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02 May 2012
Label Widget Style for Blogger

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Labels are a nice way to organize your content on the blog. It makes grouping posts easier and gives your blog a more systematic look. The default Label gadget provided by Blogger has some customization options but doesn't provide much control over the Design aspect. Today I will by sharing a CSS3 powered design for the Default Label gadget. I came across them on WebDesignTuts+ and thought that a similar style for Blogger Labels would also look pretty amazing. 


Before you get started make sure that your Blog has the Label Widget present already and set the Display option to Cloud. 

Demo

Tagtastic Tag Cloud 

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This design by Luke Spoor has some clever use of CSS3 transformations and :before & :after selectors. For the backgrounds it uses CSS Gradients. 


 To add this Label Style to your blog, you can use the one click installer


Or you can add it manually

To do that just add the following CSS to your Blog 
.label-size {
    float:left;
    margin:0 0 7px 20px;
    position:relative;
    font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size:0.75em;
    font-weight:bold;
    text-decoration:none;
    color:#996633;
    text-shadow:0px 1px 0px rgba(255,255,255,.4);
    padding:0.417em 0.417em 0.417em 0.917em;
    border-top:1px solid #d99d38;
    border-right:1px solid #d99d38;
    border-bottom:1px solid #d99d38;
    -webkit-border-radius:0 0.25em 0.25em 0;
    -moz-border-radius:0 0.25em 0.25em 0;
    border-radius:0 0.25em 0.25em 0;
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgb(254, 218, 113), rgb(254, 186, 71));
    background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgb(254, 218, 113), rgb(254, 186, 71));
    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgb(254, 218, 113), rgb(254, 186, 71));
    background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgb(254, 218, 113), rgb(254, 186, 71));
    background-image: linear-gradient(top, rgb(254, 218, 113), rgb(254, 186, 71));
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(GradientType=0,StartColorStr='#feda71', EndColorStr='#feba47');
    -webkit-box-shadow:
        inset 0 1px 0 #faeaba,
        0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
    -moz-box-shadow:
        inset 0 1px 0 #faeaba,
        0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
    box-shadow:
        inset 0 1px 0 #faeaba,
        0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
 
    z-index:100;
}

.label-size:before {
    content:'';
    width:1.30em;
    height:1.39em;
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left top, rgb(254, 218, 113), rgb(254, 186, 71));
    background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left top, rgb(254, 218, 113), rgb(254, 186, 71));
    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left top, rgb(254, 218, 113), rgb(254, 186, 71));
    background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(left top, rgb(254, 218, 113), rgb(254, 186, 71));
    background-image: linear-gradient(left top, rgb(254, 218, 113), rgb(254, 186, 71));
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(GradientType=1,StartColorStr='#feda71', EndColorStr='#feba47');
    position:absolute;
    left:-0.69em;
    top:.2em;
    -webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);
    -moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
    -o-transform:rotate(45deg);
    transform:rotate(45deg);
    border-left:1px solid #d99d38;
    border-bottom:1px solid #d99d38;
    -webkit-border-radius:0 0 0 0.25em;
    -moz-border-radius:0 0 0 0.25em;
    border-radius:0 0 0 0.25em;
    z-index:1;
}

.label-size:after {
    content:'';
    width:0.5em;
    height:0.5em;
    background:#fff;
    -webkit-border-radius:4.167em;
    -moz-border-radius:4.167em;
    border-radius:4.167em;
    border:1px solid #d99d38;
    -webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 0 #faeaba;
    -moz-box-shadow:0 1px 0 #faeaba;
    box-shadow:0 1px 0 #faeaba;
    position:absolute;
    top:0.667em;
    left:-0.083em;
    z-index:9999;
}
.label-size:hover {
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgb(254, 225, 141), rgb(254, 200, 108));
    background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgb(254, 225, 141), rgb(254, 200, 108));
    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgb(254, 225, 141), rgb(254, 200, 108));
    background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgb(254, 225, 141), rgb(254, 200, 108));
    background-image: linear-gradient(top, rgb(254, 225, 141), rgb(254, 200, 108));
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(GradientType=0,StartColorStr='#fee18d', EndColorStr='#fec86c');
    border-color:#e1b160;
}
 
.label-size:hover:before {
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left top, rgb(254, 225, 141), rgb(254, 200, 108));
    background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left top, rgb(254, 225, 141), rgb(254, 200, 108));
    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left top, rgb(254, 225, 141), rgb(254, 200, 108));
    background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(left top, rgb(254, 225, 141), rgb(254, 200, 108));
    background-image: linear-gradient(left top, rgb(254, 225, 141), rgb(254, 200, 108));
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(GradientType=1,StartColorStr='#fee18d', EndColorStr='#fec86c');
    border-color:#e1b160;
}
#Label1 {height:210px !important;}


Here the height in the Line 98 of the CSS above has to be adjusted according to the number of Labels your blog has . If this is not done then the Labels might overlap with other widgets.

Hope you liked the Label Design, will be publishing more of these designs soon. In case you have any problem implementing these on your Blog, feel free to ask .

Til next time,
Prayag Verma at 06:42

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