Afternoon All
How is the new year treating you all? Hope it's been good to you so far. Anyway some of you may notice one has decided to do a bit of a revamp on the blog for the new year. I didn't quite know what I wanted, but I know I wanted something simple, but pretty with a bit of my personality etched through my blog design. I am not 'tech savvy' when it comes to blog design and etc, so it's not fancy but I have done the best I can to give 'Serenity of Beauty' a fresh start for 2013. As I said I am not techy savvy so a lot of what I have done to my blog I have either googled, or simply tweeted and got help/advice from savvy bloggers. However one issue which almost drove me up the pole was getting the right social buttons (the 6 buttons you see to your right).
Of course, I googled and googled and googled and I couldn't find any that were suitable or fitting with the theme of my blog. So I took to picmonkey.com to try and make my own, and to no surprise, failed! So I took to google again as I was certain there must be buttons that would fit to my blog, and I came across a blog by the name of 'CarrieLoves'. This is a design blog that offers a lot of of help and advice, with free social media buttons. I had a quick browse through, and I found buttons that matched my blog design YAY. The next job of course was to link the buttons to the correct social platform, which I have previously done through uploading the icons through Photobucket, copying the link into HTML on blogger and then doing other long winded stuff which just takes ages. However I came came across a blog that mentioned 'Image-maps'.
In a nut shell, you upload a picture of the social buttons you wish to use on your blog (I went into Paint, created a ''picture'' of the buttons and then saved it as a .jpeg file). I then followed the instructions which are clearly explained on the blog of 'Something Swanky', and hey presto! before I knew it, I had social buttons uploaded onto my blog in less than 10minutes!
So yes . . .I am happy I was able to teach myself something blog savvy, and I just wanted to share it with you all. I do believe however very soon Ellie, who runs the blog 'Missedesign' will be doing a tutorial on social buttons and a lot more in depth information, so if you want to know more, then I urge you to go and follow her blog/twitter.
Hope you enjoyed this blog post.
After this post I'm tempted to have a look and create my own, mine desperately needs a tidy up. Get ready for help seeking tweets ;)
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Ditto - I am still going to try and work out how to make my own, so feel free to tweet . . I will try my best to help :)
DeleteIt's crazy because I've actually been spending the better part of the afternoon trying to find and install different buttons than what I already have....and then I find you on the blog hop! I tried uploading some buttons I found to Picassa but it was giving me some trouble, so I think I'll try photo bucket next time. Right now my patience for it is about zero - ha ha!
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you, and I look forward to reading more :-)
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I was up late last night trying to get my head around it, and then I discovered what I did. Thought ''HALLELUJAH'' - it was driving me insane! lol But glad this post has helped you.
DeleteAlso thank you for following, much appreciated, and nice to meet you too :)
well done for finding everything hun :-) loving your new buttons and ellie is lovey she will help u with anything
ReplyDeleteThank you :) It was driving me insane but glad I sussed it out, and am able to share with everyone (as I know I won't be the last person trying to do what I did lol). :)
DeleteHello love...have followed your lovely blog...please check mine out!
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Omg I've been hunting high and low for something like this xx great post xx
ReplyDeleteAhh you're welcome :)
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