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Picture Gallery in WordPress

Dee — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:53:54 +0000

WordPress’s image uploader offers several ways to retrieve images for display in a post or page. It also offers an easy way to say up an image gallery. No plugins needed. Images From Other Sites While on the post/page edit screen, look for the first icon after Upload/Insert. You can type in the url for [...]

How to Setup Thesis Theme

Dee — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:36:01 +0000

New to Thesis? Have no fear, help is here! I will show you how I have set up Thesis successfully time and again. Two things are important: reading all the instructions and patience.

Navigation spanning the browser

Dee — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:39:29 +0000

You might want your navigation to span the whole width of your browser screen, from one end to the other. A few steps are involved, but it goes really fast. You’ll need to remove Thesis default header, create a new one in a function that includes divs for styling in CSS. Like so: Important! Choose [...]

Creating Columns in a Post or Page

Dee — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:41:45 +0000

You might get the idea that you’d like to have your content spread over several columns. A simple way is to set up your columns in the HTML of your post edit screen. (there is other code if you want to hard code it into your site…this isn’t it) Note that you will NOT be [...]

Adding Anchor Links

Dee — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:18:41 +0000

Someday you’re going to write a really long piece. It’s going to be filled with all kinds of helpful information, which readers will appreciate, especially if they can get to the information quickly. It’s a busy world. People don’t want to have to read through reams of text to get the answer to a question. [...]

Setting Up WordPress

Dee — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:44:26 +0000

Whether you're in business, have a technique, hobby, or lifestyle you'd like to share with the world, having your own site is key to getting your voice out there. The process can seem intimidating at first, but you can have a site up and running in less time than you realize.

Why Choose the Thesis Theme?

Dee — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:56:56 +0000

There are many nice and free themes available for the WordPress blog platform. Few, however, allow the freedom to style almost anything that can be imagined. That’s where Thesis comes in. And yes, I am an affiliate. However, I didn’t become one until I was convinced of it flexibility AFTER I had used it a [...]

Quick Tips on WordPress

Dee — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:54:06 +0000

Wordpress.Com and Wordpress.Org are not the same. With .Com, your options are limited to what's offered at the .Com site. Wordpress.Com offers free hosting, (and paid hosting) but limited freedom. With Wordpress.Org, you choose and pay for your hosting, and have practically unlimited freedom.

Blog Within A Blog

Dee — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:01:06 +0000

Yes, you too, can have more than one blog going on at your one website. It's easily done with categories. I once had a site that was all categories. Ironically, I didn't have a clue about what I was doing. I just knew that I wanted to have sections that allowed posting of new content. That I managed it was pure luck. That I ended up with duplicate posts was of little consequence to me at that time, but now, I can do it purposely and correctly.

No Image in I.E.

Dee — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:17:47 +0000

Internet Explorer can be like that dog that howls in the middle of the night. No matter how many shoes you throw at it, it will not let you rest. One of the many problems I've run into with I.E. 7 is getting images to show in that browser.