8 Stylish Blogger Contact Form For Static Page

Blogger contact form is very important to give your readers the opportunity to communicate with you. Adding a contact form to your Blogger blog is not so tough. There is a Blogger Contact Form widget available in the list of Blogger’s default widgets. But a few days ago, It was pretty tough because there was no such kind of widget available out there. Today we will learn how to add a stylish Blogger contact form in a static page?

In this way, we will make a contact page for our blogger blog. Blogger’s default contact form widget is very fresh and lightweight. To make it more attractive, I will provide some beautifully designed Blogger Contact Form widget. You will be able to use those in a contact page of your blogger blog. So let’s start.

How To Add/Enable Blogger Contact Form In Blogger?

First of all, we will have to add the blogger contact form widget anywhere in our blogger blog. This will enable the functionality of the contact form. Otherwise, we will not receive emails from our contact forms. To do that, first of all:

1. Sign into your blogger account.
2. Go to the Blogger Dashboard/Overview.
3. Select Layout section from the left menu.
4. Click on the Add a Gadget (Sidebar/ Footer will be better) > More Gadgets.
5. Click on the Blue Plus Button of the Contact Form Gadget and then Save it.

You have successfully added the Blogger Contact Form Widget in your blog. Now it is time to hide this default blogger contact widget because we are going to make our stylish contact form in a static “Contact Us” page.

How To Hide Default Blogger Contact Form?

To hide this default Blogger Contact Form, Go to the “Template section and click on the Edit HTMLbutton”. Now find the style ending code : ]]></b:skin>. Paste this small CSS code just above this. Save your template and you are done. Reload your blog and you will see the default contact widget disappears.

Code :

div#ContactForm1 {
display: none !important;
}

Insert Font Awesome Icons In Blogger:

I have used some Font Awesome icons in these custom blogger contact form. So you will have to insert this style sheet into your blog. To do this:

• Go to the Template section > Click on Edit HTML > Find the ending head : </head>
• Copy the code and paste it right above the “</head>.”

Code :

<link href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.0.3/css/font-awesome.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

• Click on the “Save Template” button. You are done.

Note: If your template has already contained this code then you don’t have to implement this twice.

How To Add Blogger Contact Form In A Static Page?

Now we can create our static Contact Us page for blogger for applying a stylish and eye catching contact us form. For doing this, we must create a contact us page on our blog. If you already have a contact us page, you can use it, but if you don’t have, you can create it in this way.

• Go to the Pages section and click on the New page button as shown below:

• Fill up the Page Title with Contact Us/Contact. (The name of your contact page). Bring this page into HTML mode by clicking on the HTML tab.
• Now go to the Page Settings Options. Click on it. Select Readers Comments “Don’t allow, hid existing”. Click on done button. See the screenshot to become clearer:

• Now choose the Blogger Contact Form design you like most from the list below. Copy the code and Paste it in your contact page as shown above. Publish the page and see the magic.

1. Blogger Contact Form Design 1:

This is a beautiful and responsive blogger contact form. It has a simple and attractive design. Also, this form has some additional features. It has a clear button to make the text area empty with one click. It has some social buttons to notify users about social pages.

Code :

<style>
.tb-contact-form-widget{background-color:#A4A4A4;background-image: url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC51CJHUNY7kEmCt5BRt37FnY4zFJO_X4wKOXE3yg3DRwqL7bfgV9VVfrbWixBD9LLngLh-YVqBAaTouV1fB-RrwhUrqHRKcD2yglYoUzaCwRbNWdEar9h_CQ3JZvL5jpKz5GYvRJQxy1P/s1600/to-contact-img-2.jpg");background-repeat: repeat;background-position: 100% 100%;color:white;padding:25px;}
.srbtn{display:inline-block;}
.cform-button, .btn-reset{background-color:#f1f1f1;padding:5px 30px;}
.cform-button:hover {background-color: #2980b9;color: #fff;}
.btn-reset:hover {background-color: red;color: #fff;}
.tb-contact-form-widget h3{text-align:center;margin:20px 0;padding:10px 0;border-top: 1px dotted #f5f5f5;}
.c-form-name, .c-form-email { width: 50%; max-width: 50%; margin-bottom: 10px;padding: 10px;border: 1px solid #CCC;border-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #ccc inset, 0 1px 0 #fff;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #CCC inset, 0 1px 0 #FFF;
box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #CCC inset, 0 1px 0 #FFF;}
.c-form-email-message { width: 95%; max-width: 95%; margin-bottom: 10px;padding: 10px;border: 1px solid #CCC;border-radius: 5px;box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #CCC inset, 0 1px 0 #FFF;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #ccc inset, 0 1px 0 #fff;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #CCC inset, 0 1px 0 #FFF;}
.c-form-name, .c-form-email, .c-form-email-message input:focus{background-color: #FFF;box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px #E8C291 inset;border-color: #E8C291;outline: none;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px #e8c291 inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px #E8C291 inset;}
.b-social-buttons{list-style-type:none;text-align:center;}
.b-social-buttons li{display:inline-block;padding:15px;background-color:#f5f5f5;border-radius:5px;}
.b-social-buttons li a{color:#333;text-decoration:none;}
#ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message, #ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message{width:100%;margin-top:35px;}
</style>
<div class="tb-contact-form-widget"> <form name="contact-form"> <div class="form-name"><span><i class="fa fa-pencil-square-o"></i> Your Name: </span><br /><input class="c-form-name" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-name" name="name" size="30" type="text" value="" /></div> <div class="form-email"><span><i class="fa fa-envelope-o"></i> E-mail Address *: </span><br /><input class="c-form-email" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email" name="email" size="30" type="text" value="" /></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="form-message"> <span><i class="fa fa-keyboard-o"></i> Message *:</span><br />
<textarea class="c-form-email-message" cols="25" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message" name="email-message" rows="5"></textarea><div class="srbtn"><input class="cform-button" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-submit" type="button" value="Submit" /><input type="reset" class="btn-reset" value="Clear" /></div><div class="contact-form-error-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message"> </div> <div class="contact-form-success-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message"> </div>
<h3>Our Social Sites</h3>
<ul class="b-social-buttons">
<li><a href="#" class="btn-lg"><i class="fa fa-twitter"> <span class="network-name">Twitter</span></i></a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="btn-lg"><i class="fa fa-facebook"> <span class="network-name">Facebook</span></i></a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="btn-lg"><i class="fa fa-youtube-play"> <span class="network-name">Youtube</span></i></a></li>
</ul></div></form></div>

Configuration:

• This form uses some font awesome icons. So, you must install the font awesome library as I have shown above.
• If you get the “https” error message while installing this widget then simply “Dismiss” this and click on the update button again because if we use https ever then all of the resources of this form will redirect automatically.
• For using social buttons, simply replace the highlighted “#” with your twitter, facebook and youtube channel URLs.

2. Blogger Contact Form Design 2:

Code :

<style> .contact-form-widget {color: #000;margin-left:auto;max-width: 100%;margin-right:auto;padding: 0px;width: 600px;} .form_name, .form_email {float:left;width:48%;padding:5px;} .form_message {padding:5px;} .contact-form-name, .contact-form-email {font-size:16px;width: 100%;height:40px;max-width: 100%;margin-bottom: 10px;padding:10px;} .contact-form-email-message {height:100px;width:100%;font-size:16px;max-width: 100%;padding:10px;margin-bottom:10px;} .contact-form-button-submit {font-size:16px;height:30px;border-color: #C1C1C1;width: 20%;background: #E3E3E3;max-width: 20%;color: #585858;margin-bottom: 10px;} .contact-form-button-submit:hover{color: #000000;border: 1px solid #FAFAFA;background: #ffffff;} </style> <div class="contact-form-widget"> <div class="form"> <form name="contact-form"> <div class="form_name"> Your Name: <input class="contact-form-name" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-name" name="name" size="30" type="text" value="" /></div> <div class="form_email"> E-mail Address *: <input class="contact-form-email" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email" name="email" size="30" type="text" value="" /></div> <div style="clear: both;"> </div> <div class="form_message"> Message *: <textarea class="contact-form-email-message" cols="25" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message" name="email-message" rows="5"></textarea> <input class="contact-form-button contact-form-button-submit" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-submit" type="button" value="Submit" /> <br /> <div class="contact-form-error-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message"> </div> <div class="contact-form-success-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message"> </div> </div> </form> </div> </div>

3. Blogger Contact Form Design 3:

Code :

<style> .contact-form-widget { -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px;  background-color: #eaeaea; background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ffffff, #eaeaea);      background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.0,    #ffffff), color-stop(1.0, #eaeaea));      color: #444;      border: 1px solid #cacaca;      margin: 0 0 25px;      max-width: 96%;      font-size: 1.4em;      padding: 8px 10px; } .contact-form-name, .contact-form-email { width: 50%; max-width: 50%; margin-bottom: 10px; } .contact-form-email-message { width: 100%; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px; } </style> <div class='widget ContactForm' id='ContactForm2'>   <div class='contact-form-widget'>     <div class='form'>       <form name='contact-form'>         <p>Name</p>         <input class='contact-form-name' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-name' name='name' size='30' type='text' value=''/>         <p>E-mail *</p>         <input class='contact-form-email' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-email' name='email' size='30' type='text' value=''/>         <p>Message *</p>         <textarea class='contact-form-email-message' cols='25' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message' name='email-message' rows='5'></textarea>         <input class='contact-form-button contact-form-button-submit' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-submit' type='button' value='Submit'/>        <p class='contact-form-error-message' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message'></p>         <p class='contact-form-success-message' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message'></p>       </form>     </div>   </div> </div>

4. Blogger Contact Form Design 4:

Code :

<style> #ContactForm2{ background:#98AFC7; } .c-form{ border:1px solid #f5f5f5; padding:0 0 20px 0; overflow:hidden; } .c-form-left{ padding: 20px; } .c-form-right{ padding: 20px; } .contact-form-widget { margin: 0 auto; padding: 10px; width: 400px; max-width: 100%; }.contact-form-email-message {width: 100%;max-width: 100%;margin-bottom: 10px;} </style> <div class='c-form'> <div class='c-form-left'> <div class='form' style='float:left;'>  <div class='widget ContactForm' id='ContactForm2'>   <div class='contact-form-widget'>     <div class='form'>       <form name='contact-form'>         <p>Name</p>         <input class='contact-form-name' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-name' name='name' size='30' type='text' value=''/>         <p>E-mail *</p>         <input class='contact-form-email' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-email' name='email' size='30' type='text' value=''/>         <p>Message *</p>         <textarea class='contact-form-email-message' cols='25' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message' name='email-message' rows='5'></textarea><br/> <br/>         <input class='contact-form-button contact-form-button-submit' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-submit' type='button' value='Submit'/>         <p class='contact-form-error-message' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message'></p>         <p class='contact-form-success-message' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message'></p>       </form>     </div>   </div> </div></div></div> <div class='c-form-right'> <div style='float: right;'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1FnGS9U2oOwX3t26MQpcRuCV3lP7c8sAGvppKLZM1xNgy2udQMzpJdg1Dq919L5EVeiL1pNf9UOhMg6OeTRfaz-LII7oVWlUPNe0COmiY6fOsD_jvlz3y2SVBICKujRwsjOcpSJVhWpw/s1600/bo-contact-avatar.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1FnGS9U2oOwX3t26MQpcRuCV3lP7c8sAGvppKLZM1xNgy2udQMzpJdg1Dq919L5EVeiL1pNf9UOhMg6OeTRfaz-LII7oVWlUPNe0COmiY6fOsD_jvlz3y2SVBICKujRwsjOcpSJVhWpw/s1600/bo-contact-avatar.jpg" /></a></div> <br />Address Line 1<br />Address Line 2<br />Address Line 3<br />State<br />Telephone: +49 30 47373795<br />E-mail: mail@blogornate.com     </div> </div> </div></div> <div style='clear: both;'></div>

Yellow highlighted section should be your Profile URL. Lime highlighted section should be your Image  URL. Orange highlighted section would contain your Address. Change these sections as the way you want.

5. Blogger Contact Form Design 5:

Code :

<form name="contact-form"><span><i class="fa fa-pencil-square-o"></i> Name </span><br /> <input id="ContactForm1_contact-form-name" name="name" size="30" type="text" value="" />  <br /> <br /> <span><i class="fa fa-envelope-o"></i> Email Address <span style="color: #f56954; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">important</span></span> <br /> <input id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email" name="email" size="30" type="text" value="" />  <br /> <br /> <span><i class="fa fa-keyboard-o"></i> Content <span style="color: #f56954; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">important</span></span><br /> <textarea cols="25" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message" name="email-message" rows="5"></textarea> <br /> <input id="ContactForm1_contact-form-submit" type="button" value="Send" />  <br /> <div style="max-width: 222px; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div id="ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message"></div><div id="ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message"></div></div></form><br /><style scoped="" type="text/css"> #comments,.post_meta,#blog-pager {display:none;} #ContactForm1_contact-form-name, #ContactForm1_contact-form-email{ height:auto;margin:5px auto;padding:10px;background:#fafafa;color:#444;border:1px solid #ccc;border-radius:3px;box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing:border-box;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;transition:all 0.5s ease-out;} #ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message{width:95%;height:175px;margin:5px 0;padding:10px;background:#fafafa;color:#444;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;border:1px solid #ccc;border-radius:3px;transition:all 0.5s ease-out;} #ContactForm1_contact-form-name:focus, #ContactForm1_contact-form-email:focus, #ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message:focus{outline:none;background:#fff;color:#444;border-color:rgba(81,203,238,1);box-shadow:0 0 5px rgba(81,203,238,0.7);} #ContactForm1_contact-form-submit{font-family:'Open Sans';float:left;background:#cf4d35;color:#fff;margin:10px auto;vertical-align:middle;cursor:pointer;padding:10px 18px!important;font-weight:700;font-size:14px;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.5px;border-radius:4px;border:0;transition:all .8s ease} #ContactForm1_contact-form-submit:hover {background:#e45a40;color:#fff;} #ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message, #ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message{width:100%;margin-top:35px;} .contact-form-error-message-with-border {background:#f6f6f6;border:none;box-shadow:none;color:#444;padding:5px 0;} .contact-form-success-message {background:#4fc3f7;border:none;box-shadow:none;color:#fff;} img.contact-form-cross {line-height:40px;margin-left:5px;} @media only screen and (max-width:640px){ #ContactForm1_contact-form-name, #ContactForm1_contact-form-email,#ContactForm1_contact-form-submit{width:100%;}} </style>

6. Blogger Contact Form Design 6:

Code :

<div class='contact-form-widget'> <div class='form'> <form name='contact-form'> <p class='text'>Name</p> <input class='name' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-name' name='name' size='30' type='text' value=''/> <p class='text'>E-Mail *</p> <input class='email' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-email' name='email' size='30' type='text' value=''/> <p class='text'>Message *</p> <textarea class='message' cols='25' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message' name='email-message' rows='5'></textarea> <input class='btn' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-submit' type='button' value='Submit'/> <p class='contact-form-error-message' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message'></p> <p class='contact-form-success-message' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message'></p> </form> </div> </div> <style> .contact-form-widget p.text{color:#fff;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold; font-family: sans-serif;line-height: 0.5em;text-transform:uppercase;} .contact-form-widget {margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;height: 100%;max-width: 90%;padding:30px;border-radius: 5px;border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.2);background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);background-clip: padding-box;overflow: hidden;-moz-border-radius: 5px;-webkit-border-radius: 5px;-webkit-background-clip: padding-box;-moz-background-clip: padding;} .form textarea{background: #afafaf;width: 93%;height: 120px;border: 1px solid #BDBDBD;border-radius: 4px;-webkit-border-radius: 4px;-moz-border-radius: 4px;background-clip: padding-box;-moz-background-clip: padding;-webkit-background-clip: padding-box;display:block;color:#000;font-size:18px;padding:12px 20px 0 15px;margin-bottom:20px;overflow:hidden;} .form input {width: 60%;height: 46px;border: 1px solid #BDBDBD;border-radius: 4px;font-size:18px;color:#333;padding:0 20px 0 20px;display:block;margin-bottom:20px;background-clip: padding-box;-webkit-border-radius: 4px;-moz-border-radius: 4px;-webkit-background-clip: padding-box;-moz-background-clip: padding;} .form input.name {background-image: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkHbqMWPatHx69tR7L4-X0eYaj8c5L_4awP9I47gklUOQGAQFAe1WhwCZ4Q_7klQ2roAjPQ3uoEsdgcerCo-i0dRKSW0ykLEMc11YLgRNBbN8V5S2nzibjK3IUqfXMdT5nA_OdE_Bc2Wz/s1600/pro-pic.png);background-position: 11px 8px;background-size: 28px 28px;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-left:45px;} .form input.email {background-image: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhON6re4kPyuyr-qbppXOOZ7WeiZTBMVyEtc8cgjFlp0OB5leL2sdpnLrPsXSYKiqM_k-ndCa4t2BM6bjFTRFW26OiI0V9o4umZWLCI0DxqXIwRlui6FJmdo0Ut3efheuYxJUoYg7CcaP/s1600/msg-box.png);background-repeat: no-repeat; padding-left:45px;background-position: 11px 8px;background-size: 28px 28px;} .form input.message {background-image: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCOcUYgLoX2V9HPRatNAc4oaKVk9tthteSX1D92Gc5VK-1pVogpHccoNmtW_Ax5V684QVEBv3-KRRp2LxLUBLoti-zl37Ju0euQUXvgRdxx1cmEDZNC-YCvJEvwkNqvDHWszwJ2IV8tKE/s1600/pencil.png);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: 30px 30px;background-position: 11px 8px;padding-left:45px;} .form input:focus, .form textarea:focus { -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 5px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.5);-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.5);box-shadow: 0 0 5px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.5);overflow: hidden;} .btn {background: #416b68;width: 138px !important;height: 45px;border-radius: 4px;border: 1px solid #253737;-webkit-border-radius: 4px;-moz-border-radius: 4px; float:right;background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#6da5a3), to(#416b68));background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #6da5a3, #416b68);background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #6da5a3, #416b68);background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #6da5a3, #416b68);background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #6da5a3 0%, #416b68 100%);background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #6da5a3, #416b68);padding: 10.5px 21px;box-shadow: rgba(255,255,255,0.1) 0 1px 0, inset rgba(255,255,255,0.7) 0 1px 0;-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(255,255,255,0.1) 0 1px 0, inset rgba(255,255,255,0.7) 0 1px 0;-moz-box-shadow: rgba(255,255,255,0.1) 0 1px 0, inset rgba(255,255,255,0.7) 0 1px 0;text-shadow: #333333 0 1px 0;color: #e1e1e1;} .btn:hover {background: #416b68;border: 1px solid #253737;color: #fff;text-shadow: #333333 0 1px 0;background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #77b2b0 0%, #416b68 100%);background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#77b2b0), to(#416b68));background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #77b2b0, #416b68);background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #77b2b0, #416b68);background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #77b2b0, #416b68);background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #77b2b0, #416b68);} @media only screen and (max-width: 580px) { .contact-form-widget{width: 88%;left: 3%;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 3%;padding-left: 3%;padding-right: 3%;} </style>

7. Blogger Contact Form Design 7:

Code :

<style>.c-form-name, .c-form-email, .c-form-email-message{padding:10px;margin:8px 0 8px 0;border:1px solid #E5E5E5;width:50%;color:#999999;box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) 0px 0px 8px;-moz-box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) 0px 0px 8px;-webkit-box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) 0px 0px 8px;}
.c-form-email-message{width:95%;height:150px;line-height:18px;}
.tb-contact-form-widget input:hover,textarea:hover,input:focus,textarea:focus{border-color:1px solid #C9C9C9;box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.2) 0px 0px 8px;-moz-box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.2) 0px 0px 8px;-webkit-box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.2) 0px 0px 8px;}
.tb-contact-form-widget label{margin-left:10px;color:#999999;}
.cform-button {width:100px;height:40px;background-color:#474E70;color:#FFF;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;}
#ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message, #ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message{width:50%;margin-top:25px;}
</style><div class="tb-contact-form-widget"> 
<form name="contact-form"> 
<div class="name"> 
<input class="c-form-name" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-name" name="name" size="30" type="text" value="" placeholder="Your Name"/>
<label for="name">Name</label>
</div> 
<div class="email">
<input class="c-form-email" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email" name="email" size="30" type="text" value="" placeholder="mail@example.com"/>
<label for="email">E-mail *</label>
</div> 
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
<div class="message"> 
<textarea class="c-form-email-message" cols="25" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message" name="email-message" rows="5" placeholder="Write something to us...">
</textarea>
<div class="srbtn">
<input class="cform-button" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-submit" type="button" value="Submit" />
</div>
<div class="contact-form-error-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message"> </div> 
<div class="contact-form-success-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message"> 
</div></div></form></div>

All of these five blogger contact form designs are tested. You can use one of these contact forms in your blog. In my case, these forms are working fine. If your one is not functioning properly, then please let me know through the comment. If this is helpful for you, then please don’t forget to share this with your friend.

Working CONTACT FORM TO PAGE ON BLOGGER

ADD A CONTACT FORM TO PAGE ON BLOGGER

Bloggers contact gadget is a really easy way to add a contact form to your blog, however since it’s a gadget you can only place it in your sidebar or footer which is kind of an awkward place for a contact form. This tutorial will show you how to move it to it’s own page and how to customise it to suit your branding. When a visitor fills out the form, their message will be sent to the email associated with the blog. This is usually the admins email in settings.

HOW TO ADD A CONTACT FORM TO PAGE ON BLOGGER

1. Go to Layout, scroll down to the footer and add a new gadget > more gadgets > contact form > save.
2. Go to Template > Edit HTML > Jump to Widget > ContactForm1
3. Click the arrow on the left twice to expand the code so that you see the following

<b:widget id='ContactForm1' locked='false' title='Contact Form' type='ContactForm'>
    <b:includable id='main'>
  <b:if cond='data:title != &quot;&quot;'>
    <h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
  </b:if>
  <div class='contact-form-widget'>
    <div class='form'>
      <form name='contact-form'>
        <p/>
        <data:contactFormNameMsg/>
        <br/>
        <input class='contact-form-name' expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_contact-form-name&quot;' name='name' size='30' type='text' value=''/>
        <p/>
        <data:contactFormEmailMsg/> <span style='font-weight: bolder;'>*</span>
        <br/>
        <input class='contact-form-email' expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_contact-form-email&quot;' name='email' size='30' type='text' value=''/>
        <p/>
        <data:contactFormMessageMsg/> <span style='font-weight: bolder;'>*</span>
        <br/>
        <textarea class='contact-form-email-message' cols='25' expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_contact-form-email-message&quot;' name='email-message' rows='5'/>
        <p/>
        <input class='contact-form-button contact-form-button-submit' expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_contact-form-submit&quot;' expr:value='data:contactFormSendMsg' type='button'/>
        <p/>
        <div style='text-align: center; max-width: 222px; width: 100%'>
          <p class='contact-form-error-message' expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_contact-form-error-message&quot;'/>
          <p class='contact-form-success-message' expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_contact-form-success-message&quot;'/>
        </div>
      </form>
    </div>
  </div>
  <b:include name='quickedit'/>
</b:includable>
  </b:widget>

4. Delete the code that is shown above in pink so that all that is left is the following

<b:widget id='ContactForm1' locked='false' title='Contact Form' type='ContactForm'>
    <b:includable id='main'>

</b:includable>
  </b:widget>

5. Go to Pages. Create a new page or select your contact page. On the right click Options and under Compose Mode select Interpret typed HTML. Paste the code below into the editor where you want it to appear and save.

<div id='ContactForm1' class='widget ContactForm'>
  <div class='contact-form-widget'>
    <div class='form'>
      <form name='contact-form'>
        <p>Name:</p>
        <input class='contact-form-name' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-name' name='name' size='30' type='text' value=''/>
        <p>E-mail: <span id="required">*</span></p>
        <input class='contact-form-email' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-email' name='email' size='30' type='text' value=''/>
        <p>Message: <span id="required">*</span></p>
        <textarea class='contact-form-email-message' cols='25' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message' name='email-message' rows='5'></textarea>
        <input class='contact-form-button contact-form-button-submit' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-submit' type='button' value='Submit'/>
        <p class='contact-form-error-message' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message'></p>
        <p class='contact-form-success-message' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message'></p>
      </form>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

6. Go to Template > Edit HTML and find ]]></b:skin>, if you have trouble finding it check out this post for help. Above ]]></b:skin> add the following CSS

/* CUSTOM CONTACT FORM BY XOMISSE */
.contact-form-widget {
width: 500px; /* CHANGE WIDTH OF CONTAINER */
max-width: 100%;
padding: 10px;
background: #FFFFFF; /* CHANGE BACKGROUND COLOUR OF CONTAINER */
color: #000; /* CHANGE TEXT COLOUR OF CONTAINER */
border: 0px solid #EEEEEE; /* CHANGE BORDER OF CONTAINER */
margin: 0 auto; /* REMOVE IF YOU DON'T WANT IT CENTERED */
}

.contact-form-name, .contact-form-email, .contact-form-email-message { width: 100%; max-width: 500px; /* CHANGE WIDTH OF FORM ENTRIES */ }

.contact-form-button-submit {
border: 1px solid #999999; /* CHANGE BORDER OF SEND BUTTON */
background: #EEEEEE;  /* CHANGE BACKGROUND COLOR OF SEND BUTTON */
color: #333333;  /* CHANGE TEXT COLOR OF SEND BUTTON */
width: 30%;  /* CHANGE WIDTH OF SEND BUTTON */
margin: 10px 0px;
}

.contact-form-button-submit:hover{
border: 1px solid #999999; /* CHANGE BORDER OF HOVER SEND BUTTON */
background: #666666;  /* CHANGE BACKGROUND COLOR OF HOVER SEND BUTTON */
color: #FFFFFF;  /* CHANGE TEXT COLOR OF HOVER SEND BUTTON */
}

.contact-form-widget #required {color: red; /* CHANGE ASTERISK COLOR */}
.contact-form-widget p { margin-bottom: 5px; /* CHANGE SPACE BETWEEN TEXT AND FIELD */}
.contact-form-cross {margin-left: 5px !important;}

.contact-form-error-message-with-border {
background: #eeeeee; /* CHANGE BACKGROUND OF OF ERROR MSG */
border: 1px solid #333333; /* CHANGE BORDER OF ERROR MSG */
bottom: 0;
box-shadow: none;
color: #666;  /* CHANGE TEXT COLOR OF ERROR MSG */
font-size: 12px; /* CHANGE FONT SIZE OF ERROR MSG */
padding: 5px; 
font-weight: bold; /* CHANGE WEIGHT OF ERROR MSG */
text-align: center; 
}

/* END CUSTOM CONTACT FORM BY XOMISSE */

7. Edit the CSS to match your blog and branding. The /* … */ are known as comments, they are there to help you identify what to change. There’s no need to remove them as they won’t appear on your blog.

8. Test your form to make sure everything is working correctly and that the email is being sent. The message will be sent to the email associated with the blog. This is usually the admins email in settings.

Customized Blogger Contact Form

Hide Widget From Sidebar

1. Go To Blogger > Template

2. Backup your template

3. Click Edit HTML

4. Search for </head>

5.just above it paste the following statement that will hide the widget on sidebar.

<style>
#ContactForm1{ display:none!important;}   </style>

The above code will hide the Normal Contact Form on a Sidebar only.

Note:- Don't remove the Widget from the Layout of Blogs. This widget will not show in the sidebar of homepage. Instead it will show only in blog Page.

Show Contact Form On Static Page

Since this is widget which can be kept on the right or left sidebar, also in Bottom at footer.  But many bloggers want to keep in separate page.

The contact form that you created has an ID #ContactForm1   , using this ID you can easily locate the HTML code of the normal form in your blog source file. If you want to add our edited contact form so follow These Steps:

1. Go To Blogger Dashboard >> Pages >>

2. Create a New Blank Page (Add text or media)

3. and in HTML Mode Paste the Following Code.

<style>
.contact-form-name, .contact-form-email, .contact-form-email-message, .contact-form-subject, .contact-form-country {
max-width: 300px;
width: 100%;
font-weight:bold;

}

.contact-form-name {
display: inline-block;
background: #FFF;
background-color: #FFF;
color: #A1A1A1;
font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight:bold;
height: 30px;
margin: 0;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-left: 10px;
padding: 15px 15px 15px 5px;
vertical-align: top;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
box-sizing: border-box; 

}
.contact-form-email {
display: inline-block;
background: #FFF;
background-color: #FFF;
color: #A1A1A1;
font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight:bold;
height: 30px;
margin: 0;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-left: 10px;
padding: 15px 15px 15px 5px;
vertical-align: top;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
box-sizing: border-box;

} 

.contact-form-subject {
display: inline-block;
background: #FFF;
background-color: #FFF;
color: #A1A1A1;
font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight:bold;
height: 30px;
margin: 0;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-left: 10px;
padding: 15px 15px 15px 5px;
vertical-align: top;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
box-sizing: border-box;

} 

.contact-form-country {
display: inline-block;
background: #FFF;
background-color: #FFF;
color: #A1A1A1;
font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight:bold;
height: 30px;
margin: 0;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-left: 10px;
padding: 15px 15px 15px 5px;
vertical-align: top;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
box-sizing: border-box;
}

.contact-form-email:hover, .contact-form-name:hover{
border: 1px solid #bebebe;
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(5, 95, 255, .1);
padding: 15px 15px 15px 5px;

}

 .contact-form-email-message:hover {
border: 1px solid #bebebe;
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(5, 95, 255, .1);
padding: 10px;
} 

.contact-form-email-message {
background: #FFF;

background-color: #FFF;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
box-sizing: border-box;
color: #A1A1A1;
display: inline-block;
font-family: arial;
font-size: 12px;
margin: 0;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-left: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 10px;
vertical-align: top;
max-width: 500px!important;
height: 120px;
border-radius:4px;

} 

.contact-form-button {
cursor:pointer;
height: 30px;
line-height: 30px;
font-weight:bold;
border:none;

} 

.contact-form-button {
display: inline-block;
zoom: 1; /* zoom and *display = ie7 hack for display:inline-block */
*display: inline;
vertical-align: baseline;
margin: 0 10px;
outline: none;
cursor: pointer;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
font: 14px/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding: .5em 2em .55em;
text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(1,1,1,.3);
-webkit-border-radius: .2em; 
-moz-border-radius: .2em;
border-radius: .2em;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(1,1,1,.3);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(1,1,1,.3);
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(1,1,1,.3);

}

.contact-form-button:hover {
text-decoration: none!important;
border: none!important;

}

.contact-form-button:active {
position: relative;
top: 1px;

} 

</style> 

<div class="form">
<form name="contact-form">
<input class='contact-form-name' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-name' name='name' value="Name" size='30' type='text' onblur='if (this.value == &quot;&quot;) {this.value = &quot;Name&quot;;}' onfocus='if (this.value == &quot;Name&quot;) {this.value = &quot;&quot;;}' />
<p></p> 
<input class='contact-form-email' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-email' name='email' value="Email ID"  size='30' type='text' onblur='if (this.value == &quot;&quot;) {this.value = &quot;Email ID&quot;;}' onfocus='if (this.value == &quot;Email ID&quot;) {this.value = &quot;&quot;;}'/>
<p></p>
<input class='contact-form-subject' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-email' name='subject' value="Subject"  size='30' type='text' onblur='if (this.value == &quot;&quot;) {this.value = &quot;Subject&quot;;}' onfocus='if (this.value == &quot;Subject&quot;) {this.value = &quot;&quot;;}'/>
<p></p>
<input class='contact-form-country' id='ContactForm1_contact-form-email' name='Country' value="Country"  size='30' type='text' onblur='if (this.value == &quot;&quot;) {this.value = &quot;Country&quot;;}' onfocus='if (this.value == &quot;Country&quot;) {this.value = &quot;&quot;;}'/>
<p></p>
<textarea class="contact-form-email-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message" name="email-message" onblur="if (this.value == &quot;&quot;) {this.value = &quot;Leave Your Message..&quot;;}" onfocus="if (this.value == &quot;Leave Your Message..&quot;) {this.value = &quot;&quot;;}" value="Leave Your Message.."></textarea>
<p></p>
<input class='contact-form-button contact-form-button-submit' type='reset' value='Clear'/>  
<input class="contact-form-button contact-form-button-submit" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-submit" type="button" value="Send" />
<br />
<div style="max-width: 500px; text-align: center; width: 100%;">
<div class="contact-form-error-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message">
</div>
<div class="contact-form-success-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message">
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>

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5 Cool Recent Post Widgets for Blogger

For bloggers that pride themselves on always staying up-to-date with new content, a recent post widget for Blogger can be an invaluable tool. A recent post widget for blogger is in many ways similar to a 'breaking news alert' that journalists love to use during their reports, providing the most recent and relevant posts that you have to offer.

Adding a recent post widget for Blogger helps to reduce the dependency on email marketing, because you don't have to send out an email just to let people know you made a new post. Instead, it updates automatically for everyone to see. You can then use this information to design scheduled email newsletters, and take advantage of what's often referred to as the 'Twitter effect' where audiences will regularly check back on your site for the possibility that new posts are available. Without this, you force people to do run their own search for information and content, increasing the likelihood that they'll leave the site and hurt your bounce rate.

Once you've managed to attract visitors to one of your posts using the recent post widget for Blogger, it will continue to act as an accessible secondary resource to navigate around your site. That way, you can avoid having them sifting through old content that might be outdated. If you'd rather show off some of your best posts instead of your most recent posts, you can do that instead, or add that feature to the bar with just a few alterations.

Apart from looking great and taking up minimal space, there are too many benefits for you not to have a recent post widget for Blogger. The best part about these add-ons is that they come in a wide variety of designs that will fit any theme. If you're interested in adding a widget to your site, here are 5 cool recent post widgets that might catch your eye and fit perfectly with your Blogger template:

Style #1

<script style="text/javascript" src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/helplogger/recentpoststhumbs.js"></script>
<script style="text/javascript">
var posts_no = 5;
var showpoststhumbs = true;
var readmorelink = true;
var showcommentslink = false;
var posts_date = true;
var post_summary = true;
var summary_chars = 70;
</script>
<script src="/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showlatestpostswiththumbs"></script>
<a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right; margin: 5px;" href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com/2014/11/5-cool-recent-post-widgets-for-blogger.html" rel="nofollow">Recent Posts Widget</a>
<noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript!</noscript>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Ubuntu+Condensed' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' />
<style type="text/css">
img.recent-post-thumb {width:50px;height:50px;float:right;margin: 5px -5px 0px 0px; border-radius: 100%; padding: 3px;background: #fff}
.recent-posts-container {font-family: 'Ubuntu Condensed', sans-serif; float: left;width: 100%;min-height: 55px;margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;padding: 0;font-size:12px;}
ul.recent-posts-container {list-style-type: none; background: #fff;padding: 0px; }
ul.recent-posts-container li:nth-child(1n+0) {background: #F49A9A; width: 100%}
ul.recent-posts-container li:nth-child(2n+0) {background: #FCD092; width: 95%}
ul.recent-posts-container li:nth-child(3n+0) {background: #FFF59E; width: 90%;}
ul.recent-posts-container li:nth-child(4n+0) {background: #E1EFA0; width: 85%;}
ul.recent-posts-container li:nth-child(5n+0) {background: #B1DAEF; width: 80%;}
ul.recent-posts-container li {padding:5px 10px;min-height:50px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 5px -5px 5px; color: #777;}
.recent-posts-container a { text-decoration:none; }
.recent-posts-container a:hover { color: #222;}
.post-date {color:#e0c0c6; font-size: 11px; }
.recent-post-title a {font-size: 14px;color: #444; font-weight: bold;}
.recent-post-title {padding: 6px 0px;}
.recent-posts-details a{ color: #222;}
.recent-posts-details {padding: 5px 0px 5px; }
</style>

Style #2

<div class="recentpoststyle">
<script src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/helplogger/recentposts.js"></script>
<script>
var posts_no = 5;var posts_date = true;var post_summary = true;var summary_chars = 80;</script>
<script src="/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&amp;alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=showlatestposts">
</script><a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right; margin: 5px;" href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com/2014/11/5-cool-recent-post-widgets-for-blogger.html" rel="nofollow">Recent Posts Widget</a>
<noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript!</noscript>
<style type="text/css">
.recentpoststyle {counter-reset: countposts;list-style-type: none;}
.recentpoststyle a {text-decoration: none; color: #49A8D1;}
.recentpoststyle a:hover {color: #000;}
.recentpoststyle li:before {content: counter(countposts,decimal);counter-increment: countposts;float: left;z-index: 2;position:relative;font-size: 20px;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;background: #69B7E2; margin: 15px 5px 0px -6px; padding: 0px 10px; border-radius: 100%;}
li.recent-post-title { padding: 5px 0px;}
.recent-post-title { font-family: "Avant Garde",Avantgarde,"Century Gothic",CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,sans-serif;}
.recent-post-title a {color: #444;font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; padding: 2px; font-weight: bold;}
.post-date {padding: 5px 2px 5px 30px; font-size: 11px; color: #999; margin-bottom: 5px;}
.recent-post-summ { border-left: 1px solid #69B7E2; color: #777; padding: 0px 5px 0px 20px; margin-left: 11px; font-family: Garamond,Baskerville,"Baskerville Old Face","Hoefler Text","Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15px;}
</style></div>

Style #3

<script style="text/javascript" src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/helplogger/recentpoststhumbs.js"></script>
<script style="text/javascript">
var posts_no = 5;
var showpoststhumbs = true;
var readmorelink = true;
var showcommentslink = true;
var posts_date = true;
var post_summary = true;
var summary_chars = 70;</script>
<script src="/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showlatestpostswiththumbs"></script>
<a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right; margin: 5px;" href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Recent Posts Widget</a>
<noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript!</noscript>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>
<style type="text/css">
img.recent-post-thumb {padding:2px;width:65px;height:65px;float:left;margin: 0px 10px 10px; background: #fff; border: 1px solid #69B7E2;}
.recent-posts-container {font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;  float: left;width: 100%;min-height: 70px;margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;padding: 0;font-size:12px;}
ul.recent-posts-container li {padding:5px 0px;min-height:65px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px;}
ul.recent-posts-container {counter-reset: countposts;list-style-type: none;}
ul.recent-posts-container li:before {content: counter(countposts,decimal);counter-increment: countposts;z-index: 2;position:absolute; left: 15px; font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;background: #69B7E2;padding: 4px 10px; border-radius: 100%;}
.recent-posts-container a { text-decoration:none; }
.recent-post-title a {font-size: 13px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #2aace3;}
.recent-posts-details {margin: 5px 0px 0px 92px; }
.recent-posts-details a{ color: #777;}
</style>

Style #4

<script style="text/javascript" src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/helplogger/recentposts2.js"></script>
<script style="text/javascript">
var posts_no = 5;
var showpoststhumbs = false;
var readmorelink = true;
var showcommentslink = true;
var posts_date = true;
</script>
<script src="/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showlatestpostswiththumbs"></script>
<a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right; margin: 5px;" href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com">Recent Posts Widget</a>
<noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript!</noscript>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>
<style type="text/css">
img.recent-post-thumb {padding: 2px; width:35px;height:35px;float:right;margin: -14px 0px 0px 5px; border: 1px solid #cea5ac; border-radius: 10%;}
.recent-posts-container {font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;  float: left;width: 100%;min-height: 70px;margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;padding: 0;font-size:12px;}
ul.recent-posts-container li {padding:5px 0px;min-height:65px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 10px 5px 35px;}
ul.recent-posts-container {counter-reset: countposts;list-style-type: none;}
ul.recent-posts-container li:before {content: counter(countposts,decimal);counter-increment: countposts;z-index: 2;position:absolute; left: 5px; font-size: 16px;color: #4D4D4D;background: #F7F7F7;padding: 9px 14px; border: 1px solid #efefef;}
.recent-posts-container a { text-decoration:none; }
.recent-posts-container a:hover{color: #4DACE3;}
.post-date {color:#e0c0c6; font-size: 11px; }
.recent-post-title a {font-size: 13px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #5C4D4D;}
.recent-post-title { margin: 5px 0px; }
.recent-posts-details {border-top: 4px solid #AC707A; margin-top: 5px; padding-top: 5px;}
.recent-posts-details a{ color: #888;}
a.readmorelink {color: #4DACE3;}
</style>

Style #5

<script style="text/javascript" src="https://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/helplogger/recentposts2.js"></script>
<script style="text/javascript">
var posts_no = 5;
var showpoststhumbs = true;
var readmorelink = true;
var showcommentslink = true;
var posts_date = true;
</script>
<script src="/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showlatestpostswiththumbs" rel="nofollow"></script>
<a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right; margin: 5px;" href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com/2014/11/5-cool-recent-post-widgets-for-blogger.html" rel="nofollow">Recent Posts Widget</a>
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How to Add Recent Posts Widget on Blogger

Want to add one of the styles above? Just follow the following steps below:

Step 1. Log in to your Blogger dashboard and click on your blog
Step 2. Go to "Layout" and click the "Add a gadget" link on the right side
Step 3. From the pop-up window, scroll down and select the "HTML/JavaScript" gadget:

Step 4. Paste the code of the chosen widget found below it.
Step 5. Hit the "Save" button... and that's it!

Keep Your Blog Updated

Using a recent post widget for Blogger can truly benefit you and improve your skill as a blogger. As you can see, these designs can look great on Blogger sites, but they do act a little bit like a progress report for the author. If you start to fall behind, the dates on your recent post widget will definitely give you away.

Set a schedule and make sure that you are making regular posts on the blog. These posts will be automatically updated on your widget and readers can view this information whenever they want. Add your recent post widget for Blogger on the every page of the blog or in your template so that these posts can encourage others to continue reading, thus increasing the total time spent on your site.

Third-Party Dashboard Services For Bloggers To Manage Online Presence

The Internet has numerous new tools and solutions you can use for almost any kind of need. Some are free while others require some fee. For bloggers, there are third party dashboards that enhance the blog management experience. These dashboards and desktop blogging software offer features or functions that may not be present in the standard web-based dashboards of typical blogs. They can offer a good deal of advantages, including benefits in managing an online presence.

Before discussing these benefits, here�s an overview of what online presence management means. To most, it would probably be equated to online reputation management. These two phrases are not exactly synonymous, though. Online presence management is broader and includes the process of drawing traffic to a site, blog, or page that represents the presence of an individual, business, brand, or entity being promoted. It is a combination of various methods including web design and development, search engine optimization, PPC marketing, social media marketing, and story / link sharing. Reputation management can be part of online presence management. Moreover, you would probably be surprised how third party dashboards figure in all of these.

Bloggers can make use of third party dashboards to help manage their online presence through the following ways:

1. Improve Efficiency & Integrated Analytics

As mentioned, third party blogging dashboards can provide additional functions not found in the standard dashboards of different blogging platforms. These functions can help improve the blog posting process. For instance, most third party blogging dashboards enable the creation or editing of posts offline. They will only require Internet connection for posting. This feature is certainly useful as it allows bloggers to continue writing or editing drafts with the layout and images preserved from draft writing to posting. While it is possible to write the text of blog posts separately, in Microsoft Word for instance, images will have to be separately uploaded and the formatting cannot be conveniently copy-pasted.

Moreover, third party blogging dashboards can be similar to something like Cyfe, an all-in-one business, social media and analytics dashboard. They can offer more than just the tools to make it easy to post and edit blogs. Their features can greatly enhance blog monitoring by providing different views or interfaces to suit varying needs and preferences. They also provide tools for integrated analytics and pull and present custom data from over 60 online tools you�re probably already using to accomplish various tasks.Cyfe pulls everything together to present views you�re most comfortable with and can better understand.

Integrated analytics issomething which could be lacking in standard dashboards or not as advanced. Analytics are highly useful in general optimization as the numbers and charts they generate serve as guides on what ought to be tweaked to improve traffic or blog revenue performance. Analytics, for instance, can reveal which topics and keywords get the most traffic, and should be the ones to prioritize.

Other features offered by third party dashboards or blogging tools that could make for more efficient blogging are as follows: the ability to make all links open in a new window or tab by default, cropping or resizing of images, the construction of tables, scheduling of posts, and the insertion of some SEO elements like the descriptions that appear on search engines for every post.

2. Social Media Marketing, Quick Link Sharing and SEO

Some third party blogging dashboards come with social media marketing functions that make it very easy to promote your posts to friends or followers on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media accounts. This means being able to automatically promote posts upon publication. Sharing blog posts on social media is one of the most effective ways of attracting traffic. This kind of function is doubtlessly one of major advantages of some third party blogging dashboards or desktop software. While this may not be as comprehensive and powerful as social media marketing management solutions intended for businesses such as $99 Social, it is useful enough for bloggers who just want to share their content to potential readers on social media. In fact, $99Social is great for adding a bit of �automation� (done-for-you) to the social media marketing strategy as they help small businesses maintain their online presence through relevant posting and relationship management; allowing you to focus on other blogging tasks.

On the other hand, similar to tools for social media marketing, some third party blogging dashboards also come with the feature for quickly sharing blog post links and submitting such links to search engines for indexing. Search engines regularly scour the web for pages to index but if you want your page to be more promptly indexed, you can voluntarily submit your links and there are third party blogging dashboards that allow you to do this. There are also those that offer more SEO functions, including suggestions on keyword optimization.

3. Integrated Management Of Multiple Blogs in Different Platforms

Just like Trillian and other messaging applications that provide an integrated interface for multiple messaging platforms, third party blogging dashboards also make it possible to access multiple blog accounts in different platforms (WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, Typepad, and more). This is indubitably helpful in improving online presence as it makes it easier for a blogger or blog administrator to oversee or manage different accounts through a single interface. With this, it becomes easy creating accounts to cater to readers in different blogging platforms. It�s just important to remember that this should not be used to copy or mirror content across different blogging platforms since such content mirroring or copying will surely gain the wrath of Google and other search engines.

4. Facilitating Efficient Blog Access for Multiple Authors

Several blogs with different authors are not uncommon. Third party dashboards that enable access to or the ability to post on different blogs are definitely helpful. They don�t have to be the same dashboard for all authors. As long as they can enable the ability to post or do some editing, they should be good enough. The Writer component of Windows Essentials, for example, can be the option for those who have been accustomed to the Microsoft Office interface. With it, co-authors don�t have to go to the standard dashboard. They can quickly post their articles from within Microsoft�s word processor.

Managing an online presence and growing a blog can be daunting for those who are not acquainted with the different tools that make the job easier. For bloggers, fortunately, there are many third party dashboards or desktop software that make blog draft preparation, posting, editing, sharing and general blog management easier and more efficient.