How to add floating social media buttons in blogger

 1. Download your fovorite social media icon buttons.  There are lots of freebies out there, just google. The ones I used are from Icon Dock : Vector Social Media Icons.

2. Edit in your favorite photo editing program.
(Illustrator, Photoshop, PSE, etc.)
I opened the .png icons in PSE and used my hue/saturation adjustment levels to match the color of my blog.  I know there are other ways to do this, but this was how I did it.

3. Upload your files to photobucket or other image hosting site.

4. Copy the code below and edit in notepad, word, or other text editing program.

<div id='newnavbar'> <ul> <a href="WEBSITELINKGOESHERE"><img src="DIRECTIMAGELINKGOESHERE" width="50" height="50" alt="TAGLINE GOES HERE" /></a> </ul></div>

5. In the text editor, add your own text, links,  and desired image size in the correct location.

(See sample below)

Copy your new code (ctrl + c).

6. Log in to blogger. 

Click on "Layout". 

Click on "Add a gadget". 

Click on  "HTML/JavaScript"

In the content box paste (ctrl + v) your new code. Press save.

Take a deep breath, relax, and enjoy your new buttons!

Techy Thursday: "My Craft Channel"

Good Thursday morning everyone! 

Today's "Techy Thursday" is a fun cyber find!

Have you ever heard of "My Craft Channel?

I just recently came across it while blog hopping.  I'm sure I'm the only one in the dark, but for those of you who are like me and have never heard of it...here you go.

Crafty TV?

Who knew?

Great...one more thing to keep me side tracked from doing the things I should be doing.

I've only checked out a few of the episodes, but I've loved the ones I've seen so far. 

There is everything from...

 the creators of "I heart faces " to "Get a little creative" featuring some of the most popular crafty bloggers  talking crafts.

Click HERE to view the crafty webisodes.

How to change your blogger gmail address

I recently ran into the problem of needing to change my blogger account with a new email/gmail I had just set up.  I was a little confused as to how to do this. I figured I'm not the only one with this problem so I googled it and this was what I found from Darcy @  Graphically Designing who wrote the wonderful tutorial below.  If you'd like to see her original post, you can find it

HERE.

She also recommends a few crucial things:

1. DO NOT JUST DELETE your Gmail account

2. Always download and save your template

3. BACK UP YOUR BLOG

If you've done the steps above... proceed to:

"1. Sign into your old Gmail account, the one currently assigned to your blog.
2. Go to your blog. Customize > Settings> Permissions>
3. “Add Author.” Add the new Gmail account as an author.
4. Sign out of Blogger and Gmail. Sign into your new Gmail account.
5. Accept the authorship to your blog. Don’t stop here!
6. Sign back into the first (old) account. You will need to go back to Customize> Settings> Permissions.
7. Grant your new email address Admin Privs. Both email addresses now have equal blogging control.
8. You may now sign into your new Gmail address and control your blog.
9. If you plan on deleting your old Gmail address, you may now remove it from your Blog by repeating #2, then clicking “remove”.
10. Once there is no association to the blog, you can safely delete your Gmail account without losing your blog."
 -Darcy from Graphically Designing