I'm not the most insanely creative person out there. Nor am I the most knowledgeable. But because of my fabulous husband's obsession with proper googling, I have picked up a few tricks and because a google sorta-almost-kinda-not-really genius which has led me to find a few really fabulous Blogger Tricks.
I'll keep adding more to this page as time goes on. Here are just a few of the recent tweaks I've come across.
| RSS ACCORDIAN |
A rss accordian is a great alternative to the bland 'recent posts' widget available from blogger.
To get your own rss accordian |CLICK HERE|
| TABBED WIDGET |
I loathe clutter but clutter is something that bloggers seem to have a lot of because there is so much information we want to put out there and include. So to help condense some of my information I found this little guy. |CLICK HERE| to get the coding. It's really easy to use and easy to edit.
| GOOGLE WEB FONTS |
Use this to change your blog titles. I also use it to mix up my blog post text. |CLICK HERE| to check it out. There are some pretty simple instructions set up for you.
| HOW TO HIDE THE BLOGGER NAV BAR |
That little navigation bar at the ^top^... yeah that thing. Here is how to hide it. |CLICK HERE|
| SIMPLE DROP DOWN MENU |
This is a simple way to get your feet wet to make your own drop down menu/navigation in blogger. Just |CLICK HERE|
If you REALLY want to begin learning the basics and not-so-basic parts of HTML then Dynamic Drive is a great website for you. Remember, while most of the edits you'll want to make are just sort of a plug-n-play style thing, copying and pasting the code you want then editing to fit your liking.... you always need to 'Download Full Template' in the edit HTML area of Blogger before you make any changes just in case.
If you have any questions just email me at areadersrecord (at) gmail (dot) com.
5 years ago
