Devil's Workshop Template Customization - Part 1

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I've been receiving a lot of positive reviews and feedback about the Devil's Workshop blogger template - the load time being appreciated the most. If you did not find to check out the template, then I highly recommend you to spare some time to check it out - DW Blogger Template. I've planned to share the "Stay Connected" widget code in this article.

This widget namely "Stay Connected" is a subscription box that is most essential for any blog . The widget is a slightly modified version from the original one. I've tried to add the latest networking icons like Google+ to stay updated and to better connect with the users. You may preview the same on the demo blog by hitting the following link - DW Template Live Demo (or) just take a look at screen shot posted below.

ONE CLICK INSTALLATION

Just install the widget "Stay Connected" using the install button below, provided your browser is either one of these - Firefox 3.0+, IE 9.0 (or) Opera. I'm not sure about Chrome and Safari, because I heard that it works for few, whereas it shows an error for the rest.

THE USUAL PROCEDURE
If you are unable to install the widget using the button, then navigate to "Design >> Page Elements" page from your blogger dashboard. Choose "Add a Gadget >> HTML/JavaScript" and just paste the entire code in this text document - STAY CONNECTED WIDGET CODE, on the new window that pops up. Name the title of the widget as "Stay Connected". That's it!

COMMON CUSTOMIZATION
Once you've installed the widget on to your sidebar - be it via one click installation method or the usual procedure, make sure you customize the widget as per the instructions given below, before you save them.

1. Replace FEEDNAME at various instances (5 instances) in the code with your feed name. The title of your FeedBurner feed serves as the feed name of your feed. So, login to your feedburner account and look for the feed title.
2. Replace TWITTER-NAME at one instance in the code with your twitter user name.
3. Replace FACEBOOK-URL at one instance in the code with your fan page URL on Facebook.
4. Replace GOOGLE-PLUS-URL at one instance in the code with your Google+ Profile URL.
Note: If you don't have one, then leave your email via comments asking for an invite and I'll invite you to Google+ so that you can enjoy the new social networking, just as we do.
5. Replace HOMEPAGE-URL at two instances in the code with the home page URL of your blog.

I'll continue to post other tutorials about customizing Devil's Workshop Blogger Template in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned to my blog so that, you don't miss out any customization.Do share your opinions about this article via comments:)

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