How do I move my followers from Blogger to WP?

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This is by far my number 1 most asked question from people moving their blogs from Blogger to WP. So I thought I’d answer it here for you Aren’t I nice? Let me first start by saying, that in order to move your followers widget from Blogger over to WP, your blogger blog must have [...]

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! [...]

Encourage comments with CommentLuv

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As I’ve mentioned before, one of the main reasons for switching to wordpress is the vast amount of plugins available.  They are limitless and there are so many.  But which ones do you use?  CommentLuv is one I really like.  Everyone loves comments on their blog, right?  Well why not encourage your readers to leave [...]

How to set up your new wordpress blog

It seems that everyone is officially making the move to wordpress lately.  With that, comes a lot of questions on how to start setting everything up within the dashboard of wordpress.  WordPress is very similar to Blogger in some ways, but different in others. Here is a quick reference guide on setting everything up within [...]

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 [...]

Format your wp blog for the iphone

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One of the things I mentioned a few posts down about wordpress, is the plugins. O my. The plugins. There are soo soo many, and I plan to write about the ones I come across that I love the most. WPTOUCH is my first fantastic plugin. With millions and millions of iphones out there, many [...]

Moving from Blogger to WordPress?

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There seems to be a stream of people transferring from Blogger to WordPress lately.  With that comes tons of questions.  This is my attempt to help to answer as many as I can. What is the main difference between Blogger and WordPress? Blogger is a free blogging platform that is provided by Blogger.  WordPress is [...]

How to add a “grab code” widget?

How to add a "grab code" widget?

This is one of the biggest things I get asked when doing a blog design. Clients want to make sure everyone can “grab” their button! Well, it’s really really easy in fact to do this. 1. Upload your banner/button to photobucket 2. Copy the HTML CODE. It should look like this: <a href=”http://www.restored316designs.com” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm237/Restored316/125x125r3dbanneranim.gif” [...]

How to provide Url links for your navigation bar

I typically do a navigation bar with all my custom blog designs. So with each blog design, comes a new email with instructions on how to provide me the links for where the navigation links will go to. So here is how to accomplish this: Say your navigation bar consist of: About, Contact, Reviews, Giveaways. [...]