Buttoning 101
At the request of some fellow bloggers, I am going to attempt to describe how to get a button on one's blog. Since I am a non-techie, I had trouble following the normal tutorial instructions. So I will explain what I was finally able to do in non-techie terms. I plan to do this in two parts.
Part one: Creating the Button.
I was told simply to create a graphic that was about 105x39 pixels. I had no idea how to do this. I was quite familiar with creating a graphic using my Printmaster program, but that program didn't tell me the pixels. My wonderful son Allen showed me that if I use the Corel Photo Album program that was on my computer, I could see the sizes. I used a photo that I had saved in that album, cropped off a tiny slice of approximately the right proportions, superimposed the name of my blog (which by the way took some experimenting with font and color), then shrunk the whole thing down until the pixels were near the recommended size. The pixel numbers showed on the little bar on the very bottom of the screen. Once I had that done, I saved it to Photobucket.
Part Two: Inserting into your side bar. ( I have just copied the instructions Amy sent me)
I had to delete the whole code thing. See below
Except use the http:// location for your photobucket button.
And you need to use the dimensions for the button you created, not the above numbers.
Now, you can paste it before or after the previous posts. You can move it around to different spots. Remember to preview or look at the draft or whatever option it gives you. Once you save it, be sure to republish. That was my big mistake the first time I tried it.
Oops! when I checked the preview on this post, it seems that Blogger changes the computer code stuff that I inserted on my blog from computer-ese to regular words. If you need the code, I might have to email it to you, so I need to know your email address. You can email me at
mpeachATelcDOTnet.
Oops! Oops! Blogger wouldn't let me post with anything of the code on the blog. So let me know if you want the code. I'll do my best.
Part one: Creating the Button.
I was told simply to create a graphic that was about 105x39 pixels. I had no idea how to do this. I was quite familiar with creating a graphic using my Printmaster program, but that program didn't tell me the pixels. My wonderful son Allen showed me that if I use the Corel Photo Album program that was on my computer, I could see the sizes. I used a photo that I had saved in that album, cropped off a tiny slice of approximately the right proportions, superimposed the name of my blog (which by the way took some experimenting with font and color), then shrunk the whole thing down until the pixels were near the recommended size. The pixel numbers showed on the little bar on the very bottom of the screen. Once I had that done, I saved it to Photobucket.
Part Two: Inserting into your side bar. ( I have just copied the instructions Amy sent me)
I had to delete the whole code thing. See below
Except use the http:// location for your photobucket button.
And you need to use the dimensions for the button you created, not the above numbers.
Now, you can paste it before or after the previous posts. You can move it around to different spots. Remember to preview or look at the draft or whatever option it gives you. Once you save it, be sure to republish. That was my big mistake the first time I tried it.
Oops! when I checked the preview on this post, it seems that Blogger changes the computer code stuff that I inserted on my blog from computer-ese to regular words. If you need the code, I might have to email it to you, so I need to know your email address. You can email me at
mpeachATelcDOTnet.
Oops! Oops! Blogger wouldn't let me post with anything of the code on the blog. So let me know if you want the code. I'll do my best.
posted by Mary Ann at 3:02 AM
3 Comments:
Hi Mom,
You should take your email address out of your post. You are going to get hit with TONS of spam. Use this instead
mpeachATelcDOTnet
Oooo, second what Amy just said. It's amazing what little info these spammers need.
A poncho for a pet CHICKEN??!! What is wrong with these people? haha!
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