Thursday, April 30th, 2009

How to create and add a Favicon to your WordPress blog

Filed under: How To's — Jane Blogs @ 11:15 pm

Favicon collageGive your blog a distinctive touch with a favicon in under 30 minutes by following these four easy steps.

Step 1: Create or choose your image

You can either create a 16 x 16 pixel file yourself in photoshop or paint.NET, or use a free icon from somewhere on the web.
I found the ones I’ve used on my blogs at Very Icon.

Step 2: Convert your image

Use one of the below online favicon generators, and save your favicon to your computer.

Step 3: Upload your favicon

Using either your website’s cPanel interface or FTP software like CoreFTP, upload favicon.ico to the main folder of the WordPress theme you’re currently using.

Step 4: Insert the code

Open your theme’s header.php file & insert the following line of code somewhere between the <head> and </head> tags.

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/favicon.ico" />

View your blog & refresh the page.

All done!

Need more help?
Check out the in-depth info on Favicons at the WordPress Codex, or tweet me.

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

WP Flash Uploader Stuffed? Here’s the Fix!

Filed under: How To's — Jane Blogs @ 9:00 pm

WordPress Flash Media Uploader - screenshot

A large number of WordPress 2.7 users have had to make do with using the much slower browser uploader  because they have had no “select files” button.

If you’re one of these people (and I was), then breathe easy because it’s not a Flash problem and it’s not WordPress 2.7 (at least, not directly).

For some reason, those that used the automatic upgrade option missed out on a single file, called “swfupload.swf”, and therein lies the problem.

The solution, thanks to fryewiles in the WordPress.org forum, is to simply upload the missing file to the appropriate folder on your server:

/wp-includes/js/swfupload/

You can find a copy of the file by downloading the latest copy of WordPress, unzipping it on your hard drive and going to the folder above.

Then upload the file, either using your hosting cPanel or by FTP with software like Core FTP.

A very sincere thank you to fryewiles for solving this problem for us all.

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

How to add Twitter to your blog sidebar

Filed under: How To's — Tags: , , — Jane Blogs @ 9:00 pm

Twitter iconsOne of the best and easiest ways to connect with readers outside of your website is through Twitter.

By adding a “follow me” badge or image to your sidebar, you’ll find that other twitterers who call by your blog will very often add you to those they already follow.

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Sunday, March 8th, 2009

How to NOT display a category on your blog

Filed under: How To's — Tags: , , — Jane Blogs @ 9:00 pm

excluded postsSounds weird, huh?

Why on earth would you not want to display a whole section of posts that you’ve slaved over for your adoring readership?

Usually it’s because the category complements, but is different to, your blogs’ main topic.

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Sunday, March 1st, 2009

How to add a signature to your blog posts

Filed under: How To's, Image Info — Tags: , , — Jane Blogs @ 9:00 pm

One of my own sig filesSome 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.

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