How to line up your sidebar buttons

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Probably just a crazy pet peeve of mine, and I am sure it doesn't even matter in the long run, but I HATE it when sidebar buttons are sized incorrectly, or not lined up! I have spent likely hours trying to fix my own, and sometimes Blogger doesn't make it easy!

Here are a few quick shortcuts to avoid situations like this:

 

How to make a drop down navigation bar in blogger

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If you have been blogging for a bit, it is likely that you have more links that you'd like accessible from your home page, but how to display them without cluttering up your navigation bar? A simple drop down menu is not that hard to achieve and customize!

To accomplish this, you will need 3 things:

How to host a forum on your blog

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Like it? Love it? Boost your blog is not only a help for others, but for me too! Why? Because for my Alexa ranking, I am looking for targeted visits, from users that have the Alexa toolbar installed! (Find out why HERE) It is easier than you think to host a forum on your blog too, and it starts with a free forum service, Nabble.

onmouseover: How to change an image

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I think this is SUCH a cool effect, and with a great variety of uses!

Turns out, it is NOT that hard to attain on a blogger blog, without a fancy plugin!

How to make a HOME page in Blogger

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One of the definite disadvantages of the Blogger platform, is the inability to create your own landing page. I've created somewhat of a workaround for this, as you will see demonstrated by my blogs new HOME page :) If you arrived here on a post, click 'Home' above to check it out!

Here's how it's done:

How to make a clickable html slideshow

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Familiar?

Here's how you can do it in a snap!

<center><table border="1" width="250"><tr><td><marquee><a href="YOUR LINK" target="blank"><img src="YOUR IMAGE URL" width="125" /></a><a href="YOUR LINK" target="blank"><img src="YOUR IMAGE URL" width="125" /></a><a href="YOUR LINK" target="blank"><img src="YOUR IMAGE URL" width="125" /></a><a href="YOUR LINK" target="blank"><img src="YOUR IMAGE URL" width="125" /></a></marquee></td></tr></table></center>

Substitute your info for everything in RED
NOW- play with changing the look!

onmouseover: How to make a color changing navigation bar

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Do you like my new navigation bar?

I love my crazy yellow flowered header, I really do :) But I really wanted to showcase my new forum in a link at the top of the page, so I decided to add a little navigation bar!

Here's the code!

Basic HTML for new bloggers

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It took months of searching, and reading tutorials to learn the basics. In the beginning, I even went as far as to "right click"--->"view source"----->and change the coding to see what the heck the difference would be.

Let me save you a little bit of the trouble, so you can snaz up your blog!

How to create a clickable header in Blogger

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Tutorial: If you would like your header image clickable, in lieu of the standard Blogger header with your links either on a sidebar, or below the header, just follow these simple instructions!

1. Create your image
I use a program called Gimp for all of my photo editing, and this is comparable to Photoshop, but FREE!

You can download the program HERE