Archive for February, 2008

Cum puteti schimba font face-ul, culoarea fontului, etc, textului de pe tot blog-ul in cateva secunde (fara sa platiti pentru custom CSS)? Simplu (valabil sigur pentru wordpress.com, nu stiu restul daca merg): mergeti la My Dashboard > Presentation > Widgets si creati un ‘Text Widget’ pe care il puneti sa fie primul din stanga sus. In el scrieti ce anume vreti sa modificati pentru tot blogul, spre exemplu eu mi-am modificat font-face-ul temei, care initial cred ca era Arial, si l-am facut Comic Sans MS, punand asta in Text Widget-ul meu: “<font face=”Comic Sans MS, cursive”>” (fara ghilimelele din afara < >). Smecheria este ca nu mai inchideti acest tag de font (adica nu puneti </font> dupa el), asadar el aplicandu-se intregului site, dat fiind faptul ca este in stanga sus, si deci spre inceputul paginii, iar tot ce ii urmeaza va capata proprietatea respectiva.

Cum puteti afla exact ce trebuie sa scrieti pentru a schimba culoarea fontului sau font-face-ul: scrieti un text oarecare in Word, formatati-l cum vreti (culoare, font-face, etc) si dati copy/paste in casuta unde compuneti noi post-uri pentru wordpress.com, aceasta fiind setata pe tab-ul ‘Visual’ (stanga sus, deasupra B-ului care reprezinta Bold). Apoi pentru a vedea codul, dati pe ‘Code’ (langa ‘Visual’), si copiati numai ce anume va intereseaza. De exemplu, pentru a face tot fontul de pe blog rosu, ar trebui sa scriu asta in Text Widgetul meu:

<font color=”#ff0000″>

Sau daca as vrea sa imi transform font-face-ul in Courier New, ar trebui sa scriu asta:

<font face=”Courier New, monospace”>

Pentru a schimba marimea fontului:

<font size=”3″> … si testati diverse valori. Pentru mine default-ul era 2, asa ca folosind 3, am marit cu un punct font-ul de pe blog.

Daca ceva nu merge, nu ezitati sa intrebati. Spor! D

ScribeFire - Blogging Built In

February 29th, 2008

Well, they've done it. They made blogging even easier. Now you can blog about a web page without even leaving that page.

Free Plugin - ScribeFire

Web Design Elements are topic specific CD ROMs that contain graphics, hiqh quality photographs and web templates about a specific industry. Great solution for small businesses looking for an online identity.

Places to Get Blog Post Ideas

February 25th, 2008

The best blogs and feeds are those that contain unique, fresh, compelling, content. So where do these prolific posters get their ideas? I talked to a handful of bloggers to determine where their inspiration originated for their content.

Not surprisingly, ideas for blog posts or RSS feed items originate or are influenced by other web content. The following are venues for finding your online muse:

Blog Post Ideas

Some Good Links for Content Theft

February 25th, 2008

So, Moe sent me some links and they are worth checking out. This particular link is chockful of good data. Although, a lot of it suggests plug ins which we in free wordpress blogland can't use (I don't think) but there are tons of other ideas and it is well worth checking into.

This link is useful if you are interested in copyrighting your stuff and are willing to pay for it. I'll post any further helpful links I get here.

Oh, and the pic has nothing to do with any of this - I just thought it was sweet.

WC

TalkDigger Ego Search Tool

February 22nd, 2008

TalkDigger is another Ego Search tool, enter a search word or phrase and subscribe to the feed generated. The feed ill update each time TalkDigger locates the defined keyword online.

Political Feeds

February 21st, 2008

Stay up on the elections!

Political Feeds - Locate political feeds and podcasts for politicians.
PolFeeds - Collection of candidate RSS feeds.