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Add CSS3 Bricks/Box Style Labels To Blogger

Posted on the 06 April 2013 by Mohammed39
Add CSS3 Bricks/Box Style Labels To Blogger In this tutorial we will see how to customize blogger labels with CSS3 and make them bricks or box style.We will apply this hack with using of pure CSS3 and will replace some existing code with new code in your template.These CSS3 bricks/box labels really attract readers.I am also using these bricks/box style label on this blog,you can see demo at right sidebar of this blog.Now lets see how to apply this hack.
How To Customize Blogger Labels With CSS3?

First we have to edit some settings of our label widget.Save your label widget settings as I have set in below image.
Add CSS3 Bricks/Box Style Labels To Blogger
1. Now go to Blogger Dashboard > Template
2. Download a copy of your template
3. Click on Edit HTML
4. Hit Proceed button
5. Check Expand Widget Templates checkbox
6. Find below code in your template

]]></b:skin>


add below CSS code just above it,

#textwidget {     color: #666;     font-size: 0.925em;     font-style: italic;     line-height: 1.6em } a.tag {     color: #777;     font: 9px verdana;     text-transform: uppercase;     transition: border-color .218s;     background: #f4f4f4;     background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 40%, 0% 70%, from(#F5F5F5), to(#F1F1F1));     display: inline-block;     text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff;     -webkit-transition: border-color .218s;     -moz-transition: border .218s;     -o-transition: border-color .218s;     transition: border-color .218s;     background: #f3f3f3;     background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 40%, 0% 70%, from(#F5F5F5), to(#F1F1F1));     background: -moz-linear-gradient(linear, 0% 40%, 0% 70%, from(#F5F5F5), to(#F1F1F1));     border: solid 1px #ccc;     border-radius: 2px;     -webkit-border-radius: 2px;     -moz-border-radius: 2px;     margin: 0 4px 4px 0;     padding: 3px 5px;     text-decoration: none } a.tag:hover {     color: #333;     border-color: #999;     -moz-box-shadow: 0 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) -webkit-box-shadow:0 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);     box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.15) } a.tag:active {     color: #000;     border-color: #444 } .slides {     font-size: 85%;     line-height: 130%;     overflow: hidden;     padding: 0;     margin: 30px 0 10px;     border-bottom: 1px solid #000 }


Now find below code,

<b:widget id='Label1' locked='false'


find it until

</b:widget>


replace code from <b:widget id='Label1' locked='false'.........
to 
</b:widget> with below code,

<b:widget id='Label1' locked='false' title='Labels Cloud' type='Label'>   <b:includable id='main'>   <b:if cond='data:title'>   <h2>   <data:title/>   </h2>   </b:if>   <div class='textwidget'>   <div expr:class='&quot;widget-content &quot; + data:display + &quot;-label-widget-content&quot;'>   <b:if cond='data:display == &quot;list&quot;'>   <ul>   <b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'>   <li>   <b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:label.url'>   <span expr:dir='data:blog.languageDirection'>   <data:label.name/>   </span>   <b:else/>   <a class='tag' expr:dir='data:blog.languageDirection' expr:href='data:label.url'><data:label.name/></a>   </b:if>   <b:if cond='data:showFreqNumbers'>   <span dir='ltr'>(   <data:label.count/>)</span>   </b:if>   </li>   </b:loop>   </ul>   <b:else/>   <b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'>   <span expr:class='&quot;label-size label-size-&quot; + data:label.cssSize'>   <b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:label.url'>   <span expr:dir='data:blog.languageDirection'>   <data:label.name/>   </span>   <b:else/>   <a class='tag' expr:dir='data:blog.languageDirection' expr:href='data:label.url'><data:label.name/></a>   </b:if>   <b:if cond='data:showFreqNumbers'>   <span class='label-count' dir='ltr'>(   <data:label.count/>)</span>   </b:if>   </span>   </b:loop>   </b:if>   <b:include name='quickedit' />   </div>   </div>   </b:includable> </b:widget>


Now take a preview and save your template.

Hope you Likes It ...! 

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