Monday, September 30, 2013

How To Insert a Blog's Stat into your Blog

1. Look for the LAYOUT option in your dashboard
2. Select the LAYOUT option then click Add a Gadget





















3. When you Click Add Gadget, another window will appear which consists of featured gadgets by Blogspot. Choose the gadget that you wish to Add. (in this case: Blog's Stat a.k.a Hit Counter)

4. After choosing the Blog's Stat, you will again be redirected to another window which has design options that you may choose from:


















5. If you have already chosen your desired Blog's Stat design, do not forget to SAVE. After saving, check you blog if placing Blog's Stat has worked properly. Enjoy!

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Who will play Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele in the upcoming 50 Shades of Grey Movie?

It was a buzz over the internet when I got intrigued to the book 50 Shades of Grey, a novel by E.L James. Let me rephrase, 'an erotic novel by E.L James'. Yes, it is an erotic novel of which I only knew when I had the hard copy in my hands already. Why on earth had I not read more about the book before it landed in my bookshelf? Anyway, it is the first erotic novel that is to sit in my shelf along with my other books (got a not-so-organized-shelf, I'll arrange them by genre in time :). Back to the novel, so there I was, half-way to the end when I learned of the second; 50 Shades Darker, and the third 50 Shades Freed, hurriedly finished the first novel and was excited to the read the second and the third.

The epic Trilogy
To make my mumbling short, I finished the saga in a short time without skipping a page and now, what interests me the most is the movie. Yes, 50 Shades of Grey will be hitting the cinema soon! I got excited on who they'd choose to be Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele (the lead characters of the novel). Have read from a blog that Robert Pattinson was the first choice and Ryan Gosling (my all time favorite actor) have been considered too. But, according to another website, Pattinson just shook his shoulders and that Ryan Gosling turned down the offer, telling that he can't accept that role and there was another actor who too refused saying that he can't just relate to the character. Now, Who will play Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele in the upcoming 50 Shades of Grey Movie?

Photo courtesy of buzzsugar.com
Yes, the two beautiful faces in the photo above are to cast the the 50 Shades of Grey Movie, Charlie Hannum as Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele. I just hope the movie will do justice to the book as well as the movie characters to Grey and Steele.

Friday, September 6, 2013

What Did Just Coffee Do To My System?

As I am writing this, it is already 3:09 AM in my watch. Jeez, I am feeling nostalgic, of? Of the previous me who can stretch up to this very hour, beating deadlines for my tasks online. I am born nocturnal, a self-confessed night owl who can make a day night and night a day. But, since I decided to focus on teaching and made online job as one of my side trips, I somehow managed to change my body clock. I had to, I have to. Although, I can still stay up late, but it wasn't like the previous anymore, when I was still able to witness the first creep of sun rays in the panes of my bedroom window.

And now, uhm, why am I still awake? Had already tried to shut my eyes closed and switched off my mind, but here I am, setting the keyboard on fire. I so want to sleep already. I even had milk to calm me down yet the caffeine in my system is just overwhelming. Why so? This is because I had two rounds of brewed coffee. A guilty treat ~ a delight that I just can't resist. 

HOW TO INSERT VIDEOS FROM YOUTUBE IN A BLOG POST

ITEC Students

Here's how to insert videos from YouTube in a blog post. Read and follow the instructions carefully. For any querries, post a status in our Facebook Group Page. 

1. Go to http://www.youtube.com and look for the video that you wish to insert in your blog post.


2. If you have already chosen your desired video, scroll down and look for the SHARE or IBAHAGI command button, CLICK it and look for the I-EMBED then CLICK it as well until the code for Embed of the video will appear. COPY the code by highlighting it and pressing CTRL C in your keyboard.



4. After you have already copied the Embed code, go back to your blogspot and CLICK the HTML (kindly refer to where the red arrow is pointing). If you have already switched into HTML mode, PASTE the code by pressing CTRL V in your keyboard.


5. After Pasting the code, your blog post will look like this image below. You can actually change the size of the display screen of the YouTube by changing the width and height as pointed by the red arrows in the image.



6. To check the video, SWITCH to COMPOSE mode (beside HTML) and then your video will appear. Go back to HTML mode and change the display screen size if you are not yet satisfied with the video size and then Click PUBLISH when you are through.




HOW TO INSERT VIDEOS FROM YOUR COMPUTER IN A BLOG POST

ITEC Students

Here's how to insert videos that are saved from your computer. Read and follow the instructions carefully. For any querries, post a status in our Facebook Group Page :)

1. Enter the Title of your Post and look for the VIDEO icon in the blog post toolbar/formatting bar. It can actually be found just beside the Image icon. Choose the video you wish to upload.


2. After you have chosen the file/video to upload from your computer, an image like below will appear, indicating that the video you have chosen is in the process of uploading.


3. Wait until the your video is completely uploaded and then click PUBLISH so that your post will be visible.

How to Insert Images in your Blog

ITEC Students

Here's how to insert images in your blog. Read and follow instructions carefully. For any querries, post a status in our Facebook Group Page :)

1. Enter the TITLE of your Post.


2. Then Click the Icon of an Image that can be found in the toolbar/formatting bar of the blog post.


3. The Dialogue Box will appear wherein you have to click the command button CHOOSE FILES


4. If the image is already inserted, click the image to edit the size and alignment according to your desired design


5. Create a caption before of after the image


6. FINALIZE the title of your post and then click PUBLISH


7. Click VIEW BLOG to see your blogpost as a visitor's view.