One of my customers contacted me for help. She said that she received a notice from Google that her site needed to look a certain when when viewed in EU countries. That she needed to add "Cookies notification in EU countries". They recommended Cookie Consent from SilkTide.
Basically, you just need to add a bit of code to your blog's template in order to comply.
The message will only appear until the visit clicks "Got It". Now that I have done so on her blog, I no longer see the message on subsequent visits to her site. See it in action here at KathleenStamps.com.
Select/Copy this code:
Download it here from my site.
And then Paste this code in the appropriate location for your site.
In her site, which is a Blogger blog,
- Click on Template from the Dashboard.
- Click on Edit HTML.
- And you should see the </head> tag. If you don't you can do a CTRL+F (find) and do a search for </head>.
- Place your cursor above that line, and paste in the code. (See Screenshot Below)
- Save Template.
- You're done!
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Blogger Help:
In Blogger, you could have also probably just added an HTML Widget to your blog's sidebar:
- From the Dashboard, go to Layout, Add a Gadget.
- Select HTML/JavaScript.
- Paste in the Code.
- Save.
- Save Arrangement.
- You're done!
TypePad Help:
- Go to Design, then Content.
- From the Modules box, choose Embed Your Own HTML. (See Screenshot below)
- Then click Add This Module.
- Then Paste in the code in the large text box that appears, click OK.
- Drag and drop on your sidebar (won't be seen).
- Then remember to click the Save Changes.
- You're done!
(Click image for larger view.)
WordPress Help:
- From the Dashboard, go to Appearance, Widgets and drag a Text Widget to your blog's sidebar.
- Paste in the code.
- Click OK/Save.
- You're done!
NOTES: In TypePad and WordPress there are other ways to modify the HTML code, but these methods work as well. In WordPress, his is for self-hosted blog. If you are using the free WordPress.com, then you cannot use JavaScript in Widgets.
I told Kathleen I would post about this on my site, as I also learned something new! It was the first time a customer had requested my help with the EU Cookie Law.
Happy Blogging!
Heather Wright-Porto
Partner at Stamping and Blogging – Home of our How To Setup a Blog series (over 70 videos and tutorials covering Blogger, TypePad and WordPress – NO OTHER training site covers all THREE platforms!)