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WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 5 – The Rest of the Header

Prelude Part 1: Setting Up Part 2: Set the Bare BonesPart 3: The HeaderPart 4: The Main Menu In this post I will discuss how to complete the rest of the header elements in my blog theme. First up: the searchbar. In WordPress, adding a searchbar is relatively simple. All you need to do is insert the line <?php get_search_form(); ?> into wherever you want the searchbar to be. So in this case, since I want the searchbar to be included in the header section, I opened up the header.php file and created a new div called "searchbar" like so: <div id="searchbar"> <?php get_search_form(); ?> </div> I just added that to the very end of the header.php file, then saved. Here is what I ended up...

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How to Be Awesome on Twitter [Slideshow]

Ed. note: My heart goes out to everyone affected by the devastating earthquake in Japan. I hope that anyone reading this has all friends and family members safe and accounted for, and I will continue to keep the nation of Japan in my prayers. I confess that I have not been as active on Twitter lately because goshdarnit, there's only so much social media you can participate in without feeling overwhelmed. With that being said, I still am dumbfounded when acquaintances do not know what Twitter is, or claim that they do not "get" it. So for those people, I present an adorably informative slideshow I discovered today. Created by @princess_misia, it is designed to help those who feel overwhelmed and confused by the...

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Word Puzzle Universal Wrapping Paper

What a clever concept by Fabio Milito and Francesca Guidotti — the Word Puzzle Universal Wrapping Paper lets the gifter locate the holiday or occasion for the present, circle it, and voilà! You've got a wrapping paper you can use in practically all instances. No word on whether this product will ever hit the shelves, but if it ever does, you can be sure that this geek will be sure to pick up a set. Via Design Milk....

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WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 4 – The Main Menu

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, I have incorporated the outline of the menu into the header image itself. You can choose to create a separate menu background image and lay it on top of the header image, but I find that option to add an extra step (at least with this design) so why bother? Since the outline of the menu is already taken care of, all you need to do is to format...

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