I've got a great little tutorial for you today. This one will show you how to add a popup email subscription button to your blog. It will place a follow button on the bottom right hand corner of your blog. When a user clicks on the follow button an email subscription box will appear. The beauty of the button is that it is fixed. So whenever a user scrolls down the page the follow button moves with them. The button is unobtrusive so it won't clutter your sidebar but it as it is always on the screen wherever you are on the page subscriptions should increase. it is based on the newly introduced follow by email widget.
So let's look at how to add it.
First things first. You'll need to add the follow by email widget. To do this - Dashboard>Layout>add a Gadget>Follow by Email .
Delete Title and add feedburner URL.
Save.
Then navigate to Dashboard>Template>Edit HTML>Proceed.
Look for </head>.
Add the code below above </head>
<style type="text/css">
/*<![CDATA[*/
.FollowByEmail {background-color: #c0c0c0;width: 200px;color: #fff;position: fixed;z-index: 999999;right: 10px;bottom: 0;}
.followOpened {-webkit-border-radius: 1px 0 0;-moz-border-radius: 1px 0 0;border-radius: 1px 0 0;-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);}
.w2bfollowButton {background: #c0c0c0;color: #CCC;font-size: 12px;line-height: 28px;padding: 0 10px;text-decoration: none;position: absolute;top: -28px;right: 0;display: block;-webkit-box-shadow: 0 -1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);-moz-box-shadow: 0 -1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);box-shadow: 0 -1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);-webkit-border-radius: 2px 2px 0 0;-moz-border-radius: 2px 2px 0 0;border-radius: 2px 2px 0 0;height: 28px;}
.w2bfollowButton span {background: url("http://girldoesgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/follow.png") no-repeat scroll 0 3px transparent;padding-left: 15px;}
.w2bfollowButton:hover,.followActive {color: #fff !important;}
.w2bfollowButton:hover span,.followActive span {background-position: 0 -37px !important;}
.followactive {background-color: #333;}
.follow-by-email-inner {padding: 15px;}
.FollowByEmail h2 {padding: 15px 15px 0;font-size: 18px;margin: 0 0 10px;font-weight: normal;}
.follow-by-email-inner p {margin: 0 0 10px;}
.follow-by-email-inner .follow-by-email-address {width: 95%;padding: 2px 4px;margin: 0 auto;-webkit-border-radius: 3px;-moz-border-radius: 3px;border-radius: 3px;font-size: 15px;border: 1px solid #444;color: #888;display: block;clear: both;}
.follow-by-email-inner form {text-align: center;}
.follow-by-email-inner td{display: inline-block;width:100%;text-align:center;}
.follow-by-email-inner .follow-by-email-address:focus {color: #000;border-color: #000;}
.follow-by-email-inner .follow-by-email-submit {cursor: pointer;padding: 2px 20px;background: #333;background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #333 0%, #111 100%);background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #333 0%, #111 100%);background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #333 0%, #111 100%);background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #333 0%, #111 100%);background: linear-gradient(top, #333 0%, #111 100%);color: #ccc;text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #000;border: 1px solid #282828;-webkit-border-radius: 11px;-moz-border-radius: 11px;border-radius: 11px;-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #444;-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #444;box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #444;text-decoration: none;-webkit-transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out;-moz-transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out;-o-transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out;-ms-transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out;transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out;margin: 1em 0 1em 0;}
.follow-by-email-submit:hover {background: #222;background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #333 0%, #222 100%);background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #333 0%, #222 100%);background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #333 0%, #222 100%);background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #333 0%, #222 100%);background: linear-gradient(top, #333 0%, #222 100%);color: #fff;-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #4f4f4f;-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #4f4f4f;box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #4f4f4f;text-decoration: none;}
.follow-by-email-submit:active {background: #111;background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #111 0%, #222 100%);background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #111 0%, #222 100%);background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #111 0%, #222 100%);background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #111 0%, #222 100%);background: linear-gradient(top, #111 0%, #222 100%);color: #aaa;-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 0 #333;-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 0 #333;box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 0 #333;text-decoration: none;}
.w2bFollowFooter {text-align: center;font: normal 11px "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;padding: 7px 0;margin: 0 0 -15px !important;border-top: 1px solid #3c3c3c;}
.w2bFollowFooter a {color: #aaa;text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #262626;background: none;text-decoration: none;}
.w2bFollowFooter a:hover {color: #fff;background: none;}
/*]]>*/
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
/*<![CDATA[*/
;(function(w2b){w2b(document).ready(function(){w2b.extend(w2b.easing,{easeOutCubic:function(x,t,b,c,d){return c*((t=t/d-1)*t*t+1)+b}});var followBox=w2b(".FollowByEmail");followBox.prepend("<a class="w2bfollowButton" href="#"><span>Follow</span></a>");w2b("<p></p>",{class:"w2bFollowFooter",html:"<a href="http://feedburner.google.com" target="_blank">Delivered by FeedBurner</a>"}).appendTo(followBox.find(".follow-by-email-inner"));followBox.find("td:last").removeAttr("width");var followHeight="-"+followBox.outerHeight()+"px";followBox.hide().css({bottom:"-500px"});setTimeout(function(){followBox.show().animate({bottom:followHeight})},500);w2b(".w2bfollowButton").click(function(e){if(followBox.hasClass("followOpened")){w2b(this).removeClass("followActive");followBox.removeClass("followOpened").animate({bottom:followHeight},{duration:200,easing:"easeOutCubic"})}else{w2b(this).addClass("followActive");followBox.addClass("followOpened").animate({bottom:"0"},{duration:400,easing:"easeOutCubic"})}e.preventDefault()})})})(jQuery);
/*]]>*/
</script>
That is all there is to it! Any problems? Leave a comment.
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