‘Simple Social Icons’ Plugin Tutorial

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With the recent update of the Simple Social Icons plugin, I thought it was the perfect time to blog about this little piece of gold. (A few new icons were recently added to the plugin- which makes me very happy =) This is one of my favorite plugins for  many reasons, but mainly for its [...]

Add a Google+ badge to your blog or website

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Image Source I’ve been receiving emails from clients inquiring how to add a google+ button to their blog or website. One of my goals this year is to gain more connections with my google+ business page, and soon after the new year I began trying out different plugins for this. To make a long story [...]

Setting up a Feedburner Account

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I’ve been receiving many questions about setting up Feedburner, and chances are that you have heard of Feedburner at some point by now. Instead of sending you to another place on the net to find answers, I thought I’d just explain it here ;) If you’re still not sure what it is, Feedburner is a [...]

WordPress vs Blogger

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*UPDATE* I am no longer offering custom blog designs for Blogger. If you are interested in a custom wordpress design, please visit this page. I get asked the question ‘WordPress or Blogger?‘ by my clients all too often, and I thought it was time to finally sit down and do a little comparison for you. [...]

How to Install WordPress

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Working with Widgets in WordPress

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Today I’m going to show you how to manage your wordpress widgets- we’re going back to the basics ;) The wordpress widget systems allows you to drag and drop your widgets and essentially ‘re-arrange’ them until your heart is content. You can also have widgets in different areas beside your sidebar(s)- header, footer, below posts, [...]

Create a Grab Button for your Blog

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Here’s what you’ll need: A blog A Photo-editing program (Photoshop, GIMP, etc) Stock photos or other graphics/ logos Grab Button Code First, let’s talk about what size we want our grab button to be. For the blog themes that I design, I always go with a 125×125 image for grab buttons. Many sidebars are at [...]

Add a background color to your Blogger sidebar titles

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If you’re trying to customize a blogger template, you may find out that there are many tips and tricks out there to help you. Today I’d like to teach you how to add a background color to your sidebar titles, as seen below: Don’t worry- it’s really not that hard! (Please backup your template before [...]

Create a Favicon

How to Create a Favicon | Viva la Violette

So, you’ve noticed that your website still has your webhost icon in your address bar- and you’d like to change it pronto. You’ve also noticed that in your list of bookmarks or favorites there are cute little icons next to each. So how do you get one of those cute little icons for your own [...]