It ‘s not so encouraging accepting guest posts on a blog hosted on blogger because except from the author’s name at the top of the post, there’s no plugin to automatically display author’s bio below the post like WordPress. You need to manually write the bio along with the post while composing and it’s not so cool. If you recently started accepting guest posts, you need to manually edit those posts you’ve written previously just to make your bio appear on old posts.
This widget allows you to display author’s bio below each and every blog post, even on blogs managed by many authors. Each and every one still get full credit for their work. This widget style is based on the very one WordPress plugin I use on this blog and you can see the demo at doncaprio.blogspot.com. Check the latest posts there I made under different authors.
To get your blog ready for guest posting, you need to first send an invitation to the guest blogger by email.
- Go to Settings > Other
- Under Permissions, you should enter the guest blogger’s email
Upon acceptance, the guest blogger can then log in to your blog to submit the proposed guest post. Though I’m now using WordPress, I took some time to test out this on my old blogspot site to be sure it actually works fine.
Adding About Me / Author’s Bio Below Each Blog Posts
1. Go to Design > Edit HTML or Template > Edit HTML depending on whether you’re using the old or new blogger layout
2. Back up your template before proceeding you can easily restore it in case something goes wrong
3. Check the box labelled Expand Widget Template
4. Press CTRL + F on your keyboard and search for this:
5. In the line just above this, paste this css style:
margin:0 0 10px 0;
padding:0;
}
.dc-about-author-containter{
background: #f2f7fc;
border: 1px solid #000;
clear: both;
margin: 20px 0;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 20px;
}
.dc-about-author-pic{
background: #fff;
border: 1px solid #e7e7e7;
float: left;
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
margin: 0 -122px 0 0;
padding: 10px;
}
.dc-about-author-pic img{
width: 100px;
}
.dc-about-author-text{
float: left;
margin: 0 0 0 140px;
}
6. We’re done with the styling, now let’s finish it up 
We’ll be using conditional statements to display different about me widget for diferent authors, ok?
Search for this code in your template:
7. Just below that, paste the code in this text file:
From BLOG ADMINISTRATOR WIDGET STARTS to BLOG ADMINISTRATOR WIDGET ENDS is for your own posts. This automatically displays your bio under your posts and you should edit all the characters in red as follows:
YOUR NAME – this is the name displayed under your posts as author’s name.
YOUR PHOTO URL – your photo URL should be here. You can upload the picture to your Picasa album and then use the URL.
ABOUT YOURSELF HERE – A brief description about yourself with links to your social network and all that.
Below is a demo of what it looks like:
You should also fill the details for the guest author appropriately.
You should also repeat the widget for guest author each time you get a new author with new details. The number of guest author bio widget you have in your template depends on the number of guest authors you have.
Below is the example of the one I used at doncaprio.blogspot.com:
If you’re having any problem with this widget don’t hesitate to use the comment box and if it works for you, hit the google plus one button and say “thanks”!
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Wow!! Realy impressed with this tutuorial, Thanks..May God Bless Ya.
i am getting this error… pls help…
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly. XML error message: The content of elements must consist of well-formed character data or markup.
Error 500
It’s fixed, Mani.
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Very useful if you receive guest posts. Thanks
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Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure that all XML elements are closed properly. XML error message: The content of elements must consist of well-formed character data or markup.
Error 500
please reply fast.I just got a guest blog request for my blogger blog.
I just realized my post editor is messing up the code. I just fixed it. It should work now.
thanks for your reply… but my blog doesnt show the widget. i have done exactly as you said. i need it at any cost, hlp me in any way. pls
You can let me take a look at your template.
should i mail you the whole template? or there is any other way?
Yes, just mail me the whole template. caprio[at]capriofiles.com
i have sent it… kindly see it
I checked just now and saw you sent the text file. Why not download and send the .xml file instead?
Thanks Caprio, yours is the only posts which made sense to me with regards to multiple authors author box in blogger.
But here comes a problem. I can’t locate in my custom template, what I have is this:
without “/” (slash). I still tried putting the code you gave BELOW this line, nothing happens.
Please help! Many thanks!
You can as well paste it under
<data:post.body/>thank you for your help..:) kindly check this thank you post on my blog http://tech2mind.blogspot.com/2012/02/multiple-author-bio-widget-for-blogger.html
Hey there,
Thanks for the tutorial! Just one problem, I did everything you asked however nothing appears under my posts on the site? I’m getting no errors either so what could have possibly gone wrong?
Did you use the right display name? “Liban Ali”? It won’t display if the right username in the code isn’t found on the post
My question is how to add the box for guest author??
I mean if i got a guest author,then i posted his article..but where i add his bio??
You only need to repeat the code starting from <!–GUEST BLOGGER WIDGET STARTS–> to <!–GUEST BLOGGER WIDGET STARTS–> for every guest blogger you have.
but where i add that bro??
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Hello Don
I want to add this widget in my blog http://www.odishajobs.in. Can you help me about this. If you want to help me just msg me on admin[at]odishajobs.in so that i can send you the xml file.
Regards
Ardhendu
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You can let me have a look. caprio (at) capriofiles (dot) com
nice i really waned this
thanks for share
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Hi Don,
Really great widget idea. Just having a few problems..
At first I got the XML Error Message. Then I tried pasting the Administrator Widget code under . This is well formed, but the ‘About The Author’ box just doesn’t show up on the posts.
Can’t see what I’m doing wrong at the moment.
The site is at http://samplerdgs.blogspot.co.uk/
Thanks!
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Be sure to replace Don Caprio in the code with Robert Smith as seen on the code I’m using on my demo site. – http://www.doncaprio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Authors_bio_code_widget_demo.txt – That’s the only time it’ll show up. If the username doesn’t match, the widget won’t appear.
Twitter: xlimderek
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This worked for me Buh How Do i do the guest stuff..
Won’t it randomly pick guests stuff
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You only need to follow the guide and change the author’s name as explained.
Thanks for the tutorial is there a way to remove “add this widget to your blog” text ?
hi i’m having trouble with this code
there’s no such codes in my template
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PLS THIS THING DID NOT WORK ON MY BLOG OOOO, I NEED IT BADLY THANKS, SHEY MAKE I SEND THE FULL TEMPLATE TO YOUR MAKE YOU HELP ME DO AM, THANKS
thnaks for the widget
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I did the author name..
Still didn’t show up
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Sorry It finally worked
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I see that. Thanks for removing the credit though
How do you adjust the size of the grey box around the picture as in the post shown. http://gomsba.blogspot.com/2012/06/day-5.html
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I think the best way is to reduce the padding around the image. You can change this code:
margin: 0 -122px 0 0;
padding: 10px;
to something that looks like this:
margin: 0 -122px 0 0;padding: 0px;
I only changed the padding to zero. You can adjust it to 2, 4 or any number that suits you.
hi i need to be guest author for ur blog…
contact me at ranga91091@gmail.com
myblog http://besthacking99.blogspot.in/
Hi Ranganathan,
Please check our guest posting page for details – http://www.doncaprio.com/write-for-us
HIII
HEY I JUST LOVED THIS POST. BUT CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS.
I HAVE TWO CODES OF “” IN MY TEMPLETE. I TRIED TO PASTE THIS CODE BEFORE 1ST “”, BUT THAT RESULTED IN SHOWING AUTHOR INFO BEFORE THE POSTS AND WHILE TRYING WITH 2ND ONE DOES NOT DISPLAY AUTHOR’S INFO. PLEASE CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THIS. CURIOUSLY WAITING FOR THE REPLY.
THANKX.
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Bro i am putting up the codes at the right places on my blog ,but no improvements !! do you have an opinion…
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The author bio won’t show up if the author name in the bio code doesn’t correspond with your display name.
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Thanks for the widget, I was searching for it since long.
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You’re welcom, Jim. I checked your blog and like the template. I looked so much like a professional Worpress blog
Thanks for this! I’ll most likely use it.
I was wondering–in the blog that a friend and I post onto together, would we be able to just double the blog administrator widget? Because we’re both administrators.
Thanks for your help.
Esther
You’re welcome, Esther. Yes, that’s possible, so far you both have different display names.
Good! I’m glad. Thank you very much.
Esther
thanks its working ………….
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Thanks man I’ve wanted to put an author bio box at the bottom of posts for a while, and I am considering taking guest posts soon so this was a big help. I shared this on G+
Hi Eugene,
I checked your blog now and saw the widget there. Glad you like it.
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thanks for this widget i was founding for this widget.
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really gonna try.Thanks Don Caprio…
Worked like a charm. Thanks for the tutorial. I’ll be back to check out more of your stuff. ~Josh
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cool widget going to apply it in my blog.Thanks don..Keep sharing..
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Thanks alot for the tip Don, awesome work you’re doing here. Gona apply it asap!
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Hi, I did everything correct no errors on applying code but still nothing appears also names are also correct what can be the reason?