are the "Show only Before" and "Show only after" links that once clicked, will display the "before" or "after" picture. If you want to hide these links, then just change "true" to "false" in the first code (step 2) and they will not be displayed anymore.

Note: if you see white space around the drag icons, then search for this code in your template:

   <Group description="Images" selector=".main-inner">
     <Variable name="image.background.color" description="Background Color" type="color" default="#ffffff" value="#ffffff"/>

And change the #ffffff value to transparent.

Credit: Catch my fame.

Spacegallery: image gallery/slideshow made with jQuery

There are many types of galleries for images that can be found on the internet, but we rarely find one displaying images so differently like this one. Those using Mac OS X will surely notice a lot of similarity with Time Machine and those who don't, I'm sure will enjoy this type of effect for viewing images.

SpaceGallery is a JQuery based slideshow / image gallery that performs overlaying in a visually appealing manner and provides a smooth fade out effect to images. This 3D image gallery lets you float through your pictures easily by enlarging them with an Apple-like animation.

To see the SpaceGallery slideshow in action, please visit this demo blog and click on the first image:

Demo Blog

How to Add Spacegallery Image Slideshow to Blogger

To implement this gallery is very easy. Just follow the steps below:

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger account and select your blog. Next, go to Template and click the Edit HTML button:

Step 2. Click anywhere on the code area and search by using the CTRL + F keys for this tag

</head>

Step 3. Just before/above the </head> tag, paste the following scripts:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
/**
 *
 * Spacegallery
 * Author: Stefan Petre www.eyecon.ro
 *
 */
!function(n){var i=window.EYE=function(){var i={init:[]};return{init:function(){n.each(i.init,function(n,i){i.call()})},extend:function(n){for(var i in n)void 0!=n[i]&&(this[i]=n[i])},register:function(n,t){i[t]||(i[t]=[]),i[t].push(n)}}}();n(i.init)}(jQuery);
!function(e){EYE.extend({getPosition:function(e,t){var n=0,r=0,o=e.style,i=!1;if(t&&"none"==jQuery.curCSS(e,"display")){var d=o.visibility,c=o.position;i=!0,o.visibility="hidden",o.display="block",o.position="absolute"}var u=e;if(u.getBoundingClientRect){var l=u.getBoundingClientRect();n=l.left+Math.max(document.documentElement.scrollLeft,document.body.scrollLeft)-2,r=l.top+Math.max(document.documentElement.scrollTop,document.body.scrollTop)-2}else{if(n=u.offsetLeft,r=u.offsetTop,u=u.offsetParent,e!=u)for(;u;)n+=u.offsetLeft,r+=u.offsetTop,u=u.offsetParent;for(jQuery.browser.safari&&"absolute"==jQuery.curCSS(e,"position")&&(n-=document.body.offsetLeft,r-=document.body.offsetTop),u=e.parentNode;u&&"BODY"!=u.tagName.toUpperCase()&&"HTML"!=u.tagName.toUpperCase();)"inline"!=jQuery.curCSS(u,"display")&&(n-=u.scrollLeft,r-=u.scrollTop),u=u.parentNode}return 1==i&&(o.display="none",o.position=c,o.visibility=d),{x:n,y:r}},getSize:function(e){var t=parseInt(jQuery.curCSS(e,"width"),10),n=parseInt(jQuery.curCSS(e,"height"),10),r=0,o=0;if("none"!=jQuery.curCSS(e,"display"))r=e.offsetWidth,o=e.offsetHeight;else{var i=e.style,d=i.visibility,c=i.position;i.visibility="hidden",i.display="block",i.position="absolute",r=e.offsetWidth,o=e.offsetHeight,i.display="none",i.position=c,i.visibility=d}return{w:t,h:n,wb:r,hb:o}},getClient:function(e){var t,n;if(e)n=e.clientWidth,t=e.clientHeight;else{var r=document.documentElement;n=window.innerWidth||self.innerWidth||r&&r.clientWidth||document.body.clientWidth,t=window.innerHeight||self.innerHeight||r&&r.clientHeight||document.body.clientHeight}return{w:n,h:t}},getScroll:function(e){var t=0,n=0,r=0,o=0,i=0,d=0;return e&&"body"!=e.nodeName.toLowerCase()?(t=e.scrollTop,n=e.scrollLeft,r=e.scrollWidth,o=e.scrollHeight):(document.documentElement?(t=document.documentElement.scrollTop,n=document.documentElement.scrollLeft,r=document.documentElement.scrollWidth,o=document.documentElement.scrollHeight):document.body&&(t=document.body.scrollTop,n=document.body.scrollLeft,r=document.body.scrollWidth,o=document.body.scrollHeight),"undefined"!=typeof pageYOffset&&(t=pageYOffset,n=pageXOffset),i=self.innerWidth||document.documentElement.clientWidth||document.body.clientWidth||0,d=self.innerHeight||document.documentElement.clientHeight||document.body.clientHeight||0),{t:t,l:n,w:r,h:o,iw:i,ih:d}},getMargins:function(e,t){var n=jQuery.curCSS(e,"marginTop")||"",r=jQuery.curCSS(e,"marginRight")||"",o=jQuery.curCSS(e,"marginBottom")||"",i=jQuery.curCSS(e,"marginLeft")||"";return t?{t:parseInt(n,10)||0,r:parseInt(r,10)||0,b:parseInt(o,10)||0,l:parseInt(i,10)}:{t:n,r:r,b:o,l:i}},getPadding:function(e,t){var n=jQuery.curCSS(e,"paddingTop")||"",r=jQuery.curCSS(e,"paddingRight")||"",o=jQuery.curCSS(e,"paddingBottom")||"",i=jQuery.curCSS(e,"paddingLeft")||"";return t?{t:parseInt(n,10)||0,r:parseInt(r,10)||0,b:parseInt(o,10)||0,l:parseInt(i,10)}:{t:n,r:r,b:o,l:i}},getBorder:function(e,t){var n=jQuery.curCSS(e,"borderTopWidth")||"",r=jQuery.curCSS(e,"borderRightWidth")||"",o=jQuery.curCSS(e,"borderBottomWidth")||"",i=jQuery.curCSS(e,"borderLeftWidth")||"";return t?{t:parseInt(n,10)||0,r:parseInt(r,10)||0,b:parseInt(o,10)||0,l:parseInt(i,10)||0}:{t:n,r:r,b:o,l:i}},traverseDOM:function(e,t){for(t(e),e=e.firstChild;e;)EYE.traverseDOM(e,t),e=e.nextSibling},getInnerWidth:function(e,t){var n=e.offsetWidth;return t?Math.max(e.scrollWidth,n)-n+e.clientWidth:e.clientWidth},getInnerHeight:function(e,t){var n=e.offsetHeight;return t?Math.max(e.scrollHeight,n)-n+e.clientHeight:e.clientHeight},getExtraWidth:function(t){return e.boxModel?(parseInt(e.curCSS(t,"paddingLeft"))||0)+(parseInt(e.curCSS(t,"paddingRight"))||0)+(parseInt(e.curCSS(t,"borderLeftWidth"))||0)+(parseInt(e.curCSS(t,"borderRightWidth"))||0):0},getExtraHeight:function(t){return e.boxModel?(parseInt(e.curCSS(t,"paddingTop"))||0)+(parseInt(e.curCSS(t,"paddingBottom"))||0)+(parseInt(e.curCSS(t,"borderTopWidth"))||0)+(parseInt(e.curCSS(t,"borderBottomWidth"))||0):0},isChildOf:function(t,n,r){if(t==n)return!0;if(!n||!n.nodeType||1!=n.nodeType)return!1;if(t.contains&&!e.browser.safari)return t.contains(n);if(t.compareDocumentPosition)return!!(16&t.compareDocumentPosition(n));for(var o=n.parentNode;o&&o!=r;){if(o==t)return!0;o=o.parentNode}return!1},centerEl:function(t,n){var r=EYE.getScroll(),o=EYE.getSize(t);n&&"vertically"!=n||e(t).css({top:r.t+(Math.min(r.h,r.ih)-o.hb)/2+"px"}),n&&"horizontally"!=n||e(t).css({left:r.l+(Math.min(r.w,r.iw)-o.wb)/2+"px"})}}),e.easing.easeout||(e.easing.easeout=function(e,t,n,r,o){return-r*((t=t/o-1)*t*t*t-1)+n})}(jQuery);
!function(e){EYE.extend({spacegallery:{defaults:{border:6,perspective:140,minScale:.2,duration:800,loadingClass:null,before:function(){return!1},after:function(){return!1}},animated:!1,positionImages:function(a){EYE.spacegallery.animated=!1,e(a).find("a").removeClass(a.spacegalleryCfg.loadingClass).end().find("img").removeAttr("height").each(function(s){var l=this.spacegallery.origWidth-(this.spacegallery.origWidth-this.spacegallery.origWidth*a.spacegalleryCfg.minScale)*a.spacegalleryCfg.asins[s];e(this).css({top:a.spacegalleryCfg.tops[s]+"px",marginLeft:-parseInt((l+a.spacegalleryCfg.border)/2,10)+"px",opacity:1-a.spacegalleryCfg.asins[s]}).attr("width",parseInt(l)),this.spacegallery.next=a.spacegalleryCfg.asins[s+1],this.spacegallery.nextTop=a.spacegalleryCfg.tops[s+1]-a.spacegalleryCfg.tops[s],this.spacegallery.origTop=a.spacegalleryCfg.tops[s],this.spacegallery.opacity=1-a.spacegalleryCfg.asins[s],this.spacegallery.increment=a.spacegalleryCfg.asins[s]-this.spacegallery.next,this.spacegallery.current=a.spacegalleryCfg.asins[s],this.spacegallery.width=l})},next:function(a){if(EYE.spacegallery.animated===!1){EYE.spacegallery.animated=!0;var s=this.parentNode;s.spacegalleryCfg.before.apply(s),e(s).css("spacegallery",0).animate({spacegallery:100},{easing:"easeOut",duration:s.spacegalleryCfg.duration,complete:function(){e(s).find("img:last").prependTo(s),EYE.spacegallery.positionImages(s),s.spacegalleryCfg.after.apply(s)},step:function(a){e("img",this).each(function(l){var g,r,i;l+1==s.spacegalleryCfg.images?(r=this.spacegallery.origTop+4*this.spacegallery.nextTop*a/100,g=this.spacegallery.width*r/this.spacegallery.origTop,e(this).css({top:r+"px",opacity:.7-a/100,marginLeft:-parseInt((g+s.spacegalleryCfg.border)/2,10)+"px"}).attr("width",g)):(i=this.spacegallery.current-this.spacegallery.increment*a/100,g=this.spacegallery.origWidth-(this.spacegallery.origWidth-this.spacegallery.origWidth*s.spacegalleryCfg.minScale)*i,e(this).css({top:this.spacegallery.origTop+this.spacegallery.nextTop*a/100+"px",opacity:1-i,marginLeft:-parseInt((g+s.spacegalleryCfg.border)/2,10)+"px"}).attr("width",g))})}})}return this.blur(),!1},init:function(a){return a=e.extend({},EYE.spacegallery.defaults,a||{}),this.each(function(){var s=this;if(e(s).is(".spacegallery")){e('<a href="#"></a>').appendTo(this).addClass(a.loadingClass).bind("click",EYE.spacegallery.next),s.spacegalleryCfg=a,s.spacegalleryCfg.images=s.getElementsByTagName("img").length,s.spacegalleryCfg.loaded=0,s.spacegalleryCfg.asin=Math.asin(1),s.spacegalleryCfg.asins={},s.spacegalleryCfg.tops={},s.spacegalleryCfg.increment=parseInt(s.spacegalleryCfg.perspective/s.spacegalleryCfg.images,10);var l=0;e("img",s).each(function(e){var a=new Image,g=this;s.spacegalleryCfg.asins[e]=1-Math.asin((e+1)/s.spacegalleryCfg.images)/s.spacegalleryCfg.asin,l+=s.spacegalleryCfg.increment-s.spacegalleryCfg.increment*s.spacegalleryCfg.asins[e],s.spacegalleryCfg.tops[e]=l,g.spacegallery={},a.src=this.src,a.complete?(s.spacegalleryCfg.loaded++,g.spacegallery.origWidth=a.width,g.spacegallery.origHeight=a.height):a.onload=function(){s.spacegalleryCfg.loaded++,g.spacegallery.origWidth=a.width,g.spacegallery.origHeight=a.height,s.spacegalleryCfg.loaded==s.spacegalleryCfg.images&&EYE.spacegallery.positionImages(s)}}),s.spacegalleryCfg.asins[s.spacegalleryCfg.images]=1.3*s.spacegalleryCfg.asins[s.spacegalleryCfg.images-1],s.spacegalleryCfg.tops[s.spacegalleryCfg.images]=1.3*s.spacegalleryCfg.tops[s.spacegalleryCfg.images-1],s.spacegalleryCfg.loaded==s.spacegalleryCfg.images&&EYE.spacegallery.positionImages(s)}})}}}),e.fn.extend({spacegallery:EYE.spacegallery.init}),e.extend(e.easing,{easeOut:function(e,a,s,l,g){return-l*(a/=g)*(a-2)+s}})}(jQuery);
//]]>
</script>

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
(function($){
var initLayout = function() {
var hash = window.location.hash.replace('#', '');
var currentTab = $('ul.navigationTabs a')
.bind('click', showTab)
.filter('a[rel=' + hash + ']');
if (currentTab.size() == 0) {
currentTab = $('ul.navigationTabs a:first');
}
showTab.apply(currentTab.get(0));
$('#myGallery').spacegallery({loadingClass: 'loading'});
};

var showTab = function(e) {
var tabIndex = $('ul.navigationTabs a')
.removeClass('active')
.index(this);
$(this)
.addClass('active')
.blur();
$('div.tab')
.hide()
.eq(tabIndex)
.show();
};

EYE.register(initLayout, 'init');
})(jQuery)
//]]>
</script>

Note: if you have already jQuery in your template, please delete the line in red.

Step 4. Next, search (CTRL + F) for this tag:

]]></b:skin>

Step 5. Above the ]]></b:skin> tag, paste the following CSS style:

#myGallery {
width: 100%;
height: 400px;
}
#myGallery img {
border: 2px solid #52697E;
}
a.loading {
background: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6vxSNJOZ2FGvQ_cZdgN1PPQ1W6kqqWj-BDh0nqYc6b8wJgpMBFXZ7udcAlnwpPmYjgQwddNroPrBvyog7g0f6jmkczz13WgC32qC3qzcFaBTjkh8SNYM14yhFbidsFzHDKWY9Qpk67d5/s1600/ajax_small.gif) no-repeat center;
}
.spacegallery {
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
}
.spacegallery img {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
}
.spacegallery a {
position: absolute;
z-index: 1000;
display: block;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}

Step 6. Hit the Save template button to save the changes.

Step 7. Finally, go to Layout > Add a Gadget > HTML/Javascript and copy-paste the code below:

<div class="spacegallery" id="myGallery">
<img src="Image URL"/>
<img src="Image URL"/>
<img src="Image URL"/>
<img src="Image URL"/>
<img src="Image URL"/>
</div>

Replace the Image URL text with the image addresses that you want to appear on the gallery, considering that the last image is the first to be displayed.

If you want to add this slideshow inside a post, go to your dashboard and create a New Post, then paste the code in the HTML section.

That's it! Now, you can enjoy this simple image gallery on your blog and although, it has no display options or settings, it is without a doubt a gallery that will draw the attention of your readers.

Source: eyecon.ro

Top three qualities of a successful blogger

The qualities of a blogger should be attended at all times in order to become someone popular on the internet. A blogger should have plenty of ideas for creative writing, along with a truckload of motivation. The results sought will not come overnight and there's no guarantee that this will be easy.

These are the two things that you need in order to fulfill your dream of running a successful blog: a lot of exclusive content and readers' loyalty. In each case, time is required to develop the success. This is a process and not a short-term event.

Related: How to Write SEO Optimized Blog Posts

Top Qualities To Become a Successful Blogger

Here are three qualities of a blogger who as a site administrator will need to have, if your goal is to manage a successful blog.

Patience

A successful blog is a product of time and effort and for this, you will need patience. As I said before, the results will not appear quickly overnight, so it is important to realize this from the start. If you are constantly trying to develop new and creative ideas for writing on your blog and, at the same time, you are worried whether you will see any results, this will only make things more difficult.

The building of a successful business online is a "long term" effort and you must decide if you accept this challenge or not. This is one the most important qualities of a blogger.

Credibility

Much of the traffic of any successful blog results from its unique content, as well as its credibility. In fact, the quality of what's in the site, will have a direct impact on what will become viral visitors that are coming to your platform. If you will provide quality content, people will talk about your blog, and once they do it, others may come to see what you have. It depends on you to publish useful and accurate information and your readers will do the rest.

Consistency

Maintaining a steady stream of creative writing ideas is vital to be able to constantly update the blog. The frequency of publication to a proper schedule is related to the amount of time you have available and your level of motivation. However, it is recommended to establish a sort of consistency, so that people can schedule their own visits accordingly. Just remember that the more often you write, the more people will visit, so their loyalty will grow faster and their referrals will be extended.

To become a popular blogger, it is important to have a healthy source of creative writing ideas, along with a lot of patience and motivation. Ultimately, it will be up to you, as a site administrator, to provide the three qualities of a blogger that we discussed above, who is searching tirelessly his goal of having a successful blog. In the end, your own motivation and patience will be the glue with which all the elements will be put together so that your dream will come true.

PHP.net compromised

Unless you didn't have any internet access today, you must have heard about the compromise of PHP.net today. An excerpt:

One of the first confirmations that PHP.net is was in fact compromised

Google Safe Browsing warning

You can read the full discussion on whether PHP was compromised or not here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6603831

Statements by PHP.net itself:

http://php.net/archive/2013.php#id2013-10-24-2

I think it's pretty clear by now how it (could have) happened: insertion of a malicious - or change of- a Javascript file on their website.

Let's start with the first entry of infection, most likely userprefs.js on the main page. Some heavily obfuscated Javascript is present, which redirects to either:

Redirects

Here's a Pastebin link containing the modified userprefs.js: http://pastebin.com/yZWxxk2h

After either of those redirects, PluginDetect (which is a legit Javascript library to detect browser plugins) determines your version of Adobe & Java. If you have any of those vulnerable versions installed, you'll get served with several flavors of malware. Your browser will either crash or "hang" for a while.

Interestingly enough, another PluginDetect was also trying to check for vulnerable versions of VLC, SilverLight and Flash.

If you don't have any of these installed, you're possibly being redirected to a website with the text "He took over Russia with a wooden plough, but left it equipped with atomic weapons" (seems to be a letter about Stalin, see here) which contains the following fancy YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mnmhtr4ThE

Let's move on to the actual payload. Thanks to a blogpost by Barracuda Labs, I was able to download the PCAP file they gathered. 

The PCAP file proved to be very interesting. Besides being able to pull the usual malicious Javascript files, I was able to gather some payloads as well, which aren't very friendly to your machine.

The following malware was seen to be downloaded: Fareit, ZeroAccess (GoogleUpdate/Google Desktop variant), Zeus and even ransomware (unknown) in one instance!

Fareit and Zeus/Zbot have been known for going hand in hand for some time now, see here for an earlier blogpost. When executed, you'll either have to pay up a fine (ransomware), get a rootkit (ZeroAccess) or get your information stolen (Fareit & Zeus). An overview of the information that will be stolen:

Your data being stolen

I don't need to mention that this is quite bad. Have you visited PHP.net yesterday or today and saw your browser crash? Did you notice any strange behavior? Yes? No? Either way, perform a scan of your machine right away. We'll get back to that though.

MD5s of samples gathered:

c73134f67fd261dedbc1b685b49d1fa4
406d6001e16e76622d85a92ae3453588
dc0dbf82e756fe110c5fbdd771fe67f5
78a5f0bc44fa387310d6571ed752e217
18f4d13f7670866f96822e4683137dd6

Callbacks:

85.114.128.127

Prevention

• Patch your Java & Adobe or uninstall it if you don't need it.
  Same goes for their browser plugins or add-ons!
• Keep your browser of choice up-to-date.
• Install an antivirus and antimalware product and keep it up-to-date & running.
• Use NoScript in Firefox or NotScripts in Chrome.
• Block the above IP. (either in your firewall or host file)

Disinfection 

• Perform a full scan with your installed antivirus and a scan with another antivirus or antimalware product. You can check on VirusTotal which antivirus applications already detect this malware.

Conclusion

• Every website can be injected with malicious Javascript, even well-known websites!
• Received a Google Safe Browsing warning? Don't simply ignore it, either look up if anything's known about that website being hacked or if you're not sure, stay away from it for a while. (best case is to contact the site owner as well.)

Twitter account suspended

This is just a small post to indicate that my Twitter account was suspended last week. (15 October 2013)
(don't worry, if you haven't been following, it's back up already since the 18th)

I received the following mail from Twitter:

Mail from Twitter

My account was inaccessible until the 18th of October, when they "un-suspended" it. Luckily my followers & following were recovered. As to this date, I haven't had any reply from Twitter, despite replying to their ticket.

As to the cause of my suspension? I'm unsure. I often tweet about malicious things, but I do keep maliciours URLs out of them, even obfuscated ones. (easier just redirecting on Pastebin)

I have noticed however that I was tweeting about an account which was massively spamming Twitter. That tweet is still deleted. Not sure if it had anything to do with it, but I don't see too many other possibilities.


It appears I'm not the first to have had this situation. Mikko Hypponen from F-Secure had it as well somewhere in 2009:

@bartblaze @imaguid @martijn_grooten @twitter Well, now you have something in common with @mikko. http://t.co/NTpLyL9sCN :-)
— Sean Sullivan (@5ean5ullivan) October 18, 2013

You can't send any links in DMs anymore, so I guess Twitter is getting more restrictive. Which is a good thing. I just hope they won't produce any more false positives ;-) .

Michael Krigsman from ZDNet had also written a short article on Mikko's suspension:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/projectfailures/twitter-suspends-security-researchers-account-as-a-threat/6327


I will update when I receive any news from Twitter.

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Adding tooltips or hover text to Blogger posts and gadgets

This article is about putting a "tooltip" (text that is shown when you hover over) into something (eg text, a web-address or even a picture) in a Blogger post or gadget.

What are tooltips?

Tooltips are a feature found in many websites and modern computer based software:  when a viewer hovers their mouse over an item, a small piece of text is shown, generally formatted in a box which is highlighted in some way.

They can be used for all sorts of things, to provide definitions of technical or foreign-language words, additional information about particularly interesting concepts - or as an incentive or invitation to take an action  eg you could tool-tip "click here to enter" with a description of the prize or benefits of entering.)

You can see them in Blogger's Post Editor when you put your mouse over an item in the toolbar.

But tool-tips can be used on other things too, including pictures and text: put your mouse over This Text to see one.

They can be particularly useful if you want to provide a translation for a few words from another language, or a definition for technical terms, but don't have enough to make a glossary worthwhile.

How to add a tool-tip in Blogger

Open the Post (etc) that you are working on.


Create the item that you want the tool-tip to be on (it may be text or a picture).


Select the item, and use the Link button on the toolbar to set up a link for it.  (Do this even if you don't want it to end up linked to anything - you can remove the link part alter on.)


Go into HTML mode (top right side of the editor toolbar), and find the HTML for the item.  
Hints:

• Use the find feature in your brower - it may be helpful to temporarily put some marker text just before and after the item.

• If you want to put a tooltip into a text gadget - just put the text into an HTML gadget instead, and that way you will be able to work in HTML mode.

• The HTML for the item will have this sort of structure:
  

  <a href="Your Link" > Your item text ... </a>

  or it may be like this if your item is a picture:
  

  <img border="0" src="URL FOR YOUR PICTURE" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" />

  or even like this if it's a picture that's linked:
  

  <a href="Your Link" img border="0" src="URL FOR YOUR PICTURE" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" </a>

Add  title="YOUR HOVER TEXT" to the HTML, so it becomes something like:

<a href="Your Link" title="YOUR HOVER TEXT" > Your item text ... </a>

or, if the item is a picture:

<a href="Your Link" img border="0" src="URL FOR YOUR PICTURE" title="YOUR HOVER TEXT" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" </a>

If you don't want the item to be linked, remove the href="Your Link"
part of the statement, so the HTML becomes similar to:

<a title="YOUR HOVER TEXT" > Your item text ... </a>

or, if the item is a picture:

< img border="0" src="URL FOR YOUR PICTURE" title="YOUR HOVER TEXT" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" />

If you're working in the post-editor, return to Compose mode (top right of the Post Editor window), so that you aren't faced with HTML the next time you edit a post.

Formatting unlinked text that has tooltips.

If you put hover-text on words that aren't linked to anything, it's good to give them a different format so that readers know to mouse-over them to see the hover-text.    For example

When you visit Ireland, you will undoubtedly experience rain, ceol and great craic.

To do this:


1   Add this CSS rule to your blog's template  (See Adding a new CSS rule to your template if you need help with this):

.toolTippedText {
   border-bottom: 1px dotted red;
}

2   While editing your Post (etc) to add the hover-text, also add this class statement

class="toolTippedText" 

to every URL which has title="YOUR HOVER TEXT" added to it.  So the full statements become

<a href="Your Link" title="YOUR HOVER TEXT" class="toolTippedText"> Your item text ... </a>

or, if you don't want the text to actually be linked to anything:

<a title="YOUR HOVER TEXT" class="toolTippedText"> Your item text ... </a>

It probably doesn't make sense to add a font-decoration like this to tool-tipped images - though it can be done in exactly the same way.


If you don't like using red dots as the way to highlight text that has hover-text, there are other rules you can add to your template.  For example to get a solid underline in the same colour as the text font, use:

.toolTippedText {

 text-decoration:underline;

}

There is more information about some of the options for formatting a line in this article.

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Add Keyboard Keys Effect To Your Text in Blogger with CSS

For many of us the design and the template are the most important, making our readers be more interested and coming back to our blog. There's an HTML element meant for marking up keyboard keys named <kbd> which can be styled with CSS, so why not use it to make those elements look the keyboard keys?

Thus, in this tutorial, I am going to show you how to create a keyboard keys effect with CSS. It doesn't require images so your blog will load faster.

How to Add Keyboard Keys to Blogger

Step 1. From Blogger Dashboard, select your blog and go to Template > Edit HTML

Step 2. Click anywhere inside the code area, press the Ctrl + F keys and search for this piece of code:

]]></b:skin>

Screenshot

Click on the arrow to expand the code

Step 3: Just above ]]></b:skin> paste this CSS style:

kbd{
border:1px solid gray;
font-size:1.2em;
box-shadow:1px 0 1px 0 #eee, 0 2px 0 2px #ccc, 0 2px 0 3px #444;
-webkit-border-radius:3px;
-moz-border-radius:3px;
border-radius:3px;
margin:2px 3px;
padding:1px 5px;
}

Step 4. To save the changes, press the Save change button.

Finally, we need to add the html <kbd> tags to the text on which we want to apply the keyboard keys style.
From your blogger's dashboard, go to create a New Post, write the text on which you want to apply the style and go to the HTML tab. Before and after the text, add the following HTML tags:

<kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>F</kbd>

Screenshot

This will make it to look like this:

Ctrl + F

Quick reminder: Free The Monsters open game art crowd-funding

We talked about it before here, but now there is only about 2 days left and even though all funds go to the team regardless of if the goal is reached, they are still a long way off what then would need to create a nice set of openly licensed fantasy monsters.

So please head over to their indiegogo fund-raiser page: "Free the Monsters" and donate.

How to do natural SEO on Blogger

Although many insist that blogs hosted on free servers, such as Blogger, are not ideal for getting your blog well-ranked, the truth is that a blog hosted by Blogger can be really fast and well positioned on the Internet if you are using the right SEO tools.

Now, given the latest updates from Google, the best would be hiring a specialized person. However, if you don't have the resources or you want to learn doing this job alone, you can choose to begin with the natural SEO.

Here are some tips to do natural SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

Natural SEO Techniques for Blogger

Pick a Good Domain

We must try having our keyword included in the domain name, and even if this may sacrifice our branding, we can use the redirection.

Create Value Added Content

Not only rewrite articles, or write like they would be intended for us. When writing our posts, we should consider our target audience, i.e., giving advices, tips, suggestions or guidance on specific topics and aside, use links, anchor text and key phrases.

The topic of the links is important

They should be of quality and while, it's no longer required to place five or ten links within the text of your website, now what truly matters, is to make the link relevant to the context.

Finally, the domain, in value-added content and a right use of the internal and external links, will prove to be useless if we don't try to update our blog constantly.

How often should you update your blog?

You don't have to do this on daily basis, even if this may be ideal as, this way, we could achieve a greater relevance in search engines. But don't forget about your blog either. Let's say, two or three times a week would be enough. What should not happen is updating only three times a week and doing nothing next week.

Keep in mind that search engines happen to pass daily on our blog in order to index our content.

I hope that you find these SEO tips useful and if you would like to receive more tutorials by email, subscribe for free to this blog, check out the facebook page or add the RSS feed.