Are Your Emails Making People Nuts?

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The other day I posted this on my Facebook page: One of my pet peeves: When I unsubscribe from a mailing list in an effort to cut back on unwanted email, and then I get an email confirming my unsubscription. JUST TAKE ME OFF THE LIST! I was inspired to write that after I had {Continue reading…}

How to Add Text or a Watermark to a Photo

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There are many reasons you might want to add text to your images. It's very simple to do so let me show you how… Add a watermark You may want to add a watermark to your images like I did at the bottom of this photo: Make your posts Pinterest-worthy Or you might want to {Continue reading…}

How to Make a Photo Collage

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A lot of people have asked me how to make a photo collage now that Picnik is no longer working. I previously wrote about some alternatives to Picnik, but here is another one. Alex from iPiccy emailed me to let me know about the new collage tool they added recently. Here's how it works: Can't {Continue reading…}

How to Customize Your WordPress Background Using Patterns

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It's easy to customize your WordPress background to make it unique. In this video, I show you how you can change to a different solid color as well as create a fun patterned background or upload a subtle textured background using some free tools online. For example, this is a fun polka dot background on my {Continue reading…}

How to Change the Images for Facebook Timeline Tabs

facebook timeline tab images

KM asked a great question in the comments on Are You Sad to Lose Your Facebook Landing Page? She wonders how to get the custom images for the tabs (indicated by the orange arrows here): It's not difficult at all. Update: First, you need to create the tabs in the first place. I use Static {Continue reading…}

How to Install Fancy Fonts for Free

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Have you ever wanted to use a fancy font on your site? On BWA I have a few fancy fonts. I use a paid-for service called TypeKit to get these particular fonts, but it can use other fonts for free with Google Web Fonts as well. Following are two tutorials. I want to say at the get-go, {Continue reading…}