http://wpbtips.wordpress.com tips & advice on wordpress.com blogs Sat, 18 May 2013 20:06:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/64d977339792aaf2fb15afc0f8c4643b?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://wpbtips.wordpress.com http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/table-coding-for-wordpress-com-users/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/table-coding-for-wordpress-com-users/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:55:37 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=8942 Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/table-coding-for-wordpress-com-users/feed/ 13 justpi http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/spoiler-hover-content/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/spoiler-hover-content/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:55:04 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=8788 Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/spoiler-hover-content/feed/ 7 justpi Spoiler Text Example Her http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/sidebar-at-the-bottom-and-related-issues/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/sidebar-at-the-bottom-and-related-issues/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 13:28:33 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=8443 pair of div tags: an opening one and a closing one. If a solitary div tag is accidentally introduced somewhere in a post or in a text widget, the structure of the page gets messed up from that point on. Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/sidebar-at-the-bottom-and-related-issues/feed/ 66 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/introduction-to-html-for-wordpress-com-users/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/introduction-to-html-for-wordpress-com-users/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:40:04 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=7552 This article is for users who aren't familiar with HTML and inline CSS yet, and probably find them intimidating. I hope you'll find it encouraging to know that when I started blogging I knew absolutely nothing about them myself, and when I was first shown HTML and CSS I ran away in terror... Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/introduction-to-html-for-wordpress-com-users/feed/ 6 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/full-width-header-in-imbalance/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/full-width-header-in-imbalance/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:19:34 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=7596 Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/full-width-header-in-imbalance/feed/ 91 Panos ImbalanceTabsOutHanoi ImbalanceTabsInRecordPLUSTAGLINE http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/image-captions-no-dash-twenty-eleven/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/image-captions-no-dash-twenty-eleven/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:49:58 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=7254 Image captions in Twenty Eleven are adorned with a strange dash some users don't like. Using the workarounds described in this post you can get rid of the dash and center the caption text. The same technique can be used to modify the styling of image captions in any theme. Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/image-captions-no-dash-twenty-eleven/feed/ 26 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/inserting-prezi-docs/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/inserting-prezi-docs/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:49:33 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=6867 Prezi is a zooming presentation editor that allows you to create elaborate presentations (more interesting than slideshows). This post explains how you can embed a Prezi doc in a WordPress.com blog. Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/inserting-prezi-docs/feed/ 28 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/clickable-header-image-in-clean-home/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/clickable-header-image-in-clean-home/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 06:33:20 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=6480 Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/clickable-header-image-in-clean-home/feed/ 2 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/customizing-blog-title-in-blogum/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/customizing-blog-title-in-blogum/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:39:41 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=6596 The blog title in Blogum is black, and it comes with a decorative dash. If you don't like the dash, you can use HTML in a text widget to hide it. Using a similar technique, you can also color the title, if you wish, or you can reposition the tagline. Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/customizing-blog-title-in-blogum/feed/ 12 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/changing-formatting-of-captions/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/changing-formatting-of-captions/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:02:36 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=6420 Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/changing-formatting-of-captions/feed/ 31 Panos RembrandtPhilsopher350DS RembrandtPhilsopher350DS http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/inserting-grooveshark-audio-players/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/inserting-grooveshark-audio-players/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:25:26 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=6158 Grooveshark has a large collection of songs and classical music. You can insert a single song, or create and insert a playlist. The embed code they provide cannot be used directly in a wordpress.com blog, but it can be converted to a working shortcode (see here for general background). A. Single song Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/inserting-grooveshark-audio-players/feed/ 90 Panos GroovesharkSongShare GroovesharkSongCheck GroovesharkPlayerSkins GroovesharkPlaylistColorsNEW http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/clickable-header-in-vertigo/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/clickable-header-in-vertigo/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:06:22 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=5798 Header images). That's useful if you wish to add your own header image with the blog title incorporated in it as a graphic. But if you do that in Vertigo, Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/clickable-header-in-vertigo/feed/ 45 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/inserting-a-series-of-youtube-videos/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/inserting-a-series-of-youtube-videos/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 06:55:52 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=5645 Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/inserting-a-series-of-youtube-videos/feed/ 27 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/inserting-kickstarter-videos/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/inserting-kickstarter-videos/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:05:04 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=5466 Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/inserting-kickstarter-videos/feed/ 17 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/widgets-for-wp-com-6b-funny-quotes/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/widgets-for-wp-com-6b-funny-quotes/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:29:08 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=5318 Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/widgets-for-wp-com-6b-funny-quotes/feed/ 12 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/etsy-widget/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/etsy-widget/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:11:27 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=5147 Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/etsy-widget/feed/ 213 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/widgets-for-wp-com-8b-more-countdown-tickers/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/widgets-for-wp-com-8b-more-countdown-tickers/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:32:16 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=5049 Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/widgets-for-wp-com-8b-more-countdown-tickers/feed/ 21 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/overriding-default-table-colors/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/overriding-default-table-colors/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 02:08:26 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=5015 Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/overriding-default-table-colors/feed/ 26 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/widgets-12-non-animated-messages/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/widgets-12-non-animated-messages/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:44:24 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=5006 Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/widgets-12-non-animated-messages/feed/ 14 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/inserting-issuu-docs/ http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/inserting-issuu-docs/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:20:14 +0000 Panos http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/?p=4891 Continue reading »]]> http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/inserting-issuu-docs/feed/ 102 Panos IssuuButtonsShorter