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Monday, August 4, 2008

Swipe away dead skin cells on your lips, try this way!

A half teaspoon of sugar,
A half teaspoon of olive oil

Mix well, and gently rub it on your lips. Remove with a tissue and it will swipe away dead skin cells.

HOW TO CREATE A MENU BAR AT BLOGGER (simple text)

I've been noticing a lot of new bloggers are asking the same question: How do you create a top menu bar on Blogger/Blogspot? I asked this question on my blog, and no one could tell me. Also, the question has gone unanswered on the Blogger Help Group a few times. I discovered a very simple way on my own.

There are sites where experienced bloggers can help you with this task, and we will be linking to them. However, my idea behind this series is for two bloggers who are inexperienced with HTML and CSS to go step-by-step through what we did. If you have anything to add to our instructions or questions, please comment, as I am by no means the authority on blog design.

On to method 1: The easiest way, but also the simplest looking. If you want frills, this method may not be for you.

From the front page of your blog, click "customize" in the top right corner. You should be looking at the "Add and Arrange Page Elements" page. Do you have a rectangle under the "Navbar" that says "add a Page Element"? If not, The first thing you will need to do is to manually change the HTML template of your blog to increase the options of places you have to add page elements. If you have page elements at the top, skip to step 2.

1. Manually change the HTML template of your blog to add more space for a Page Element.

The best instructions I have found for this are at 'Tips for New Bloggers' in Bizwhiz's post entitled 'Add Page Element to Blogger Header and Blog'

His article has excellent step by step instructions and color illustrations that I couldn't possibly improve on, so I'll just hit the highlights:

To Increase your options for adding page elements to your template:

Click on your Template tab and then click Edit HTML

ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS save and download a copy of your full template BEFORE making any changes

Hit 'Ctrl F' to search your HTML template and type in showaddelement to locate the proper place in your HTML code to make changes

Look for a place in the code that says:

Change the maxwidgets to 3 and the showaddelement to yes - You will now have two extra places where you can add page elements.

Scroll down a little further and find the place in the code reading:

Change the showaddelement to yes. You should now see options in your template to add page elements before and after your Blog Title. The process is different for the Dots template.

One final place to change the code: Scroll down to where you see the code reading:

Change showaddelement to yes

You should now have an 'Add Page Element' option between the Blog Title (header) and the blog post section. This is the place where you would select 'Add Page Element' to add a horizontal navigation or menu bar.

Once these changes have been made, click 'preview' to make sure that the changes are appearing correctly. Once you have verified that the changes appear correct, click 'save template'. You are now ready for the next step!

2. Write a new post for each page you want to link on your menu bar. The most common are Home, About, Favorites, Contact, but you could do anything. The links you use will be the URL for each specific post.

For Home, it will be your blog URL.

For Contact, it will be mailto:youraddress@email.com

3a. If you want your menu to have your header's background color:

On your Template/Layout>Page Elements, click the very top rectangle under navbar, where it says add a page element. Anything you put in this top box will have your header background color from your title header. (If you have a custom header, the background for this box will still be the original header background color.) Be sure to change the text to a color that will show up on the background. I'm only saying this because I couldn't figure out why mine wouldn't work, till I realized it was black words on brown background!

3b. If you want your menu to have your posts' background color:

On your Template/Layout>Page Elements, click the rectangle under your Header, which says Add a Page Element

4. Choose "Text"

Create hyper-text links to the pages you want, using this code: (change the red text for your blog)

<a href=http://yourblog.blogspot.com>HOME</a>

<a href=http://your aboutpageURL>ABOUT</a>

<a href=http://yourfavoritepostsURL>FAVORITES</a>

<a href=mailto:youraddress@email.com>CONTACT</a>

Or any others you want.

I separated them with a few dashes (-----) in a color matching the background to get them spaced how I wanted them. You can also add a between each section which looks very clean.

Then move (click and drag) the new page element just under your header.

Preview to see if you want to change anything.

Click Save.

HOW TO CREATE A MENU BAR AT BLOGGER (using a button)

I've been noticing a lot of new bloggers are asking the same question: How do you create a top menu bar on Blogger/Blogspot? I asked this question on my blog, and no one could tell me. Also, the question has gone unanswered on the Blogger Help Group a few times. I discovered a very simple way on my own.

Create your buttons using Photoshop or PaintShop (I use Photoshop)

1. Change the background color to the color you'd like to use for your buttons. Click the background square on the toolbar (shown with the arrow), and then select the color for your buttons.

2. Select FILE>NEW. Under image size, change the height and width to the desired dimensions. If you would like to make the menu stretch across your entire header, divide your header width by the number of buttons you want.

3. Add text. Chose the Horizontal Type Tool (the T on the toolbar) Click on your background and type what you want the button to say. Change color and font accordingly. If you need to move the text after you type it, you must change to the move tool in the top right of the toolbar. I do not know how to make a border on your button in Photoshop, I am certainly no Photoshop expert.

4. Save your button by selecting FILE>SAVE AS.

5. Upload your buttons to a photo hosting service such as photobucket.

NOW WE WILL ADD THE BUTTONS TO YOUR BLOG

1. Manually change the HTML template of your blog to add more space for a Page Element.

The best instructions I have found for this are at 'Tips for New Bloggers' in Bizwhiz's post entitled ' Add Page Element to Blogger Header and Blog'

His article has excellent step by step instructions and color illustrations that I couldn't possibly improve on, so I'll just hit the highlights:

To Increase your options for adding page elements to your template:

Click on your Template tab and then click Edit HTML

ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS save and download a copy of your full template BEFORE making any changes

Hit 'Ctrl F' to search your HTML template and type in showaddelement to locate the proper place in your HTML code to make changes

Look for a place in the code that says:

Change the maxwidgets to 3 and the showaddelement to yes - You will now have two extra places where you can add page elements.

Scroll down a little further and find the place in the code reading:

Change the showaddelement to yes. You should now see options in your template to add page elements before and after your Blog Title. The process is different for the Dots template. I would suggest reading Bizwhiz's article in entirety.

One final place to change the code: Scroll down to where you see the code reading:

Change showaddelement to yes

You should now have an 'Add Page Element' option between the Blog Title (header) and the blog post section. This is the place where you would select 'Add Page Element' to add a horizontal navigation or menu bar.

Once these changes have been made, click 'preview' to make sure that the changes are appearing correctly. Once you have verified that the changes appear correct, click 'save template'. You are now ready for the next step!

2. Write a new post for each page you want to link on your menu bar. The most common are Home, About, Favorites, Contact, but you could do anything.

The links you use will be the URL for each specific post.

For Home, it will be your blog URL.

For Contact, it will be mailto:youraddress@email.com

3a. If you want your menu to have your header's background color:

On your Template/Layout, click the very top rectangle under navbar, where it says add a page element. Anything you put in this top box will have your header background color from your title header. (If you have a custom header, the background for this box will still be the original header background color.)

3b. If you want your menu to have your posts’ background color:

- On your Template/Layout, click the rectangle under your Header, which says Add a Page Element

4. Choose HTML/Javascript. In the content box, add the HTML tag for your buttons from Photobucket. The code will look something like this:

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s14/juddsarah/HomeButtonRed.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

Where it says <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"> change the url to the url of your post, corresponding to the button. Mine would then look like:

<a href="http://onemomsview.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s14/juddsarah/HomeButtonRed.jpg"/></a>

5. After you add all your buttons, center them by adding <center> at the very beginning and </center> at the very end.

6. Save by selecting Save Changes. If you want the menu under your header, move (click and drag) the newly created Page Element underneath your header. Preview, then Save your template.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Thalia - El Sexto Sentido (Re+Loaded)

1. Cantando Por Un Sueno 4:10
2. No, No, No 4:09
3. Amar Sin Ser Amada 3:32
4. Seduccion 4:02
5. Un Sueno Para Dos 4:00
6. Sabe Bien 4:14
7. 24,000 Besos (24,000 Baci) 3:20
8. Olvidame 4:10
9. No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti 4:20
10. Un Alma Sentenciada 3:42
11. No Me Voy A Quebrar 3:52
12. Empezar De "0" 3:14
13. Un Alma Sentenciada (Hex Hector Remix) 3:29
14. La Super Chica 4:01
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Thalia - Con Banda Grandes Exitos

1. Amor A La Mexicana 4:01
2. Piel Morena 4:39
3. Rosalinda 3:54
4. Quiero Hacerte El Amor 3:48
5. Arrasando 4:00
6. Cuco PeÃ±a 3:51
7. Por Amor 3:55
8. Entre El Mar Y Una Estrella 3:32
9. Maria La Del Barrio 3:57
10. Noches Sin Luna 3:51
11. La Revancha 4:03
12. Gracias A Dios 3:47
13. Amor A La Mexicana (Emilio Mix) 4:00
14. Piel Morena (Emilio Mix) 4:43
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Thalia - Arrasando

1. Entre el mar y una estrella 3:44
2. Regresa a mi 4:28
3. Reencarnacion 5:03
4. Arrasando 3:59
5. No hay que llorar 3:39
6. Quiero amarte 3:30
7. Suerte en mi 4:14
8. Menta y canela 3:47
9. Tumba la casa 4:26
10. Pata pata 4:39
11. Siempre hay carino 3:10
12. Rosalinda 3:52

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Thalia - Thalia(2002)

1. Tu Y Yo 3:44
2. You Spin Me Round 4:30
3. Asi Es El Destino 4:04
4. En La Fiesta Mando Yo 4:18
5. No Me Ensenaste 4:26
6. Y Seguir 4:04
7. A quien Le Importa 3:45
8. Vueltas En El Aire 4:59
9. Heridas En El Alma 3:45
10. La Loca 3:51
11. The Mexican 2002 (Espanol) 3:55
12. The Mexican 2002 (English) 4:23
13. Closer To You 4:00
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