BlogPress introduces HTML tags
BlogPress is giving its competitors a serious run for their money. It is just introduced HTML tags and a promise of more things to come. It is still definitely the best blogging app for iPhone by far. That said, it just crashed when I clicked Save and Create New but when I started the app [...]
Read MoreTwittering on WordPress
The Twittering begins! I’ve finally got Twitter on both my main blogs, this one and Strange Machines. Although there are tons of Twitter plugins for WordPress blogs (and having installed 2 that don’t seem to work), I found it easiest to cut and paste the custom HTML and Javascript Twitter code myself. Here’s how: 1. [...]
Read MoreAlign it Right in WordPress
When fixing your alignment from the left, don’t forget to specify an equal white space distance from the right too. As you’ve probably noticed, I have added Twitter updates on the top right hand box there to humanise the blog a little. -> The default setting in Stylesheet flushed it right against the margin which [...]
Read MoreFixing Alignment on WordPress
I confess it has been a long time since I have had to edit someone else’s code. Admittedly these days it is easier to build a site with customisable templates (themes, here on WordPress) but it takes time to understand what another developer has written and immerse your vision into their code. If it is [...]
Read MoreWordPress Coding Tips: Alignment around Images
In WordPress, you’ll need to find an alternative to the usual hspace and vspace tags. Here’s a great suggestion from the WordPress Codex. In the stylesheet, paste this: img.left { padding: 4px; margin: 0 7px 2px 0; display: inline; } And in your markup code in whichever file you’re editing, e.g. About, in my case, [...]
Read MoreCoding Tip: Add a Favicon
1. Create your desired image 16x16px in an image editor and save it as a gif, jpg, png, or ico file, depending on which version your web host or blog provider supports. (WordPress uses favicon.ico). 2. Upload it into your root folder. 3. Insert this code between your <head></head> tags. <link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”http://domain.com/favicon.ico” type=”image/x-icon”> [...]
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Christina Sng worked as a web developer, information architect, account executive, producer, technical writer, and usability consultant in the 10 years (that's 30 years in Internet time!) she brought bread home. She has since retired to raise her children but still spends most of her waking hours on the net, no thanks to Apple. Here are some of her adventures.
