When you install your wordpress blog, the only things it asks you for is your blog name and your email address. So you enter them. Then you upload the fancy new "clothes'' that you've just had designed for you and your blog title, appears in the header. You do what seems the simplest fix and that's to take it out of the Title line in the settings, but then you realize that your RSS feed doesn't show your blog title. And we can't have that, can we? Believe it or not, there's a simple fix. For most templates, you're going to want to go into your header.php file and find the string that … [Read more...]
Creating links in your post
August 19, 2008
1. You are typing a lovely post, title & text. (See my blog for some excellent examples, absolutely shameless I know.) :) 2. Select the text that you want to turn into a link. 3. Click on the "link" icon as shown. 4. Link URL: This is the only thing that I ever complete. This is the full text hyperlink thingie: starting with "http://". Target: You can use this if you would like the link to open in a new window, new tab, or in the current browser. Title: This is the text that will appear when the link is hovered over. Ie: "link to Cathy's site". Class: I believe this is … [Read more...]
Find and Replace is a Gift from God…
August 11, 2008
Seriously. You know it's true. How much time to we save when we complete a find and replace? Alot. And a lot of hassles and headaches too. I know of so many people who, after blogging for many months, or years even, decided that they were going to stop using their children's real names. And so what did they do? They went back, post by post, and edited them. By hand. Can you imagine how long that would take you if you decided to do that today? You're shuttering aren't you? I know. Saturday night I had the distinct pleasure of helping Beth and Christy over at Ruby and Roja move … [Read more...]
An introduction to the Internet
August 6, 2008
When I began, my hubby set me up with a blog. On some site. Now if you're like me, you have no idea what in the world is going on behind the scenes, you just really love google, and some blogs you've been reading. And maybe you do your banking online and search for phone numbers. Perfect! Wordpress is for you, honey! It is all a little overwhelming at first, but here is what information I could gather from picking my hubby's brain (like sticking a fork in an electrical outlet). Here's a diagram of the "internet". 1. You. 2. Your "host" company. 3. The WEB. Let's start with #3 … [Read more...]
And we have a winner
August 5, 2008
Heather's the winner of the blog installtion and we're tickled pink as she doesn't have a blog... so we can get her off on the right foot. Didn't win? Never fear! We can still help! Contact us and we'll get you up and running! … [Read more...]
Finding and Using a Gravatar
Is your theme gravatar-enabled? If it is, you'll see a small image in each comment. Gravatars are images that represent your online presence anywhere on the internet. Gravatar stands for Globally Recognized Avatars. With WP 2.6 we can now include a default image that matches your site instead of the little grey head. We can set the size of the gravatar and placement within the comments. How cool is that? All these mods are done through the code in your theme, and why you need your site designed by a professional me. I imagine there are plugins that modify this sort of thing … [Read more...]