Friday 23 January 2009

Widen the Post Section

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Thank you so much for the tips!
it really helps :]
and do you know how to enlarge the postings column? Because my posting column is kinda too small somehow in my blog .
Thanks :]
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This was from sararocks. This is a easy little fix. You have to make two little changes in your CSS style sheet. Look for this piece of code:
#outer-wrapper {
width: 660px;
margin:0 auto;
padding:10px;
text-align:$startSide;
font: $bodyfont;
}

#main-wrapper {
width: 410px;
float: $startSide;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}
Then make changes to the width. Add the same amount of to each area like this:
#outer-wrapper {
width: 860px;
margin:0 auto;
padding:10px;
text-align:$startSide;
font: $bodyfont;
}

#main-wrapper {
width: 610px;
float: $startSide;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}
Here I added 200px to each area. All that is left to do is save your work!

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Sunday 18 January 2009

Moving FeedBurner accounts to Google

I got a tweet message from rajtilak saying that I may be interested in this. And sure enough, I am.

I hurried on over to Feedburner and this is the message I found:

"Hey! We are moving FeedBurner accounts to Google. Learn more or Move your account now."

It was a simple painless process. A couple of clicks and it automatically transferred all of my feedburner accounts. As a matter of fact, it is still transferring...it said it may take a bit.

Thanks, Ratjilak for the heads up!


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Tuesday 13 January 2009

Free Twitter Buttons Roundup!!

While I was researching Twitter for Twit This, I came across a couple of sites with all sorts of twitter goodies! Well, more than a couple, as you will see. Some of them are animated, most are not. All are creative and really fun!

LimeShot Marketing


Make your own personalized button...twignature


All sorts of cute ones here! Twitter Buttons


Many different ones...VincentAubry.com



FWD


Function


Randa Clay


LoonDesign


IconTexto


Productive Dreams


Monkey Works


Smashing Magazine


I am Paddy


Fasticon


Milk Addict


Siah Designs


So, what are you waiting for? Get yourself a cute litte twitter bird!!


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Sunday 11 January 2009

Twit This

Let's get back to our blogging roots. It is all about connecting and sharing. Twitter is a master at doing just that. I found a great way at woork to get a TwitThis button in each post. When a reader Twits a post, it is shared with their Twitter network and traffic to your blog will increase!



Here is how to install it in your posts. I added to woork's tutorial...sorta filling in the blanks to make it easier for my readers to follow.

Go to your Dashboard | Layout | Edit HTML | check 'Expand Widget Templates'. Then add the following code to your CSS style sheet.
.share-twitthis{
background:url(http://tinyurl.com/ay2jsc) 10px top no-repeat;
padding-left:42px;
font-size:11px;
line-height:18px;
}
Now scroll down further till you find this:
<div class='post-footer'>
Add this code right after that line:
<div class='share-twitthis'>
<a expr:href='&quot;http://twitthis.com/twit?url=&quot; + data:post.url + &quot;&amp;title=&quot; + data:post.title'>Twit This!</a></div>
He also included this sweet little graphic to use. Thanks to Antonio for such a great post!

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