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How To: Link Images to PDF files

July 12, 2011

This post will cover how you can link an image to another file, such as a PDF in this specific case, that you have in your media library. For this example, we'll show you how to: Upload the PDF file into your library Insert an image into your blog post that links to this PDF First things first, we'll deal with uploading the PDF: The first thing you want to do once you're in the WordPress admin panel is expand the Media tab and click add new. From here, navigate to where the file is located. In our case, the PDF file is located on the desktop in a folder called … [Read more...]

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How to add images to the sidebars in WordPress

February 20, 2011

For many of us using images in our sidebar, we've had to copy/paste the code or links to get them in there. This plugin will save you from all that. Using the Image Widget plugin, you can use the simple upload link to upload images from your computer right into the sidebar - no html required! See a screenshot of what the upload screen looks like below. And follow these instructions to upload as many images as you like into any sidebar or widgeted area of your WordPress site. To install the image widget plugin: 1. Log into your website at www.yourwebsite.com/wp-admin 2. Go to the … [Read more...]

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Web-safe Fonts

October 10, 2009

These are the fonts commonly used in MOST browsers* * this entire table is from the fine folks at Ampsoft. See their site for more information on how to display the fonts in various browsers, and tips for writing the css. … [Read more...]

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How to Order Pages

October 7, 2009

To order Pages on your nav-bar: 1. Go to Pages Admin Panel. 2. Hover over a page, and click "quick edit". OR 2. Hover over a pge, and click on "edit". 3. In a Page, find Attributes >> Order. In the quick edit screen, find "order". 4. Enter an order number for that page.*** 4. Click Save/Update. ***Use 1000's for the top layer of Pages and separate by 5's. This will leave you room to add pages without re-numbering all preceding pages. The top level pages will be numbered like this: 1010 - 1015- 1020 -and so on. Sub-page(2nd layer) will start with 2000's so they … [Read more...]

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How to add thumbnail images to excerpts

September 28, 2009

Of course there is more than one way to do this, but we'll use the plugin, "Thumbnail for Excerpts". Log into your Admin Panels and open the "Plugins" panel. Click on "Add New". Type: Thumbnail for Excerpts in the search box and click on the search button. The first search result should be the Thumbnail for Excerpts plugin by Radu Capan At the far-right of the search result, you'll see the link. Click on that. Click the "install" button. On the next screen, click the "activate" button. That's it! And now, IF your theme shows excerpts in any page - for example, the archives - then you … [Read more...]

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How to Create a Static Landing Page

September 21, 2009

I guest-posted at Tech Talk for Moms yesterday - a video on how to create a static landing page. Go check it out! (this video will be added to the tutorials section soon) … [Read more...]

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List of 30 FREE stock photo sites

August 13, 2009

Sitepoint has a current list of 30 free stock photo providers. Some of the sites that I use regularly are: stock.xchng morgueFILE Flickr Creative Commons Attribution Barry’s Free Photos image*after All US Government images are public domain (NASA Image Exchange, and National Park Service, for example) The tool that I use the most often - nearly every day - is Zemanta. Right in my blog screen, I can add links and images - it is so handy! … [Read more...]