Buoyed by the experience of writing custom HTML gadgets, the idea to take on a bigger project and develop www.dariuspearce.com into something other than a vanity e-mail address drove me to give it a go. There is something deeply satisfying about discovering that the internet is not nearly as mysterious as the technology industry would often like people to believe. IT, much like law, is fundamentally a very simple process hidden behind layers of jargon and technicality designed to make the uninitiated reach deep into their pocket to have someone else take care of it. Once you realise that, a great many things suddenly stop feeling impossible. Now admittedly, I am not coming to this as a complete novice. Quite by coincidence, this very week I happened to bump into my old computer science teacher and we reminisced about the old days. Back then computer science teachers were often mathematics teachers first, because computing itself is fundamentally built upon mathematics and logic....

Building a Jersey News Aggregator for Blogger Using RSS Feeds I recently decided to experiment with building a live Jersey news aggregator directly inside Blogger using nothing more than custom HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The idea was simple: Get Jersey news from multiple local sources in one place — without constantly jumping between websites filled with adverts, popups and distractions. What began as a relatively simple RSS experiment gradually evolved into something much more sophisticated: live RSS aggregation responsive news cards dark mode search filtering headline ticker automatic sorting source filtering article thumbnails auto refresh fallback default images Today.je source extraction duplicate story filtering mobile responsive design curated feed selection Important Blogger Limitation One important thing I discovered during testing is that this works far more reliably inside: a dedicated Blogger page or a full blog post rather than ...

If you run multiple blogs, one of the best things you can do is connect them together into a unified network. A simple navigation bar allows readers to easily move between your websites, increases page views across your ecosystem, and gives your blogs a far more professional appearance. In this tutorial, we will create a clean custom HTML navigation panel for Blogger / Blogspot that can be inserted either into: a blog post, a sidebar gadget, or directly beneath your blog header. The finished result creates a sleek dark-themed navigation hub linking all your blogs together. What This Code Does The code below creates: A responsive navigation section Clickable buttons linking to your other blogs Hover animations Mobile-friendly formatting A professional “blog network” appearance The design uses: HTML for the structure CSS for styling and animations No external plugins or scripts are required. The Code Copy and paste the following into Blogger: <div class...

One of the simplest ways to grow an audience outside of social media is to build an email list. For writers using Blogger or Blogspot, integrating a Substack subscription button directly into your blog is an easy and effective way to encourage readers to follow your work. In this guide, I will show you how to create a custom HTML gadget that links directly to your Substack subscription page.