For the Love of Blogs

Hello lovelies! Let's learn something new shall we? In the following post we'll learn how to add Custom Fonts to your Post title, post body and sidebar title. Earlier it was a bit of a hassle to add Custom fonts to blogger blogs. The font had to be downloaded, then hosted somewhere and then embedded in your layout. But now,thanks to Blogger's template editor it's so much easier![ Template Editor > Advanced > Choose your fonts! ] Another way to add cool fonts is the Google Font API. Consider the Font APIs building blocks for you to make a pretty blog. Firstly,remember this before making any changes to your template code,back up your template by logging into your Dashboard > Design > Edit Html > Download full Template.Save it in a location you would remember to upload it again if you mess up the template. No need to be scared!Just follow the instructions and you would be okay. Next, choose a font you like from   Google Font API . There's a ...

Hullo lovely bloggers!Let's learn something new today! Sharing, spreading the word about your post,proper networking give a huge  boost to your blog and business-we all agree on that.We also agree that social networking sites like Facebook,Twitter,StumbleUpon,Digg etc are the platforms where your posts reach out to others.But,how do you think your posts will get there? Share buttons of course!Now, Blogger has default share buttons that you can activate to  show up below your blog posts.However,I'm not a big fan of them-why? Sure,they do the job!But? a)I'm big on aesthetics:I find them neither very appealing,nor very noticeable-and thus not very effective. b)They don't come with counters which don't show how many times they have been shared.We all track our traffic stats don't we?So why not the shares?When you're seriously getting into blogging and wish to see your blog grow,numbers are really important. So today we'll learn how to add those notice...

I was digging around for  a software,Photoshop Actions aside,that would fix up my blog photos when I feel a tad lazy-and I came across Pixlr-matic .We've all had our fair share of Picniking though I have to admit I'm not too pleased with their photo overlays.Hence Pixlr-matic.It installs as an app on Google Chrome but you can access it from the site as well.(It's also available for download on android devices I saw). Let's check out what it's all about,shall we? After you go to the site you see a flash based interface-don't worry,it's rather quick to load. Click on the button that says "computer" and upload your image. After the photo has been uploaded you see a range of photo effects much like Instagram.Just for fun:Try moving your mouse on the developer tub(i.e on the main picture ;] ) Go crazy selecting the appropriate effect by clicking on each tiny box at the bottom.clicking on them alls moves the strip left and right revealing mor...

Hi folks!I'm Sweta and I'll be bringing you easy peasy tutorials to pretty up your blog. Ready for some DIY? Alright! When we blog we build up a brand-and that brand must have some our essence for a more personalized look and feel: that's why sometimes blogger's "posted by" line is highly insufficient.Let's remedy that shall we? I'll be guiding you how to create a unique signature with Pixlr and then applying it to your blog.Awesome thing about Pixlr ?-I call it the online Photoshop- however, it requires no download,it's free and so easy to use!  Let's get  it rolling then. Go to Pixlr.com . click on the link that says Open Photo Editor.  The welcome screen asks you to create a  new document or upload an existing one for editing.Click on create a new image. The next screen asks you to set the size of the document.A signature is usually moderately small-about 150x150 or the likes.Making it any bigger takes away the attention from the ...

Hi dolls! I'm over in the community chat and thought we covered the 'Show Your Email' Tutorial but we must not have shared yet. So this is where you edit your blogger profiles to show your email, so that when people comment on your posts you can reply back to them via email. From your Blogger Dashboard, Click Edit Profile, Check the SHOW MY EMAIL ADDRESS A lot of bloggers are hesitant because of whatever reasons but if you want to communicate with your readers then this is a really good idea. It shows your readers you enjoy them stopping by and you appreciate their comments. It's always nice to show your love back somehow and if this is the way you'd like to do it, set this up so that the no-reply by blogger doesn't show up when you leave comments. ALSO, Scroll down to SAVE after you check the box !!! Need more tutorials? Feel free to ask! We'd love to share.

Hey Dolls! So many emails and questions came in on how to link a page directly to the posts. If you are a fashion blogger who needs all of your fashion outfits to link from a page or if you need your photography posts linked to a page then this tutorial is just for you! Take a look at our sidebar under Things We Do: These are called Labels, Tags, Categories or whatever you wish to call them. We label all of our Posts so that it's easier for you to find them and participate. When you label your posts, they will all come up under that category. So when you click on that label, you'll see this: It brings up all those posts related to that topic. Much easier for linking your own pages as well. To label all of your posts; Go to: Posting , Edit Posts , Labels is Located on the Bottom Left Hand Side : Type in your label and be SURE to Publish Post . You now have your labels. Remember to do this to each new post as well. Your labels will show up on the left side of your edit p...

Hello Friends. I've seen so many blogs with different sized buttons and some that cannot get their buttons to fit perfectly into their sidebars, so I'm going to show you how to re-size your buttons to make it neat and clean! Check out our Community -I've re-sized everyones button to 110X110. I also get so many emails and questions about this so I'll be sure to link everyone to this tutorial . Say you grab a button that is 150X150 like this: And It's a little too large or not big enough for my sidebar fitting. I may want it to be 115X115 or 200X200, so I'm going to go into the HTML and change the width and height to my liking: Here is what the code looks like without me editing: <a border="0" href=" http://pandmchiappini.blogspot.com/ " target="_blank"><img src="http://i56.tinypic.com/9hmhr6.jpg" /></a> Here's How I like to edit my buttons; I like to get rid of the stuff that "DOESN...

well hello beautiful faces!  hope you all are having a wonderful day. we thought it was a good time to share another simple tutorial with you all.  today we're sharing with you how to widen your blog beyond 1,000 pixels.   you will want to start by clicking on the "design" section listed on your dasboard  next select the "edit HTML" option   before making any coding changes to your blog, it is always a good idea to download a full template of your design to your computer first. this way, if something goes wrong you have a back up of your original design. once you are done downloading your template, you will need to go into the coding and find the wording above.  you can hit control F to specify wording to be found.  type template-skin and it will bring you to this section! now you will want to find value= on the first line of code.  here you will see the pixel width.  in this example the value is already set to 1000.  y...

Hi friends. As promised, we are sharing a super easy way to make an elegant header by using the famous picnik.com . As seen in the image above, Click the Get Started now ! Now Here You will see this page- Click The LIBRARY BUTTON on top- right next to the HOME BUTTON . It will bring you to the Library. Now Click on the Make a Collage , right there in the Middle. You will then see this page- Now Choose the 4 Boxed Horizontal Set here on the Left. See Photo Below We chose a White Background. Now the arrow on the bottom points to the UPLOAD a PHOTO where you will upload and drag your photos into the squares to look like this↓ You can See the Orange Flower in the Uploaded area . Take that photo with your mouse and DRAG it Up to the desired box and DROP . Repeat until you have all of your photos in the boxes. You can also adjust the spacing and roundness/kookiness on the left hand side underneath those squares . Now Click the DONE button up on the Right Side. {Ri...