Rahul Gaur

How To Host Files on Google Code For Free?

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File hosting on googleGooglepages were amazing resource for bloggers who could not afford web hosting costs. I remember, it offered a free storage of 100MB but due to its failure Google replace it with Google sites which proved to be far more unsuccessful. Development is increasing therefore Google showed its generosity again by providing a free 4GB upload storage with an  amazing upload limit  of 200MB per file! I found it too important for blogger users. We often need direct links to host JavaScript, jquery and some flash files. Due to low quality free serving sites like mydatanest, fileave, boxtr etc., I thought it would be great to share how can Google help you in this case. Lets learn a new free way to host files.
I must remind you that you can upload anything you want under the limit of 200MB per file. May it be Java, php, MySQL or even pyThon.

Google Project Hosting

This free service is called Google project hosting. We will need to create an account/project  first with gmail ID. Lets begin
  1. Log into this link with your Gmail ID
  2. Then give your Project a name without spaces and fill up remaining blanks as shown below,

3.   Fill up the areas simply with your blog title and choose MIT as the license and choose Mercurial version.

        4.   Hit “Create Project“
         5.  On the next window click the New Download link under the Downloads Tab. See the screenshot below:

          6. Next to summary field give your file a name and hit the browse button to locate your file. Click submit file and bingo you are done!
          7. Click your uploaded file and you will be taken to a new page.
          8. Clicking it again will popup a download window but we don’t need to download it. Instead rightclick the file and choose “Copy link location” This link is what you would need when linking to the file through your blogger Edit HTML section.
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Advantage

I will ask you in future to save your javascripts here in order to make the tutorial length precise and make things look more simple. It wont slow down your widgets load time because the script is located on Google servers with 100% uptime. You can save javascripts on Blogger too but its better to keep your template clean rather pasting large chunks of code inside it. Have fun pals! 🙂

How to Add NetworkedBlogs Widget in Blogger

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Create and Add NetworkedBlogs Widget in Blogger. Traffic generation is the main concerns for every publisher in the current social media and social networking ear. NetworkedBlogs is an extension of the NetworkedBlogs Facebook Application to make user-generated blog directory accessible outside Facebook and provide more exposure to your blogs.


I have took some screen shots and prepared step by step tutorial and by using it, i will show you how you can add NetworkedBlogs Widget in your Blogger blog or if you are familiar with wordpress then you can add it to the wordpress also. You will definitely generate some traffic after adding this widget in your blog because there are 500,000 Blogs network is waiting for you.

Steps to Add NetworkedBlogs Widget in Blogger


Step 1. Open this link – http://www.networkedblogs.com/ and click on Add your Blog button.


Step 2. It will now ask your for your Facebook credentials, enter your facebook user name and password and go ahead.

Step 3. Now Open this link – http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/editblog.php and Add your blog or site details in it (see below screen shot) and click Next button.



Step 4. It will ask for Are you the author of ‘BLOG NAME’?, just click on YES button and move ahead.


Step 5. Now you need to choose the verification method to verify ownership of ‘BLOG NAME’?

– Ask friends to verify you (easy, but takes a little time)
– Use widget to verify ownership (instant, but some technical skills required)

Click on Use widget to verify ownership (instant, but some technical skills required).

Step 6. Now Click on Install Widget >> button, and give the option to Copy the Following Code for Widget. Copy that code.

Step 7.Insert it into your blog template on the right-side column (not in a new post)

– To add the code in blogger, first Log-in to your blogger account and navigate to Layout >> Page Elements.



– Click “Add a Gadget”


– Paste the HTML code you copied from NetworkedBlogs into the text area and click save. You’re done.


Step 8. Click on Verify Widget button on Networkedblogs page and done!

– So now install your widget in your blog and start getting some extra traffic using Networkedblogs.

Labels: Blogger , Blogger Tips and Tricks , Blogger Widgets , Widgets

Google+ Video Calling: How To Set Up a Video Call?

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Google Plus video chatGoogle Plus is the name you hear everywhere today. Google+ uses all major services of Google thus making it the most complete social networking site ever. It gives you an option of both Chat and Video Chat. Amazingly you can not just have to worry about your privacy issues as you did on Facebook but now you can even talk to your friends face to face by making a video call straight from your own Google+ account! This is the plus point of Google+ over Facebook. Google developers have used the same Gmail video chat algorithm to provide you with an option of both chat and video calling. Having a webcam is not a must because you can still see your friends cam with highly quality audio and video. There are however some setup guide and installation steps that you must take to successfully make and receive video calls. Lets jump straight at the tutorial.

Note: Voice and video in G+ only works with the newer version of browsers i.e. FF 2.0+, IE 6.0+, Safari 3.0+, and Google Chrome

How To Install & Enable Google+ Video Calls?

Follow these easy steps
  1. Go To Google+ Video Chat Plugin  and download the plugin. It takes 2-5 seconds to install it.
Google+ video chat     2.   Congratulation you have successfully set up a Video Calling plugin for your Google+
Now you will need to learn how to make a video call on Google Plus. For that kindly read the post below:
   Make and Receive Video Calls on Google+
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How To Make and Receive Video Calls on Google+ ?

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Ever wonder how to make a video call chat on Google Plus or how to receive a video call from a friend during the chat? You can now not only do it  from Gmail, iGoogle or orkut but now even on the revolutionary social networking website: “The Google Plus!” Google voice and video chat incorporates technologies from Vidyo, providing you with the best audio and video quality. You can now have a face to face video conversation with your friends and family members with all fun, jokes and bliss.  You still have a 1-way video chat if you don’t have a webcam and your friend has. Lets know learn how to send and receive video calls on Google Plus.

The amazing thing about this chat conversation is that you can even have a voice chat. So you are provided with four options in Google Plus which are:

  • Text Chat
  • Voice Chat
  • Video Chat
  • File Sending
I am sure with Facebook we just have the first option and they are still working on video Calling.

Send & Receive Video Requests On Google Plus

For making a video call you may first install the video chat plugin. Find installation and setup details from this link:


How to set up Google+ Video Calling?

After you have installed the plugin then you are few steps more to go.

  1. Sign in to your Google+ Account
  2. Click the Home Button at the top,
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    3.   At left side/column you will find the chat list of your friends online and offline.
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  You can see that those who are online are shown with a green icon. The green camera icon means that your friend online has a webcam attached and is available for a video call.
    4.   Simply Click a friend and a new window will pop up towards bottom left corner as shown below,
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      5.  Click the Camera Icon. This will send a video chat request to your friend. He will just need to click the Accept link to accept your ring call and you are all set to start the fun! :>
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