Lavalamp Menu For Blogger

How To Add This Menu TO Blogger?

For easy understanding I am dividing the tutorial in three parts & they are as below,

1. Adding Scripts
2. Adding  Styles
3. Adding The Menu

1. Adding Scripts

1. Go to Blogger Dashboard > Template
2. Click on Edit HTML
3. Hit Proceed
4. Find below code in your template

</head>

add below code just above it,(If you have already added a jQuery library to your blog then delete the highlighted code)

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://code.helperblogger.com/lavalamp-menu.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

2. Adding Styles

Now find below code,

]]></b:skin>

add below CSS code immediately before it,

/*LAVALAMP MENU BY http://www.helperblogger.com/ START*/

.lavalamp {
    position: relative;
    border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;
    background: #fff;
    padding: 15px;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 3px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.25);
 -moz-box-shadow: 0 3px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.25);
    border-radius : 10px;
    -moz-border-radius : 10px;
    -webkit-border-radius : 10px;
    background : -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(240,240,240)), to(rgb(204,204,204)));
    background : -moz-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(240,240,240)), to(rgb(204,204,204)));
 height: 18px;
        font-family: calibri;
}

.magenta {
 background : rgb(190,64,120);
 background : -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(190,64,120)), to(rgb(177,24,91)));
 background : -moz-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(190,64,120)), to(rgb(177,24,91)));
 border: 1px solid #841144;
 
}

.cyan {
 background : rgb(64,181,197);
 background : -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(64,181,197)), to(rgb(7,165,187)));
 background : -moz-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(64,181,197)), to(rgb(7,165,187)));
 border: 1px solid #2f8893;
 
}

.yellow {
 background : rgb(255,199,79);
 background : -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(255,199,79)), to(rgb(255,188,43)));
 background : -moz-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(255,199,79)), to(rgb(255,188,43)));
 border: 1px solid #c08c1f;
 
}

.orange {
 background : rgb(255,133,64);
 background : -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(255,133,64)), to(rgb(255,107,24)));
 background : -moz-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(255,133,64)), to(rgb(255,107,24)));
 border: 1px solid #c04f11;
 
}

.dark {
 background : rgb(89,89,89);
 background : -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(89,89,89)), to(rgb(54,54,54)));
 background : -moz-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgb(89,89,89)), to(rgb(54,54,54)));
 border: 1px solid #272727;
 
}

.magenta li a , .cyan li a, .yellow li a , .orange li a, .dark li a{
 color: #fff;
 text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.40);
 
}

.lavalamp a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #262626;
    line-height: 20px;
}

.lavalamp ul {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    z-index: 300;
    position: absolute;
}

.lavalamp ul li {
    list-style: none;
    float:left;

    text-align: center;
    }

.lavalamp ul li a {
    padding: 0 20px;
    text-align: center;
    }

.floatr {
    position: absolute;
    top: 10px;
    z-index: 50;
    width: 70px;
    height: 30px;
    border-radius : 8px;
    -moz-border-radius : 8px;
    -webkit-border-radius : 8px;
    background : rgba(0,0,0,.20);
    -webkit-transition: all .4s ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all .4s ease-in-out;
}

/*LAVALAMP MENU BY http://www.helperblogger.com/ END*/

Now save your template.

3. Adding The Menu

Now come to Page Layout

• Now come to Page Layout
• Click on Add a Gadget (Below Header)
• Choose HTML/JavaScript
• Copy and paste below code inside it,

<div class="lavalamp dark">
 <ul>
  <li class="active"><a href="">Home</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Blog</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Portfolio</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Contacts</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Back to Article</a></li>
  <li><<a href="#">How it Works?</a></li>
 </ul>
 <div class="floatr"></div>
</div>

• Replace # with the links
• Replace Home,About,Blog. etc. with your link text which you want to appear on the menu.
• If you want to change background color of the menu then replace <div class="lavalamp dark"> with one of the code below.

<div class="lavalamp">
<div class="lavalamp magenta">
<div class="lavalamp cyan">
<div class="lavalamp yellow">
<div class="lavalamp orange">
<div class="lavalamp dark">

Finally save your widget and you are done.