Cursor Editing for custom view in Blogger

Setup Steps

1. Log in and go to your account dashboard.
2. Click on "Template"
3. Next click on "Edit HTML"
4. Next paste the below code at the Text Box
5. Save Your template

How to change Blogger Cursor

1) Go to Blogger Layout > HTML

2)and Look for this code:

3)Copy the code below, and paste the cursor code below the tag

5) Save your template and you’re pretty much done.

If you want to change your animated cursor, you can pick one here http://www.cursors-4u.com/ and simply replace the highlighted url in green to your selected cursor.

That’s it and Merry Christmas!

note : extract the curor link from the html code in condition to be [ *.cur ] not [*.ani ]

BEST:
http://cur.cursors-4u.net/cursors/cur-4/cur394.cur
http://cur.cursors-4u.net/games/gam-14/gam1305.cur
http://cur.cursors-4u.net/symbols/sym-6/sym597.cur
http://cur.cursors-4u.net/games/gam-3/gam257.cur
http://cur.cursors-4u.net/cursors/cur-2/cur118.cur


The code for this tweak is javascript. All you need to do is to add the javascript code to your template but only within the head () tag.

The Head Tag

The head tag begins with this tag: and ends with this tag: . Go to Layout->Edit HTML.



Locate for end head tag () and paste your javascript code above it, then save.

The Code:

<script type="text/javascript">

// <![CDATA[

var colour="#666666";

var sparkles=40;



var x=ox=400;

var y=oy=300;

var swide=800;

var shigh=600;

var sleft=sdown=0;

var tiny=new Array();

var star=new Array();

var starv=new Array();

var starx=new Array();

var stary=new Array();

var tinyx=new Array();

var tinyy=new Array();

var tinyv=new Array();

window.onload=function() { if (document.getElementById) {

var i, rats, rlef, rdow;

for (var i=0; i<sparkles; i++) {

var rats=createDiv(3, 3);

rats.style.visibility="hidden";

document.body.appendChild(tiny[i]=rats);

starv[i]=0;

tinyv[i]=0;

var rats=createDiv(5, 5);

rats.style.backgroundColor="transparent";

rats.style.visibility="hidden";

var rlef=createDiv(1, 5);

var rdow=createDiv(5, 1);

rats.appendChild(rlef);

rats.appendChild(rdow);

rlef.style.top="2px";

rlef.style.left="0px";

rdow.style.top="0px";

rdow.style.left="2px";

document.body.appendChild(star[i]=rats);

}

set_width();

sparkle();

}}

function sparkle() {

var c;

if (x!=ox || y!=oy) {

ox=x;

oy=y;

for (c=0; c<sparkles; c++) if (!starv[c]) {

star[c].style.left=(starx[c]=x)+"px";

star[c].style.top=(stary[c]=y)+"px";

star[c].style.clip="rect(0px, 5px, 5px, 0px)";

star[c].style.visibility="visible";

starv[c]=50;

break;

}

}

for (c=0; c<sparkles; c++) {

if (starv[c]) update_star(c);

if (tinyv[c]) update_tiny(c);

}

setTimeout("sparkle()", 40);

}

function update_star(i) {

if (--starv[i]==25) star[i].style.clip="rect(1px, 4px, 4px, 1px)";

if (starv[i]) {

stary[i]+=1+Math.random()*3;

if (stary[i]<shigh+sdown) {

star[i].style.top=stary[i]+"px";

starx[i]+=(i%5-2)/5;

star[i].style.left=starx[i]+"px";

}

else {

star[i].style.visibility="hidden";

starv[i]=0;

return;

}

}

else {

tinyv[i]=50;

tiny[i].style.top=(tinyy[i]=stary[i])+"px";

tiny[i].style.left=(tinyx[i]=starx[i])+"px";

tiny[i].style.width="2px";

tiny[i].style.height="2px";

star[i].style.visibility="hidden";

tiny[i].style.visibility="visible"

}

}

function update_tiny(i) {

if (--tinyv[i]==25) {

tiny[i].style.width="1px";

tiny[i].style.height="1px";

}

if (tinyv[i]) {

tinyy[i]+=1+Math.random()*3;

if (tinyy[i]<shigh+sdown) {

tiny[i].style.top=tinyy[i]+"px";

tinyx[i]+=(i%5-2)/5;

tiny[i].style.left=tinyx[i]+"px";

}

else {

tiny[i].style.visibility="hidden";

tinyv[i]=0;

return;

}

}

else tiny[i].style.visibility="hidden";

}

document.onmousemove=mouse;

function mouse(e) {

set_scroll();

y=(e)?e.pageY:event.y+sdown;

x=(e)?e.pageX:event.x+sleft;

}

function set_scroll() {

if (typeof(self.pageYOffset)=="number") {

sdown=self.pageYOffset;

sleft=self.pageXOffset;

}

else if (document.body.scrollTop || document.body.scrollLeft) {

sdown=document.body.scrollTop;

sleft=document.body.scrollLeft;

}

else if (document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollLeft)) {

sleft=document.documentElement.scrollLeft;

sdown=document.documentElement.scrollTop;

}

else {

sdown=0;

sleft=0;

}

}

window.onresize=set_width;

function set_width() {

if (typeof(self.innerWidth)=="number") {

swide=self.innerWidth;

shigh=self.innerHeight;

}

else if (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.clientWidth) {

swide=document.documentElement.clientWidth;

shigh=document.documentElement.clientHeight;

}

else if (document.body.clientWidth) {

swide=document.body.clientWidth;

shigh=document.body.clientHeight;

}

}

function createDiv(height, width) {

var div=document.createElement("div");

div.style.position="absolute";

div.style.height=height+"px";

div.style.width=width+"px";

div.style.overflow="hidden";

div.style.backgroundColor=colour;

return (div);

}

// ]]>



</script>

xxxxxx

Add floating hover text which trails

If you want to show any text like "Welcome Here" or "Sign My Guestbook", which follows the mouse cursor (trail text effect), like the one displayed in the image,.

Then, simply add the code in any HTML/JavaScript widget (Log in -> Layout -> Add a Gadget).

The Code:

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I kept a close look at the activities of such bloggers and now, presenting you the 9-pointer strategy to surpass other bloggers in your niche.

9 pointer Strategy :

Work on the 9-pointer strategy below and I am sure you can easily bypass other Bloggers in your niche.

1. Unique content and Creativity:

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You want to drive traffic from top blogs in your niche. So, the best way is to start Guest Posting on such blogs. Make sure you add an attractive “Author-Bio” section with a link to your blog. But, it is not possible to Guest Post everywhere. At such times, commenting does the trick. Try your best to add valuable points to the discussion and also find your place in Top Commentators widget. You can refer my article on How to post an efficient comment.

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Take a close look at each post of bloggers in your niche with a view to find errors in their opinions. Once you get such error, post an article on your blog on the same topic and correct the mistake done by your niche blogger. This will no doubt, proclaim your superiority over the buddy blogger. But, make sure that you handle this point in a friendly manner as you are more probable of harming relations with such bloggers.

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Another important trick is to develop your own style of writing articles and using the same style throughout your blog. This will make readers addicted to your posts and they will return to your blog, even if they find the same information elsewhere on web. So, in short, article presentation format does the trick over here. Also, developing your own personal lingo highlights your articles from the rest.

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So friends, this was the 9-Pointer strategy which can help you in building your loyal readership and surpassing other bloggers in your niche.

Got any other tip which is useful to surpass other blogggers??? Please share it with us in comments.