Fancy CSS3 & jQuery 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,
Adding Scripts
Adding Styles
Adding The Menu

1. Adding Scripts

Go to Blogger Dashboard > Template
Click on Edit HTML
Hit Proceed
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 {
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;
}




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.