I was thinking about how time consuming imagery has been in the past, but when doing it in bulk, I’ve found a system that makes it a snap to get a great featured image for all my posts. Maybe you don’t have to redo all your images, but going forward, you can shave off a […]
20 Tips & Tricks For Making Awesome Canva Graphics
If you haven’t taken Canva for a test run yet, you should. It’s a fantastic graphic design tool for bloggers who want to create custom photos, newsletters, buttons, and more. There are over 1,000,000 stock images for $1.00 each plus oodles of free elements. You can sign up for an account and have a graphic […]
Everything You Need to Know About Uploading Images and Galleries in WordPress
The following post will (hopefully) give both newbies and veteran bloggers some new and helpful information about using images in WordPress. Since it will be a long article, I’ve included a table of contents here those who want to jump to the right section. TABLE OF CONTENTS How to wrestle one image into a post […]
Creating Custom Social Media Buttons to Match Your Blog Theme
You’ve seen them around. They are those cute customized social media buttons that those fancy schmancy designers make. Now, you will make them! You can pay someone (like me) to make them for you, but if you are feeling ambitious, why not try it out yourself? I’ll give you step by step instructions. There is […]
How to Add an Image to Your Sidebar
I’m going to write out specific instructions for adding images to your sidebar for each of the three major platforms- WP.com, WP.org, and Blogger. WP.COM It’s important to realize that if you have WP.com, you do NOT have the option to add extra widgets. Sometimes different themes come with slightly different widgets, but most of […]