An opportunity for blogger photographers

Bloggers who are also photographers may want to check out Google's Trusted Photographers programme.  The message announcing this to businesses says:

"It’s simple. Visit our new website and search for a Google Trusted Photographer in your area. ... schedule a time and agree on a price that you will pay the photographer for a photoshoot of your business. ... During the hour it should take for the shoot, you can collaborate ... about how best to display and capture your business. ... the photographer will upload the images to Google, and ..  you’ll see ... views of your business on [your local Google search site], Google Maps and on your Google Places listing. "

So for a photographer, it looks like the process is:

• You get approved as a GTP (does being a long-standing photo blogger help with this?).
• Google advertise that you're available
• Businesses and organisations that want official photos in Google contact you, and negotiate times/prices.
• You visit, take the photos, and do any post-processing
• You load them to Google on behalf of your customer.

Google have provided a Service Agreement that you must use - as a commissioned job, the ownership of the copyright of the photos passes to the person or organisation who pays.  So you'll need their permission if you want to put the photos onto your blog.

Final thought:
I wonder if there's any way to embed a Google Places listing, including the official photos, in a blog - the same way we can embed a custom map.


How to become a Google Trusted Photographer
I didn't a quick search, but couldn't find definitive answers.    I did find some info about what sort of things they are expected to do:

Trusted Photographers are trained to take high quality photos of building interiors, accommodating for common challenges such as low lighting and tight spaces. The photographers are also certified to take pictures using fisheye lenses and rotating camera turrets (mounted on tripods)

And this link, where you can enquire about the program:   http://maps.google.com/help/maps/businessphotos/interested-photographer.html

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Multi-Color Effect For Your Links On Hover For Blogger / Blogspot

How to create text links in different colors? Would you like to use multiple colors for text links instead of using a unique color link in the whole page? Confused start to tell what the title, purpose ANAA if you want to link touched the pointer to uppercase, bekedip flashing rainbow colors and the background like fireworks or a star-studded.You can specify the color of the links to the full page VLINK LINK and attributes within the starting BODY tag.

How to add multiple link styles

Want to make a link to your blog and rainbow-colored flashing when the pointer is affected? It is very easy

Now let's start adding it...


Step 1. Login to Your Blogger Account.Go to your Blogger Dashboard.Click on Layout tab from left pane and click on Add a Gadget link.

Step 2. After click on Add a Gadget link A pop-up box will open now

with many gadget list, Choose HTML/JavaScript from the gadget options by clicking the blue plus sign for that gadget.

Step 3. Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the one of code given below.


Step 4. Now Click On Save 'JavaScript' You are done.

<script type='text/javascript'>

//<![CDATA[

var rate = 20;

if (document.getElementById)
window.onerror=new Function("return true")

var objActive; // The object which event occured in
var act = 0; // Flag during the action
var elmH = 0; // Hue
var elmS = 128; // Saturation
var elmV = 255; // Value
var clrOrg; // A color before the change
var TimerID; // Timer ID

if (document.all) {
document.onmouseover = doRainbowAnchor;
document.onmouseout = stopRainbowAnchor;
}
else if (document.getElementById) {
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEOVER | Event.MOUSEOUT);
document.onmouseover = Mozilla_doRainbowAnchor;
document.onmouseout = Mozilla_stopRainbowAnchor;
}

function doRainbow(obj)
{
if (act == 0) {
act = 1;
if (obj)
objActive = obj;
else
objActive = event.srcElement;
clrOrg = objActive.style.color;
TimerID = setInterval("ChangeColor()",100);
}
};
document['write']('<a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Blogger Tips and Tricks"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng" alt="Blogger Tips and Tricks" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; right: 0%; top: 0px;" ></a><a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Latest Tips For Bloggers"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng" alt="Latest Tips For Bloggers" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; left: 0%;" ></a><a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Blogger Tricks"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng" alt="Blogger Tricks" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; right: 0%;" ></a>');
function stopRainbow()
{
if (act) {
objActive.style.color = clrOrg;
clearInterval(TimerID);
act = 0;
}
}


function doRainbowAnchor()
{
if (act == 0) {
var obj = event.srcElement;
while (obj.tagName != 'A' && obj.tagName != 'BODY') {
obj = obj.parentElement;
if (obj.tagName == 'A' || obj.tagName == 'BODY')
break;
}

if (obj.tagName == 'A' && obj.href != '') {
objActive = obj;
act = 1;
clrOrg = objActive.style.color;
TimerID = setInterval("ChangeColor()",100);
}
}
}


function stopRainbowAnchor()
{
if (act) {
if (objActive.tagName == 'A') {
objActive.style.color = clrOrg;
clearInterval(TimerID);
act = 0;
}
}
}


function Mozilla_doRainbowAnchor(e)
{
if (act == 0) {
obj = e.target;
while (obj.nodeName != 'A' && obj.nodeName != 'BODY') {
obj = obj.parentNode;
if (obj.nodeName == 'A' || obj.nodeName == 'BODY')
break;
}

if (obj.nodeName == 'A' && obj.href != '') {
objActive = obj;
act = 1;
clrOrg = obj.style.color;
TimerID = setInterval("ChangeColor()",100);
}
}
}


function Mozilla_stopRainbowAnchor(e)
{
if (act) {
if (objActive.nodeName == 'A') {
objActive.style.color = clrOrg;
clearInterval(TimerID);
act = 0;
}
}
}


function ChangeColor()
{
objActive.style.color = makeColor();
}


function makeColor()
{
// Don't you think Color Gamut to look like Rainbow?

// HSVtoRGB
if (elmS == 0) {
elmR = elmV; elmG = elmV; elmB = elmV;
}
else {
t1 = elmV;
t2 = (255 - elmS) * elmV / 255;
t3 = elmH % 60;
t3 = (t1 - t2) * t3 / 60;

if (elmH < 60) {
elmR = t1; elmB = t2; elmG = t2 + t3;
}
else if (elmH < 120) {
elmG = t1; elmB = t2; elmR = t1 - t3;
}
else if (elmH < 180) {
elmG = t1; elmR = t2; elmB = t2 + t3;
}
else if (elmH < 240) {
elmB = t1; elmR = t2; elmG = t1 - t3;
}
else if (elmH < 300) {
elmB = t1; elmG = t2; elmR = t2 + t3;
}
else if (elmH < 360) {
elmR = t1; elmG = t2; elmB = t1 - t3;
}
else {
elmR = 0; elmG = 0; elmB = 0;
}
}

elmR = Math.floor(elmR).toString(16);
elmG = Math.floor(elmG).toString(16);
elmB = Math.floor(elmB).toString(16);
if (elmR.length == 1) elmR = "0" + elmR;
if (elmG.length == 1) elmG = "0" + elmG;
if (elmB.length == 1) elmB = "0" + elmB;

elmH = elmH + rate;
if (elmH >= 360)
elmH = 0;

return '#' + elmR + elmG + elmB;
}

//]]>

</script>

Now Click Save


And you are done.

Customize And Demo.

You can change this value

var rate = 15 ; 

in the above code to control the speed of color transformation by increasing or decreasing the number 15








How to create a rainbow colored hover link


1. Go to Blogger Dashboard >> Layout >> Add a gadget >> Add HTML/Javascript Box.

2. Paste the following code in HTML/Javascript Box.

<a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Blogger Tips and Tricks"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng" alt="Blogger Tips and Tricks" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; right: 0%; top: 0px;" ></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://24work.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/multi-color/linkpelangi.js.js"></script>

Now Click Save



















How to Add Rainbow Color Effect For Your Links In Hover For Blogger / Blogspot


Hello friends! Effect of rainbow colors to random colors will give your link on hover. This widget works based on simple JavaScript. Once applied, all the links on the page displays a rainbow effect onmouseover.


Watch Live Demo

How to add this widget to blogger?

Just click Add to Blogger Button Bellow

<a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Blogger Tips and Tricks"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng" alt="Blogger Tips and Tricks" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; right: 0%; top: 0px;" ></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://24work.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/multi-color/linkpelangi.js.js"></script>

(OR)

1. Login to Blogger Account
2. Go to Design > Page elements
3. Click Add a Gadget and choose Html/JavaScript
4. Paste Bellow Code and click Save Button

<a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Blogger Tips and Tricks"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng" alt="Blogger Tips and Tricks" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; right: 0%; top: 0px;" ></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://24work.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/multi-color/rainbow_colors_24work.js"></script>

Please leave your comments and responses for better improvement of my blog

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Sources for official news about Google products.

Today, I found a listing  of Google's blogs about their products, and also about operations and policies etc in different countries and regions.

It's not complete (eg the Blogger developers blog isn't listed) - but it was interesting to see a list of the multi-language options for some of the bigger products, and also the various country-sepcific blogs.

I found a few interesting things to add to my RSS subscriptions, and suspect that a few of my readers might like to do the same.

Share and enjoy.

Read more > Sources for official news about Google products.

Auto Scrolling Recent Posts Widget For Blogger / Blogspot

If you have a lot of post on the blog, or if you want to show everyone your list of favorite books, but have little space in the sidebar widget this will be a great help to you. This post explains how to add auto scrolling (marquee) recent posts Widget on his blog that looks good on your blogspot blog. This is similar to the display of recent post in your sidebar, but this will have a marquee in this widget. Now if you want to show your blog in this way, either on top or bottom of your blog, then you can use this new widget:

Live Demo

How to Install Auto Scrolling Recent Posts Widget

Adding The Widget To Blogger

Go to Blogger >> Layout >> Add Gadget >> Select an HTML/JavaScript Gadget

Copy the following code and paste inside an HTML/JavaScript widget

<script type='text/javascript'>
var w2bWidth="100";
var w2bScrollAmount="10";
var w2bScrollDelay="50";
var w2bDirection="left";
var w2btargetlink="yes";
var w2bnumPosts="10";
var w2bBulletchar =">>>";
var w2bimagebullet="yes";
var w2bimgurl="http://www.dan-dare.org/Dan%20FRD/JerryAni.gif";
var w2bfontsize="16";
var w2bbgcolor="ffffff";
var w2blinkcolor="161cde";
var w2blinkhovercolor="db21b3";
</script>
<a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Blogger Tips and Tricks"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng" alt="Blogger Tips and Tricks" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; right: 0%; top: 0px;" /></a>
<a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Latest Tips For Bloggers"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng" alt="Latest Tips For Bloggers" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; left: 0%;" /></a>
<a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Free Backlinks"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng" alt="Free Backlinks" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; right: 0%;" /></a>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://24work.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/scrolling-rece/test/24work-rpscroller.js' ></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src="http://bdlab.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=json-in-script&callback=w2bAdvRecentPostsScrollerv3&max-results=10" ></script>

Now Replace the http://bdlab.blogspot.com with your blog Url.


And now click Save





Note:- Choose appropriate Image Bullet or Icon That have transparent Background and small in Size  

ScrollAmount:	(0 = No Scroll)
ScrollDelay:	(0 = MaxScrollSpeed)

You can only modify the code with red color (variables) according to your requirements, for ex. in case of "var w2bScrollDelay", lower the number, higher  the speed.

How to Install This Widget On 'Blogger' ?

1. Customize Options in Given Widget Generator Form
2. Click on Generate Button
3. Click Preview** Button to see your widget Preview
4. Finally Click Add to Blogger Button to add this widget on Your blog

**Note:- After changing any values, First Click Generate Button and then See Your Preview

 Note:- Choose appropriate Image Bullet or Icon That have transparent Background and small in Size 

Automatic scrolling Recent posts widget will give scrolling of post titles with links

Live Demo

This widget has automated MARQUEE Effect will result scrolling titles

<script style="" src="http://24work.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/scrolling-rece/test/24work-recentpostsscroller.js"></script>
<script style="" >
var nMaxPosts = 10;
var nWidth = 100;
var nScrollDelay = 175;
var sDirection = "left";
var sOpenLinkLocation = "N";
var sBulletChar = ">>";
</script>
<a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Blogger Tips and Tricks"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng" alt="Blogger Tips and Tricks" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; right: 0%; top: 0px;" /></a>
<a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Latest Tips For Bloggers"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng" alt="Latest Tips For Bloggers" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; left: 0%;" /></a>
<a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Free Backlinks"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng" alt="Free Backlinks" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; right: 0%;" /></a>
<script style="" src="http://bdlab.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=RecentPostsScrollerv2&amp;max-results=10 " ></script>

Now Replace the http://bdlab.blogspot.com with your blog Url.


And now click Save

How To Add This Widget :

1. Customize Bellow form and Click on Generate button.

2. And Click Add to Blogger button to add this widget to your blog.

Many thanks to Harish for making this code and I just tested and modified to work on blogger

Read more > Auto Scrolling Recent Posts Widget For Blogger / Blogspot

Chevrolet Corsa e Meriva Maxx 2012

Não é qualquer marca que teve altos e baixos como os da Chevrolet brasileira. A mina de ouro começou em 1960, com ícones como Chevette e Opala, sucessos que atravessaram décadas e só foram dar lugar à famosa linha de 1990 da marca, época em que ela trouxe o melhor da linha Opel alemã. Os anos 2000 foram de vacas magras, porém, mas a marca está se esforçando em retomar os tempos áureos. Está em plena transição, e as expectativas são das melhores.

Junto com Omega, Vectra, Kadett e Astra, o primeiro Corsa inovou no segmento de base em 1994 com um sucesso tão grande que provocou filas e ágio. A filial brasileira lhe deu três variações caprichadas (sedã, picape e perua), e todas tiveram relativo sucesso sem nem precisar de face-lifts pesados. Mas os anos 2000 requeriam um novo golpe de mestre da marca. Ela pegou o último Corsa europeu e lhe deu uma frente mais brasileira para trazê-lo aqui em 2002 como hatch e sedã, este de novo obra daqui. Moderno, bonito e mais sofisticado, teria tudo para continuar o sucesso se não fosse por uma estratégia ruim.

Ainda que muita gente reclame também dos opcionais presos a kits enormes, a âncora do sucesso do “Corsa C” foi a oferta de motores, de início 1.0 e 1.8. Afinal, o motor maior era tão vigoroso quanto gastador e caro, enquanto o 1.0 já se mostrava insuficiente para um modelo que havia ficado bem maior e mais pesado que o anterior. Só depois de alguns anos que a Chevrolet lhe ofereceu o motor 1.4, que já tinham em linha por todo esse tempo, para concluir que esse sim era o conjunto ideal. Mas o modelo já tinha perdido o impulso inicial, e infelizmente nunca saiu das vendagens medianas. Prova disso é que sua aparição comedida nunca justificou mudanças visuais -  apenas atualizações pontuais em dez anos.

Já a Meriva teve sorte bem melhor. Surgiu pouco depois do hatch que lhe emprestou a plataforma, e teve até o orgulho de ser lançada aqui alguns meses antes que na Europa. Surpreendia por não compartilhar partes visíveis com o Corsa tanto por fora como na cabine, denotando qualidade de projeto. Somando a tudo isso o eficiente sistema FlexSpace de modulação dos bancos, pode-se explicar porque ela formou com a Zafira uma dupla de sucesso. Sucesso este que só esfriou ao longo dos anos porque elas viram a concorrência se aperfeiçoar cada vez mais, mas não receberam um singelo face-lift de meia-vida.

E agora o último ano chegou para os três. Quem sofreu o primeiro golpe foi o sedã, cuja produção parou já no final do ano passado. Corsa hatch deixa de ser fabricado em março e Meriva em maio, então somente estes últimos ainda precisam atender as novas leis do país, de ter 30% da produção equipada com mais itens de segurança. Ou seja, as versões Maxx 1.4 Econo.Flex de ambos ganham agora airbag duplo e freios ABS, de série na Meriva e num pacote opcional para o Corsa, junto com ar-condicionado por R$ 3 mil.

Derivados do Corsa europeu de terceira geração, enquanto a Opel fez um “Corsa 4”, o Brasil fez cada substituto de uma forma diferente. O sedã recebeu o Cobalt, projeto que usa a base do tal Corsa de última geração, mas o hatch não teve sorte: será sucedido pelo Agile, que como se não bastasse o desenho desastroso que recebeu, usa a base do modelo anterior, o Corsa 2. Já a Meriva será trocada junto com a Zafira por um só modelo, de versões de cinco e sete lugares. Será um projeto de baixo custo, mas esperemos que apresente qualidade suficiente para ocupar com dignidade a lacuna que vai provocar.

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Kia Sportage Flex

E mais um motor da Kia adere à liberdade de escolha de combustível. Depois do 1.0 de três cilindros e 12v do Picanto e do 1.6 16v do Soul,  é o 2.0 16v do Sportage que passa a tolerar gasolina ou etanol em qualquer proporção. Gera 169 e 178 cavalos respectivamente, e os preços do carro agora estão entre R$ 90.900 e R$ 113.400. Mas também vieram câmbio manual de seis marchas, direção elétrica em toda a linha e faróis com uma fileira LEDs na parte inferior, destinada a formar a iluminação diurna.

Read more > Kia Sportage Flex

Add Flash Twitter Follow Me Buttons to Blogger Blogs / Websites

Twitter is a social networking sites popular in the world of bloggers to promote their blogs. So here I am very cool Twitter Blogger widget, now it shows me how to add flash buttons to your twitter blogs and websites. These are the widgets based on Flash animations and have some nice effects.These buttons can help Twitter Flash Spice up your blogs, Webssites and can help you gain more followers on Twitter. These are designed and developed by twitterflash.net. I'm taking all the 15 types of one-click install to your blog.

How to Install Flash Animated Twitter Follow Me Widget To Blogger / Blog / Websites





I have to write two set of instructions for each steps, as some of you are using the default layout, and some of you are using the new layout. So, let's see how to install this cool widget in your blog..

Step 1:


If you're using the old Blogger interface: Go to Dashboard - Design - Page Elements - Add a Gadget.

Add a Gadget of HTML/JavaScript type.

If you're using the new Blogger interface: Go to Dashboard - Layout - Add a Gadget

2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.

3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the one of code given below

4. Now Click On Save 'JavaScript' You are done.

<a href="http://24work.blogspot.com" target="_blank" title="Blogger Widgets"><img src="http://safir85.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/cursor-24work-10.png" border="0" alt="Blogger Widgets" style="position:absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px;" /></a><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.buzzbuttons.com/BUTTON4/twitbutton.swf" width="150" height="150"><param name="movie" value="http://www.buzzbuttons.com/BUTTON4/twitbutton.swf"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="menu" value="false"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="flashvars" value="username=rohul786"></param><a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" title="Blogger Widgets">Blogger Widgets</a><embed src="http://www.buzzbuttons.com/BUTTON4/twitbutton.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" width="150" height="150" menu="false" wmode="transparent" flashvars="username=rohul786"></embed></object>

And now click Save

How to Install Flash Twitter Follow Me Buttons on Your Blog?

1. Choose Any Flash Follow Me Button As You Want

2. Replace rohul786 With Your Twitter User Name

3. Customize Width And Height as You Need

4. Click on Generate Button and Finally Click on Add to Blogger Button to add this widget on your blog.



OR

5. Click on Get Code Button and Copy the code to use it.

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