Good Morning my friends! How are you today…hope you are busy and happy getting ready for the holidays! My wish for you is to be happy! enjoy! and of course stay healthy and safe (it’s the mother in me what can I say : ) Today we have a guest blogger…my first since I started my blog 4 months ago…Dondi has a lot to share she is such a talented lady. She is giving us “bloggers” some tips on stacking and centering…check it out and bookmark the post for future references
For my readers that do not have a blog…I popped a few ideas for last minute gift buying at the bottom of the post so you have something to look at too : ) Thank you so much Dondi for expanding our horizons : )
Also check out her other blog…Dondalee’s
for fun projects and eye candy!
Hi, friends!Dondi here from Just My Type Designs. I’m here today to teach you how to stack and center your blog buttons and about the importance of using a web host for you graphics and pictures.
Back in the day (like a few months ago) I had no idea that you had to upload all your pictures to a web host like Photobucket in order to do what you really wanted with them. Blogger provides great tools and all…But sometimes you just gotta work with the html.
You can do A LOT more with your photos and graphics if you’ll just upload them to Photobucket. It’s FREE!
Once you create an account, upload your first picture. You will then see a handy little box like this:
{click on the “HTML code” and it will instantly copy the code for you}
This is how you’ll get the html for all of your pictures/graphics!
One of the biggest mysteries to me was just HOW people were putting their graphics or blog ads so darn close together on their sidebars! Guess what? You have to use the photo’s html from a host site (like photobucket) in order to do that! You can’t do this by simply uploading your stuff in the “picture” gadget on Blogger…
So now that you’ve uploaded several pictures to Photobucket, you can really see how this works…copy EACH html and paste it into “Microsoft Word” or notepad to get it out of the way… Now go over to your blog “Design” or “Layout” page (depending on what version of Blogger you’re using) and add an “HTML/JAVA SCRIPT” gadget to your side bar.
{Select to add the HTML/Java Script gadget}
{Now copy and paste your codes in the gadget}
It doesn’t matter how close the codes are together…Then “save” and “preview”. They should be stacked on top of each other!
{An example of stacked blog ads}
The wonderful thing about doing it this way is that you only use ONE gadget instead of one gadget for every picture you upload. That can get confusing and make your “Layout” page a disaster. By combining all the html into one gadget it keeps things neat and organized.
Now that you know how to stack em’ you gotta know how to CENTER em’.
{There’s nothing more attractive then a blog with neat and tidy buttons!}
So here’s some code for a blog button that’s not centered:
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And here’s code for one that is:
See the difference? Yep, you have to add the html that’s highlighted in yellow to each end of your code. And that’s how you center each button! After you write the code enough times you’ll have it memorized. =)
{So if someone gives you their blog button code and it’s not centered, you know how to fix it!}
Now you can neatly center and stack all of your blog ads and graphics, making your blog look more organized and polished! =)
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I hope this little tutorial helped you! If you have an questions don’t hesitate to ask!
Thanks!
Hi ladies! I know some of us are scrambling around for last minute gifts…Here’s a thought…some vinyl…there are so many fabulous and wonderful designs that can transform a large or a small space any where in the home! If they are in stock…I am sure you could still snag a few before the big day! I included the links to the etsy sellers below : )
Snowflakes (how fabulous are these…I am ordering them today…turns all the plain glassware into a Winter Wonderland!) Tree Mural, Designs
These are all from fabulous etsy sellers and I just think they are FUN gifts and ones that we don’t usually think about…right! But I know I would love any one of them and you can use them seriously or just for fun!…ENJOY!
Till Tomorrow…Sending
(((HUGS)))
to all!!!
That was a great post! I’m new at blogging and still have so much to learn. Knowing how to stack these things is great as I follow more and more sites and have more and more pics of my own.I’ve been trying to make a blog button for myself for awhile without success….do you have a tutorial for that? Thanks again!
Love it… I am so happy to be able to do some of these things now… in the beginning I was a Lost Chicken… 🙂 And then to think I had to start ALL over with a whole new system… WP, but funny enough it’s actually easier then blogger…
Thanks for for information! These were great tips!