The Sunday Seven - Second Edition
This week’s posts include some tips for customizing your blogs look & feel…
I wanted to make a simple change to my default Cutline style sheet by Chris Pearson, including removing the bullets from my sidebar lists (blogroll, recent posts, etc) and adding a unique image to the bulleted lists on my blog entries. The first two features in Sunday Seven helped me do exactly that. Leave a comment or email below if you need more specifics on how I did it.
1) Listutorial contains everything you ever needed to know about customizing ordered, unordered & bulleted lists on your site, including alignment, vertical, horizontal, background colors & images.
2) StyleGala has a page titled “Bullet Madness” with over 200 bullet icons. Check for copyright issues before using.
3) Last week, we learned about how to get people talking about you on a guest post at NorthXEast. One of the keys was being unique or first. The author made a “donate” plugin, but instead of calling it “donate”, he called it the “Buy me a Beer” plugin. It rocks and you see it everywhere. This link is a news post, and not from a blogger, but it demonstrates the same idea. A woman gives her Michael Vick cards to her dogs to chew & slobber upon, and she raised over $7000 on eBay. Soon after, copycat collectors tried the same, but only the original auction caused such a stir!
4) Blogging Fingers tells us how to correct a mistake in your RSS feed after you’ve already published your post. I’ve always wondered about this, but never even thought it was possible to correct the feed!
5) Adnan of blogtepreneur gives some great advice on how to make a Static Word Press site, something helpful for a business based website in which the blog is not the primary feature. Be sure to read Part I and Part II
6) Charle’s Lau of Cash Quests discusses becoming Remarkable for only $10. The theme of this post is similar to what my friend’s dad used to say when we were in high school. “A clean car runs better.” Obviously the engine’s function has nothing to do with dirt on the car, but an owner who cares for the outside probably cares for the inside. The same applies to web site design and it’s content, according to Charles.
And finally…
7)Â Aviva Directory has a list of 12 US Laws that every blogger needs to know.
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