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There are so numerous ways to stay connected
to your reader for your blog like social
networking, mobile apps, etc. How about
Creating a Chrome app for your reader. This
way, they can get easy access to you blog. For
this reason, I am sharing an article How to
create Chrome extension for your blog.
Creating first chrome
add-on for your blog:
This Chrome extension adds an icon to the
Chrome toolbar. It will display number post that
you set for your homepage and Search bar in it.
Here is the preview of the Chrome extension.
Chrome Extension Preview
Follow this easy steps to create a chrome
extension. First Download This file
Shoutmeloud Chrome Extension.zip and extract
it.
Step 1: Create an icon.png with resolution
128×128 PX and save it to the extracted file.
Step 2: Open manifest.json file, add name and
description to your blog in it.
Extension Name: Name you would like to
give to your app.
Description: Short description of your
blog (less than 132 characters).
Step 3: Open extension.js file and replace
ShoutMeLoud feed URL with your blog feed URL
as shown in the image
Step 4. In extension.html, replace
shoutmeloud.com with your blog URL and you
need to add a hyperlink of your blog logo.
Now You’ve successfully created a Chrome
Extension for your blog
Preview your Chrome Extension:
Now you can check the preview of extension in
your Chrome browser using developer mode.
Step 1: Go to chrome://extensions/ in your
Chrome browser and click the developer mode
check box
Step 2: Click Load unpacked extension Button
and Select your Chrome extension file and click
ok.
Credit for this Chrome Extension goes to labnol.
You can download ShoutMeLoud Chrome
extension from here.
Recommended reading:
How to Create Android App for your Blog.
Optional: You can also submit your chrome
extension to the Chrome web store. To do, you
have to pay Google, which costs $5 only.
Do let us know if you face any issue while
creating chrome extension?