How To Blog

It is a fact that iPhone 4 is one of those gadgets, which can serve its users with the help of its amazing apps in every walk of life. Whether you want to stay fit or want to entertain yourself, your downloaded apps in your gadget will serve the purpose. Now you must be thinking that what this gadget can do for the food lovers, as neither it cook the meal nor on it meal can be cooked then how will this gadget be beneficial in the life of food lovers. You are right this gadget or its apps are incapable of cooking meals for you but it can assist you in various food related activities. For example, in case, you are about to cook then using its apps, you can get to know about several recipes. Moreover, you can also depict your food passion to others by buying different food themed iPhone 4 cases for your gadgets. Beside these, you can also take its assistance while shopping groceries. Thus, you can say despite of its inability to cook, it can serve the food lovers in countless ways. Some of the apps handy to download by such people are as follows:

1. Epicurious – Free

With the help of this amazing app, the user cannot only access countless delicious recipes but can also make grocery list by using this app. Besides this, an instant access to several cookbooks along with the reviews about those books is also possible by using this app.

2. Ratio - $4.99

Ratio is basically a popular cookbook. The reason of the popularity of this cookbook is actually the critically defined ratios on ingredients to cook several dishes without following any particular recipe. Now this cookbook is available for gadget users using which they can learn the art of cooking without considering any pet recipe.

3. CookIt – 99 Cents

Cooking is all about managing different ingredients together and only few people do it successfully. It is a common observation that many people forget that they are boiling potatoes when they are making sauce for them. Now using CookIt app, you can set the timer for which your food needs to be cooked and you will be get an audio alert on your set time.

4. Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Guide – Free

Are you a seafood lover? Do you love to cook seafood? If yes then downloading Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Guide is the best thing to do. By using this guide, you will get the automatic updates on every kind of seafood you can possibly think of.

5. Weber’s On the Grill - $4.99

Weber’s On the Grill is the best iPhone food app for those, who want to know the grilling recipes of pork, meat, chicken, and seafood. The best part about this app is that it illustrates the techniques to cook with the help of videos. In this way, you will get to know about each and everything related to how to cook something. Whether you want to know about the cooking time, quantity of spices, or weight of meat, the guidance will be there for you.

Author bio:
This guest post is written by Stella Ripple who is a technology blogger. She has over 4 years of experience in writing quality posts on technology and latest gadgets. She also loves to writes on gadgets accessories such as apple iphone 4 cases and covers, iPad covers, etc.

sharing widget

Today i am sharing the most attracting and most used social Media Sharing widget. Yes i am talking about Mashable Social media sharing widget. This widget is previously shared by mybloggertricks and many other bloggers. It's look very nice on sidebar and attract most of your visitors. I am sharing this on the request of one of my valuable reader. It's very simple and i am using it on my blog also. I am sharing the same code with you. I hope all of you like this simple and attracting widget.
Let's see the code and procedure to add this in blogger template.

For the Demo you can see on Right side of this Blog.

Adding Mashable Sharing Widget

1) : Go to Blogger and select your blog.

2) : Go to Layout ==> Add a Gadget ==> HTML/Javascript.

3) : Now copy the code below and paste it in empty space of HTML/Javascript window.

.gplus-soc {
        background: #fff;
        padding: 0px;
        border: 0px solid #C7DBE2;
        margin-bottom:-13px;}

.twitter-box {
        background: #EEF9FD;
        padding: 10px;
        border: 1px solid #C7DBE2;
        border-top: 0;}
     .pin-it {
        background: #EFFAFD;
        padding: 10px;
        border: 1px solid #C7DBE2;
        border-top: 0;}
     .pin-it span {
        color: #000;
        font-size: 11px;
        position: absolute;
        display:inline-block;
        margin: 5px 70px 5px 90px;}

#mashable {
        background: #EBEBEB;
        border: 1px solid #CCC;
        border-top: 1px solid white;
        padding: 2px 8px 2px 3px;
        text-align: right;
        border-image: initial;}
    #mashable .author-credit {}
    #mashable .author-credit a {
        font-size: 10px;
        font-weight: bold;
        text-shadow: 1px 1px white;
        color: #1E598E;
        text-decoration:none;}
    #email-news-subscribe .email-box{
        padding: 5px 10px;
        font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif;
        border-top: 0;
        border-right: 1px solid #C7DBE2;
        border-left: 1px solid #C7DBE2;
        border-image: initial;
       height:35px;}
    #email-news-subscribe .email-box input.email{
        background:#FFFFFF;
        border: 1px solid #dedede;
        color: #999;
        padding: 7px 10px 8px 10px;
        -moz-border-radius: 3px;
        -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
        -o-border-radius: 3px;
        -ms-border-radius: 3px;
        -khtml-border-radius: 3px;
        border-radius: 3px;
        border-image: initial;
        font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif;}  
    #email-news-subscribe .email-box input.email:focus{color:#333}  
    #email-news-subscribe .email-box input.subscribe{
        background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top,#FFCA00 0,#FF9B00 100%);
        background: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,color-stop(0,#FFCA00),color-stop(1,#FF9B00));
        background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top,#FFCA00 0,#FF9B00 100%);
        -pie-background: linear-gradient(270deg,#ffca00,#ff9b00);
        font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif;
        border-radius:3px;
        -moz-border-radius:3px;
        -webkit-border-radius:3px;
        border:1px solid #cc7c00;
        color:white;
        text-shadow:#d08d00 1px 1px 0;
        padding:7px 14px;
        margin-left:3px;
        font-weight:bold;
        font-size:12px;
        cursor:pointer;
        border-image: initial;}
    #email-news-subscribe .email-box input.subscribe:hover{
        background: #ff9b00;
        background-image:-moz-linear-gradient(top,#ffda4d,#ff9b00);
        background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,from(#ffda4d),to(#ff9b00));
        filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(startColorStr=#ffffff,endColorStr=#ebebeb);
        outline:0;-moz-box-shadow:0 0 3px #999;
        -webkit-box-shadow:0 0 3px #999;
        box-shadow:0 0 3px #999
        background:-webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,color-stop(0,#ffda4d),color-stop(1,#ff9b00));
        background:-moz-linear-gradient(center top,#ffda4d 0,#ff9b00 100%);
        -pie-background:linear-gradient(270deg,#ffda4d,#ff9b00);
        border-radius:3px;
        -moz-border-radius:3px;
        -webkit-border-radius:3px;
        border:1px solid #cc7c00;
        color:#FFFFFF;
        text-shadow:#d08d00 1px 1px 0}  
    #other-social-bar {
        background-color: #D8E6EB;
        box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #FFFFFF inset;
        padding: 0px;
        font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif;
        font-weight:bold;
        overflow: hidden;
        border: 1px solid #B6D0DA;
           height:37px;
    }
    #other-social-bar ul {list-style: none outside none; padding-left: 4px;}
    #other-social-bar .other-follow {
        float: left;
        color:#1E598E;
        overflow: hidden;
        height:20px;
        padding:5px;
        width: 270px;}
    #other-social-bar .other-follow ul {
        list-style: none outside none;
        padding-left: 4px;}
    #other-social-bar .other-follow ul li {
        font-size: 12px;
        font-weight: bold;
        display:inline;
        border:0;
        text-shadow: 1px 1px white;}  
    #other-social-bar .other-follow ul li a {
        font-size: 12px;
        color:#1E598E;
        font-weight: bold;
        display:inline;
        text-shadow: 1px 1px white;}
    #other-social-bar .other-follow li {
        font-size: 12px;
        font-weight: bold;
        display:inline;
        border:0;
        text-shadow: 1px 1px white;}
    #other-social-bar .other-follow li a {
        font-size: 12px;
        color:#1E598E;
        font-weight: bold;
        display:inline;
        text-shadow: 1px 1px white;}
    #other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-rss {
        background: url('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWs0gHLjNJmr9GK6iS4kQ4T7xih_1K0PiQJt_v1BGuNfEW9Goa_NiH97SA0LCBxRnyuini5ICGlPSfdJvrhchNRlrbqGpyB_gdPiZeO7wcF4JL5VjdqtXDapbId0ircLuCs4jVfYe9YE/s400/rss-16x16.png') no-repeat transparent;
        line-height: 1;
        padding: 0px 3px 1px 20px;
        width: 60px;
        margin-bottom:0px;
            margin-left:5px;}

#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-rss a, #other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-twitter-box a, 
#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-gplus-soc a{
    text-decoration:none;
    }

#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-rss a:hover, #other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-twitter-box a:hover, #other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-gplus-soc a:hover{
    text-decoration:underline;
    }

#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-twitter-box {
        background: url('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HUj5OffkYobLhNCtRIHybS0icimZWWubiEzXRIMWk4a1J0sDvlVWTIGWXW_jmZGpV2_IiqavlRl869fxn1xnH7aewgLj-gRSf5ubjmvCdbfdyseUhFWk3MYX_Tv_C8NyrHjPiLrl-ro/s400/twitter-box%2527.png') no-repeat transparent;
        line-height: 1;
        padding: 0px 3px 1px 20px;
        width: 60px;
        margin-bottom:0px;}

#other-social-bar .other-follow li.facebook {
        background: url('http://www.chefhangout.com/chef/lib/images/facebook_icon.jpg') no-repeat transparent;
        line-height: 1;
        padding: 0px 3px 1px 20px;
        width: 60px;
        margin-bottom:0px;}

#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-gplus-soc {
        background: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3DknPVGa0fZOyBfzhx5TNakfOCXbJknDofJm3wy_m0OLaAfaXRc3lPzYgFESQuhKy2t_J-v8SN9kZamMow9I5qiv0uif-9LBsU_bQEDSjS9Qdx8qvFjBPTCEgU0fA_7uPzd922E6Y54/s400/gplus-soc-16x16.png) no-repeat transparent;
        line-height: 1;
        width: 60px;
        padding: 0px 3px 1px 20px;
        margin-bottom:0px;}

</style>

<!--[if IE]>

<![endif]-->

<div style="margin-bottom:10px;">
 <div id="HTB-MSB-bar" >

<g:plus href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/114713768214549309979/" width="300" height="131" margin="0px" theme="light"></g:plus> </div>
<div class="fb-box-like">
 <iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2FYOUR FACEBOOK PAGE LINK&send=false&layout=standard&width=250&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font=tahoma&height=35&appId=487763874571866" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:250px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div>
<div class="google-plus-box">
  <span>Recommend us on Google!</span><div class="g-plusone" data-size="medium">
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script> </div>
<div class="pin-it">
<span>Follow us on Pinterest!</span>
<a href="YOUR PINTERET LINK"><img src="http://passets-lt.pinterest.com/images/about/buttons/pinterest-button.png" width="80" height="28" alt="Follow Me on Pinterest" /></a></div>
<div class="twitter-box">
  <iframe title="" style="width: 300px; height: 20px;" class="twitter-box-follow-button" src="http://platform.twitter-box.com/widgets/follow_button.html#_=1319978796351& align=&button=blue&id=twitter-box_tweet_button_0& lang=en&link_color=&screen_name=twitter-box USER NAME&show_count=& show_screen_name=&text_color=" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </div>
<div id="email-news-subscribe">
  <div class="email-box">
 <form action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify" method="post" target="popupwindow" onsubmit="window.open('YOUR FEEDBURNER LINK', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true">
 <input class="email" type="text" style="width: 150px; font-size: 12px;" id="email" name="email" value="Enter Your Email here.." onfocus="ifundefinedthis.value==this.defaultValue)this.value='';" onblur="ifundefinedthis.value=='')this.value=this.defaultValue;" /> <input type="hidden" value="YOUR FEED NAME" name="uri" /> <input type="hidden" name="loc" value="en_US" /> <input class="subscribe" name="commit" type="submit" value="Subscribe" /> </form>
</div>
</div>
<div id="other-social-bar">
 
 <ul class="other-follow">
<li class="my-gplus-soc"> <a rel="nofollow" title="Google+" rel="author" href=YOUR GOOGLE+ PAGE LINK target="_blank">Google Plus</a> </li>
<li class="my-rss"> <a rel="nofollow" title="RSS" href="FEEDBURNER LINK" target="_blank">RSS Feeds</a> </li>
<li class="my-twitter-box"> <a rel="nofollow" title="twitter-box" rel="author" href=YOUR twitter-box PROFILE LINK  target="_blank">twitter-box</a> </li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>

4) : Before saving the code make the necessary changes in the code so that it can work for you perfectly.

5) : Replace facebook, twitter, Google+ and Pinterest links with the links to your pages.

This is all for today. I hope you will like my this sharing and encourage me to share more in future. If you like this widget then subscribe to your blog posts and share it with your friends to. If you feel any problem at any step do mention in comments. Have a Nice Day.