Guess what question I'm asked most often these days? :) Usually, I'm not much of a risk taker, I'm not on the bleeding edge of anything much less technology. However, with WordPress 3.0 I'm 99% sure it is stable enough for ALL my clients to upgrade. I'll wait while you do that. --------------------- What to expect with WordPress 3.0 Now. Before you send me an email saying, "Cathy! … [Read more...]
How to create buttons, email links, and more…
Dear Becca, (I love your avatar - too cute!) Your questions answered: 1. By grey boxes around everything - I assume you mean the images? To remove these, go to Appearance>>Edit, and find the Style.css- should be listed at the bottom of the right-hand side. - scan through that file until you find: a img {border: 3px solid grey; .....} - change the border width to zero like so: a … [Read more...]
Sidebar Fix #2: the < break > tag
This post is the third in a series called, "Save the Sidebar!" Click on the button below to start at the beginning! A lot of you use <br> tags to accomplish a space between sidebar items. Although this will work, it will interfere with validating your site, it will probably be deprecated pretty soon, AND it doesn't make very good use of your time. Did you know that if you add the … [Read more...]
Sidebar Fix #1: the < p > tag
WordPress is a very user-friendly back-end to your blogs. The stuff that you enter - your text, images, videos, comments, go into WordPress's engines and they do their "thing" to publish it all classy-like. There are THREE areas of your blog that skip the WordPress engines. They take your text and publish it directly to the WEB. These are: text widgets HTML editor theme … [Read more...]
Why is my sidebar swinging below my content?
Q: Why is my sidebar swinging below my content? A: 9 times out of 10, it is the same reason: there is an unclosed division within an html/text widget. Hang in there with me, I intend to explain this in English, I promise. The Problem: Your browser thinks that your sidebar belongs with the main content area. If you look closely, you'll notice that the sidebar is NOT under the left hand … [Read more...]
10 Tips to Keep Posts Organized
One of the risks of blogging is that a lot of your best writing may get lost under a pile of reverse chronologically organized posts. Let's keep the best writing front and center, shall we? Built-In Organization 1. Use PAGES like they were intended. From the WordPress codex: Pages live outside of the normal blog chronology, and are often used to present information about yourself or … [Read more...]
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