Make A Contact Page Inward Your Blog
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
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When it comes to encouraging visits to your blog, yesteryear people who demand help, a properly presented "Contact" bird is a rattling useful feature.
Some fourth dimension ago, I used a comment form, as well as a especially written post, "Contact Me" (titled "Leave Comments Here"), to provide soul contact. For this blog, alongside comment moderation earlier publishing, I exactly read the unpublished comments published against my ship service "Contact Me", without publishing them.
Time moved on, withal - as well as diverse changes made yesteryear Blogger made my unpublished comments based contact bird less useful.
Recently, Blogger released a novel weblog accessory - their "Contact" gadget.
Just over a calendar month ago, I added a Contact gadget to this blog, as well as made it display inwards the same means every bit my Topics index displays. Look inwards the Link Bar at the tiptop of this page. To the correct of "Topics", you'll encounter "Guestbook" as well as "Contact".
Like my labels gadget ("Topics"), I made my "Contact" gadget display every bit purpose of a static page, as well as positioned the gadget inwards the primary purpose of the blog.
My Contact gadget, similar my Labels gadget, displays every bit purpose of a static page, as well as is seen inwards the same place every bit the posts would hold upward seen. This gives the Contact gadget the appearance of having its ain page.
Note: You may uncovering it easier larn this working alongside the weblog using a not dynamic template, alongside the Contact gadget initially located inwards the sidebar.
This is a surprisingly unproblematic task, as well as makes a proficient demonstration of a separately documented technique, conditionally displaying a template object.
Having done that, I invite you lot to examine the results.
Some fourth dimension ago, I used a comment form, as well as a especially written post, "Contact Me" (titled "Leave Comments Here"), to provide soul contact. For this blog, alongside comment moderation earlier publishing, I exactly read the unpublished comments published against my ship service "Contact Me", without publishing them.
Time moved on, withal - as well as diverse changes made yesteryear Blogger made my unpublished comments based contact bird less useful.
Recently, Blogger released a novel weblog accessory - their "Contact" gadget.
Just over a calendar month ago, I added a Contact gadget to this blog, as well as made it display inwards the same means every bit my Topics index displays. Look inwards the Link Bar at the tiptop of this page. To the correct of "Topics", you'll encounter "Guestbook" as well as "Contact".
Like my labels gadget ("Topics"), I made my "Contact" gadget display every bit purpose of a static page, as well as positioned the gadget inwards the primary purpose of the blog.
My Contact gadget, similar my Labels gadget, displays every bit purpose of a static page, as well as is seen inwards the same place every bit the posts would hold upward seen. This gives the Contact gadget the appearance of having its ain page.
Note: You may uncovering it easier larn this working alongside the weblog using a not dynamic template, alongside the Contact gadget initially located inwards the sidebar.
This is a surprisingly unproblematic task, as well as makes a proficient demonstration of a separately documented technique, conditionally displaying a template object.
- Publish a static page, "Contact Me".
- Add a Contact gadget using the "Layout" sorcerer "Add a Gadget" - as well as pose the novel gadget higher upward "Blog Posts".
- Add a CSS rule, using "Add CSS" inwards the Template Designer, displaying the Contact gadget alongside the static page exactly created.
Having done that, I invite you lot to examine the results.