BlingBlog

Here is a central location for people to ask questions and help people with their blogs. Since there are people separated on 3 different blogs feel free to use this space to get some neat things you may have seen or heard about on the other blogs.

Hello everybody, this is Eryk. I was just wondering if anyone wanted me to make a seperate, more organized wikispace for the topic of "blinging your blog"

Here are three great websites for you to play around with - mainly for pictures and stuff. Check them out have fun!

[|slide.com] [|animoto.com] [|mixbook.com]

How to: get a banner for your blog
you may notice that i have a banner on my page: My banner. MINNNE!! This is a tutorial on how to get one. =Colorful Banner= First, go to [|bannercreator.nu/banner-maker.html]

Step one: first you'll want to set a basic background color. the upper right area contains the buttons. by deault, the button is selected under "plain background", but if it's not, select it now. Now click any of the desired colors in the area next to it. press "preview banner" in the brown box, and presto! a backgound color.

Step two: Now you'll want to create the basic method of communication - words. go to the area of buttons and select "1st text element" now go to the yellow box and select a color. i suggest using a high contrast color, like yellow-black. now go to the area with the three text elements and type the title of your banner (like "Eryk's awesome blog") before previewing it, delete whatever is in text element 3. now press preview and presto! words! now do the same thing, only under 2nd text element. you may run into this. if your text is really small, select X-axis under 2nd text element. experiment with this until your words are in sync.

Alright, 2 more steps. Step 3: If you don't want the pictures to be a present and a group of heads, then go to the area above text element 1, and click on the "graphic ID" hyperlink. it should take you... here. look through the options and choose one you like, like the dragon (ID 98). exit the graphics catalog (exit tab or hit back, but don't exit IE) and type the ID number in the area under "Graphic ID". you can do the same for the other one. preview the banner and presto! you have a completed banner! select "Download" and save the banner. you can now upload it under "Layout for your blog."

I hope you found my tutorial helpful, and happy banner making!