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 Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:59 pm Post subject: How do I create a sub-title for my blog name? |
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My blog name is Thinking Home Business. I want to create a subtitle in a smaller font:
Des Walsh blogs on practical business blogging, networking and home based business
or similar
I assume it involves creating a custom component for Blog Name.
Des
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www.thinkinghomebusiness.com
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john
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| Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 11:50 pm Post subject: Re: How do I create a sub-title for my blog name? |
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Yes, that technique would be your best bet. Try customizing the Blog Name component. Change the content from the default:
| Code: | <div class="component">
<div class="componentBlogname">
<a href="{{blog.url}}">{{blog.name}}</a></div>
</div> |
to something like this:
| Code: | <div class="component">
<div class="componentBlogname">
<a href="{{blog.url}}">{{blog.name}}</a></div>
<div>Des Walsh blogs on practical business blogging, networking and home based business</div>
</div> |
Then replace the default Blog Name component in your layout with the customized one you just created. |
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des
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks John
Now I'm hoping that won't create any confusion with links I've built up with directories etc. As they would be using the url or rss, I can't see there's a likely problem.
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des
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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I've customized the Blog Name component, but what happens is that the system creates a new customized component and leaves the default one in place. I tried moving the custom component into a column, but it just created a mess in the sidebar!
What are the actual steps to replace the default component with the custom one please?
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john
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Now I'm hoping that won't create any confusion with links I've built up with directories etc. As they would be using the url or rss, I can't see there's a likely problem.
No, I would not expect any problems. This is just a change to a decorative peice of text on your blog, not a semantic one.
I've customized the Blog Name component, but what happens is that the system creates a new customized component and leaves the default one in place.
Yes, that is correct and exactly what is supposed to happen. When you customize an existing component, you get a new customized component in addition to the default one. The new component is created, but does not replace the default upon creation.
I tried moving the custom component into a column, but it just created a mess in the sidebar!
You don't want to drag it into the sidebar, you want to replace the header version.
What are the actual steps to replace the default component with the custom one please?
The process in general was described at the end of this article. Summary:
Go to Look & Feel > Layout. In the Inactive column, you should see the name of the Custom Component you just created (it will have a name like Custom: Blog Name). Drag the component into the Left or Right Column, drag the original component to the Inactive column, and click on the Save button at the bottom of the page. |
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des
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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[color=red]You don't want to drag it into the sidebar, you want to replace the header version.[/color]
OK, I sorted that out - thanks.
Go to Look & Feel > Layout. In the Inactive column, you should see the name of the Custom Component you just created (it will have a name like Custom: Blog Name). Drag the component into the Left or Right Column, drag the original component to the Inactive column, and click on the Save button at the bottom of the page.
I've done all this - a couple of times - new words are not showing up. Any more clues?
Des
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john
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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Actually the text is there, but the white text is appearing on a white background and appears invisible. I didn't test the code I gave you to see what it would look like in that theme.
Instead of this:
| Code: | <div class="component">
<div class="componentBlogname">
<a href="{{blog.url}}">{{blog.name}}</a></div>
<div>Des Walsh blogs on practical business blogging, networking and home based business</div>
</div> |
Try this:
| Code: | <div class="component">
<div class="componentBlogname">
<a href="{{blog.url}}">{{blog.name}}</a></div>
<div class="componentBlognameAlt">Des Walsh blogs on practical business blogging, networking and home based business</div>
</div> |
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des
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Thanks John
Yes, I could see the words in view source, triple checked the code. thanks for attending to this. will now go and fix.
Des
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des
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:02 am Post subject: |
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When I edited the code as above, it worked but the sub-title came out in yellow and was hard to read, so I added a little HTML to change the font color, thus - now a shade of blue:
<div class="component">
<div class="componentBlogname">
<a href="{{blog.url}}">{{blog.name}}</a></div>
<div class="componentBlognameAlt"><font color ="336699">Des Walsh blogs on practical business blogging, networking and home based business</font></div>
</div>
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john
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Here's another way to do the same thing, the CSS way :
| Code: | <div class="component">
<div class="componentBlogname">
<a href="{{blog.url}}">{{blog.name}}</a></div>
<div style="color:#336699;">Des Walsh blogs on practical business blogging, networking and home based business</div>
</div> |
Using CSS allows you much finer control over the presentation. For example:
| Code: | <div class="component">
<div class="componentBlogname">
<a href="{{blog.url}}">{{blog.name}}</a></div>
<div style="color:#336699; font: bold 11px Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Des Walsh blogs on practical business blogging, networking and home based business</div>
</div> |
There are many presentation elements which can be modified only via CSS and not (or not easily) via HTML. Line height, padding, background colors, margin, alignment, borders, all are easily managed using CSS. |
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