Prelude Part 1: Setting Up Part 2: Set the Bare BonesPart 3: The Header It’s been over a month since the last post in this series, and for that I apologize. This is what we had when we left off: First, let’s work on the main menu. As you can see from my header image, […]
WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Class of 2011: The Social Media Yearbook
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WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 3 – The Header
Prelude Part 1: Setting Up Part 2: Set the Bare Bones Another great thing about the ET-Starter theme is that it allows you to easily set your header and background — whether it be an image, a color, or both. Just navigate to the “Appearance” menu on the left side of your WordPress admin page, […]
WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 2 – Set the Bare Bones
Prelude Part 1: Setting Up Let’s run through a checklist of things you should’ve done by now: installed WordPress in a web or local host imported content (whether from another blog or dummy content downloaded from the web) to your new blog chosen, downloaded, and installed a blank WP theme went through the PHP and […]
Kristin & Kayla: Creative Kids Photography
Last October, photographer Jason Lee’s über-creative pictures of his two daughters became viral. I was quick to share the item on my Google Reader and tweet about it, but I don’t believe I ever blogged about the father, his camera, and his two adorable girls. Jason Lee is a wedding photographer by trade, but when […]
WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 1 – Setting Up
Now we get to the nitty gritty fun: developing your own WordPress theme! To make things a bit easier on myself — and for my readers so that they can see a live sample — I will detail how I built the theme I am currently using: (From now on I am going to assume […]
Meet Mr. Geek in Heels…
I always have a gazillion projects en queue in my head, am usually in the middle of several at once in real life. A couple of weeks ago, when J mentioned that he was thinking about blogging again (he was quite an avid blogger when we first became friends), I enthusiastically endorsed the idea and […]
WordPress for the Everyday Blogger: Prelude
I promised to write about making your WordPress blog look the way you want…if there was enough interest, and sure enough, there was! This post is the first in a series called “WordPress for the Everyday Blogger.” Why the Prelude before jumping into Part 1? Because this post will deal with those who are making […]
America, America, This is You!
Remember America’s Funniest Home Videos? This comic, entitled The World Before the Internet, sure brought back some great memories. (America’s Funniest Home Videos was one of the few television shows that my family watched together, since fluency in English was not required in the comprehension of the majority of the videos.) You may also like: […]
New Year, New Look, New Platform
Raising my daughter without the help of my in-laws has (surprisingly) been a lot easier than I thought. And while there are times when I am missing them sorely because I am dying for a nap or want to go run a quick errand without doing all the time-consuming things that involve going out with an […]