How to add a signature to your blog posts
Mar 1st, 2009 by Jane Blogs
Some of the most attractive blogs around have a signature image at the bottom of every post.
Post signatures range from the plainer style, with text only, to more complex image files.
These are a few of the nicer sig files I’ve seen used on people’s blogs, to give you some ideas if you decide to use an image signature.
Whichever you would like to place on your blog, it’s relatively simple.
1. Backup index.php
Download a copy of index.php and save it on your hard drive. This is just in case you make a mistake while editing your theme.
2. Edit index.php
Open index.php in your theme editor. Now look for these lines of code:
<?php the_content(); ?>
You will need to insert your signature text or image file here, in between these two lines
<p class=”postmetadata”>
3. For text, insert this code
<p>your text</p>
4. For an image, insert this code
<p><img src=”your image location” border=”0″></p>
The border attribute will override any image border settings in your blog theme, and ensure that your image doesn’t end up with an outline that you didn’t want.
5. Repeat for single.php
This will ensure that the signature appears when posts are viewed on their own page.
6. Repeat for archive.php
Likewise, for when posts are listed in archive form
7. Repeat for page.php
Do so only if you wish your blog signature to appear at the bottom of pages you have created.
And don’t forget to save each file after adding your code.
Have fun!
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Thanks for the tutorial, this just may come in handy soon. I’ll bookmark it. Thanks a lot. ^^
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