6 January 2013

Social Buttons

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.






9 comments:

  1. 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 ;)

    Lucy x

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Serenity of Beauty6 January 2013 17:01

      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 :)

      Delete
  2. It'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!

    Nice to meet you, and I look forward to reading more :-)

    G. McG

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Serenity of Beauty6 January 2013 21:43

      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.

      Also thank you for following, much appreciated, and nice to meet you too :)

      Delete
  3. Missy Neveradullmoment6 January 2013 22:35

    well done for finding everything hun :-) loving your new buttons and ellie is lovey she will help u with anything

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Serenity of Beauty7 January 2013 02:30

      Thank 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). :)

      Delete
  4. Jessica Rivera7 January 2013 01:36

    Hello love...have followed your lovely blog...please check mine out!

    http://jessriv91.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  5. Omg I've been hunting high and low for something like this xx great post xx

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Serenity of Beauty12 January 2013 04:06

      Ahh you're welcome :)

      Delete