Add Facebook Like Button Below Post Titles

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This Facebook Like button allow users to Like your post and share it to their Facebook friends. If you want to add the Facebook Like Button below your blogger post title, then follow these steps:

Adding Facebook Like Button Below Post Titles

Step 1. Go To Blogger Dashboard > Template > Edit HTML (click on Proceed if needed)

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Step 2. Click anywhere inside the code area and search - using CTRL + F keys - for this piece of code:
<data:post.body/>
Note: you might find it more than 3 times, stop to the 2nd one (or 3rd one in case it wont show up after applying the code from step 3)

Step 3.  Just above it, paste this code:
<p><iframe allowTransparency='true' expr:src='&quot;http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=&quot; + data:post.url + &quot;&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=100&amp; action=like&amp;font=arial&amp;colorscheme=light&quot;' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100px; height:20px;'/></p>
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Step 4.  Save your template and you are done!

For any questions you may have, please leave a comment below!

Auto Read More with thumbnail for Blogger/Blogspot Posts

This hack will summarize content and show only summary in Home page, Archives Page and Label Page using Automatic Read More simple script in your template. Using automatic read more on your blog will make your blog load faster by showing few post instead of the full post on the homepage.
Automatic read more for blogger posts can be done by inputting some code into your blog templates.

How to install Automatic Read More Hack for Blogger

There are two options you can choose from:

1. Auto readmore for all the posts:

Step 1. Find (CRTL + F) this code:

<data:post.body/>

Step 2. And replace with this:

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'>
 <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;static_page&quot;'>
  <div>
   <b:if cond='data:post.thumbnailUrl'>
    <img class='post-thumbnail' expr:alt='data:post.title' expr:src='data:post.thumbnailUrl' width='72px' height='72px'/>
   </b:if>
   <data:post.snippet/>
  </div>
  <div class='jump-link'>
   <a expr:href='data:post.url' expr:title='data:post.title'><data:post.jumpText/></a>
  </div>
 <b:else/>
  <data:post.body/>
 </b:if>
<b:else/>
 <data:post.body/>
</b:if>

2. Read more only for older posts (your latest post will appear normal):

Find (CTRL + F) and replace <data:post.body/> with:

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'>
 <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;static_page&quot;'>
  <b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:blog.homepageUrl'>
   <b:if cond='data:post.isFirstPost == &quot;true&quot;'>
    <data:post.body/>
     <b:if cond='data:post.hasJumpLink'>
      <div class='jump-link'>
       <a expr:href='data:post.url + &quot;#more&quot;' expr:title='data:post.title'><data:post.jumpText/></a> 
      </div>
     </b:if>
   <b:else/>
    <div>
     <b:if cond='data:post.thumbnailUrl'>
      <img class='post-thumbnail' expr:alt='data:post.title' expr:src='data:post.thumbnailUrl' width='72px' height='72px'/>
     </b:if>
     <data:post.snippet/>
    </div>
    <div class='jump-link'>
     <a expr:href='data:post.url' expr:title='data:post.title'><data:post.jumpText/></a>
    </div>
   </b:if>
  <b:else/>
   <div>
    <b:if cond='data:post.thumbnailUrl'>
     <img class='post-thumbnail' expr:alt='data:post.title' expr:src='data:post.thumbnailUrl' width='72px' height='72px'/>
    </b:if>
    <data:post.snippet/>
   </div>
   <div class='jump-link'>
    <a expr:href='data:post.url' expr:title='data:post.title'><data:post.jumpText/></a>
   </div>
  </b:if>
 <b:else/>
  <data:post.body/>
 </b:if>
<b:else/>
 <data:post.body/>
</b:if>

Settings:

A. If you want the thumbnail to appear on the left:

Step 1. Find (CTRL + F) the following piece of code:

]]></b:skin>

Step 2. Just above it, paste this code:

.post-thumbnail{float:left;margin-right:20px}

B. If you want the thumbnail to appear on the right,

Paste above ]]></b:skin> this code:

.post-thumbnail{float:right;margin-left:20px}

Click Preview and if it works, click Save Template.

That's it, enjoy!