Blogging Tip of the Day- Add a Favicon

As I am working on my blog format I thought I would share tidbits of how to alter a blogger based website. I give all credit to Tips for New Bloggers. This site offers easy to follow instructions on the ends and outs of building websites using Blogger.

Todays tweak is to add a Favicon to the site. Favicons are the images that appear next to your websites title in the browser tab. You can create an image that will distinguish your page from the others that the viewer is seeing while they are browsing. Their are programs (like Imagicon) that will help turn a jpeg image into icon image with an .ico file extension, or you can try Googling "favicon" for lots of generic icons. I choose to use the icon that I use for my regular website. It is a C that is in a font similar to Bookman Old Style. Simple graphics that are high contrast are easiest to see. Most companies use their simplest logo.

Click here for a detailed explanation of how to add a Favicon to your website.


(Todays blog tip is brought to you by the letter "F". F is for Favicon, Foot long hotdogs and trimmed Feet. Lets here it kids for the letter "F")

Working with negative space while tweaking my blog layout

I'm on a short studio hiatus as PWS moves to a new studio this week. I unloaded a bisque kiln full of mugs, tumblers, serving bowls, and noodle bowls. They went directly into a cardboard box where they will live for the next few weeks. This last batch of pots has been focused on opening up more space in my decoration. I'm thinking about the power of negative space both as a visual tool and a metaphor for the intangibles that shape life. I tend to error on the side of excess so its been a great challenge to say more with less. Less decoration, less words, less consumption, just less in general.

I'm devoting part of my hiatus to tweaking my blog format. After a few hours of reading I managed to alter the  template HTML of the blog to include a navigation bar in the header. I found a great website that makes editing HTML actually seem possible. Check out http://tips-for-new-bloggers.blogspot.com if you need help with any blogger edits.

Please excuse the broken links for the next week as I figure out how to make this all work right.
Happy potting/tweaking!