new stuff

I've had fun changing my blog.  Part of my attention deficit charm.  Not to be confused with my, ya know, other charm.

 Huh?

I dunno.

Anyhoo, if you're up for some changes, here's a couple tips.

My friend Diedre showed me how to make my pictures big, I've been looking for that for.ev.er.  Here's her tutorial.  I think she's brilliant.  Probably cause she is.

I've also been wanting a less cluttered look to my blog than the scrapbook type ones I've been using.  (We'll see how long this lasts. :))  I ventured out into google land yesterday and ran across this charming site, which is where I got the template and a signature!  I love my handwriting now.  :)  BTW, the link is for the 2-page layout templates...which is what you'll need if you use Deed's "big picture" tutorial.

Glitches: 

~sometimes my pictures are too big, and part of it gets cut off (I don't know how to fix that except for changing it from xlarge to large--like I did with the duck pictures)  feel free to chime in with what's probably an html? fix

~~I didn't save my template before uploading the new one and my navbar disappeared, kinda freaked me out.  (Though, I did copy and past my sidebar stuff...but didn't need to.)  It required another html fix...I really need to learn html, that stuff scares me.  But I figured it out! after 20 more gray hairs sprouted, that is. **
~~~I didn't read all her instructions for installing the signature, so in case you miss it . . . after you get your signature code you can install it under "settings, formatting,  post template".

What other cool stuff am I missing?  Fill me in!  :)

**in case you're missing your navbar...here's what it should look like (go under layout and html) mine said something like--which was something like "nothing -5 important!": 

#navbar-iframe {

opacity:0.6;

filter:alpha(Opacity=60)


}

/* Variable definitions

If you're crazy enough to try this, you will need a hot bath and candles and chocolate once you're done.  A foot rub won't hurt either.