Friday, March 9, 2007

Blogroll and Buttons

The TopBlogMag blogroll is a great way to advertise the fact that you write for TopBlogMag, increase the number of links to your blog and get your blog name displayed on other writers blogs.

Everybody on the list must display the blogroll somewhere on their blog, meaning that your blog will be linked to by all the other people on the roll increasing your links, your blog name will be sat on everybody else's sidebar or links page just waiting for their readers to click on it and become your readers too and your name shall only be accompanied by those writers deemed good enough for publication in TopBlogMag.

Note: The blogroll is optional for all those that joined topblogmag before 1st of June but compulsory for those that joined afterwards.

To get your blog on our blogroll you must be a writer or contributer (ie have had a link from us in the 'join-in' section at the bottom of the main page) for TopBlogMag. If this is the case simply copy and paste the code below for the colour scheme of your choice onto your sidebar or links page and email your blog url to

Once I have checked to make sure the blogroll is up and running on your site I shall add your blog to the list.

If you choose to put the blogroll on a links page or somewhere else not visible from your main page please put a link on your main page going to the blogroll on your site using one of our buttons. The blogroll must be reachable by no more than one click from your main page and be easy to find.

Please note: This list is for TopBlogMag writers and contributers only. If you are not a writer or contributor of TopBlogMag and want to put the blogroll on your site you can, but you will not be added to the roll.

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Code for blogroll with red border


Code for blogroll with black border


Code for blogroll with gray border


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We also have a collection of lovely buttons for you to decorate your blog with.


To put one of these in your sidebar:
  1. Right click on the image you want and select 'save image'
  2. Save to your own computer and then upload to an image hosting site such as photobucket
  3. Copy and paste the code below into your sidebar element
  4. Replace the words put image url here with the url of the image you just uploaded to photobucket or similar image hosting site. Note: Make sure there are no spaces between the url and the quotation marks



If you want the image to be centered in your sidebar use the following code (notice the addition of p align=" center" surrounded by the arrows. Should you want to center any other images in your sidebars just add that little piece of code to the beginning).



If you want to use one of the buttons to direct your readers to the TopBlogMag blogroll (if
the blogroll is not visible on your main page) simply change the url http://topblomag.blogspot.com/to the url on your blog where the blogroll can be found.































































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