Blogging 101- Button Help

2009

I am no expert blogger, I learn everything I know by searching online for help and then by a lot of trial and error!
A couple months ago I learned how to resize a button so that it fits on my sidebar and doesn’t overlap onto my blog. Until I came accross this “trick” I would literally make a new button myself for every button that I grabbed so that it fit on my sidebar- it was such a pain!!! One day I discovered this trick completely on accident and was amazed that I did not see this sooner because it is so obvious and so easy! Since then I have received quite a few comments asking me how I got all my buttons lined up so nicely and all the same size. So for all of you who have been wondering, here is the EASY tutorial:

First, you need to add your html gadget. From your dashboard, click the “Layout Tab” then “Page Elements” then “Add A Gadget”.

Clcik on “HTML/JavaScript” from the list of gadgets.

A box that looks like this will come up:

Add the html code for the button you want to add and it will look something like this:

From this page that looks like a foreign language, click on the “rich text” link.

It will show you something like this:

You can then click on the picture of the button and when it is highlighted, you can drag it to make it bigger or smaller. The dimensions will show up too, so you can make it 125×125 or 300×300… whichever you prefer to fit in you sidebar! When you are done, click “Save” and your blog will look so nice and pretty!!!

THAT IS IT!!! No more overlapping buttons!!!

Comments

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Cathy says:

November 15, 2009 at 5:38 pm

Thanks so much for sharing! For us new bloggers, there is so much to learn. How do you create a button in the first place?

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SBA says:

November 15, 2009 at 10:23 pm

Good tip! Are you using the New Blogger Editor? — not sure it works with the older/default editor.

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Tasha says:

November 15, 2009 at 11:44 pm

AWESOME!!! Thanks!

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Connie says:

November 15, 2009 at 11:53 pm

That was a great blog tip. I have had a button that was too big for my sidebar and I never knew you could change the size of such things, now I know. Thanks so much. I love it when others share their knowledge with computer challenged folks like me.

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Kelly says:

November 15, 2009 at 11:54 pm

this is good to know. thanks a bunch

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donna says:

November 16, 2009 at 1:51 am

cool! Thanks for sharing!

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Nancy Jacobs Basketmaster says:

November 16, 2009 at 1:53 am

Thank you so much! This is a big help. Now, can you do a tutorial on how to make your own button?
Thanks and blessings,
Nancy

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Jen J. says:

November 16, 2009 at 4:24 am

WOW – i NEVER knew you could do that, haaha. Thanks!