The role of social media in the blogging world is being more and more
useful and helpful. Not for bloggers only but for all those who own any
online property on the internet. Its simple, social networks helps them
to easily reach with high audience and invite them on their blogs and
websites. You can put many social buttons on your blog and let your
readers make shares themselves and help you to get more traffic.
Many people use Twitter for social marketing indeed its a great platform
with huge active audience. The only problem with this social network is
to reach to thousand of followers but once you touch them than its all
easy to promote your brand. However, you maybe already using this
strategy but you could also improve this a bit. There are different
twitter plugins for websites that you can integrate with your blog.
Twitter feeds widget is popular among them and below we're tutoring you
that how can we easily add twitter feed widget in our blogger blog.
Twitter Feeds Widget For Blogger
This is an official widget developed by Twitter itself for all kind of
websites to improve Twitter fans user experience. Its simple feeds
widget that display the most recent tweets of your account. It contains
the follow button at the top right corner that can help you to convert
your blog visitors into Twitter followers. Another feature of this
twitter widget is that it has a box at the bottom from where anyone can
tweet you without leaving your blog. There are also other functions in
this twitter widget that you can enable on your own. Your blog visitors
can reply to any of your blog, re-tweet or even make it favorite.
Check or uncheck options, "Exclude replies","Auto-expand photos" if you want them or not. (optional)
Give custom height to widget or use the default one.
Pick up the theme color.
After the setup, check your widget in the preview section.
If widget is perfect in preview section, click "Create widget"
Copy the code from the bottom and click save changes.
Now Go to Blogger >> Layout >> Add a Gadget
Choose HTML/JavaScript
Paste The Code in Content Box.
Finally, Click "Save"
You're Done!
Final Words
How that twitter feeds widget is looking on your blog? It will look
fantastic there and your blog visitors will be loving to interact with
you on Twitter directly from your blog. Hope you won't face any issue
while implementing this if unfortunately any problem is happening, knock
my door in comments below. Share this guide to let your friends add
this sweet thing in their blogs too! Cheers!
You no longer need Flash to create web-based animations and
interactivity. Here are some of the best experiments in CSS3 animation
to inspire you.
The latest CSS3 properties have opened a multitude of
new doors to web designers and developers. It's now possible to create
animations and interactivity entirely in CSS markup, without going near
Flash, Silverlight or After Effects.
The inspirational experiments in CSS3 animation listed here
show just what CSS is now capable of - and while some utilise the odd
bit of JavaScript,
no plug-ins are necessary. Be warned, though: because they were
specifically created as experiments, most of these animations will only
work in the very latest versions of web browsers (and some will also
only work in specific browsers). To see all our CSS3 posts, click here
You don't have to be a web design expert to appreciate this animated model of the solar system, another one of the best examples of CSS we've found. Created by Julian Garnier,
it shows the eight planets orbiting the sun in 3D (yes, you read that
right - despite what you got told at school, boffins recently decided
that Pluto is no longer officially a planet).
The demo was inspired by similar projects by Alex Giron and Nicolas Gallager.
It's one of a number of HTML, CSS and JavaScript projects to have been
uploaded to CodePen, a new app created by CSS-Tricks creator Chris Coyier, Alex Vazquez and Tim Sabat to help designers and developers share and fork their work.
Created by web designer and developer Fabrizio Bianchi,
this fantastic 3D bending page flip effect is a CSS-only experiment. Be
aware that it'll only work on browsers that support transform-style:
preserve-3D.
The periodic table of elements is a popular subject for
designers to showcase new web technologies, and this latest CSS3
experiment is the most fun yet. Built by Barcelona-based web designer
Ricardo Cabello - best known within the community as 'Mr Doob' - the demo starts with the animated elements hurtling through space towards each other to form a table.
You're then given the option to rotate them in three
dimensions by dragging on your mouse. You can also switch between
'Table', 'Sphere', 'Helix', and 'Grid' views by clicking the buttons at
the bottom of the page.
Cabello created the experiment to see if he could use his three.js JavaScript library to replicate the effects used in a demo for the game engine famo.us. You can find full details on his Google+ page. In case you don't have access to a modern browser, Cabello has also posted this video of how the demo runs on an iPad 2:
We all know that working in the design industry can
sometimes become monotonous. So, take some time out from your busy
schedule and have some creative fun with this cute little CSS project
from Pittsburgh-based web designer and developer Bennett Feely.
CSS Creatures allows the user to design, create and animate
their very own web-based friend. Like the sound of that? All you have to
do is send a tweet to @CSSCreatures with your preferred colour, personality and features. Your CSS creature then appears on the site in under 25 seconds!
With Bonfire Night approaching in the UK, Col Morley and Igor Krestov of Blue Claw decided to put their CSS skills to work creating this fire safety infographic aimed at school-age children.
When viewed in a suitable browser, some elements of the
infographic will animate. Rather than aiming at supersmooth,
in-your-face visual effects, the flickering of the flames and the
sparkling of the sparklers is simple, subtle - and, we think, all the
more effective for it.
Inspired by Firefox's homepage Olympic flame over the summer
of 2012, the infographic was created using layered graphics and CSS3 to
aid in the process of transition of scale, movement and speed, explains
Morley. "The bonfire is made up of several layered 'fire' shapes then
playing around with key frames enabled stretching, opacity and by adding
a warm glow renders a realistic flame effect.
"The spark that appears throughout the page was created
using a similar technique. Three images were used to pulsate at
different rates of scale, similar effect to how we animated the 'fearful
cat'. The movement of the eyes on the hot dog was produced by mouse
tracking code adding further interest to those who spotted that.
"The styling of the traditional blackboard theme gives the
piece the right level and tone for the audience and enabled us to
experiment with textures and fonts."
This illustrated animation of AT-AT Walker from The Empire
Strikes Back by Anthony Calzadilla is created entirely in CSS3. Click on
the ‘view the bones’ link on the iPad and you can see how each part
animates and functions. This great piece of work suggests we're going to
see a lot more of CSS3 introduced with online gaming.
You know those optical illusions you get that appear to be
moving, even though they're static images? This isn't one of those. It's
a mesmeric piece of CSS by Ana Tudor,
in which a sort of chessboard slowly spins and mutates and rebuilds and
spins and mutates and oh God we can't stop looking at it.
This entertaining CSS3 rollover created by Stu Nicholls
enables you to horizontal-run your cursor along the image and watch
Zoidberg from the sci-fi cartoon Futurama dance on the table. You can
also repeatedly click on the image above and watch each animated state.
Japanese web designer and interactive director Masayuki Kido, aka Roxik,
has created this animated kitty which stretches across the length of
the browser window, and resizes accordingly as you reduce the window's
width. Make it narrow enough and the word changes with hilarious
consequences. And the fun doesn't end there - but we don't want to
spoilt it, so go have a play now!
This series of demos, featuring icons by webiconset.com and a symbol font by Just Be Nice,
showcase seven beautifully animated link elements with different
styles, hover effects and active states. The animation is marvellous,
although we're not to sure from a user perspective about the way the
information is hidden until you hover over the link .
In another great demo series, Alessio Atzeni has created
some brilliant CSS transitions. Hover over the thumbnail and the CSS
animation reveals further information in a way that makes you go wow.
There is a great selection of transitions with 10 different demos to
choose from. If you want to integrate this rollover effect on your own
site then follow this tutorial.
This animated title sequence for the hit TV drama Mad Men
showcases what CSS3 animation has to offer in the form of ultra-smooth
video.It was made byAnthony Calzadilla, Geri Coady and Andy Clarke, and if you work in web design, you'll notice a few familiar names and faces. To find out how it was created, see this blog post. NOTE: This CSS3 animation only works in
WebKit-based browsers, which include Safari and Chrome. Alternatively,
you can watch it on the YouTube video above.
This demo lets you gaze around the Apple Store in 360
degrees - an amazing virtual scene in your web browser which you can
navigate without the need for any additional plug-in software. CSS
transforms are used to position six images in 3D space to form a cube
with the user's viewpoint inside. As you navigate, the cube is rotated
to reflect the new appropriate position. NOTE: Best viewed in Safari.
This kinetic type experiment made by Tyler Gaw uses advanced CSS3 selectors and CSS3 transitions, as well as a little JavaScript where necessary. NOTE: This demo only works on the following browsers: Chrome, Safari, and "kinda-sorta on Firefox 4+".
Inspired by Google's JavaScript-powered Doodle marking Eadweard J Muybridge's 182nd birthday, the guys at CSS Creations set out to achieve a pure CSS alternative
using transitions against a background-image sprite. As a result, the
CSS3 animation behaves almost exactly as the JavaScript original.
Not only have @MrDenav and @lucasmarinm of bluedashed.com recreated
some classic record covers using pure CSS, they've also made them react
to music. Demonstrations include First Impressions by the Strokes and
Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures. NOTE: Only works in Google Chrome.
Roman Cortes'
Pure CSS coke can has been painstakingly assembled using fiendishly
clever background-positioning, giving the convincing illusion that the
can is rotating when a visitor scrolls left or right. (You may have
noticed that this is actually CSS 2.1 rather than CSS3, but we loved it
so much we couldn't resisting including it in this list!).
Doesn't this just take you back? Andreas Jacob's retro Super Mario
leaps off the page using 3D transform and rotation to ruthless effect. A CSS3 animation to make you feel young again! NOTE: Supported browsers are Safari 5 & Chrome 14.
Steve Dennis
took Yiying Lu's famous Twitter fail whale to an all-new level when he
recreated an animated version using pure CSS methods. This CSS3
animation also stands up surprisingly well in Internet Explorer 6! How
about that?
This experiment to create fluffy clouds using CSS3 3D
Transforms and a bit of JavaScript is simply amazing. You move the mouse
to rotate around and mouse wheel to zoom in and out, and hit space to
generate a new cloud. It was made by Jaume Sánchez and inspired by Mr.Doob's WebGL clouds and Mark J. Harris' Real-Time Cloud Rendering for Games. For those wanting to try this CSS3 animation technique for themselves, there is also a tutorial worth checking out. NOTE: Works on Firefox (faster if Nightly), Chrome and Safari.
The Cursor Monster is a little CSS3/JS toy that's very simple, but a joy to play with. Made by Simurai, you basically feed it your cursor - try it, and you'll fall in love with this cute beastie!
These movie posters, made by Marco Kuiper,
are a great example of pretty powerful CSS3 animation and 3D effects.
The perspective, transform and transition properties have been used to
create a 3D animation effect when you hover over the movie posters. NOTE: This demo only works on WebKit-based
browsers, which include Safari and Chrome. Alternatively, you can watch
it on the YouTube video above.
Words: John Galantini, Aaron Kitney and the Creative Bloq staff John Galantini
is a freelance web developer based in Hampshire whose clients include
Sky, Vodafone, Sapient Nitro and most recetly, Burberry. He specialises
in responsive, front-end development, using HTML5, CSS3 and a little bit
of jQuery. Aaron Kitney
is a freelance graphic designer and art director based in London and
Vancouver. He specialises in branding, identity, web design,
publication design, album covers, packaging and book design.
Want to build a website without needing to write any code? We
select the best website builders to bring your vision to life.
Looking for a website builder? There are a multitude
to choose from, so which is the best? Well, for a start, you'll be
looking for a website builder that can create your website in the latest
version of HTML, HTML5. And secondly, you'll want a tool that simplifies the process of web design and enables you to create a great site without needing to know a lot of programming or coding knowledge.
We've scoured the web to find you the best HTML5 website
builders - in no particular order - that fit these requirements and
more. Let us know how you get on!
The IM Creator was introduced in 2011 and it quickly became
one of the top HTML5 website builders online. The IM Creator hosts a
huge library of stunning website templates in a long list of categories
ranging from sports and medicine to business and academics.
You can start using the IM Creator immediately after
registering for free. Start off with a blank page or choose a design of
your choice from a library of hundreds of fully customizable website
templates. Since the IM Creator is an HTML5 website builder, every
website you create with it should work fine with all major mobile
platforms.
SquareSpace is a popular web-based HTML5 website builder that will help you create beautiful sites in a matter of minutes.
It offers a diverse range of website designs tailored for
different occasions and industries. All the templates are compatible
with mobile devices as well, and contain high resolution images and
graphics to add further colour to your website.
SquareSpace is a paid application but you can also use its free trial with limited options.
French startup PrestaShop has released version 1.6 of its
eponymous open-source ecommerce website builder with a revamped frontend
experience plus a backend overhaul that focuses on the business
intelligence side of things.
The most impressive thing about PrestaShop is its default
theme, which is comfortably one of the best around - slick and easily
customisable thanks to Sass Compass built-in. The back office is no less
well-presented despite the huge depth of analytics that it contains,
and both are fully responsive.
The people behind Designly think making a website should be
as easy as clicking, dragging and typing, and you shouldn't have to
learn code, complex programs, or be limited to someone else's style. And
they've taken these beliefs and made them into a tool for those of us
whose brains freeze the moment anyone mentions tags, divs or CSS.
Designly's very easy to use; once you're past the simple
sign-up process you can create a site from scratch (or more
realistically pick a template to work from), and then populate it
however you want.
With its straightforward drag and drop interface you can
create sections, add shapes and images, drop in text boxes and use a
pretty hefty selection of free web fonts and useful page furniture. You
can move layers backwards and forwards, you can embed content, you can
do plenty of things without ever having to even think about code.
05. Dunked
If you want to stand out, your online portfolio needs to
stand out. But what happens when you don't know how to code? That's
where Dunked are offering to fill the gap.
Dunked provides responsive designs that are Retina-ready and
allow you to create an online portfolio without any coding
difficulties. You can choose from a growing collection of professionally
designed templates, that are pixel-perfect, customizable and easy to
use.
Each template is fully responsive and will adapt itself to
any mobile device - iPad, iPhone or Android. Adjust layout, colours and
typography using a selection of preset options; there's also advanced CSS editing for those familiar with website markup.
Originally based on Flash, Wix has now switched to HTML5.
Its unique template designs stand apart, making it a great way to create
eye-catching websites. Wix is primarily a paid service but does offer a
limited number of features in its free version as well.
As the name suggests, Strikingly is an HTML5 website builder
you can use to create beautiful websites and designs. Its templates are
not only eye-catching but are also completely responsive and compatible
with major mobile platforms. They are also visibly optimized for search
engines with extremely quick load times. Strikingly also offers
in-depth analytics for every site you build with it.
Easy WebContent is another beautiful website builder that
allows you to build HTML5 websites. Currently, it allows you to create
websites in various forms and it recently started to embrace the HTML5
technology. You can create HTML5 websites in a matter of minutes. Begin
by simply registering with the EWC Presenter for free. Once registered,
you will have the option to select a theme for your website from a
number of stunningly beautiful and eye-catching templates.
Every template is compatible with all major mobile platforms
and runs very smoothly on all browsers. You can edit every section of
these templates to tailor them according to your specific needs.
Along with high quality website templates, Easy WebContent
helps you add more colour to your sites by giving you the option to add
high resolution images, HD videos, sound clips and eye-catching
graphics.
Weebly is one of the pioneers in creating HTML5 based
websites and templates. It's an entirely online website builder with
lots of goodies for designers. Its designs are immaculate and its
features and mind blowing. Every template and website design created
using Weebly is compatible with mobile devices and works smoothly on all
major platforms. You can create websites with Weebly using either your
own domain name or a Weebly subdomain.
Whether you want to create a personal webpage, a corporate
website or an ecommerce platform to start online selling, Moonfruit will
create everything for you free of cost.
This online HTML5 website builder creates the highest
quality of websites with minimum of effort. It also offers a detailed
design editor that can be used to customize its website templates.
Since all its templates are responsive in nature, you don't need to create separate websites for mobile platforms.
Website builder Breezi is designed to find you the template
that's most relevant to your needs. You only need to identify your
target industries and Breezi will list the templates for you. Each
template is completely responsive in nature and opens perfectly on all
mobile platforms. And just in case you need to make any changes to the
pre-designed templates, you can use the Breezi site editor.
Cabanova is another HTML5 website builder that offers a
diverse set of website design templates that are compatible with mobile
platforms. As a free Cabanova user, you can create websites with up to
three pages and 50 MB storage. You also get to choose from over 1000
high quality website templates and designs. These limits, however, can
be increased by purchasing the premium version.
Sitecube, which claims to be the world's easiest HTML5
website builder, stands out because of its diverse range of high quality
responsive website templates that can be used absolutely free of cost.
Apart from creating HTML5 websites, Sitecube can also be used to design
Flash websites, mobile websites and Facebook fan pages. Contributions: Joseph O Joseph O is an expert marketer and guest blogger who He handles marketing for HindSite, a top web design firm. This is an updated and extended version of an article that previously appeared on Creative Bloq.
Words: Tom May Tom May is associate editor at Creative Bloq.
In future more people are going to use mobile phone as compared to the
computers to be online, rather they are getting started now and that's
why you are here. Lots of people prefer their mobile phone to read their
emails. By consideration of this, lots of bloggers who are willing to
secure their position in future have enabled mobile template of their
blog. By one survey carried out 2010-13, it is seen that; more than 50%
of your traffic is came from mobile devices especially in US, Asia &
Africa, so you can now imagine what going to happen in future.
Multiple Screens, ONE DESIGN
Your site design is good for desktop but some of yours it get failed
when it comes to small screen. Here is advanced tutorial described for
making the responsive blogger HTML template compared to old fixed layout
template in which you can not only able to configure the widgets to
show an alternate content for mobile-view but also you will able to
customize full mobile friendly template , place AdSense ad units only
for mobile template too.
Blogger & other sites
By default blogger have provided only 7 templates which you can NOT edit
as per your requirement or it may causes different look than the one
you are on now. Also there are lots of site can provide free mobile
template for your blog, even though they built a nice template for your
site, they have some drawbacks like you cannot place AdSense ad widget,
they gonna place their banner in your template more over some sites
places ads and earn money from your mobile visitors. Main disadvantage
of these site according to me is that, it makes your site links
different than original, so social sharing state varies.
Learn how to make one design compatible for multiple screens.
Flexible or responsive template means one design which is automatically
redesign itself according to the screen size. Consider following
advantages of this tutorial;
Forget about maintaining separate website for mobile
It’s good in case of SEO.
Your site links are remained same so it doesn't cause any affect in social sharing statistics.
Browser’s user agent doesn't cause effect on the design.
Get started
First go to Template >> Choose Mobile template >> Select Custom.
Save
You can see preview of your site. It may look good for some bloggers. But we are here to make it nice and flexible.
This mobile property tag will cause that widget to be shown in mobile view.
Mobile Property Tags
Meaning
mobile=‘yes’
show in mobile-view
mobile='no'
don’t show in mobile-view
mobile='only'
show in only mobile-view
CSS Customization
Now actual hard work is started now. If you know CSS editing well then
you can you following class to design you mobile template.
.mobile #sidebar-wrapper { Display: none; }
This class will not allow sidebar to be shown in mobile view.
Likewise described above, you just need to put .mobile class to each part of your old CSS class and define as per your requirement.
Advanced conditional CSS Customization
Learn to make web design according to screen-size conditions.
@media screen and (max-width : 320px) {
#sidebar-wrapper {
Display: none;
}
This class will not allow sidebar to be shown in mobile view if screen-size is less than 320px like for smartphones.
Example: for tablets
@media screen and (max-width : 768px) {
/* CSS for big size screens like tablets */
}
This class will load the CSS you have defined in it when screen size is less than 768px like tablets.
HTML Customization
Now we also make changes in HTML simultaneously. For this you just need to know following mobile condition
<b:if cond="data:blog.isMobile"> <!-- Show this for mobile-vew--> <b:else/> <!-- Show this if it’s not mobile screen or for desktop view --> </b:if>
What you learn
Responsive template is also important as your current template playing
role for visitors. It makes considerably change in your bounce rate. We
really need to be aware and have to grab a good position in the market.
What Next
In next tutorial we are actually going to edit complete CSS and HTML of
blogger template and will see how to develop it according to the
screen-view.
Stay addicted.
Hello Everybody, In this post i will tell you “What to do If you don’t get Approval for AdSense” There are many bloggers who are not getting their Google AdSense approval.
There are many factors by which your adsense account may not be
approved. So, To understand AdSense properly you have to read this post
completely and carefully. This post will Guide you to every tactics
which you should know “If you didn’t getting your AdSense Approval”.
There are some blogger they depend on Google AdSense and they think
that they will be getting approval easily and they can earn money but
the truth is that they won’t getting approval by some reason and they
ultimately leave blogging. That’s Why I advise you to read this post
completely and earn $50-$100 a day without AdSense.
What is Adsense?
AdSense is the first advertising network that comes in
mind of every blogger for his/her blog. Google AdSense delivers very
premium ads to any niches of the blog.This is the thing which makes AdSense unique from other ad networks. But Nowadays, Its very very much difficult to get an approval.
Google Adsense Features
1. Premium Ads 2. Eye-catchy Designs of the ads 3. High Paying Every
blogger has dream to earn many many revenue from AdSense but its not
the truth. Over 90% of newbie blogger think like this.. and when they getting good traffic like 100-200 visitors per/day they think that this is the right time.. But its not the truth. That’s why i given you a chart of minimum requirements of Google adsense.
Must have a website/blog.
At least 18 years of age.
For those any blog from India and other Asian countries, to get an
approval for AdSense your blog must be at least 6 months old. But if
you have a quality blog/website then u can get it within 2 months.
The content on your blog must be self written.
No pornography content (Images, Graphics, etc..)
Always try to post at least 15-20 articles of good quality and fair length before applying for AdSense.
What are those things to do if you don’t get Google AdSense Approval?
1. Try Alternatives
There are hundreds of different ad networks in the internet but to
choose right one is quite difficult. So, I will tell some alternatives
of Google AdSense which will pay you higher revenue.
“Imran Uddin
one of the famous blogger in India. After the case study he said that
if you have blog/website with 1000 unique visitors per/day then you can
must be able to earn almost $4-5 a day on an average from AdSense… If
you don’t getting approval for Google AdSense then you must select
their alternatives which will not pay as AdSense but at least $2-3 per
day on an average with Google AdSense alternatives.”
List of AdSense Alternatives are:
1. Media.net: After Google AdSense the second thing comes in mind is media.net which gives high competition to Google AdSense. If you don’t get approval then you must go with media.net 2. BuySellAds:
Its quite difficult to get approval for BuySellAds. Once, if you get
approval for Buysellads then you can generate more than Google AdSense.
only if your blog have niche/topic of Blogging, Tech and SEO. 3. Infolinks: It has very awesome features like text-based advertising, Search-based ads.. etc. It is strongly re-commanded for all bloggers who are small publisher. Chances of Approval for infolinks is very much. 4. Other alternatives are; Chitika, Adversal, Tribal Fusion, Ad fly.. etc. which will also pay good revenue as AdSense..
Do Affiliate Marketing
Affiliated marketing is Good way to earn more and more money if you
have a good traffic and have good blog reputation. Affiliate marketing
is little a bit tough in starting but once, you familiar with it then
you can earn more than $500 a day. Yes its true.. $500 a day only if
your blog has good reputation and good traffic. The best Affiliate
networks are clickbank, Neverblue, Amazon affiliation.. etc.
Ask your Friend to Share His/Her AdSense Account with you
All bloggers have some good blogger friends or fellow who have already active AdSense account. Join them and earn money by their AdSense. Its heard very interesting? Google
recently launched its new feature of AdSense that is ‘you share a
single AdSense account with multiple members. and create a separate
channel and increase your earning’. So ask your friend or your fellow
bloggers to share his/her AdSense account with you and if your friend
share his/her AdSense with you then place ads at right place and earn money.
Earn Money by Offering your Services..
Keep in mind that “If you are good at something then don’t do it for
free” so you can offer your services to others and earn money from it.
For example: If you have good blogging experience of
blogging and SEO then you can start your own blogging coaching or if
you are good in designing or article writing then do it for others and
earn money. in this way you can make some good amount of money per
month.
Do Direct Advertising
This tips is for those bloggers who have good traffic and have idea to create banner for their blogs. Direct advertising will give you more earning than Google AdSense. If you don’t get your AdSense approval then don’t be worried. Just focus on how to increase your skills. Generate more and more traffic and then a day comes you will be a professional blogger and then you can earn easily $50-$100 a day without doing anything.
That’s
the end of our posts. Hope you will like it. If you know any other way
to earn money without AdSense then must comment below.
“Sharing Is Caring” so won’t be forget to share this post to different social networks.
Lately, I’ve been noticing a lot of love online for Nutella’s FB
page. It’s called “The Nutella Breakfast Table.” As they state on their
page, they don’t want anyone posting anything that they wouldn’t want
said at their breakfast table. As I assume they’d be dining on Nutella,
I’ll say it here instead.
Nutella is nutritionally void and shouldn’t be at the breakfast table.
And it’s a shame because Nutella
does such great work helping fund school lunch programs and bringing
awareness to the number of kids going to school without breakfast. But this can’t make up for the fact that they are giving kids Nutella for breakfast.
This “hazelnut spread” that looks suspiciously like thick chocolate
sauce (or a spreadable candy bar) is healthwashed to pieces as a healthy
breakfast option for kids. It’s not breakfast, it’s a dessert and a
questionable one at that. Call a dessert a dessert and move on, or be
sued!
In the United States, Ferrero, maker of Nutella, was sued in a class
action lawsuit for false advertising that led some to believe that
Nutella carries nutritional and health benefits, being touted as ‘part
of a nutritious breakfast’. They were sued for healthwashing!
In April 2012, they paid $3 million to customers who were part of the
claim. The settlement also required Ferrero to make changes to Nutella’s
labelling and marketing.
What exactly these changes were are unclear, as they are clearly still healthwashing the heck out of this product. Nutella Ingredients:sugar, modified palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa, skimmed milk powder, whey powder, lecithin, and vanillin Nutritional Breakdown:Nutella
contains 70% saturated fat and processed sugar by weight. A
two-tablespoon (37 gram) serving of Nutella contains 200 calories,
including 99 calories from 11 grams of fat (3.5g of which are saturated)
and 80 calories from 21 grams of sugar. In addition, the spread
contains 15mg of sodium and 2g of protein per serving.
You read that correctly. Two tablespoons of Nutella contains 21 grams of sugar.
There’s no reason breakfast can’t be both healthy and delicious, but
serving up sugar, modified vegetable oils and processed chocolate in the
morning just isn’t the way to go. Five reasons Nutella should be banned from your breakfast table: 1. The first ingredient is sugar.
Despite the lovely visual of hazelnuts tumbling across the screen in
the television commercial, the first ingredient in Nutella is plain old,
white, refined, most likely GMO sugar. Hazelnuts make their appearance
after sugar and palm oil. If we were to name this spread appropriately,
we might call it “sugar palm oil spread”, but that doesn’t have the
right ring to it. Unless you’re choosing to hop off your health train
while on holidays in Paris, there’s no reason to choose Nutella for
breakfast. 2. More sugar with your sugar?
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say you’re probably not
spreading Nutella on celery sticks. It’s going on toast (probably the
gluten-packed white kind) or crepes/pancakes (ditto). When the sugar
from the refined carbohydrates meets the sugar from the chocolate
spread, boom — there goes your energy and blood sugar balance for the
day. Breakfasts such as these will in no way support the learning of
children. Nutella is a spreadable candy bar.
High sugar intake first thing in the morning will spike blood sugar
levels, resulting in a plummet mid morning and contribute to poor
concentration, hyper activity and aggression.
5 reasons to ban Nutella from the breakfast table #healthwashing via @meghantelpner
3. The second ingredient is modified vegetable oils.
You know how we feel about those, right? Vegetables don’t make oil,
which means these so-called “vegetable oils” need to go through a heck
of a lot of processing in order to become Nutella. Not good. We love
fat, but it needs to come from natural, unprocessed sources otherwise we
are eating cancer-contributing refined oils that only serve to promote
inflammation in the body and challenge our heart, liver, brain,
endocrine and nervous systems to function efficiently. In my book UnDiet I wrote the following: “These oils are highly processed and most commonly
genetically modified, unless specifically labeled organic. Many of them,
such as cottonseed and soy, carry loads of chemicals. The high heat
processing destroys any nutrients that may naturally occur like vitamin E
and omega-3 essential fatty acids. To make margarine the spreadable
consistency people seem to dig, the oil must be hardened. This is done
by hydrogenation or bubbling hydrogen through the vegetable oil at high
temperature, a process that enables it to be solid at room temperature.
This is the same property that makes it perfect as frosting on cakes.
When the carbon bonds are saturated with hydrogen, the product is called
a saturated fat or a hydrogenated oil.” 4. If you want the whole package, it’s not in the jar.
Treats are awesome. There’s nothing wrong with making something
delicious and amazing and sharing it with your loved ones, especially
when you’re celebrating a special occasion. If you are actually looking
for a healthy spread, Nutella is not it. You are better off running some
hazelnut through your food processor and adding a little honey and
pinch of salt. Toss in some cacao if you want the chocolate vibe. But
check this comparison.
Nutella vs. Hazelnuts
Per 1 Tbs (19 grams)/ Approx 14 hazelnuts
Calories
Nutella: 100
Hazelnuts: 94
Protein
Nutella: 1 gram
Hazelnuts: 3 grams
Fat
Nutella: 6 grams
Hazelnuts: 11.5 grams
Carbs
Nutella: 11grams
1 gram from Fibre 11 grams from Sugar
Hazelnuts: 3 grams
2 grams from Fibre
0.85 grams from Sugar
Vitamin E Nutella: 10 % (RDI) Hazelnuts: 42% (RDI)
Now don’t go getting scared about the fat content. The fat in
whole hazelnuts is the great brain-fuelling, energy-moderating kind. 5. There are so many better options out there.
Honestly — why start your day with processed chocolate spread when
you can start it with amazing oatmeal or a smoothie or even pastured
eggs?
If your answer is “because it’s delicious,” that choice is yours, but
your answer shouldn’t be “because it’s the healthy option.”
Here are just a few awesome special occasion breakfast recipes:
If what you are seeking is the quick and easy, I have loads more ideas here, or sign up for my newsletter below and we’ll send you a full downloadable Best Breakfast cookbook. What’s your go-to breakfast creation?
ISLAM tidak melarang umatnya berhutang tetapi perlu melalui kontrak yang berlandaskan syarak.
DEWASA ini, manusia berlumba-lumba mengejar kemewahan dan kesempurnaan hidup sehingga memerlukan mereka berhutang.
Golongan ini berpegang kepada prinsip gaya hidup mewah meskipun
hutang keliling pinggang. Punca utama mereka berhutang adalah untuk
menunjuk-nunjuk dan bermegah-megah kepada rakan-rakan serta memiliki
harta yang lebih daripada orang lain.
Sikap pembaziran tanpa keperluan ini adalah dilarang sama sekali oleh
Allah SWT sebagaimana disebut dalam surah Al-Isra’ ayat 27: Ertinya:
“Sesungguhnya orang yang membazir itu adalah saudara-saudara syaitan dan
syaitan itu pula adalah mahkluk yang sangat kufur kepada Tuhan-Nya”.
Namun, pada zaman moden yang mencabar ini, kos hidup dan harga barang
keperluan semakin mencanak naik. Rentetan itu, kita terpaksa mencari
jalan untuk menyelesaikan masalah tersebut.
Ia secara tidak langsung menjadikan berhutang sebagai lumrah dalam
kehidupan manusia. Kita terpaksa berhutang untuk membeli kenderaan,
rumah, perabot dan untuk memulakan sesuatu perniagaan. Justeru,
berhutang sebagai perkara yang tidak dapat dihindarkan pada hari ini.
Konsep berhutang
Jika dilihat dari perspektif syariah, secara umumnya tidak ada halangan untuk berhutang dalam memenuhi keperluan masing-masing.
Antaranya, firman Allah SWT dalam surah Al-Baqarah yang menyebut:
Ertinya: “Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Apabila kamu menjalankan
sesuatu urusan dengan hutang piutang yang diberi tempoh hingga ke suatu
masa yang tertentu, maka hendaklah kamu menulis (hutang dan masa
bayarannya) itu dan hendaklah seorang penulis di antara kamu menulisnya
dengan adil (benar)”. (Al-Baqarah: 282)
Ayat di atas menunjukkan bahawa konsep berhutang adalah dibenarkan
dalam kehidupan manusia. Ia juga menggariskan beberapa syarat dalam
berhutang seperti mestilah direkodkan bagi mengelakkan pertelingkahan
bagi pihak berkontrak pada masa depan.
Bagaimanapun, Allah telah menjelaskan bahawa berhutang mestilah
bersandarkan kepada beberapa kontrak yang diiktiraf syariah dan bukannya
dengan cara yang tidak diredai Allah seperti riba.
Ini dapat dilihat dalam firman Allah tentang pengharusan jual beli
dan pengharaman riba dalam ayatnya: Ertinya: “Allah menghalalkan berjual
beli dan mengharamkan riba.Allah kurangkan (kebaikan harta yang
dijalankan dengan mengambil) riba dan mengembangkan (berkat harta yang
dikeluarkan melalui) sedekah. Dan Allah tidak suka kepada orang-orang
yang kekal terus dalam kekufuran dan selalu melakukan dosa.”
(Al-Baqarah: 275 hingga 276).
Berdasarkan ayat-ayat yang dikemukakan di atas, meskipun Islam
membenarkan konsep hutang tetapi Islam telah menggariskan beberapa
penekanan utama perlu diperhalusi dalam hal ini.
Hutang itu dibolehkan tetapi mestilah melalui mekanisme yang
dibenarkan oleh Islam iaitu melalui kontrak yang berlandaskan syarak dan
menjauhi elemen riba.
Di samping itu, Islam juga menegaskan supaya kita bersegera dalam
membayar hutang untuk mengelakkan hutang berpanjangan dalam kehidupan
kita.
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SIVANANDAN pada sidang media mengenai kaji selidik Barometer Pengguna oleh Google di Kuala Lumpur, kelmarin. - Foto Ghazali Kori
KAJI selidik Barometer Pengguna yang dikeluarkan Google Inc
menunjukkan sebanyak 35 peratus daripada pengguna di Malaysia mengakses
internet dengan menggunakan telefon pintar.
Angka itu sekali gus meletakkan Malaysia sebagai negara tertinggi di
dunia yang mengakses internet secara eksklusif di telefon pintar,
mengatasi pasaran serantau dan negara maju yang lain.
Pengarah Urusan Google Malaysia, Sajith Sivanandan, berkata kaji
selidik itu mencadangkan entiti perniagaan di Malaysia perlu
mengutamakan pembangunan laman web dengan aplikasi mudah alih atau
platform telefon pintar bagi meneroka pasaran tempatan secara
menyeluruh.
Katanya, corak pengguna itu selari dengan perkembangan pengguna
internet di Asia yang beralih daripada penggunaan komputer kepada
platform mudah alih yang lebih menarik, mudah dan fleksibel.
"Malaysia juga berada dalam kalangan lima negara utama dunia yang
memiliki penggunaan telefon pintar lebih tinggi iaitu pada 51 peratus
berbanding komputer hanya 39 peratus.
"Berdasarkan kaji selidik ini kami menasihatkan pengusaha perniagaan
supaya mengutamakan pembangunan platform mudah alih ketika membangunkan
atau menaik taraf laman web masing-masing.
"Daripada data SME Corp menunjukkan jumlah syarikat yang belum
memiliki laman web masih rendah. Ini melambangkan skop yang luas kepada
syarikat terbabit untuk menyediakan kehadiran mereka di internet dan
platform mudah alih," katanya pada sidang media di Kuala Lumpur,
kelmarin.
SIVANANDAN pada sidang media mengenai kaji selidik Barometer Pengguna oleh Google di Kuala Lumpur, kelmarin. - Foto Ghazali Kori
Barometer Pengguna
Barometer Pengguna adalah antara kaji selidik utama industri yang
memberikan maklumat penting kepada corak semasa penggunaan internet
dalam kalangan pengguna seluruh dunia dan petunjuk industri berasaskan
dalam talian.
Bagi sampel di Malaysia, kaji selidik dijalankan ke atas pengguna
berusia 18 tahun ke atas mengikut perwakilan keseluruhan populasi di
negara ini menerusi medium telefon (CATI) atau temubual secara langsung
(CAPI/PAPI).
Antara bidang yang diambil kira dalam kaji selidik adalah penyertaan
pengguna dalam pelbagai peranti dan perkakasan komputer, pembelian dalam
talian, kecenderungan tabiat dalam talian.
Of all the decisions you make when creating an infographic, it may be the first that’s ultimately the most important: what topic to cover. Even the most well-researched and well-designed infographic will go ignored if what it’s about isn’t compelling enough.
So how do you go about finding the right topic for your infographic? The first step is to define your goals. Are you trying to generate traffic? Or just find a more effective way to communicate to your current audience? Who specifically are you trying to reach? Once you understand what you want this infographic to accomplish, you can start the hunt for the right topic. Here are a few tips + aninfographicto help you to pick the topic!
Make it newsworthy
Check your Facebook. Skim your Twitter feed. Look at trends (check“6 sources where to look for hot trends”). Consult the paper (yes, an actual physical one!) if you have to. What’s being talked about right now? It’s likely that people are looking for more about that topic, so if you can get your infographic out quickly, you’ll be able to ride the wave of interest. Consider how what’s going on the news has a relationship to your blog, your industry, or your company. In fact, it may be better if it initially doesn’t seem related at all. If it’s unexpected, it will draw more attention.
Educate
It’s in the name – people look toinfographics forinformation. The ones that are the most successful open our eyes to something we didn’t know before. So ask yourself, what do I find fascinating about my field? What drew me to it in the first place? What may other people not know or hold misconceptions about regarding this particular area? Then the challenge is finding a way to convey that information in a clear and visual way that people will be able to take in almost instantaneously. This is something a good designer can work with you to do.
Ask your audience
Not sure what people are interested in? Don’t guess what people want to know about; find out! You may be surprised by how much feedback you get. People want to be involved in the process, and it also has the added benefit of getting them invested in your idea. Once you launch the infographic, they’ll be that much more likely to share it. So where do you ask? On your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, via email, on the phone – anywhere you can. You can also use a tool likeSurveyMonkeyto run a more formal poll if you find that helpful.
Don’t sell
If your goal is to generate traffic from your infographic, you can’t think of it as a direct sales tool. Infographics that are very salesy don’t get much traction. No one wants to be sold to, even if it’s pretty to look at. Find a topic that allows you to speak about your industry or showcase your expertise – but in an interesting way. Think of it like a commercial. You’re more likely to pay attention if it’s entertaining you. In fact, many commercials spend very little time selling the product; instead, they just gain your attention and remind you of the brand. Your infographic should be similar, engaging visitors first and then drawing them into the rest of the site where you can give your sales pitch – after they already like you and want to hear what you have to say.
Be on the cutting edge
Find out what change is on the horizon. Is there new research that was just published? Are there trends that are just starting to emerge? You can use the infographic to create a compelling argument for where those in the know predict things will go, or to share the latest information out there. As much as it can be useful to consult the paper or Twitter, your goal isn’t to find out what recently happened that’s capturing attention, but what’sgoing tohappen that will capture attention. Consult industry publications, talk to industry experts, and talk with professors in your field
Ask yourself
Ask yourself this one question: would this infographic interest me? If the answer is yes, then it’s likely that there will be other people out there who agree. Often, the best sign of a good topic is how passionate you feel about it.
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