Saturday, February 28, 2015

How To Write A Powerful Blog Post

How to write a powerful post to get more traffic

You already know that blogs and sites are popular and you should have one. But do you have any idea what make a blog and a blog post great?

I am sure you have heard about having a great, meaningful and educational content or a good blog design but that's not enough. There must be something more to write a post that get more visitors and do more than other posts. Well, there are many factors that have a great affect on your post and these factors decide whether the post will be one of your blog's popular post or no. I will show you these factors in this post and after following this post you will get all of your audience on the post which you write first after reading this post.


In order to show you how to create a powerful post to get more traffic, I will show each factor one by one. So lets go!

You might also like reading: Tips to attract more visitors to your blog.


Interest grabbing title:

How to write an interesting title in post | 101helperThe first step of writing a powerful blog post is to write an interesting title. The title you write should be something which emphasize and attract visitors to read your post. For example if you have a post about writing an seo friendly post then you should have a title "7 things to take care of while writing a post in blogger for seo" isn't it interesting? so it will grab interest of your audience and the visitors will read every post which have a title similar to it(interesting).


Include Photos and graphs:


Creating interesting posts in blogArticles with images and graphs get 94%  more views as compared to articles without images. Photos and graphs get interest of visitors and also helps them to understand the article more properly. Try to add images and graphs having information absorbed in them. You can also use image ads in between posts and increase interest of visitors and also increase your blog revenue.


Use clean and simple design:


Attractive design in blog postClean and simple design is a very important factor, too much ads and a congested post isn't liked by anyone and use of social bars that floats over a visitor's head also frustrates him especially Facebook pop-up box and E-mail subscription pop-up box, so keep a simple design and let visitors read your blog without loosing temper. Also optimize your blog for desktop, mobiles and tablets.

Have a unique voice:

 how to write unique articles | 101helperBy unique voice I mean a unique content but it must be meaningful and educational. You have to think about it before starting a new blog(you must have a category that people search more frequently). Use easy sentences and keep focus on the topic of post, don't get away from the topic in order to increase your blog text. Use simple words and write your post in such a manner that a beginner could understand it easily, While writing a post suppose that you are a beginner and trying to learn something.

Video presentation: 

how to write interesting posts | 101helperInsert videos in your posts. 95% people prefer watching videos despite of reading posts. If you have tutorials blog its the best way for you to get more visitors and also increase your Youtube audience. You can monetize ads on your video and can earn a revenue also. Videos helps you to keep people active because posts with only text becomes boring. If you don't have your own channel you can share others videos, it will not generate revenue for you but it will engage more people to your post.


Connect with social media:

how to write a great post | 101helper
Stay in touch with your visitors, if they have any question or opinion they can share them with you by comments or social networks. It makes them feel like you are there to help them out and hence increases their interest in your blog posts. So always be in a conservation with your visitors and get their interest in your posts as well as in your blog.



Go against the grain:
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Controversial posts get a lot of links from people refuting your information. It also creates engagement with the visitors. Also use light colors in your blog and try to write in such a way that readers take interest in your posts. You can relate one post with other just like I have done in this post above. It will not only increase your visitors interest but also helps you to optimize your blog posts for seo and increase your posts page views.

Make Conversation:
how-to-write-a-powerful-blog-post

Making conversation with your visitors will help them to share there ideas and problems with you. I will make your blog's reputation and you can increase your fans by making conversation with them. Blogs with comments are trusted by everyone and conversation grabs visitors interest also. In most of the blogs people read the comments of others to know if the post is meaningful or no because they don't like to read long posts so they just read comments as the post summery. So its very beneficial to make conversation with your visitors for you are and your visitors. So ask them for feedback, recommendations etc. Moreover it will keep visitors for longer on your blog.

You Might Also Like: How To attract visitors towards your blog / Keep visitors longer!

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

How To Use Robots Text For Better Seo In Blogger

Using robots text for better seo in blogger | 101helper

Robots text plays a main role in a blog's seo. With robots text we actually indicate search engines robots how to crawl our blogs and how to index it. Robots text is not the meta robot tag codes, its a text which is added in a blogs settings option which helps us to tell robots which pages to crawl and index and which do not. Previously I have created a post in which I have told how to add custom robot text in blogger, if you have already added robots text in your blog then you don't need to read that post but if you haven't added robots text in your blog yet then your first task is to read that post and after adding robots text in your blog you can follow this post to use robots text in proper way. In this post I will tell you how to allow or disallow robots to index pages or labels in search results.


Recommended: How to set custom robots header tags for better seo in blogger.

Allowing or disallowing labels in search results:


I am starting from allowing or disallowing robots to index or crawl labels/categories of your blog e.g in-case of my blog Seo, Menus and Blogging etc. So first of all go to Blogger Dashboard > Settings > Search preferences > Crawlers and indexing > Custom robots.text and edit it. For instance see below image:



Using robots text for better seo in blogger | 101helper

If you have read my post about adding custom robots text then your robots text will be similar to below code:

User-agent: Mediapartners-GoogleDisallow:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /search
Allow: /
Sitemap: http://Yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=UPDATED

In the about code I have added /search beside Disallow so now robots will not index any of your category, if your blog have sitelinks in search results and you wish to show only categories of your blog then remove /search and you are done!

How does it work?

It works in a very simple way how? lets see an example of link of a category opened in browser for details to learn how does it work. See below image:

Using robots text for better seo in blogger | 101helper

In the above example I have opened my Seo label in browser, you can see the highlighted part of link, it lies in every category so to block a label in search results you have to add /search beside disallow. On more thing about adding /search is that is not only blocks labels to be indexed in results but also any queries made for search in blog is also not allowed to be indexed because if you take a look of link of a query made in blog it also has the same text(/search). See example below:

Using robots text for better seo in blogger | 101helper

In the above example 101helper is a query made for search, so if you wish to block only labels and not the search queries you could you /label instead of /search. It is the proper way to block only labels.

Allowing or disallowing pages in search results:

Now a days every blog has pages like contact, about, copyright, sitemap etc, but nobody want to index pages like contact, about and copyright I am not sure about Sitemap :p. The reason not to index contact and about pages is they aren't useful for visitors and aren't interesting too so now you can control robots to index your pages or no but keep one thing in mind that you can't control a specific page to be indexed or not so if you add /p in front of Disallow: then every page of your blog won't be indexed. See example of link of a blogger page:

Using robots text for better seo in blogger | 101helper
  
You can use Robots text tester in Google webmaster tools while making any changes in your blog's robots text. So you can see a live preview of your blog's robot text at Google webmaster tools > Crawl > robots.txt tester and can test every url of your blog after making any changes as if it is allowed by robots or not. See an example of page blocked by Google robots in below image:

Using robots text for better seo in blogger | 101helper

If you wish to block all pages in search results just add /p in front of Disallow:. It will block only contact, about, sitemap, privacy policy etc pages not posts. You can't block or allow a specific page of your blog to be indexed or not.

Blocking both pages and labels in search results:

If you want to block both pages and categories/labels the your robots text should look like below code:

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
User-agent: *
Disallow: /p
Disallow: /search
Allow: /
Sitemap: http://101helper.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=UPDATED

the above code specifies not to index a link having /p or /search. So now robots won't index any label or pages.

Allowing all pages, labels and Homepage to indexed in search results:

If you are desired to index all of your blog pages, labels, homepages, post pages etc use below code as your blog's robots text. 

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
User-agent: *
Disallow:
Allow: /
Sitemap: http://101helper.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=UPDATED

The above code tells robots to index all pages, labels posts, homepage etc.

Final words:

You can use robots text for blocking posts published in a specific year(you can block posts published in a same year). Robots text plays a vital role in a blogs seo. Use robots text carefully or else you can loose all of your blog traffic.

Hope you like this post and it was an informative article. If you have any question feel free to ask me in comments. Follow and subscribe to get latest updates about blogger seo. Thanks for visiting 101Helper. Share this post with others and help me spread 101Helper.

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

How To Enable Comment Moderation In Blogger

How to enable comment moderation in blogger | 101helper

Comment moderation means publishing comments after approval. It is helpful to avoid spam comments to be published on blog. Comment moderation is not enabled in simple or another template so you have enable it on your own. Its not a difficult thing, you have to just make a little changes in settings of your blog. To enable comment moderation in your blog follow below steps:

Step 1: Go to blogger dashboard.

Step 2: Select settings in the menu on left side.


Step 3: Select the sub-option "post and comments".


Step 4: Search for comments option on the page and below it search for comment moderation.


Step 5: Check always option beside comment moderation and click on save settings.

For instance see the below image:


How to enable comment moderation in blogger | 101helper

Comments awaiting for approval will show up in the overview chart of your blog. Comments will be published after approval by Admin:

How to enable comment moderation in blogger | 101helper

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

How To Disable Navbar In Blogger

How to disable navbar in blogger | 101helper blogging

Navbar means navigation bar. It lies at the top of blog in blogger. It has a search box, share buttons and some more buttons. It is enabled in every blogger template but can be disabled easily by Admin. It has different styles e.g black, orange, blue, transparent etc. In this post I will tell you how to disable navbar in blogger, so follow below steps to disable navbar in blogger:


Step 1: Go to blogger dashboard.

Step 2: Click on Layout in the menu on left side:


How to disable navbar in blogger | 101helper blogging

Step 3: At the top of the layout page Edit the navbar:


How to disable navbar in blogger | 101helper blogging

Step 4: Check the round box beside off to disable navbar.


How to disable navbar in blogger | 101helper blogging

Step 5: Click on save button and you are done!

If you wish to enable it again go to Dashboard > Layout > Navbar > Edit and choose any of the navbar style which you like and click on save.

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Star Ratings Widget For Blogger

Star ratings widget in blogger | 101helper gadgets for blogger

Voting or rating a post means to give your feedback about that post. It helps visitors to know if the post or blog which they are reading is popular(have a meaningful content) or is voted by people because it has something meaningful. It is helpful for seo also because Google shows ratings of websites in search results by stars. Blogger has built-in ratings but these are only in the form of check box, you can add them by going to Layout > Blog posts > Edit > Ratings. You can take a look of blogger ratings below:


Star ratings widget in blogger | 101helper gadgets for blogger

You can set number of votes and also text e.g good, better, best etc. But if you are searching for star ratings then you have to add it from Rating widget. Rating widget provides star ratings gadget for blogs and websites and it is integrated with Google rich snippets so after adding this gadget you will see star ratings beside your blog description in search results. You can show ratings stars in mobile view also and one of the best feature of it is that it doesn't effect your blog's load time. It is fully customizable i.e you can choose different looks according to your choice and change color of the stars. It is available in all languages and it is very easy to use, it takes only 2 minutes to setup. You can see a demo of star ratings below:


Star ratings widget in blogger | 101helper gadgets for blogger

Example of star ratings in Google search results:


Star ratings widget in blogger | 101helper gadgets for blogger

For more info go to http://rating-widget.com

Note: After 13 days trial account is expired but the widget still works. 

Features of Star ratings widget:

  • It is free of cost you don't need to pay for it.
  • It has different styles.
  • It is easily customizable.
  • Available for all platforms e.g blogger, wordpress, weebly, webs etc.
  • 2 minutes integration with Google rich snippets.
  • Available in all languages.
  • Good for Seo.
  • It doesn't effect speed of blog or website.
  • This widget in mobile friendly.  
  • This widget takes its position automatically, you don't need to use Css for positioning it. 
  • It also works as a related post widget, whenever a visitor votes up a post this widget shows recommended posts.
Note: Rich snippets is available for premium users only, if you wish to enable rich snippets for your blog then upgrade to premium membership or use http://www.microdatagenerator.com/ to generate ratings rich snippets for your blog.

How to setup Star Ratings widget in blogger?

Its very simple to install this widget in blogger but you need to register an account first at ratings widget to use this widget. So first register an account at Ratings Widget and follow below steps to install this gadget in your blog:

Step 1: Go to Ratings widget and sign-in to you account after registration.

Step 2: Click on get my free widget or go to http://rating-widget.com/get/rating/

Step 3: Choose blogger as your platform:


Star ratings widget in blogger | 101helper gadgets for blogger

Step 4: Customize your widget according to your choice in the menu on left side. See a live preview of your widget also:


Star ratings widget in blogger | 101helper gadgets for blogger

Step 5: After customization click on add to blogger.

Step 6: On the Page element page Rename your widget if you want and after that click on add widget and you are done successfully.

This gadget takes its position automatically below each post, so you don't have to specify position of stars. If you wish to show the stars in mobile view of your blog read how to enable a widget in mobile view in blogger.

Hope you like this post and it is working in your blog properly. If you have any problem related to this widget ask me in comments. Give me your feedback or suggestion at http://101helper.blogspot.com/p/contact-me.html. Share this post with others if it was help to you because sharing is caring. Thank you for visiting 101Helper.

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Sunday, February 22, 2015

How To Add Join This Site Gadget In Blogger

How to add Join this site gadget in blogger

Do you want to get members in your blog? If yes then try a gadget "
Join this site  or Members", it allows people to join a blog. With this gadget anyone can be a member of your blog all you have to do is to add Join this site gadget in your blog. This gadget is made by Google and let users to join your site, this gadget works is a very easy way, once someone click join this site a pop-up window opens and the user is asked for his Gmail password and E-mail to log-in to his account.
Once he logs-in to his account you get a notification that ABC user wants to join your blog and when you approve him to join your blog then he become a member of your blog, its same as authorizing an app by gmail account. You can see a demo of members gadget in below image:

How to add Join this site gadget in blogger

How to add this gadget to your blog?

To add this gadget follow few steps given below:

Step 1: Go to Blogger Dashboard.

Step 2: Go to Layout and click add a gadget.


Step 3: Click More gadget in add a gadget pop-up window and search for Members as shown in below image:



How to add Join this site gadget in blogger


Step 4: Adjust the height of join this site gadget according to your need and click save.

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Saturday, February 21, 2015

How To Add Pinterest Follow Box In Blogger

How to add pinterest follow box in blogger | 101helper

Pinterest is a social network similar to twitter, here you can share images along with links. You can share images from a link also, all you have to do is to paste a link and pinterest will show all images from that webpage, now you have to choose which image do you want to show with the link. It is a very interesting social network specially for bloggers, here they can post links of their posts along with images which is good for seo also. Just like twitter, pinterest also provides a follow box which can be added to blog or website to get more followers.
Moreover you can also add "pin it" button to all images of your blog. In this post I will show you how to add pinterest follow box in blogger, so follow below mentioned steps to add pinterest follow box in your blog:

See 101Helper Pinterest profile!



How to add pinterest follow box in blogger | 101helper

Adding pinterest profile follow box directly in blog:

Step 1: Go to blogger dashboard.

Step 2: Select layout in the menu on left side and click on add a gadget.

Step 3: Scroll down to Html/javascript and paste the below code: 

<a data-pin-do="embedUser" href="https://www.pinterest.com/101helper/"data-pin-scale-width="80" data-pin-scale-height="200" data-pin-board-width="400">Visit 101Helper's profile on Pinterest.</a><!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --><script type="text/javascript" async src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js"></script>  


Step 4: Replace https://www.pinterest.com/101helper/ with your profile link and 101Helper's with your profile name.


Step 5: Click on save and you are done!


If the follow box is not working try below steps to add Pinterest follow box manually in your blog.


Adding Pinterest follow box manually in blogger:


Step 1: Go to https://www.pinterest.com and log-in to your account.


Step 2: Open your profile and Click on the settings icon beside edit profile as shown in below image:



How to add pinterest follow box in blogger | 101helper

Step 3: Click on "Make a widget" and copy code of your pinterest follow box.

Step 4: Go to blogger dashboard > Layout > Add a gadget > Html/javascript and paste the copied code.

Step 5: Click on save and you are done successfully.

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Friday, February 20, 2015

10 Stylish Search Boxes For Blogger

10 Stylish search boxes for blogger | 101helper

Search box is a very important thing in a blog because it helps visitors to find what they are looking for? If you observe, search box not only helps visitors to reach the posts they are looking for but also help you to increase your blog page-views as by search somethings visitors actually increases your page-views. Blogger has built-in search box and can be easily added from layout > add a gadget > Search box. But it is too simple and doesn't go with stylish blogs, so here I am going to share 10 different styles of search boxes for blogger blogs along with step by step method to use them, so follow below steps and choose the search box to add it in your blog. 

You might also like to read: Search boxes with different styles for blogger.

How to add stylish search box to your blog:


Step 1: Go to blogger dashboard and select your blog in which you want to add stylish search box.


Step 2: Select layout in the menu on left side and click on add a gadget.


Step 3: Scroll down to Html/javascript and click on it.


Step 4: Copy code of desired search box from below:


Style 1(Responsive search box):



Responsive search box for blogger | 101helper

<style>

* {
 box-sizing: border-box;
}
form {
 width: 200px;
 height: 40px;
 margin: 100px auto 0;
 position: relative;
}
#submit {
 display: none; 
}

form .icon, form .submit {

 width: 35px;
 height: 35px;
 background: #d75813;
 display: block;
 position: absolute;
 top: 0;
 right: 0;
 box-shadow:
  0px 5px #bc490a,
  0px 8px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

form .submit {

 background: #009bff;
 cursor: pointer;
 box-shadow:
  0px 5px #0276c1,
  0px 8px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}
form .icon:after, form .submit:after  {
 content: '';
 position: absolute;
 width: 8px;
 height: 8px;
 border: 2px solid white;
 border-radius: 50%;
 left: 10px;
 top: 9px;
}

form .icon:before, form .submit:before {

 content: '';
 position: absolute;
 height: 8px;
 width: 2px;
 background: white;
 transform: rotate(-35deg);
 top: 19px;
 left: 21px;
}

form #search {

 -webkit-appearance: none;
 height: 35px;
 width: 0;
 position: absolute;
 padding: 0;
 opacity: 0;
 border: none;
 outline: none;
 position: absolute;
 right: 35px;
 box-shadow:
  0px 5px #bbb,
  0px 8px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}
</style>
<form action="/search" class="search">
 <input id="submit" value="" type="submit" />
 <label for="submit" class="submit"></label>
 <a href="javascript: void(0)" class="icon"></a>
 <input type="text" name="q" id="search" placeholder="Search" />
</form>

<script class="cssdeck" src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script>
$(".icon").click(function() {
 var icon = $(this),
   input = icon.parent().find("#search"),
   submit = icon.parent().find(".submit"),
   is_submit_clicked = false;

 // Animate the input field

 input.animate({
  "width": "165px",
  "padding": "10px",
  "opacity": 1
 }, 300, function() {
  input.focus();
 });

 submit.mousedown(function() {

  is_submit_clicked = true;
 });

 // Now, we need to hide the icon too

 icon.fadeOut(300);


 input.blur(function() {

  if(!input.val() && !is_submit_clicked) {
   input.animate({
    "width": "0",
    "padding": "0",
    "opacity": 0
   }, 200);
   
   icon.fadeIn(200);
  };
 });
});
</script>

Style 2(Responsive search box with cool effect):


Responsive search box with cool effect for blogger | 101helper

<section class="webdesigntuts-workshop">


<form action="/search" method="get">

<input autocomplete="off" name="q" placeholder="What are you looking for?" type="text" value="" /><button>Search</button> 
</form>
</section>

<style>

@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cabin:400);

.webdesigntuts-workshop {

background: #151515;
height: 100%;
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
width: 100%;
}
.webdesigntuts-workshop:before {
background: #444;
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #151515, #444, #151515);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(left, #151515, #444, #151515);
background: -o-linear-gradient(left, #151515, #444, #151515);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(left, #151515, #444, #151515);
background: linear-gradient(left, #151515, #444, #151515);
top: 192px;
}

.webdesigntuts-workshop:after {

background: #000;
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #151515, #000, #151515);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(left, #151515, #000, #151515);
background: -o-linear-gradient(left, #151515, #000, #151515);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(left, #151515, #000, #151515);
background: linear-gradient(left, #151515, #000, #151515);
top: 191px;
}

.webdesigntuts-workshop form {

background: #111;
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#1b1b1b, #111);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(#1b1b1b, #111);
background: -o-linear-gradient(#1b1b1b, #111);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(#1b1b1b, #111);
background: linear-gradient(#1b1b1b, #111);
border: 1px solid #000;
border-radius: 5px;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px #272727;
display: inline-block;
font-size: 0px;
margin: 150px auto 0;
padding: 20px;
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
}

.webdesigntuts-workshop input {

background: #222;
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#333, #222);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(#333, #222);
background: -o-linear-gradient(#333, #222);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(#333, #222);
background: linear-gradient(#333, #222);
border: 1px solid #444;
border-radius: 5px 0 0 5px;
box-shadow: 0 2px 0 #000;
color: #888;
display: block;
float: left;
font-family: 'Cabin', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: 400;
height: 40px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 10px;
text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 #000;
width: 200px;
}

.ie .webdesigntuts-workshop input {

line-height: 40px;
}

.webdesigntuts-workshop input::-webkit-input-placeholder {

   color: #888;
}

.webdesigntuts-workshop input:-moz-placeholder {

   color: #888;
}

.webdesigntuts-workshop input:focus {

-webkit-animation: glow 800ms ease-out infinite alternate;
-moz-animation: glow 800ms ease-out infinite alternate;
-o-animation: glow 800ms ease-out infinite alternate;
-ms-animation: glow 800ms ease-out infinite alternate;
animation: glow 800ms ease-out infinite alternate;
background: #222922;
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#333933, #222922);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(#333933, #222922);
background: -o-linear-gradient(#333933, #222922);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(#333933, #222922);
background: linear-gradient(#333933, #222922);
border-color: #393;
box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0,255,0,.2), inset 0 0 5px rgba(0,255,0,.1), 0 2px 0 #000;
color: #efe;
outline: none;
}

.webdesigntuts-workshop input:focus::-webkit-input-placeholder { 

color: #efe;
}

.webdesigntuts-workshop input:focus:-moz-placeholder {

color: #efe;
}

.webdesigntuts-workshop button {

background: #222;
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#333, #222);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(#333, #222);
background: -o-linear-gradient(#333, #222);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(#333, #222);
background: linear-gradient(#333, #222);
-webkit-box-sizing: content-box;
-moz-box-sizing: content-box;
-o-box-sizing: content-box;
-ms-box-sizing: content-box;
box-sizing: content-box;
border: 1px solid #444;
border-left-color: #000;
border-radius: 0 5px 5px 0;
box-shadow: 0 2px 0 #000;
color: #fff;
display: block;
float: left;
font-family: 'Cabin', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: 400;
height: 40px;
line-height: 40px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: relative;
text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 #000;
width: 80px;
}

.webdesigntuts-workshop button:hover,

.webdesigntuts-workshop button:focus {
background: #292929;
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#393939, #292929);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(#393939, #292929);
background: -o-linear-gradient(#393939, #292929);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(#393939, #292929);
background: linear-gradient(#393939, #292929);
color: #5f5;
outline: none;
}

.webdesigntuts-workshop button:active {

background: #292929;
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#393939, #292929);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(#393939, #292929);
background: -o-linear-gradient(#393939, #292929);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(#393939, #292929);
background: linear-gradient(#393939, #292929);
box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #000, inset 1px 0 1px #222;
top: 1px;
}

@-webkit-keyframes glow {

    0% {
border-color: #393;
box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0,255,0,.2), inset 0 0 5px rgba(0,255,0,.1), 0 2px 0 #000;
    }
    100% {
border-color: #6f6;
box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(0,255,0,.6), inset 0 0 10px rgba(0,255,0,.4), 0 2px 0 #000;
    }
}

@-moz-keyframes glow {

    0% {
border-color: #393;
box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0,255,0,.2), inset 0 0 5px rgba(0,255,0,.1), 0 2px 0 #000;
    }
    100% {
border-color: #6f6;
box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(0,255,0,.6), inset 0 0 10px rgba(0,255,0,.4), 0 2px 0 #000;
    }
}

@-o-keyframes glow {

    0% {
border-color: #393;
box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0,255,0,.2), inset 0 0 5px rgba(0,255,0,.1), 0 2px 0 #000;
    }
    100% {
border-color: #6f6;
box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(0,255,0,.6), inset 0 0 10px rgba(0,255,0,.4), 0 2px 0 #000;
    }
}

@-ms-keyframes glow {

    0% {
border-color: #393;
box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0,255,0,.2), inset 0 0 5px rgba(0,255,0,.1), 0 2px 0 #000;
    }
    100% {
border-color: #6f6;
box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(0,255,0,.6), inset 0 0 10px rgba(0,255,0,.4), 0 2px 0 #000;
    }
}

@keyframes glow {

    0% {
border-color: #393;
box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0,255,0,.2), inset 0 0 5px rgba(0,255,0,.1), 0 2px 0 #000;
    }
    100% {
border-color: #6f6;
box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(0,255,0,.6), inset 0 0 10px rgba(0,255,0,.4), 0 2px 0 #000;
    }
}

</style>


Customization: 

To increase or decrease width of the search box according to your needs, make changes in highlighted part of above code. 


Style 3(simple search box for blogger):


simple search box for blogger | 101helper

<style>

/*--------------------------------------------------------------
1.0 - BASE SITE STYLES
--------------------------------------------------------------*/
*,*:after,*:before {
  box-sizing:border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing:border-box;
  -webkit-box-sizing:border-box;
}

.cf:before,

.cf:after {
    content:"";
    display:table;
}
.cf:after {
    clear:both;
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------
2.0 - SEARCH FORM
--------------------------------------------------------------*/
.searchform {
  background:#f4f4f4;
  background:rgba(244,244,244,.79);
  border: 1px solid #d3d3d3;
left: 50%;
  padding: 2px 5px;
  position: absolute;
margin: -22px 0 0 -170px;
top: 50%;
  width:339px;
  box-shadow:0 4px 9px rgba(0,0,0,.37);
  -moz-box-shadow:0 4px 9px rgba(0,0,0,.37);
  -webkit-box-shadow:0 4px 9px rgba(0,0,0,.37);
  border-radius: 10px;
  -moz-border-radius: 10px;
  -webkit-border-radius: 10px
}

.searchform input, .searchform button {

float: left
}
.searchform input {
background:#fefefe;
border: none;
font:12px/12px 'HelveticaNeue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
margin-right: 5px;
padding: 10px;
width: 216px;
box-shadow: 0 0 4px rgba(0,0,0,.4) inset, 1px 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.75);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 4px rgba(0,0,0,.4) inset, 1px 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.75);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 4px rgba(0,0,0,.4) inset, 1px 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.75);
  border-radius: 9px;
  -moz-border-radius: 9px;
  -webkit-border-radius: 9px
}
.searchform input:focus {
outline: none;
box-shadow:0 0 4px #0d76be inset;
-moz-box-shadow:0 0 4px #0d76be inset;
-webkit-box-shadow:0 0 4px #0d76be inset;
}
.searchform input::-webkit-input-placeholder {
  font-style: italic;
  line-height: 15px
}

.searchform input:-moz-placeholder {

 font-style: italic;
  line-height: 15px
}

.searchform button {

background: rgb(52,173,236);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(52,173,236,1) 0%, rgba(38,145,220,1) 100%);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(52,173,236,1)), color-stop(100%,rgba(38,145,220,1)));
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(52,173,236,1) 0%,rgba(38,145,220,1) 100%);
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(52,173,236,1) 0%,rgba(38,145,220,1) 100%);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(52,173,236,1) 0%,rgba(38,145,220,1) 100%);
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(52,173,236,1) 0%,rgba(38,145,220,1) 100%);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#34adec', endColorstr='#2691dc',GradientType=0 );
border: none;
color:#fff;
cursor: pointer;
font: 13px/13px 'HelveticaNeue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
padding: 10px;
width:106px;
box-shadow: 0 0 2px #2692dd inset;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 2px #2692dd inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 2px #2692dd inset;
  border-radius: 9px;
  -moz-border-radius: 9px;
  -webkit-border-radius: 9px;
}
.searchform button:hover {
opacity:.9;
}
</style>
<form class="searchform cf" action="/search">
  <input type="text" name="q" placeholder="Type here to search anything" value=""  method="get" />
  <button type="submit">Search</button>
</form>



Style 4(Cool search box for blogger):



Cool search box for blogger | 101helper

<style>
.cf:before, .cf:after{
    content:"";
    display:table;
}

.cf:after{
    clear:both;
}

.cf{
    zoom:1;
}    

 /* Form wrapper styling */

.search-wrapper {
width: 220px;
margin: 45px auto 50px auto;
box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4) inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .2);
}

/* Form text input */

.search-wrapper input {
width: 138px;
height: 20px;
padding: 10px 5px;
float: left;
font: bold 15px 'lucida sans', 'trebuchet MS', 'Tahoma';
border: 0;
background: #EEE;
border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;
}

.search-wrapper input:focus {
    outline: 0;
    background: #fff;
    box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgba(0,0,0,.8) inset;
}

.search-wrapper input::-webkit-input-placeholder {
   color: #999;
   font-weight: normal;
   font-style: italic;
}

.search-wrapper input:-moz-placeholder {
    color: #999;
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: italic;
}

.search-wrapper input:-ms-input-placeholder {
    color: #999;
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: italic;
}    

/* Form submit button */
.search-wrapper button {
overflow: visible;
position: relative;
float: right;
border: 0;
padding: 0;
cursor: pointer;
height: 40px;
width: 72px;
font: bold 15px/40px 'lucida sans', 'trebuchet MS', 'Tahoma';
color: white;
text-transform: uppercase;
background: #D83C3C;
border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;
text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
}
   
.search-wrapper button:hover{     
    background: #e54040;
}   
   
.search-wrapper button:active,
.search-wrapper button:focus{   
    background: #c42f2f;
    outline: 0;   
}

.search-wrapper button:before { /* left arrow */
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    border-width: 8px 8px 8px 0;
    border-style: solid solid solid none;
    border-color: transparent #d83c3c transparent;
    top: 12px;
    left: -6px;
}

.search-wrapper button:hover:before{
    border-right-color: #e54040;
}

.search-wrapper button:focus:before,
.search-wrapper button:active:before{
        border-right-color: #c42f2f;
}      

.search-wrapper button::-moz-focus-inner { /* remove extra button spacing for Mozilla Firefox */
    border: 0;
    padding: 0;
}    
</style>
<form action="/search" class="search-wrapper cf">
        <input type="text" method="get" name="q" placeholder="Search here..." required="" />
        <button type="submit">Search</button>
    </form>


Style 5(Blue colored slide-in search box):



Blue colored slide-in search box for blogger | 101helper

<div class="search">
  <input class="search_box" type="checkbox" id="search_box" />
  <label class="icon-search" for="search_box"></label>
  <div class="search_form">
   <form action="/search" method="get">
<input autocomplete="off" name="q" placeholder="What are you looking for?" type="text" value="" /> 
</form>
  </div>
</div>
<style>
@import "//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/3.2.1/css/font-awesome.css";
.search{
  position:relative;
  display: inline-block;
left:170px;
}
[class^="icon-"]{
  background: #3498db;
  color:#fff;
  border-radius:5px;
  display:inline-block;
  padding:6px 7px 7px;
  font-size:18px;
  text-shadow:1px 1px 2px #21638F;
  box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 0px #21638F;
  transition:all 0.5s ease;
  -webkit-transition:all 0.5s ease;
  cursor: pointer;
  z-index:10;
  position:relative;
}
[class^="icon-"]:hover{
  background: #5dade2;
  text-shadow:0px 0px 0px #21638F;
  box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 8px #21638F;
  transition:all 0.5s ease;
  -webkit-transition:all 0.5s ease;
}
.search_form{
  background: #5dade2;
  position:absolute;
  z-index:0;
  padding:0px 5px;
  right:0;
  top:15px;
  overflow: hidden;
  border-radius:10px;
  width: 20px;
  height:0px;
  transition: height 0.2s ease-out 0.5s , top 0.2s ease-out 0.5s, padding 0.2s ease-out 0.5s, width 0.3s ease-out 0.2s;
  -webkit-transition: height 0.2s ease-out 0.5s , top 0.2s ease-out 0.5s, padding 0.2s ease-out 0.5s, width 0.3s ease-out 0.2s;
}
.search_form form{
  opacity:0;
   transition:all 0.3s ease-out;
  -webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-out;
}
.search_form input{
  background:#fff;
  border:none;
}
.search_form input[type='text']{
  border-radius:5px 0 0 5px;
  width:150px;
  margin:0px 1px 0px 0;
  padding:0px 5px 1px;
  min-height:23px;
}
.search_form input[type='submit']{
  border-radius:0 5px  5px 0;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  font-size:11px;
  padding:0px 5px;
  min-height:24px;
  margin:0px 0px 0px 0;
  cursor: pointer;
}
.search_box{
  visibility: hidden;
}
.search_box:checked~.search_form{
  width: 213px;
  height:24px;
  padding:5px;
  top:35px;
  transition: height 0.2s ease-out, top 0.2s ease-out, padding 0.2s ease-out, 0.3s width ease-out 0.2s;
  -webkit-transition: height 0.2s ease-out, top 0.2s ease-out, padding 0.2s ease-out, 0.3s width ease-out 0.2s;
}
.search_box:checked~.search_form form{
  opacity:1;
  transition:0.3s all ease-out 0.5s;
  -webkit-transition:0.3s all ease-out 0.5s;
}

</style>

Style 6(Smooth milky search box for blogger):


Smooth milky search box for blogger | 101helper

<style>
.byline{
  text-align:center;
  font-size:18px;
}
.byline a{
  text-decoration:none;
  color: #ce0000;
}

#gradient{
    width:0;
    height:50px;
    margin:0 auto;
    border-radius:100%;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 50px 200px 150px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.93);
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 50px 200px 150px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.93);
    box-shadow: 0 50px 200px 150px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.93);
}
.searchbox{
    background-color:#fffbf8;
    padding:13px;
    width:335px;
    margin:100px auto;
    -webkit-box-sizing:border-box;
    -moz-box-sizing:border-box;
    box-sizing:border-box;
    border-radius:6px;
    -webkit-box-shadow:
        0 2px 4px 0 rgba(72, 72, 72, 0.83),
        0 10px 15px 0 rgba(126, 126, 126, 0.12),
        0 -2px 6px 1px rgba(199, 199, 199, 0.55) inset, 
        0 2px 4px 2px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.83) inset;
    -moz-box-shadow: 
        0 2px 4px 0 rgba(72, 72, 72, 0.83),
        0 10px 15px 0 rgba(126, 126, 126, 0.12),
        0 -2px 6px 1px rgba(199, 199, 199, 0.55) inset, 
        0 2px 4px 2px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.83) inset;
    box-shadow: 
        0 2px 4px 0 rgba(72, 72, 72, 0.83),
        0 10px 15px 0 rgba(126, 126, 126, 0.12),
        0 -2px 6px 1px rgba(199, 199, 199, 0.55) inset, 
        0 2px 4px 2px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.83) inset;
}
input[type="search"]{
    width:250px;
    height:30px;
    padding-left:15px;
    border-radius:6px;
    border:none;
    color:#939393;
    font-weight:500;
    background-color:#fffbf8;
    -webkit-box-shadow:
        0 -2px 2px 0 rgba(199, 199, 199, 0.55),
        0 1px 1px 0 #fff,
        0 2px 2px 1px #fafafa,
        0 2px 4px 0 #b2b2b2 inset,
        0 -1px 1px 0 #f2f2f2 inset,
        0 15px 15px 0 rgba(41, 41, 41, 0.09) inset;
    -moz-box-shadow: 
        0 -2px 2px 0 rgba(199, 199, 199, 0.55),
        0 1px 1px 0 #fff,
        0 2px 2px 1px #fafafa,
        0 2px 4px 0 #b2b2b2 inset,
        0 -1px 1px 0 #f2f2f2 inset,
        0 15px 15px 0 rgba(41, 41, 41, 0.09) inset;
    box-shadow:
        0 -2px 2px 0 rgba(199, 199, 199, 0.55),
        0 1px 1px 0 #fff,
        0 2px 2px 1px #fafafa,
        0 2px 4px 0 #b2b2b2 inset,
        0 -1px 1px 0 #f2f2f2 inset,
        0 15px 15px 0 rgba(41, 41, 41, 0.09) inset;
}
button[type="submit"]{
    width:35px;
    height:30px;
    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    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 10px 5px;
    background-color:transparent;
    -webkit-background-size:20px 20px;
    background-size:20px 20px;
    border:none;
    cursor:pointer;
}
input[type="search"]:focus{
    outline:0;
}
</style>
<form class="searchbox" action="/search">
        <input type="search" placeholder="Type here to search..." name="q" />
        <button type="submit" value="search">&nbsp;</button>

    </form>

Style 7(Stylish search box for blogger):


Stylish search box for blogger | 101helper

<style>
.cf:before, .cf:after{
    content:"";
    display:table;
}

.cf:after{
    clear:both;
}

.cf{
    zoom:1;
}
/* Form wrapper styling */
.form-wrapper {
    width: 450px;
    padding: 15px;
    margin: 150px auto 50px auto;
    background: #444;
    background: rgba(0,0,0,.2);
    border-radius: 10px;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.4) inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.2);
}

/* Form text input */

.form-wrapper input {
    width: 330px;
    height: 20px;
    padding: 10px 5px;
    float: left;    
    font: bold 15px 'lucida sans', 'trebuchet MS', 'Tahoma';
    border: 0;
    background: #eee;
    border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;      
}

.form-wrapper input:focus {
    outline: 0;
    background: #fff;
    box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgba(0,0,0,.8) inset;
}

.form-wrapper input::-webkit-input-placeholder {
   color: #999;
   font-weight: normal;
   font-style: italic;
}

.form-wrapper input:-moz-placeholder {
    color: #999;
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: italic;
}

.form-wrapper input:-ms-input-placeholder {
    color: #999;
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: italic;
}    

/* Form submit button */
.form-wrapper button {
    overflow: visible;
    position: relative;
    float: right;
    border: 0;
    padding: 0;
    cursor: pointer;
    height: 40px;
    width: 110px;
    font: bold 15px/40px 'lucida sans', 'trebuchet MS', 'Tahoma';
    color: #fff;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    background: #d83c3c;
    border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;      
    text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0 ,0, .3);
}   
   
.form-wrapper button:hover{     
    background: #e54040;
}   
   
.form-wrapper button:active,
.form-wrapper button:focus{   
    background: #c42f2f;
    outline: 0;   
}

.form-wrapper button:before { /* left arrow */
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    border-width: 8px 8px 8px 0;
    border-style: solid solid solid none;
    border-color: transparent #d83c3c transparent;
    top: 12px;
    left: -6px;
}

.form-wrapper button:hover:before{
    border-right-color: #e54040;
}

.form-wrapper button:focus:before,
.form-wrapper button:active:before{
        border-right-color: #c42f2f;
}      

.form-wrapper button::-moz-focus-inner { /* remove extra button spacing for Mozilla Firefox */
    border: 0;
    padding: 0;
}   
</style>
<form class="form-wrapper cf" action="/search">
        <input type="text" placeholder="Search here..." name="q" required />
        <button type="submit">Search</button>
    </form>

Customization: 

You can customize the width of this search box along with its search button background color according to your needs. To increase or decrease width of search box or button make changes in that part of above code which is highlighted by blue color. Take care of both widths(button and search box) while making any changes otherwise you search box will look irregular, and to change color of search button replace its color code with desired color code(background: #e54040;). 


Style 8(Simple search box with go button):


Simple search box with go button for blogger | 101helper

<style>
.form-wrapper {
    width: 450px;
    padding: 8px;
    margin: 100px auto;
    overflow: hidden;
    border-width: 1px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: #dedede #bababa #aaa #bababa;
    box-shadow: 0 3px 3px rgba(255,255,255,.1), 0 3px 0 #bbb, 0 4px 0 #aaa, 0 5px 5px #444;
    border-radius: 10px;    
    background-color: #f6f6f6;
    background-image: linear-gradient(top, #f6f6f6, #eae8e8);
}

.form-wrapper #search {
    width: 330px;
    height: 20px;
    padding: 10px 5px;
    float: left;    
    font: bold 16px 'lucida sans', 'trebuchet MS', 'Tahoma';
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #ddd inset, 0 1px 0 #fff;
    border-radius: 3px;      
}

.form-wrapper #search:focus {
    outline: 0; 
    border-color: #aaa;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #bbb inset;  
}

.form-wrapper #search::-webkit-input-placeholder {
   color: #999;
   font-weight: normal;
}

.form-wrapper #search:-moz-placeholder {
    color: #999;
    font-weight: normal;
}

.form-wrapper #search:-ms-input-placeholder {
    color: #999;
    font-weight: normal;


.form-wrapper #submit {
    float: right;    
    border: 1px solid #00748f;
    height: 42px;
    width: 100px; 
    padding: 0;
    cursor: pointer;
    font: bold 15px Arial, Helvetica;
    color: #fafafa;
    text-transform: uppercase;    
    background-color: #0483a0;
    background-image: linear-gradient(top, #31b2c3, #0483a0);
    -moz-border-radius: 3px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
    border-radius: 3px;      
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0 ,0, .3);
    box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3) inset, 0 1px 0 #fff;
}
  
.form-wrapper #submit:hover,
.form-wrapper #submit:focus {       
    background-color: #31b2c3;
    background-image: linear-gradient(top, #0483a0, #31b2c3);
}   
  
.form-wrapper #submit:active {
    outline: 0;    
    box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) inset;    
}
  
.form-wrapper #submit::-moz-focus-inner {
    border: 0;
}
</style>
<form class="form-wrapper">
    <input type="text" id="search" placeholder="Search this site here...." name="q" required />
    <input type="submit" value="go" id="submit" />

</form>

Customization:

To customize width of the search box according to your needs, make changes in highlighted part of code. Adjust both widths(button and search) otherwise search box will not be proper. 

Style 9(Animated stylish search box for blogger):


Animated search box for blogger | 101helper

<style>
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td,
article, aside, canvas, details, figcaption, figure,
footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section, summary,
time, mark, audio, video {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
  font: inherit;
  vertical-align: baseline;
}
/*-------------
SEARCH
-------------*/

#searchForm fieldset {
    width:240px;
    position:relative;
    display:block;
}

div.input {
    width:120px;
    padding:5px 15px 7px 15px;
    border-radius:20px;
    border:1px solid #c6d2db;
    border-top:1px solid #b4c1cb;
    box-shadow:inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);
    float:right;
    background:#e8edf1;
}

    div.input.focus {
        border:1px solid #9ecbe2;
        box-shadow:0 0 6px #abdcff, inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);
    }

input#s {
    width:100%;
    border:0;
    border-radius:20px;
    background:transparent;
    height:16px;
    color:#b4bdc4;
    text-shadow:0 1px 1px #fff;
}

    input#s:focus {
        outline:none
    }

input#searchSubmit {
    width:19px;
    height:19px;
    text-indent:-9999px;
    overflow:hidden;
    background:url(../images/search-icon.png) no-repeat;
    border:0;
    position:absolute;
    top:7px; right:13px;
    z-index:5;
    display:none;
    cursor:pointer;
}
</style>
<div id="main">
            <form id="searchForm" action="/search">
                <fieldset>
                    <div class="input">
                        <input type="text" name="q" id="s" placeholder="Enter your search" />
                    </div>
                    <input type="submit" id="searchSubmit" value="" />
                </fieldset>
            </form>
</div>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=J6Kpa2Pf"></script>

<script src="http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=yu6FUA1L"></script>

Style 10(Search box for blogger with hover effect):


Search box for blogger with hover effect | 101helper

<div class="flexsearch">
<div class="flexsearch--wrapper">
<form class="flexsearch--form" action="/search" method="get">
<div class="flexsearch--input-wrapper">
<input class="flexsearch--input" type="text" placeholder="search here..." name="q" />
</div>
<input class="flexsearch--submit" type="submit" value="&#10140;"/>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<style>
/***********************
 * Essential Structure *
 ***********************/
.flexsearch--wrapper {
height: auto;
width: auto;
max-width: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
background: transparent;
margin: 0;
position: static;
}

.flexsearch--form {
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
}

.flexsearch--input-wrapper {
padding: 0 66px 0 0; /* Right padding for submit button width */
overflow: hidden;
}

.flexsearch--input {
  width: 100%;
}

/***********************
 * Configurable Styles *
 ***********************/

.flexsearch--input {
  -webkit-box-sizing: content-box;
-moz-box-sizing: content-box;
box-sizing: content-box;
  height: 40px;
  padding: 0 46px 0 10px;
border-color: #888;
  border-radius: 35px; /* (height/2) + border-width */
  border-style: solid;
border-width: 3px;
  margin-top: 15px;
  color: #333;
  font-family: 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
font-size: 26px;
-webkit-appearance: none;
-moz-appearance: none;
}

.flexsearch--submit {
  position: absolute;
right: 0;
top: -10px;
display: block;
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
  padding: 0;
  border: none;
margin-top: 20px; /* margin-top + border-width */
  margin-right: 5px; /* border-width */
background: transparent;
  color: #888;
  font-family: 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
  font-size: 27px;
  line-height: 60px;
}

.flexsearch--input:focus {
  outline: none;
  border-color: #2288bb;
}

.flexsearch--input:focus.flexsearch--submit {
  color: #333; 
}

.flexsearch--submit:hover {
  color: #2288bb;
  cursor: pointer;
}

::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color: #888;  
}

input:-moz-placeholder {
  color: #888
}

</style>

Step 5: Paste it into Html/javascript window and click on save, congratulations you are done successfully!

Customization:

You can customize any of the above search box if you have knowledge about CSS, if you don't have any experience in CSS then don't make any changes otherwise the search box you are using may stop working or look improper. One thing which is common in all above search boxes is Placeholder which I have highlighted by blue color in each code, you can customize it according to your needs. Placeholder is the text which lies inside the search box e.g search here, search this site, type here to search, search... etc. 

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