How to Add a Horizontal Navigation Bar to Blogger
How to Add a Horizontal Navigation Bar to Blogger
Blogger allows you to classify your posts using keywords called "labels." If you consistently write about a certain topic/themes, you may find yourself using a few labels frequently. For example, a blog about programming/coding might have labels like"C++," "Java" and "Php."
build a navigation bar at the top of your blog/website containing links to your most frequently used post labels to give your readers a simple way to Goto about specific contents on your blog.
So let's get started.
1. signin to your Blogger account to enter your Blog Dashboard.
2. Click "Layout" in your dashboard left side bar; to access the layout's features of blogger.
3. Click on "Add a Gadget" in the horizontal box under the "Header" field. This will displays the Blogger "Add a Gadget" windows.
4. Search For Link list and click the plus + sign located at the right hand side of "Link List" gadget. This will open unto you to the configuration window of the "Link list gadget".
5. Click the "Title" field, and type "Navigation." You can give the navigation menu another name if you like.
6. Click on the drop-down menu next to "Sorting," and make a selection to indicate how Blogger should sort the navigation links. You may sort the links alphabetically or reverse alphabetically. You can also choose "Don't Sort" to display the links in the order you enter them.
7. Click on "New Site URL" field, and type or paste the URL of the first post label that you want to use for navigation. A complete URL for a Blogger post label looks like this: "http://naijacoderslab.blogspot.com/search/label/label name/."
8. Click on"New Site Name" field, and type the name that you want the navigation bar to output.
9. Click on "Add Link" button, and then follow Steps 7 and 8 again,to add additional items to the navigation bar.
10. Click the "Save" button when you are finished. Readers can now click an item on your blog's navigation bar to view all posts filed under that particular label.
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Blogger allows you to classify your posts using keywords called "labels." If you consistently write about a certain topic/themes, you may find yourself using a few labels frequently. For example, a blog about programming/coding might have labels like"C++," "Java" and "Php."
build a navigation bar at the top of your blog/website containing links to your most frequently used post labels to give your readers a simple way to Goto about specific contents on your blog.
So let's get started.
1. signin to your Blogger account to enter your Blog Dashboard.
2. Click "Layout" in your dashboard left side bar; to access the layout's features of blogger.
3. Click on "Add a Gadget" in the horizontal box under the "Header" field. This will displays the Blogger "Add a Gadget" windows.
4. Search For Link list and click the plus + sign located at the right hand side of "Link List" gadget. This will open unto you to the configuration window of the "Link list gadget".
5. Click the "Title" field, and type "Navigation." You can give the navigation menu another name if you like.
6. Click on the drop-down menu next to "Sorting," and make a selection to indicate how Blogger should sort the navigation links. You may sort the links alphabetically or reverse alphabetically. You can also choose "Don't Sort" to display the links in the order you enter them.
7. Click on "New Site URL" field, and type or paste the URL of the first post label that you want to use for navigation. A complete URL for a Blogger post label looks like this: "http://naijacoderslab.blogspot.com/search/label/label name/."
8. Click on"New Site Name" field, and type the name that you want the navigation bar to output.
9. Click on "Add Link" button, and then follow Steps 7 and 8 again,to add additional items to the navigation bar.
10. Click the "Save" button when you are finished. Readers can now click an item on your blog's navigation bar to view all posts filed under that particular label.
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