Labels!!

Hey Designers!! 

So , I've been asked many many times:

HOW DO I LABEL MY POSTS??
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 Labeling your posts basically is putting several posts under a relating criteria.

Basically , labeling your posts is very beneficial , its a way of organizing your posts so it will make it easier to find.

 This post will show you how to create labels and how to label your posts and how to put them in your blog so that everyone could use them!

Like so,

 

Its simple and easy 

Creating Labels

Step 1:

Write your post 

Step 2: 

Once you are done , go to 'Post Settings' at either side of the page

It should look like the picture below 

One of the options is 'Labels'

Step 3:

Click 'Labels'
It should look like the picture below

  

Step 4:

Write your label

Step 5:

Click 'Save' or 'Publish' .. and you're DONE!

You can do this to previous posts by editing each post and doing the steps above OR by doing the following:

Labeling published posts...

Step 1:

Dashboard> Posts 

Step 2:

Select wanted posts 

Step 3:

Click the labels icon and choose or create your label

 You are DONE!

Labels on the Sidebar!

So you made your labels and you've labeled your posts and published them and everything,,
But you want your viewers to benefit from your labels , right?

How to put it on your sidebar?
The procedure is like adding any other widget to your side bar

Step1:

Go to Dashboard > Template

Step 2: 

Click 'Add a Gadget'

Step 3: 

Scroll down the pop-up window till you find 'Labels' , click it

Step 4:

 You can personalize how the widget will look and the order of the labels

Step 5:

Click 'Save' , then position your widget where ever you like on your sidebar 

Step 6:

Click 'Save Arrangement" at the top of the window

Step 7:

you are DONE!




Sorry I've lacked visual guide on the last one , its just because it's really simple and easy!
Anyways , hope this post helped!
If there are any questions , feel free to ask in the 'Ask Me' tab or in the comments below

hope this was helpful!

Word verification!!

Ahh they are just annoying to me ! When you want to comment on something it goes like " Please write what you see" and they give you words like this ..

Sometimes , when I see a word verification I just lose my interest in posting my comment somehow...

So , how to get rid of them???

Go to Dashboard > More options > Settings > Posts and Comments > Scroll down > "Show word verification" > Switch it to " No" > Save > You are DONE!

How to make text areas?

Have you ever wondered how to make text areas??
Like this?

There are types of text areas , two types ..

FIRST - The editable text area

and there are two types of them ..

1) With text wrap

Like this one. you can write anything here!

Code

<textarea cols="20" rows="5" wrap="hard"> TEXT HERE </textarea>

2) Without text wrap
Like this one . You could write as much as you can but it wont wrap it

Code

<textarea cols="20" rows="5" wrap="off">TEXT HERE</textarea>

SECOND - The "read only" text areas

This is most commonly used in HTML codes , where the reader could not change it , but only copy and paste it.

Like this one

Code

<textarea cols="20" rows="5" wrap="hard" readonly="yes">TEXT HERE</textarea>

HOW TO USE TEXT AREAS!?!

• In a post

In your post basically you are on the "compose" view . Switch to the "HTML" view and copy/paste the desired code and insert your text .
Switch to the "compose" view to observe what you've done and to align your text area.

• As a widget

Copy code > Dashboard > Layout > HTML/JavaScript > Paste code

you are DONE!

** NOTE: Make sure to place your info instead of  "TEXT HERE"

Reaction buttons

How to add reaction buttons .. Well its easy
Go to Dashboard > More options > Layout > You will see "Blog Posts" and a small "edit" button > Reactions > Check the box > Add or change them > Save and you are DONE!

*You could change its position in your blog if you scroll down the edit dialog box!