Social Bookmarking widget: Digg, Twitter, Reddit, Facebook for Blogger Post

Writing post is only not sufficient for webmasters. All we know that writing post is king while sharing is queen. To get well traffic and get indexed by Google is most necessary as well as more back links are always respected by search engines. So it was necessary to share your post to social bookmarking websites. Here I'm going to describe how to put social bookmarking widget for blogger post.

Only "Tweet this" widget

1. Login to your blogger account.

2. In Design tab Choose "Edit HTML". (Do backup before editing HTML)

3. Tick on "Expand Widget Templates".

4. Find the following code

<data:post.body/>

5. Just below of the above code, paste the given following code.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'><span style='float: left; background: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XSLca0Hd4SLl4m0NnrUTFDoZsaHECMmGsmGDlI7LcpsaRNLCcF9vB3iesKmnRuKUTR2EJtSrELXpBHXWkpeKaNGSN_JRiPq-r-dVI-H7g3reqkbyeSsSmssW1VA5AVX9kjtWbQCCfWP3/s128/twitter-16x16.png) left no-repeat; padding-left: 20px;'><script charset='utf-8' src='http://bit.ly/javascript-api.js?version=latest&amp;login=tweettrackjs&amp;apiKey=R_7e9987b2fd13d7e4e881f9cbb168f523' type='text/javascript'/>
<script charset='utf-8' src='http://s.bit.ly/TweetAndTrack.js?v=1.01' type='text/javascript'/>
<a expr:onclick='"return TweetAndTrack.open(this, \"" + data:post.url + "\");"' href='#'>
<span style='display:none;'>I'm reading: <data:post.title/></span>Tweet this!</a></span></b:if>

6. Save your template.

To add Digg, Twitter, Reddit, Facebook

Do the same steps as above and change the given below code with step 5.

<div style='float:right; margin-left:5px; margin-top:30px'>

<p>

<!--/Digg Button-->

<script type='text/javascript'>

digg_url=&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;;

</script>

<script src='http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<br/>

<!--/Twitter Button-->

<script type='text/javascript'>

tweetmeme_url = &#39;<data:post.url/>&#39;;

</script>

<script src='http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js' type='text/javascript'>

</script>

<br/>

<!--/Reddit Button-->

<script>reddit_url=&#39;<data:post.url/>&#39;</script>

<script>reddit_title=&#39;<data:post.title/>&#39;</script>

<script language='javascript' src='http://reddit.com/button.js?t=2'/>

<br/>

<!--/+Facebook Button-->

<script src='http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.js'/>

<br/>

</p>

</div>

Save your template.

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Tips and Tricks of Google Talk

Tips and Tricks of Google Talk

Here I'm going to describe about Tips and Tricks of Google Talk. With Google Talk all of are being crazy right now, some people hating it, and most of loving it, I figured that I would post a list of tips and tricks for those curious about that extra "features" Google implemented has not said much about.

Registry Tweaks

You can edit most setting by opening "regedit" (Start>Run>regedit)

And navigating to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk. The "Google/Google Talk" key has several sub-keys that hold different option values.

Accounts: This one has subkeys for each different account that has logged in on the client. These keys have different values that store the username, password and connection options.

Autoupdate: Stores the current version information. When the client checks for updates it compares Google's response with these values. If an update is needed, it will download and update the new version.

Options: This is the most interesting part, where most of the current hacks should be used (keep reading).

Process: Stores the process ID. Probably used by Google Talk to detect if it's already running or not.

1.) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\show_pin
If 1, shows a "pin" next to the minimize button that keeps the windows on top of all the other open windows when clicked.

2.)HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\view_show_taskbutton

If 0, hides the taskbar button, and leaves the tray icon only, when the window is shown

3.)HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\away_inactive

If 1, status will be set as Away after the specified number of minutes.

4.)HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\away_screensaver

If 1, status will be set as Away after the specified number of minutes.

5.)HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\inactive_minutes
Number of inactive minutes to become away if auto-away is on.

Tips & Tricks

• Wumpus Game : - First noted by a Google Rumors commentor, if you add the buddy wumpus.game@gmail.com you can play the classic text-based game. Wumpus is an easter egg game that came with Google Talk (unfortunately, he didn't accept my invitation, so I can’t play).
• Change the font size - While holding the control key, move the scroll wheel on your mouse either up or down. This trick works while being focused in either the read or write area.
• Insert line breaks - If you want to have a message that spans multiple paragraphs, just hold shift and hit enter. You can add as many new lines as you want to create.
• Bold Text - To write something bold, you can use an asterisk before and after the word, like *this* .
• Italic Text - To use italics, use an underscore before and after the word, like _this_ .
• Switch windows - Hitting tab will cycle through open windows. It will select minimized conversations, to expand them just hit enter. If you just want to cycle through IM's and don't care about the buddy list, control-tab will do that and will automatically expand a minimized conversation if you settle on one.
• Invitation Tips - You don’t need to say Yes or No when someone wants to add you as a friend; you can simply ignore it, the request will go away. (On the other hand, someone with whom you chat often will automatically turn to be your friend, unless you disable this in the options).
• Show Hyperlinks - You can show your homepage or blog URL simply by entering the it in your away message (at the top of the main window). It will automatically turn to a link visible to others.
• Google Talk Game - “Google Talk” also was the name of a word game which uses Google.
• A message can be 32767 characters long.

How to

Conference Calls : What you need to do to have conference calls: Open up a copy of Google Talk on all computers with which you wish to conference. After one copy is opened make a new shortcut for Google Talk but at the end of it add /nomutex. If you installed it to the default folder then your shortcut should read "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex. Open 2nd instances of the software on every user's computer. After this start a chain: User 1 should connect on one instance to user 2. User 2 will connect on his second instance to user 3. User 3 will connect using his second instance back to user 1. With this chain everyone is connected to everyone. Nickname & Status Message : You can't change your nickname in a way that other people will see it change. Every nickname in the Google Talk contact list is the part that is before @gmail.com (only the alphabetical characters are used) or the name you chosen for your Gmail account. To change the nickname need to go to your Gmail account and change the name there. Choose Settings, Accounts, and then Edit info. Click on the second radio button, and enter your custom name. As a result all of your emails will have that nick as well, there is no way to separate the two. You can add a website in your custom message, it will be clickable when someone opens a conversation window with you. Contacts : You don't need to say Yes or No when someone wants to add you as a friend; you can simply ignore it, the request will go away. (On the other hand, someone with whom you chat often will automatically turn to be your friend, unless you disable this). The Gmail account 'user@gmail.com' can't be invited as your friend. Sound & Video : It's possible to broadcast music, MP3, etc.. through Google Talk. Unplug your microphone. Double click on the speaker icon in the lower right corner. This will open up "Volume Control". Select "Options" and then "Properties". Then check the button next to "Recording" then click OK. You may also have to change your setting under Mixer Device. Now the Recording Control screen should be up. On my computer I selected "Wave Out Mix". Click on the green phone in Google Talk and call your friend. Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl + E - It centralizes the selected text, or the current line. Ctrl + R - It justifies to the right the selected text, or the current line. Ctrl + L - It justifies to the left the selected text, or the current line. Ctrl + I - The same thing does that Tab. Tab - It is giving the area to each of the windows opened by Google Talk. Ctrl + Tab - The same thing does that Shift + Tab . Shift + Tab - The same thing does that Tab but in reverse. Ctrl + Shift + L -Switch between points, numbers, letters, capital letters, roman numbers and capital roman numbers Ctrl + 1 (KeyPad) - It does a simple space between the lines. Ctrl + 2 (KeyPad) - It does a double space between the lines. Ctrl + 5 (KeyPad) - A space does 1.5 between the lines. Ctrl + 1 (NumPad) - It goes at the end of the last line. Ctrl + 7 (NumPad) - It goes at the begin of the last line. Ctrl + F4 - It closes the current window. Alt + F4 - It closes the current window. Alt + Esc - It Minimize all the windows. Windows + ESC - Open Google Talk (if it's minimized, or in the tray) F9 - Open Gmail to send an email to the current contact. F11 - It initiates a telephonic call with your friend. F12 - It cancels a telephonic call. Esc - It closes the current window. How to use multiple identities on Google Talk Want to run Google Talk with multiple Gmail identities? If you have several Google Gmail accounts you also may want to run multiple instances of Google Talk This is especially important for families that share a single PC. Nothing worse than a family member signing you out so they can sign in under their own account! Basically, to have "Google Polygamy" you need to run Google Talk with the following switch: /nomutex Step 1: Right-click on the desktop Step 2: Select New Step 3: Select Shortcut Step 4: Paste this into the text box: "c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex Step 5: Click Next and choose a shortcut name such as Google Talk1, Google Talk2, or something related to your Gmail account for easy remembering which account is which. Step 6: Click OK a few times. How to use Google Talk via Web Browser You want to use Google Talk anywhere? Follow these guidelines :) Step 1: Opens your favorite web browser at the following address : http://www.webjabber.net:8080/jim/ Step 2: Follow the instructions of the Page. Step 3: You can talk with your friends Google's Secret Command-Line Parameters There are a few secret parameters you can add to Google Talk and make it function differently. The most important, I think, is /nomutex, which allows you to run more than one instance of GT. Here are the others: /nomutex: allows you to open more than one instance of Google Talk /autostart: when Google Talk is run with this parameter, it will check the registry settings to see if it needs to be started or not. If the "Start automatically with Windows" option is unchecked, it won't start. /forcestart: same as /autostart, but forces it to start no matter what option was set. /S upgrade: Used when upgrading Google Talk /register: registers Google Talk in the registry, includig the GMail Compose method. /checkupdate: check for newer versions /plaintextauth: uses plain authentication mechanism instead then Google's GAIA mechanism. Used for testing the plain method on Google's servers. /nogaiaauth: disables GAIA authentication method. The same as above. /factoryreset: set settings back to default. /gaiaserver servername.com: uses a different GAIA server to connect to Google Talk. Used for debug purposes only, there are no other known GAIA servers. /mailto email@host.com: send an email with Gmail /diag: start Google Talk in diagnostic mode /log: probably has something to do with the diagnostic logging /unregister: ? /embedding: ? To add these, open up your GT shortcut, and where it says "Target:" add one or more of these inside the quotations, but after the .exe part. Emotions All these emotions appears in color in a conversation : (but having them in an image would be better, like iChat or MSN) :-| :-O :-x :-P :-D ;-) :-( :-) B-) :'( :| :O :x :P :D :) :( :)

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Make your system faster

OPTIMIZE DISPLAY SETTINGS

Windows XP can look very nice but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources. To optimize do the following steps:

1. Go to "Start"
2. Click "Settings"
3. Click "Control Panel"
4. Click "System"
5. Click "Advanced" tab
6. In the "Performance" tab click "Settings"
7. Leave only the following ticked:
- Show shadows under menus
- Show shadows under mouse pointer
- Show translucent selection rectangle
- Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
- Use visual styles on windows and buttons

SPEEDING UP FOLDER BROWSING

You may have noticed that every time you open my computer to browse folder that there is a slight delay. This is because of Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers every time you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing speeds significantly do these following steps:

1. Open "My Computer"
2. Click on "Tools" menu
3. Click on "Folder Options"
4. Click on the "View" tab.
5. Uncheck the "Automatically search for network folders and printers" check box
6. Click "Apply"
7. Click "Ok"
8. "Reboot" your computer

IMPROVE MEMORY USAGE

Cache man improves the performance of your computer by optimizing the disk cache, memory and a number of other settings.

Once Installed

1. Go to "Show Wizard" and "Select All"
2. Run all the wizards by selecting "Next" or "Finished" until you are back to the main menu. Use the defaults unless you know exactly what you are doing.
3. Exit and Save "Cache man"
4. "Restart" Windows

OPTIMISE YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION

There are lots of ways to do this but by far the easiest is to run TCP/IP optimizer.

1. Download(www.speedguide.net/files/tcpoptimizer.exe) and install
2. Click the General Settings tab and select your Connection Speed (Kbps)
3. Click Network Adapter and choose the interface you use to connect to the Internet
4. Check Optimal Settings then Apply
5. Reboot

OPTIMISE YOUR PAGE FILE

If you give your page file a fixed size it saves the operating system from needing to resize the page file.

1. "Right click"on "My Computer" and select "Properties"
2. Select the "Advanced" tab
3. Under "Performance" choose the "Settings" button
4. Select the "Advanced" tab again and under "Virtual Memory" select "Change"
5. Highlight the drive containing your page file and make the initial Size of the file the same as the Maximum Size of the file.

Windows XP sizes the page file to about 1.5X he amount of actual physical memory by default. While this good for systems with smaller amounts of memory(under 512MB) it is unlikely that a typical XP desktop system will ever need 1.5 X 512MB or more of virtual memory. If you have less than 512MB of memory, leave the page file at its default size. If you have 512MB or more, change the ratio to 1:1 page file size to physical memory size.

RUN BOOTVIS – IMPROVE BOOT TIMES

Download from – http://www.majorgeeks.com

BootVis will significantly improve boot times

1. "Download" and "Run"
2. Select "Trace"
3. Select "Next Boot" and "Driver Trace"
4. A Trace Repetitions screen will appear, select "Ok" and "Reboot"
5. Upon reboot, BootVis will automatically start, analyze and log your system's boot process. When it's done, in the menu go to "Trace" and select "Optimize System"
6. "Reboot".
7. When your machine has rebooted wait until you see the Optimizing System box appear. Be patient and wait for the process to complete

REMOVE THE DESKTOP PICTURE

Your desktop background consumes a fair amount of memory and can slow the loading time of your system. Removing it will improve performance.

1. "Right click" on "Desktop" and select "Properties".

2. Select the "Desktop" tab.

3. In the "Background window" select "None".

4. Click "OK".

REMOVE FONTS FOR SPEED

Fonts, especially "True Type Fonts", use quite a bit of system resources. For optimal performance, trim your fonts down to just those that you need to use on daily basis and fonts that applications may require.

1. Open "Control Panel".

2. Open "Fonts" Folder.

3. Move fonts you don’t need to temporary directory(eg. D:\fonts backup) just in case you need or want to bring a few of them back. The more fonts you uninstall, the more system resources you will gain.

DISABLE UNNCESSARY SERVICES

Because Windows XP has to be all things to all people it has many services running that take up system resources that you will never need. Below is a list of services that can be disabled on most computers:

Alter

Clipbook

Computer Browser

Distributed Link Tracking Client

Fast User Switching

Help and Support – (If you use Windows Help and Support Center leave this enabled)

Human Interface Access Devices

Indexing Service

IPSEC Services

Messenger

Net Meeting Remote Desktop Sharing (Disabled for extra security)

Portable Media Serial Number

Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)
Remote Procedure Call Locator
Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)
Remote Registry Service
Secondary Logon
Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)
Server
SSDP Discovery Service - (Unplug n' Pray will disable this)
Telnet
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Upload Manager
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Windows Time
Wireless Zero Configuration (Do not disable if you use a wireless network)
Workstation

To disable these services:

Go to "Start" and then "Run" and type "services.msc"

Double Click on the service you want to change.

Change the startup type of "Disable"

TURN OFF SYSTEM RESTORE

System Restore can be a useful if your computer is having problems, however storing all the restore points can literally take up Gigabytes(GB) of spaces on your hard drive. To turn off System Restore:

1. Open" Control Panel"
2. Click on "Performance and Maintenance"
3. Click on "System"
4. Click on the "System Restore" tab
5. Tick "Turn off System Restore on All Drives"
6. Click "Ok"

DEFRAGMENT YOUR PAGEFILE

Keeping your pagefile defragmented can provide a major performance boost. One of the best ways of doing this is to create a separate partition on your hard drive just for your page file, so that it doesn’t get impacted by normal disk usage. Another way of keeping your pagefile defragmented is to run PageDefrag. This cool little app can be used to defrag your pafeile, and can also be set to defrag the pagefile every time your PC starts. To install:

Download PageDefrag from http://www.sysinternals.com and "Run".

Tick "Defrag at next Reboot"

Click "OK"

Reboot

SPEED UP FOLDER ACCESS – DISABLE LAST ACCESS UPDATE

If you have a lot of folders and sub directories on your computer, when you access a directory XP wastes a lot of time updating the time stamp showing the last access time for that directory and for all sub directories. To stop XP doing this you need to edit the registry. IF you are uncomfortable doing this then please do not attempt.

Go to Start and then Run and type "regedit"
Click through the file system until you get to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem"
Right-click in a blank area of the window on the right and select "DWORD Value"
Create a new DWORD Value called "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"
Then Right click on the new value and select "Modify"
Change the Value Data to"1"
Click "OK"

DISABLE SYSTEM SOUNDS

Surprisingly, the beeps that your computer makes for various systems sounds can slow it down, particularly at startup and shutdown. To fix this turn off the systems sounds:

Open Control Panel
Click Sounds and Audio Devices
Check Place volume icon in taskbar
Click Sounds Tab
Choose "No Sounds" for the Sound Scheme
Click "No"
Click "Apply"
Click "OK"

IMPROVE BOOT TIMES

A great new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to allow for faster booting. By default this option in enables but on some builds it is not so below is how to turn it on.

Go to "Start" Menu and Click "Run"
Type in "regedit" then click ok
Find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction"
Select "Enable" from the list on the right
Right on it and select "Modify"
Change the value to "Y" to enable
Reboot.

IMPROVE SWAPFILE PERFORMANCE

If you have more than 256MB of RAM this tweak will considerably improve your performance. It basically makes sure that your PC uses every last drop of memory (faster than swap file) before it starts using the swap file.

Go to "Start" then "Run"
Type "msconfig " then ok
Click on the "System.ini" tab
Expand the 386enh tab by clicking on the plus sign
Click on new then in the blank box type "ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1"
Click "OK"
Restart PC

MAKE YOUR MENUS LOAD FASTER

This is one of great tweaks as it makes a huge difference to how fast your machine will work. What this tweak does is remove the slight delay between clicking on a menu and XP displaying the menu.

Go to "Start" then "Run"
Type "regedit" then click "Ok"
Find "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\"
Select "MenuShowDelay"
Right click and select "Modify"
Reduce the number to around "100"

This is the delay time before a menu is opened. You can set it to "0" but it can make windows really hard to use as menus will open if you just look that them. Well move your move your mouse over them anyway. I tend to go for anywhere between 50-150 depending on my mood

MAKE PROGRAMS LOAD FASTER

This little tweak tends to work for most programs. If your program doesn't load properly just undo the change. For any Program:

Right click on the icon/shortcut you use to launch the program

Select properties

In the "target" box, add "/prefetch:1" at the end of the line.

Click "OK".

Voila – your program will now load faster.

IMPROVE XP SHUTDOWN SPEED

This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.

Go to "Start" then select "Run"
Type "regedit" and click "Ok"
Find "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\"
Select "WaitToKillAppTimeout"
Right click and select "Modify"
Change the value to "1000"
Click "OK"
Now select "HungAppTimeout"
Right click and select "Modify"
Change the value to "1000"
Click "OK"
Now find "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop"
Select "WaitToKillAppTimeout"
Right click and select "Modify"
Change the value to "1000"
Click "OK"
Now find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\"
Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"
Right click and select "Modify"
Change the value to "1000"
Click "OK"

FREE UP MEMORY

I found this useful app via FixMvXP. ClearMem is an excellent tool for speeding up your XP computer (especially if your system has been on for a while and you have a lot of applications open). What it does if it Forces pages out of physical memory and reduces the size of running processes if working sets to a minimum. When you run this tool the system pauses because of excessive high priority activity associated with trimming the working sets. To run this tool, your paging file must be at least as large as physical memory. To check your paging file:

1. Go to your control panel, then click on "System" then go to "Advanced" tab and under "Performance" Click "Settings" then the "Advanced" tab.

2. On the bottom you should see "Virtual Memory" and value. This is the value that must be at least as large as how much memory is in your system.

3. If the Virtual Memory Value is smaller than your system memory, click change and change the Min Virtual Memory to a number that is greater than your total system memory, then click "Set" and Reboot.

4. Once you have rebooted install ClearMem.

ENSURE XP IS USING DMA MODE

XP enables DMA for Hard-Drives and CD-Rom by default on most ATA or ATAPI (IDE) devices. However, sometimes computers switch to PIO mode which is slower for data transfer – a typical reason is because of virus. To ensure that your machine is using DMA:

1. Open "Device Manager"

2. Double-click " IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers"

3. Right click " Primary Channel" and select "Properties" and then "Advanced Settings".

4. In the " Current Transfer Mode" drop-down box, select "DMA if Available" if the current setting is
"PIO Only"

ADD CORRECT NETWORK CARD SETTINGS

Some machines suffer from jerky graphics or high CPU usage even when a machine is idle. A possible solution for this, which also can help network performance:

1. Right Click "My Computer"

2. Select " Manage"

3. Click " Device Manager"

4. Double Click your network adaptor under " Network Adapters"

5. In the new window, select the " Advanced" tab

6. Select " Connection Type" and select the correct type for your card and then "Reboot".

REMOVE ANNOYING DELETE CONFIRMATION MESSAGES

Although not strictly a performance tweak I love this fix as it makes my machine "feel" faster. I hate the annoying "Are you sure?" messages that XP displays, especially if I have to use a laptop touchpad to close them. To remove these messages:

1. Right-click on the "Recycle Bin" on the desktop and then click "Properties"

2. Clear the " Display Delete Confirmation Dialog" check box and click 'Ok'.

DISABLE PREFETCH ON LOW MEMORY SYSTEMS

Prefetch is designed to speed up program launching by preloading programs into memory, not a good idea is memory is in short supply, as it can make programs hang. To disable Prefetch:

1. Click "Start" then "Run"

2. Type in " regedit" then click "Ok"

3. Navigate to " HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters\"

4. Right click on " EnablePrefetcher" and set the value to "0"

5. Reboot.

DISABLE INDEXING SERVICES

Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary. To disable this do the following.

1. Go to "Start"
2. Click "Settings"
3. Click "Control Panel"
4. Double click "Add/Remove Programs"
5. Click the "Add/Remove Window Components"
6. Uncheck the "Indexing services"
7. Click "Next"

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