Customize Labels Widget with Stylish Cool Effects

Labels widget displays list of the categories of posts. Creating labels helps to categorize the posts in groups. So it helps visitors to see the posts under a category. Default bloggerLabels widget is not so Stylish. Don't worry, here I am sharing some cool interesting labels widget styles for you. This Labels widget can style using simple CSS codes. To do this follow the steps..

•  Sign In to Blogger Dashboard
• Go to Template -> Edit HTML
• Find ]]></b:skin> and copy the code of label style you like above ]]></b:skin>
• Save Template

 Black Forest Theme Labels With Animated Scaling

.Label li {
        background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #6B6B6B 0%, #6B6B6B 4%, #333333 1%, #2B2B2B 100%) repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
        border: 1px solid;
        border-radius: 6px 6px 6px 6px;
        float: left;
        font-size: 116%;
        list-style: none outside none;
        margin: 2px;
        padding: 4px;
        transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;
    }
.Label li:hover {
    transform: rotate(351deg) scale(1.7);
}

.Label a {

    color: #fff;

    text-decoration: none;

}

Yellow Customized Labels Widget

    .Label li:before {

        background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left top , #FEDA71, #FEBA47);

        border-bottom: 1px solid #D99D38;

        border-left: 1px solid #D99D38;

        content: "";

        height: 1.39em;

        left: -0.69em;

        position: absolute;

        top: 0.2em;

        transform: rotate(45deg);

        width: 1.3em;

        z-index: 1;

    }

    .Label li:after {

        background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;

        border: 1px solid #D99D38;

        border-radius: 4.167em 4.167em 4.167em 4.167em;

        box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #FAEABA;

        content: "";

        height: 0.5em;

        left: -0.083em;

        position: absolute;

        top: 0.667em;

        width: 0.5em;

        z-index: 9999;

    }

    .Label li {

        background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center top , #FEDA71, #FEBA47);

        border-bottom: 1px solid #D99D38;

        border-radius: 0 0.25em 0.25em 0;

        border-right: 1px solid #D99D38;

        border-top: 1px solid #D99D38;

        box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #FAEABA inset, 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);

        color: #996633;

        float: left;

        font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;

        font-size: 0.75em;

        font-weight: bold;

        list-style: none outside none;

        margin: 0 0 7px 20px;

        padding: 0.417em 0.417em 0.417em 0.917em;

        position: relative;

        text-decoration: none;

        text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4);

        z-index: 1;

    }

Blue Customized Labels Widget

    .Label li:before {

        background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center top , #1E5799 0%, #207CCA 100%);

        border-bottom: 1px solid #145091;

        border-left: 1px solid #145091;

        content: "";

        height: 1.39em;

        left: -0.69em;

        position: absolute;

        top: 0.2em;

        transform: rotate(45deg);

        width: 1.3em;

        z-index: 1;

    }

    .Label li:after {

        background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;

        border: 1px solid #3F6893;

        border-radius: 4.167em 4.167em 4.167em 4.167em;

        box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #B5D8FF;

        content: "";

        height: 0.5em;

        left: -0.083em;

        position: absolute;

        top: 0.667em;

        width: 0.5em;

        z-index: 9999;

    }

    .Label li {

        background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center top , #1E5799, #207CCA);

        border-bottom: 1px solid #145091;

        border-radius: 0 0.25em 0.25em 0;

        border-right: 1px solid #145091;

        border-top: 1px solid #145091;

        box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #CCE4FF inset, 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);

        color: #996633;

        float: left;

        font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;

        font-size: 0.75em;

        font-weight: bold;

        list-style: none outside none;

        margin: 0 0 7px 20px;

        padding: 0.417em 0.417em 0.417em 0.917em;

        position: relative;

        text-decoration: none;

        text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4);

        z-index: 1;

    }

 Black Forest Theme Label Like NetOops Blog Labels

    .Label li {

        background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #6B6B6B 0%, #6B6B6B 4%, #333333 1%, #2B2B2B 100%) repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;

        border: 1px solid;

        border-radius: 6px 6px 6px 6px;

        float: left;

        font-size: 116%;

        list-style: none outside none;

        margin: 2px;

        padding: 4px;

        transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;

    }

    .Label li:hover {

        transform: rotate(5deg);

    }

.Label a {

    color: #fff;

    text-decoration: none;

}

Skeleton Theme For Labels Widget

.Label a {
    color: #000000;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.Label li {
    border: 1px solid #000;
    border-radius: 6px 6px 6px 6px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    float: left;
    font-size: 116%;
    list-style: none outside none;
    margin: 2px;
    padding: 4px;
    transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;
}

.Label li:hover {

    transform: rotate(5deg);

}

Skeleton Theme With Painting Hover Effect

 

.Label a:hover
{
text-shadow:5px 5px 5px #dcdcdc;
background:orange;
border:1px solid orange;
border-bottom-right-radius: 0px;
border-top-left-radius: 0px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 30px;
border-top-right-radius: 30px;
}

.Label li {

    border: 1px solid;

    border-radius: 6px 6px 6px 6px;

    color: #000000 !important;

    float: left;

    font-size: 116%;

    list-style: none outside none;

    margin: 2px;

    padding: 4px;

    transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;

}

.Label a {

    color: #000;

    text-decoration: none;

}

.Label li:hover {

    transform: rotate(5deg);

}

Leaf Theme For Labels Widget

.Label a {
     -moz-border-bottom-colors: none;
     -moz-border-left-colors: none;
     -moz-border-right-colors: none;
     -moz-border-top-colors: none;
     background-color: #7FBF4D;
     background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center top , #7FBF4D, #63A62F);
     border-bottom-right-radius: 30px;
     border-color: #63A62F #63A62F #5B992B;
     border-image: none;
     border-style: solid;
     border-top-left-radius: 30px;
     border-width: 1px;
     box-shadow: 0px 1px 0px 0px #96CA6D inset;
     color: #FFFFFF;
     float: left;
     font: 14px verdana;
     height: 18px;
     margin-bottom: 9px;
     margin-left: 10px;
     padding: 10px;
     position: relative;
     text-decoration: none;
     transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out 0s;
}

.Label a:hover {
     background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% orange;
     border-radius: 0px 30px 0px 30px;
     border: 1px solid orange;
     text-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #DCDCDC;
}

.Label {
     margin: 0px;
     padding: 0px;
     position: relative;
}

.Label li:hover {

    transform: rotate(5deg);

}

.Label li {

    float: left;

    font-size: 116%;

    list-style: none outside none;

    transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;

}

How to Change a Post Title Background Color on a Google Blog

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Blogger, a popular and free blogging platform offered by Google, gives you the ability to customize the colors and widgets on your business blog. A few minor tweaks to your blog can change the public face of your company. The title color and background are especially important, since this is usually the first thing that prospective clients browsing your blog will see. The background color for your post titles can make a difference, too, although it's not as simple to change.

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Step 1Log in to your business blog on Blogger.

Step 2Click "Template" on your Blogger dashboard.

Step 3Click the "Customize" button under the "Live on Blog" preview.

Step 4Click "Advanced" in the upper left pane and scroll down to "Add CSS."

Step 5Click on "Add CSS." An input window will open to the right. If you are using a classic template, type:
h3.post-title { background-color: your color here; }
For a dynamic template, type:
div.article-header { background-color: your color here; }
Replace "your color here" with either the name of a color, HTML notation such as "#000000" or RGB color such as "rgb(0,0,0)". Note that "transparent" (without the quotes) works as a color, too.
Your finished changes should look similar to the following:
h3.post-title { background-color:#808080; }
or
div.article-header { background-color:transparent; }

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Template

Setting the template size is probably one of the first things you need to do when starting to design a new template. The are two ways to set the size (basically the width) of a template:

1. Setting the size to be fixed with a certain width, say 800 pixels.
2. Setting the template to have a fluid size, which means the width changes with the browser or screen size.

Setting a fixed template size:
To set a template width, you actually have to set the width of a few large containers. The most common containers to set the widths are:

1. Body
2. Outer-wrapper
3. Header-wrapper
4. Content-wrapper
5. Footer-wrapper
6. Main-wrapper
7. Sidebar-wrapper*
8. Footer-wrapper

*Note: You can also just set the widths of sidebar1 and sidebar2 containers without setting the sidebar-wrapper width. Setting the sidebar-wrapper width is convenient if both sidebars have equal widths.

In most of my newest templates, I also set the widths in the containers just inside some of the wrapper containers (which is redundant) to avoid some minor alignment bugs that may appear. The widths of these containers are set equal to the widths of their parent wrapper containers. These containers are:

1. Header
2. Main

 
Here is a sample code from the Generic Blogger Template showing you all the container widths that are set to make sure the template width is properly set (only the part that concerns the width-setting are shown). In this sample, the template width is set at 800 pizels.
body {
min-width: 800px; }
#outer-wrapper {
margin: 0 auto; /* to make the template lays in the screen center */
min-width: 800px;
max-width: 800px; }
#content-wrapper {
min-width: 800px;
max-width: 800px; }
#header-wrapper {
min-width: 800px;
max-width: 800px; }
#main-wrapper {
min-width: 400px;
max-width: 400px; }
.sidebar {
padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
min-width: 180px;
max-width: 180px; }
#sidebar1 {.....}
#sidebar2 {.....}

#footer-wrapper {
min-width: 800px;
max-width: 800px; }

The body is set with a command min-width = 800px, which means that the smallest width it should have is 800px. If it's set with a command width = 800px only, then the template width might shrink in some situation. Setting it with a min-width guarantees the smallest size it will take.

The next container just inside the body is the outer-wrapper. It's usually common to set it with a command width = 800px only. But as I've explainedabout my strictness in setting the width to avoid any alignment bugs, it's becoming my habit to always set the container to have a min-width and max-width of the same value so that the container size is exactly that size - it will not shrink or widen to any different value. Another thing about the outer-wrapper is that this is where you set the command to either place your template at the center of screen or float to the left of it. In this case, settingmargin: 0 auto will float the template to the center. Just writing margin: 0 will float it to the left as a default position.

The next 3 large containers, the header-wrapper, the content-wrapper, and the footer-wrapper is usually set to be the same size; in this case it's 800px. In any case, they can be set smaller than the outer-wrapper width but not any bigger than that because the outer-wrapper 'wraps' these 3 containers inside it. Another thing, if you add left and right borders, then you'll increase the width, and the outer-wrapper will just cut out whatever that's bigger than itself on the right side. So, if you do add borders, say 2px left and 2px right for the header-wrapper, then you have to set the header-wrapper width to be 796px so that the total would be 796+2+2 = 800px. The same goes for all the other containers.

The last 3 containers are the 2 sidebars and the main-wrapper. Because they sit side by side, you have to make sure the total width = 800px or less, but certainly not more. In this case, I set the main-wrapper to be 400px and both the 2 sidebars to be 200px. But because I added padding of 10px left and right of each sidebars, which pushes the sidebar border outward, I'd have to reduce the sidebar width to be 180px so that the total sum after adding the pads would be 200px. You have to note that the largest sidebar container is the sidebar-wrapper (not just the sidebar). I could have set the width of thesidebar-wrapper instead of the sidebar, but I prefer to set the sidebar width because sometimes I may set the 2 sidebars to have different widths. But, this is all just a matter of personal style; other template designers may have different way of setting this sidebar widths. As long as it works, that's all that matters.
Setting a fluid template size:
To set a template with width that changes with browser or screen size, please refer to W3Schools Tutorials for more details. In my templates, I haven't made any such templates and so my experience in setting a fluid sized template is not much. Once I have more experience in this, I'll post the tutorials on it

Template

Setting the template size is probably one of the first things you need to do when starting to design a new template. The are two ways to set the size (basically the width) of a template:

1. Setting the size to be fixed with a certain width, say 800 pixels.
2. Setting the template to have a fluid size, which means the width changes with the browser or screen size.

Setting a fixed template size:
To set a template width, you actually have to set the width of a few large containers. The most common containers to set the widths are:

1. Body
2. Outer-wrapper
3. Header-wrapper
4. Content-wrapper
5. Footer-wrapper
6. Main-wrapper
7. Sidebar-wrapper*
8. Footer-wrapper

*Note: You can also just set the widths of sidebar1 and sidebar2 containers without setting the sidebar-wrapper width. Setting the sidebar-wrapper width is convenient if both sidebars have equal widths.

In most of my newest templates, I also set the widths in the containers just inside some of the wrapper containers (which is redundant) to avoid some minor alignment bugs that may appear. The widths of these containers are set equal to the widths of their parent wrapper containers. These containers are:

1. Header
2. Main

 
Here is a sample code from the Generic Blogger Template showing you all the container widths that are set to make sure the template width is properly set (only the part that concerns the width-setting are shown). In this sample, the template width is set at 800 pizels.
body {
min-width: 800px; }
#outer-wrapper {
margin: 0 auto; /* to make the template lays in the screen center */
min-width: 800px;
max-width: 800px; }
#content-wrapper {
min-width: 800px;
max-width: 800px; }
#header-wrapper {
min-width: 800px;
max-width: 800px; }
#main-wrapper {
min-width: 400px;
max-width: 400px; }
.sidebar {
padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
min-width: 180px;
max-width: 180px; }
#sidebar1 {.....}
#sidebar2 {.....}

#footer-wrapper {
min-width: 800px;
max-width: 800px; }

The body is set with a command min-width = 800px, which means that the smallest width it should have is 800px. If it's set with a command width = 800px only, then the template width might shrink in some situation. Setting it with a min-width guarantees the smallest size it will take.

The next container just inside the body is the outer-wrapper. It's usually common to set it with a command width = 800px only. But as I've explainedabout my strictness in setting the width to avoid any alignment bugs, it's becoming my habit to always set the container to have a min-width and max-width of the same value so that the container size is exactly that size - it will not shrink or widen to any different value. Another thing about the outer-wrapper is that this is where you set the command to either place your template at the center of screen or float to the left of it. In this case, settingmargin: 0 auto will float the template to the center. Just writing margin: 0 will float it to the left as a default position.

The next 3 large containers, the header-wrapper, the content-wrapper, and the footer-wrapper is usually set to be the same size; in this case it's 800px. In any case, they can be set smaller than the outer-wrapper width but not any bigger than that because the outer-wrapper 'wraps' these 3 containers inside it. Another thing, if you add left and right borders, then you'll increase the width, and the outer-wrapper will just cut out whatever that's bigger than itself on the right side. So, if you do add borders, say 2px left and 2px right for the header-wrapper, then you have to set the header-wrapper width to be 796px so that the total would be 796+2+2 = 800px. The same goes for all the other containers.

The last 3 containers are the 2 sidebars and the main-wrapper. Because they sit side by side, you have to make sure the total width = 800px or less, but certainly not more. In this case, I set the main-wrapper to be 400px and both the 2 sidebars to be 200px. But because I added padding of 10px left and right of each sidebars, which pushes the sidebar border outward, I'd have to reduce the sidebar width to be 180px so that the total sum after adding the pads would be 200px. You have to note that the largest sidebar container is the sidebar-wrapper (not just the sidebar). I could have set the width of thesidebar-wrapper instead of the sidebar, but I prefer to set the sidebar width because sometimes I may set the 2 sidebars to have different widths. But, this is all just a matter of personal style; other template designers may have different way of setting this sidebar widths. As long as it works, that's all that matters.
Setting a fluid template size:
To set a template with width that changes with browser or screen size, please refer to W3Schools Tutorials for more details. In my templates, I haven't made any such templates and so my experience in setting a fluid sized template is not much. Once I have more experience in this, I'll post the tutorials on it

Template

Setting the template size is probably one of the first things you need to do when starting to design a new template. The are two ways to set the size (basically the width) of a template:

1. Setting the size to be fixed with a certain width, say 800 pixels.
2. Setting the template to have a fluid size, which means the width changes with the browser or screen size.

Setting a fixed template size:
To set a template width, you actually have to set the width of a few large containers. The most common containers to set the widths are:

1. Body
2. Outer-wrapper
3. Header-wrapper
4. Content-wrapper
5. Footer-wrapper
6. Main-wrapper
7. Sidebar-wrapper*
8. Footer-wrapper

*Note: You can also just set the widths of sidebar1 and sidebar2 containers without setting the sidebar-wrapper width. Setting the sidebar-wrapper width is convenient if both sidebars have equal widths.

In most of my newest templates, I also set the widths in the containers just inside some of the wrapper containers (which is redundant) to avoid some minor alignment bugs that may appear. The widths of these containers are set equal to the widths of their parent wrapper containers. These containers are:

1. Header
2. Main

 
Here is a sample code from the Generic Blogger Template showing you all the container widths that are set to make sure the template width is properly set (only the part that concerns the width-setting are shown). In this sample, the template width is set at 800 pizels.
body {
min-width: 800px; }
#outer-wrapper {
margin: 0 auto; /* to make the template lays in the screen center */
min-width: 800px;
max-width: 800px; }
#content-wrapper {
min-width: 800px;
max-width: 800px; }
#header-wrapper {
min-width: 800px;
max-width: 800px; }
#main-wrapper {
min-width: 400px;
max-width: 400px; }
.sidebar {
padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
min-width: 180px;
max-width: 180px; }
#sidebar1 {.....}
#sidebar2 {.....}

#footer-wrapper {
min-width: 800px;
max-width: 800px; }

The body is set with a command min-width = 800px, which means that the smallest width it should have is 800px. If it's set with a command width = 800px only, then the template width might shrink in some situation. Setting it with a min-width guarantees the smallest size it will take.

The next container just inside the body is the outer-wrapper. It's usually common to set it with a command width = 800px only. But as I've explainedabout my strictness in setting the width to avoid any alignment bugs, it's becoming my habit to always set the container to have a min-width and max-width of the same value so that the container size is exactly that size - it will not shrink or widen to any different value. Another thing about the outer-wrapper is that this is where you set the command to either place your template at the center of screen or float to the left of it. In this case, settingmargin: 0 auto will float the template to the center. Just writing margin: 0 will float it to the left as a default position.

The next 3 large containers, the header-wrapper, the content-wrapper, and the footer-wrapper is usually set to be the same size; in this case it's 800px. In any case, they can be set smaller than the outer-wrapper width but not any bigger than that because the outer-wrapper 'wraps' these 3 containers inside it. Another thing, if you add left and right borders, then you'll increase the width, and the outer-wrapper will just cut out whatever that's bigger than itself on the right side. So, if you do add borders, say 2px left and 2px right for the header-wrapper, then you have to set the header-wrapper width to be 796px so that the total would be 796+2+2 = 800px. The same goes for all the other containers.

The last 3 containers are the 2 sidebars and the main-wrapper. Because they sit side by side, you have to make sure the total width = 800px or less, but certainly not more. In this case, I set the main-wrapper to be 400px and both the 2 sidebars to be 200px. But because I added padding of 10px left and right of each sidebars, which pushes the sidebar border outward, I'd have to reduce the sidebar width to be 180px so that the total sum after adding the pads would be 200px. You have to note that the largest sidebar container is the sidebar-wrapper (not just the sidebar). I could have set the width of thesidebar-wrapper instead of the sidebar, but I prefer to set the sidebar width because sometimes I may set the 2 sidebars to have different widths. But, this is all just a matter of personal style; other template designers may have different way of setting this sidebar widths. As long as it works, that's all that matters.
Setting a fluid template size:
To set a template with width that changes with browser or screen size, please refer to W3Schools Tutorials for more details. In my templates, I haven't made any such templates and so my experience in setting a fluid sized template is not much. Once I have more experience in this, I'll post the tutorials on it