RSS Email Subscribers VS Newsletter Subscribers

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These 2 topics tend to confuse people the most.  Not knowing the difference between when people subscribe via rss (which is done through feedburner) or to their Newsletter. Essentially, these are 2 different databases and are entirely seperate from each other and would require 2 separate subscription forms. RSS Email Subscribers: If someone is subscribed [...]

How do I put my own background on my blog?

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I get asked this question… A LOT!!! So being the sweet person I am, I’m going to tell you. This is for blogger only though, because it’s a little more difficult to do with wordpress depending on your theme. First thing you need to do is create your own background. You can either create your [...]

Add an etsy widget

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Want to add an etsy widget to your blog to automatically feed the items you mark as favorites?  Well, if you are like me, and love handmade stuff, you do.  So here’s how: Login to your etsy account.  If you don’t have an account, sign up.  It’s free and you don’t have to sell anything [...]

How to correct your uploaded image size in Blogger

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Well, if you are still on blogger, then you know that when you upload your images, blogger automatically resizes those images for you. Thank you, but no thank you. I really don’t like that they do this. Especially for bloggers who like to show off their photographs! So here is a quick how-to on fixing [...]

How do you keep up with your rss reader?

If you are like me, you probably have lots of blogs you keep up with on your reader.  But how in the world do you possibly keep up with it all?  I use an app on my iphone to stay up to date.  Most people who read this blog, are probably busy moms, who blog [...]

The art of scheduling post.

That title is pretty funny. But it’s so true. If it weren’t for being able to schedule posts, there would simply never be posts here. During the week, I’m generally consumed with completing all my design projects, family, etc to even think about blogging. So I like to gather a bunch of blog posts at [...]

Site/Blog Analytics

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There are lots of Analytic sites out there to help you keep track of the traffic that comes to your blog or your website. Google Analytics is a really popular one, and lots of people use Sitemeter, just to see the actual numbers. I personally use Woopra, and it has been my favorite by far! [...]

A quick note on Photobucket

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If you are a previous blog design customer, and you suddenly get errors on your blog saying “Photobucket account inactive”, this is because you haven’t logged into your Photobucket account in a long time. All you need to do to fix the problem, is log in to your account. Once you do that, photobucket will [...]

Let it Snow…

Let it snow, Let it snow! Can you see the snow falling all over my blog?!? I’m so lovin’ it. Being in Texas doesn’t call for much snow in our neck of the woods so snow on my blog will have to do! Would you like to snow on your blog? Here what to do: [...]