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Blog Sidebars: Easy Ways to Add Whatever You Want

If you are having issues getting images to show as the right size on blog side bars, or if you want to add colours to links or other fancy stuff to your blog, this post shows you how. It uses a “what you see is what you get” online app, which will let you do all that without having to turn into a geek or learn web code.

I will also tell you where to get more information and how to get the code into your blog. It is all free and very simple. If you are looking at this post saying, “I CANNOT and DO NOT want to write in html,” I don’t blame you, but don’t quit until I show you this service. You don’t have to learn any html. 

A screenshot of the editor.

Basic Coding for Internet Links, Text etc.

1. Go to the site. There is no sign-up, mailing lists or catches.  http://html-color-codes.info/html-editor/

2. Type in what you want in the same way you would use a Word Processor or in the way you enter text and web addresses into your blog posts. When done, you can print the code and preview what it will look like. If you’re happy, then hit the html button to get the code, which you paste into the widget/gadget box on your blog. (Instructions on that are below.) Just type it in.

3. If you want to keep a copy of your code on your computer, paste it into Text.exe on Windows or TextEdit.app on your Mac. If you paste it into some word processors, if can take the coding out of your view making future copy and paste impossible. You know it has done this if your program just shows you the final product with no codes in brackets.

4. If you already have widget or gadget code from another source that you wish to place on your sidebar: if you use Blogger and have pre-existing Javascript code you can paste in, you are fine. WordPress.com blogs will NOT EVER take any Javascript code. Their system just deletes it. That means you can’t monetize these free blogs and you can’t use a lot of great tools.

Image Coding

Html editing apps like Color Code’s Editor are also handy for getting image sizes in sidebars correct. I open up a new file in Dreamweaver to do my sidebars, as guessing at sidebar width in relation to the actual image width drives me nuts! Dreamweaver also allows me to colour text and size it as a headline. The web editor will allow you to do all that too.

1. To add an image to the web editing software, simply click on the tree photo icon in the menu bar, enter in the web address of the image (if you have uploaded it to your blog or Picasa, it will have a web address you can find if you locate the image in your Media files.) In WordPress, go to Media and upload any new image, then click on the image name in the Media Library and it will give you the link.

2. Once you place this in the web editor, you can then resize it, give it a border, align it etc. as you would in a blog post. It may be wise to ignore the advanced options.

If you want your own web editing software for your computer, use SeaMonkey: http://www.seamonkey-project.org It is also “what you see is what you get” and won’t scare you. It works like a Word Processor and is made by the Mozilla people, so it is free and handy if you are wary of your Internet usage.

One small caveat, I am not recommending coding your blog posts for WordPress.com sites. It will delete a lot of code outside a narrow allowance of what it will let you do. 

How to Enter Your Code into Your Blog

Both the WordPress Widget and the Blogger Gadget are really simple. They are just boxes where you paste the code in. You don’t need to fret that they will have a dozen settings which you have to understand. Just paste the code in, hit save. You are done.

What bloggers html gadget looks like with my code in it for my books.

WordPress’ Html Widget looks like the image below. There are no additional settings. You can use WordPress’ Image widget, but this is just as easy and the image one is much more complex.

Easy Web Code References for your Blog:

Web Source.net


Html Goodies
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Filed under: Blog Building and Promotion, Blog Taming Month: Feb 2014 Tagged: blogger, gadget, how-to, html code, Javascript, personalised blog, problem solving, professional sites, resource, sidebar, Widget, wordpress, writer, writing

Are Your Blogging Goals Slipping? Help to Get Focussed

My blog goals for this year were simple: keep at it, alter content a little, stay organised. That last one is pure hell at times. Life gets in the way, I lose track of where I am up to… then the quality of the blog suffers and I lose readers. So what to do?

The simple answer is be realistic and get organised. I know I cannot keep up with blogging more than three times a week, so I stick to that unless a brilliant reblog is on hand. As for organised, Pinterest has become a great source of inspiration.

There are generous-hearted artists and bloggers out there who have put together 2014 organisers which help other bloggers: and have made them available free. There are many varieties and styles. Choose which best suits you and good luck.

The task lists are the ones I need!

P.S. Links are placed next to the post in case you print this post out.

Vintage Zest Planner and Free Blog Calendar. This is featured in the image above. http://www.vintagezest.com/2013/12/2014-planner-free-blog-calendar.html?m=1

Blog Maintenance Chart from the SITSGirls: http://www.thesitsgirls.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Blog-Maintenance.pdf also make sure you read “10 Things to Let Go of on Your Blog in 2014:” it will relieve your anxiety! http://www.thesitsgirls.com/inspiration/10-things-let-go-2014/

“Home Made by Caroma” has great printable sheets, with year at a glance calendars, Ideas, Progress and Completed columns and great advice. http://homemadebycarmona.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/blog-post-organization.html

Scraps of My Geek Life has a great Editorial Calendar. I like the colours, it makes it easier to see where you’re at. http://scrapsofmygeeklife.com/business-2/2014-editorial-calendar-template-free-download/

Living Lucurto has a free printable blog calendar which is very well planned. If you like soft blue with no fussy graphics, this is for you. http://www.livinglocurto.com/2010/03/free-printable-weekly-blog-calendar/

The Shabby Nest blog has great ideas and links to planners you can access free. http://shabbynest.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/blog-notebook-organizing-my-bloggy.html

Portland Bloggers win the prize for the best, but it will cost you a small amount to download via Paypal. They were overrun, and had to go to a different server. If nothing else, it shows what you need to put in a planner.

http://pdxbloggers.com/2013/01/freeprintableblogplanner/ 

The free printables in the blog planning package include:

Monthly Blog Post Planning Calendar— Each sheet has an open month calendar so that you can put the month and dates in. Each day on the calendar has popular social networking symbols with check boxes so that you can check off when you’ve promoted a post.
Weekly Blog Post Planning Calendar— Some people prefer to plan out their blog posts in more detail and on a weekly basis. The weekly calendar also has social networking symbols. It also has an area for weekly blog maintenance and SEO planning prompts.
Events and Holidays— A list of events and holidays. This is not a comprehensive list by any means…
Blog Post Brainstorming Worksheet— A blog post planning sheet
Blog Collaboration Worksheet— A place to track collaborative projects and responsibilities.
Blog Resolutions Tracker— A place to write and track blog goals and resolutions
Finance Tracker— A place to record income and expenses
Affiliate Programs— A place to track affiliate programs
Sponsors— A place to track sponsors, payment, and responsibilities.
Stats & Analytics— A place to record your stats and analytics monthly

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Filed under: Blog Building and Promotion, Blog Taming Month: Feb 2014 Tagged: blog, blog maintenance, blogging, goals, ideas, organisation, planner, planning, resolutions, success, survival, tasks, writer, writing

Choices in Life… Choices in Writing

I love working online and actually getting to talk to and know authors you admire. One such author I have a full heart for is Madeline Sharples. Madeline is the author of, “Leaving the Hall Light On.” “It is about living after loss. It’s about finding peace and balance and various ways the author, Madeline Sharples, brought herself together after feeling so helpless and out of control during her son Paul’s 7-year struggle with bipolar disease and after his suicide in September 1999.The author’s book shares several aspects of her son’s illness and how she and herhusband, and their other son, Ben, survived Paul’s suicide.”

Yesterday I was privileged to guest post on “Choices,” Madeline’s blog. In it I talk about some of the hard yards I have worked through in my life and what has helped to bring me healing. Please come and have a read, say hi to Madeline and be inspired…

 Post: A warm welcome to Cate Russell-Cole. She’s all about being positive

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Filed under: "Writing Lessons from the Writing Life", The Memoir Project, What's On Tagged: author, being positive, bipolar disease, blog, books, choices, description, healing, inspiration, learning, M M Kaye, Madeline Sharples, memoir, success, suicide, writer, writing

Help to Solve Your Facebook Fan Page Problems

I used to advertise on Facebook: until they bought in timeline. Then the value I gained from my community building attempts died a cruel death. Everyone with a Page is now in the same boat: unless we throw in more and more and more money, which most of us simply can’t do, we have lost a huge chunk of our hard work. I have seen posts go from 800 views to 50 and I am angry. Many people have abandoned their Pages and I don’t blame them.

There are ways we can partially combat this. For a start, posting the image above to make others aware of what they can do, does help. Every time I post this image, it is seen more than other posts. Other ideas I have found online include:

Posting status updates which don’t have links in them. They seem to score well with Facebook’s new algorithm as engagement is the key, not just “look at my blog” or “please buy my book.”


Posting images which catch attention. They appear to frequently be shared. Some writers will put in an image that goes with their blog post, but place the link in the comments to work the system.


Telling your followers frequently to change that box that says “Highlights” to “Posts by Page” so they see all your posts. (See image below.) The problem is, that never stays changed!

Refusing to pay Facebook for ads and promotion when even those who do pay don’t get a fair deal! If you used to pay or do, speak up and tell Facebook you are unhappy and why.


Encourage readers to use their own categories and not overfill them with Pages, so posts are more likely to be seen. Then check the categories rather than their timeline for new posts. There is no guarantee this will work, but it may help. I am always losing pages I like, so it can’t hurt to try.


Showing followers/fans how to get page notifications (and take that survey!)

I know it sounds like a lot of work and many repetitive posts, however, if you still want to use Facebook as a promotional tool, the investment may be worth it. Feel free to use any of the screenshots on this post. (Right click on image and “Save As.”)

If you know of other ways, please tell me in the comments! I’d ‘like’ to know (pun intended!)

Most importantly…

…please pay it forward this Valentine’s day by clicking Like and commenting on the pages you’re a fan of. The more support you give, the more you will receive. Spread the love!

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Filed under: Blog Building and Promotion, Book Marketing Tagged: author, blog, blogging, Facebook, Fan Page, Follower, growth, Indie publishing, marketing, Page, problem solving, promotion, support, timeline, writer, writing

Why Do You Write?

Since my retirement in 2006, people often ask what I do with my free time.  I stop and think, and I try to imagine free time!  I don’t seem to have much of that even in retirement.  Then I mentally list for myself all that fills my time:  mentoring, writing, flute lessons, quilting, sewing, needlework of all kinds, reading . . . and oh, yes, there’s my family . . . children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  Sigh . . . like a young mother with a large brood I suddenly feel tired after that mental exercise.

So, I opt to give a shortened list of things I truly enjoy, and at the mention of writing invariably the question is, “Why do you write?”

First the answer to “why?”  Simple:  I love words, grammar, and the part each plays in creating a story, reporting facts and history, and even in the reading I do.  I just love words and all that makes them a part of anything written.

My second answer is that I love to write those words down, either by hand or on the computer.  I love bringing words together in sentences, then paragraphs to create a gift for someone else of the written word.  How, with all the reading I do, could I not want to give the gift I have received so many times to others?  When I read, authors transport me to places in history, they take me on journeys of the mind, they teach me things I’d never thought about before.  Truly books and stories are gifts to those who read them.

The third reason is that ink runs in my veins.  That’s right — not blood but ink.  My dad was in the printing and publishing business.  From early childhood, I could smell the print shop on him when he arrived home in the evening.  Even when he moved into management, Dad loved being “back in the shop” with the typesetters.

Here he is sitting at a linotype machine in the shop.  He loved what he did, and he had a great deal of his life story tied to printing and publishing.  Some day there’s another book to write, I suppose.

Dad was also an avid reader, and together we would read things he’d brought home from work.  Later, as I grew older, we’d talk about them.  I think perhaps that common love we had for printed matter strengthened the bond between us.

As blunt as it may sound, I write because I have to write. A day without writing is a day void of joy and pleasure. I never realized this until after retirement, at which time I thought, “I never want to sit in front of a computer again!”

How wrong I was in making that statement. The sitting in front of a computer that I’d been doing for decades was to type pleadings in a case for an attorney, or to draft up legal documents. It wasn’t writing for the pure joy of it.

Now, I write because I want to, I enjoy it, and yes, I have to write. And now you’re next question likely is why do “I have to write.”

And the answer to that is that I have a story (perhaps more than one) that either needs or deserves telling. No one can tell that story but me because it is personal to my life. Others created through my imagination will also be mine to tell.

If I don’t write, will they ever be told? Likely not. So, I write. I write something every day, either on my work in progress, a short essay or story for a competition or in answer to a call for submission, or for one of my blogs.

Do you have a story or perhaps stories to tell? Are you writing them down? It doesn’t mean that you’re striving for publication, but perhaps just leaving stories for your children and grandchildren to enjoy in the future and pass along to others in the family.

Think about it . . . try it . . . you too may find joy in writing.

Copyright Sherrey Meyer 2012. All Rights Reserved Internationally

Filed under: Posts by Sherrey Meyer, The Memoir Project Tagged: author, autobiography, inspiration, life story, memoir, reader, resource, Sherrey Meyer, writer, writing

Building Community Spirit in the Blogosphere

I like the way some people think: it is with their hearts, not their bank balance! Consider this from author DL Hammons: “What would it be like if the support, encouraging nature, and community spirit of the blogosphere were ever focused on a single blogger?  …What I’m talking about is being suddenly thrust into the spotlight, without even lifting a finger. What would it feel like to be the recipient of that kind of exposure? Could something like that even be possible? Can the power of the blogosphere be harnessed and directed?

DL decided it was such a great idea, he was going to give it a try and the Blog Blitz was born. I have been part of it for awhile and I am meeting bloggers I would not have discovered otherwise.

Blitzers are a generous bunch! I have seen over 220 comments on blog posts with new followers gained. So far, over 363 people are participating and it’s great. DL has asked us to put the word out about the Blitz and as February is Blog Taming Month, it’s perfect timing.

How to Join

Sign up on the linky list, making sure to record your email address, and you’ll instantly become a member of the Blog Blitz Team.  DL frequently selects a deserving blog (that must be part of the Blitz Team) and a specific date.  He emails the team members that information and on that date, we all will go out of our way to visit that blog and leave an encouraging comment on their most recent post.  I’m talking about 100+ comments appearing out of the blue in one day!

The only restriction about who joins the Blog Blitz Team is that your blog cannot be primarily for commercial gain. Once you are signed up, display the banner above proudly on your own blog.

Filed under: Blog Taming Month: Feb 2014, What's On Tagged: author, blog, Blog Blitz, blogging, community spirit, DL Hammons, encouragement, exposure, support, writer, writing

How Do You Make #Blogging Friends?

Reblogged from Daily (w)rite:

Blogging friends are made through blogs. Simple, right?

But I think like all human relationships---- making blogging friends take one thing, an investment in time. I met most of my blog friends because I took care to get to know them.

I was a compulsive lurker before-- I visited blogs without making comments, but over the years, I changed that, took some time to have some conversations-- not just via the blogs, but via FB and Twitter.

Read more… 453 more words

A great post. Join the A-Z blogging challenge, it's a great initiative!

#Email Marketing and Your Average #Author

Since early January, I have been inundated with blog posts and emails, telling me that email marketing is A.B.S.O.L.U.T.E.L.Y.  E.S.S.E.N.T.I.A.L.  to the point of being critical to anyone and everyone’s success. I carefully read them, considered implementing it for my own work and then pitched a fit! Why? I do N.O.T.  have the  T.I.M.E.

This advice has been coming from sources I follow and greatly respect. However, I have been marketing online for nearly four years and this is the first time this has come up with so much sink or swim emphasis. Plus I am noting that some are adding to their income by running paid seminars on the topic. Are we falling prey to their marketing? Is email marketing for authors without thousands of followers essential?

Yes, building a following is critical. Yes, keeping followers up to speed with what’s happening is essential. But: isn’t that what our blogs and social media streams were designed to do? That is the reason I was told to get a blog in the first place! If I am over-busy, the first things in my email box to hit the dust are newsletters and blog post notices. They don’t take priority. I know we need all the tools we can utilize to reach our audience, but this seems to be doubling up on what we already do. I don’t have any newsletter content that you won’t find here or on my web site.

The first thing I thought of, beside myself, is the other Indie authors out there, who have kids, work, busy lives, health issues, limited time: how are we supposed to add another thing to the mix?

Mr Internet, have mercy on us! I am noting that the writers who are recommending email marketing are backed by a decent income and those magical beings: staff! I am me. I run everything. There is not enough of me.

If email works for you: awesome! Go for it! But Mr Internet, on behalf of many of us, we work our butts off on our blogs, books and social media. Don’t ask us to repeat what we have to say in yet another expensive, time-chewing form.

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Filed under: Blog Building and Promotion, Book Marketing Tagged: author, balance, blog, blogging, conflict, email marketing, exhaustion, fads, fashions, goals, growth, Indie publishing, marketing, promotion, publishing, stress, time, writer, writing

The Blog Post Copying Controversy: What Do YOU Think?

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In 2011 Di Mace published a post on Write to Done advocating the benefits of copying other’s work to assist you in combining and transforming your own ideas, so that you make something new. I see it often on blogs. Someone starts a new topic, then others try it out with their own twist on the topic. When I have been the one who had that topic first, I have been a little annoyed. Is imitation flattery or theft? As long as there is no plagiarism, is it alright?

So what is your first reaction to that idea?

Initially, the word “copy” took me straight back to my school days, where copying was just not on! However, Di has a really good point. Don’t we learn most of our skills from early childhood from observing and then copying those around us? Why is that suddenly such a bad idea? Is this why we feel guilty when we want to reproduce something known with our own twist on it? Are we really cheating?

We put so much pressure on ourselves to be original when we create. We want to be groundbreakers. We want to be new, original and fantastic! Achieving that comes back to basic learning, problem solving and harnessing our creative skills. You have to start with what you know, what you can see and what you can lay your hands on. Then, you can move forward.

The idea of copying something existing to come up with something new, also fits in with definitions of creativity. At it’s simplest, the meaning of create is “to fit together.” One definition is: “To be creative is to be able to associate, recombine or reorganise formerly unrelated ideas, facts, subjects or objects to produce something that is original and useful – and probably unexpected.” (Bruno Pieroni)

Try it. Find something that inspires you this week and get copying! In the process you may figure out how you’d like to express your own ideas.

It’s not cheating. Not even close.

This article / blog post is Copyright Cate Russell-Cole 2014. All rights are reserved Internationally. You may not reproduce it in any form, in part of whole, without Cate’s prior written permission. That includes usage in forms such as print, audio and digital imaging including pdf, jpg, png etc. A fee may be requested for re-using her work if it is for a commercial venture. 

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Filed under: Blog Taming Month: Feb 2014, Writing Resources Tagged: blog, copying, creativity, discovery, experimenting, growth, idea generation, inspiration, learning, plagiarism, practice, problem solving, Write to Done, writer, writing

Blogging and the Book Marketing Monster

I loathe marketing. I hate shoving my wares in people’s faces. Unfortunately, it’s a task we must all undertake, so whether the economy is slow or not, let’s pool together some new ideas and see what works!

Firstly, what doesn’t seem to work anymore. I hear multiple complaints about these! These are the posts we’ve become immune to, as there are too many of them. They include cover reveals, count down to release posts (which are exciting for the author, but mean zip to the reader), character interviews and mass published blog posts, which go out all at the same time.

Please, alter and space timed promotional posts for best effect! Multiple blog readers, such as those of us who use Triberr, see them all bunched up and switch off fast! I believe supporting other writers is a great idea, but understand the implications it can have. It may work against both the book promoter and blog owner. Using promotional guest posts, instead of writing your own content, can look like an ‘easy, lazy, post fill’ option. In addition, Google’s search engine is penalising people for it. You will slide further down search engine rankings if you do it frequently, as it’s considered to be a back-link technique to raise your ranking. Google doesn’t see where we’re being neighbourly…

Twitter encouraging more image tweets gave me a blog idea: eye-catching image ad blocks. Every so often now, you will see image and text ad blocks added to the end of my blog posts. They must be big enough to be seen, as I have noticed that people tend not to read right to the end of posts. Something has to catch their attention. I tested this earlier this year by writing in a free book offer at the end of one post, as a bullet point. The post received a great response, but no one took up the offer. Higher sitting free book offers always get a response. The post base text is less valuable real estate. You’ve lost attention.

We need to be brave enough to be more up front or we’ll run our pockets dry on a ‘hobby’ rather than investing in success. The CommuniCATE blog is not my business or personal blog, it is a service to the writing community, that is supported by my ebook sales. To get the coverage and quality I have online is far from free. You can’t monetize a free WordPress blog due to Javascript being immobilised, so other ways to make an income need to be found. This blog needs to support itself and you are most probably in the same position with your blog costs. It is business sense and common sense that what you place so much time into, pays for itself. If you are a regular reader, please buy an ebook to support what I do here. They are available through my web site as a .pdf or as Amazon Kindle ebooks.

So let’s put our heads together for the benefit of everyone. Please comment:

What new ideas do you want to try?
What ideas do you see on blogs that you just hate?

Creating and Resolving Conflict in Fiction

“Creating and Resolving Conflict in Fiction” dissects conflict into its component parts; looks at how it works and helps you generate conflict plot-lines and themes which will add richness and realism to your work. The principles apply to any kind of fiction, regardless of the length, characters or genre. It is written by a writing teacher who also has a background in counselling.

Building Emotionally Realistic Characters

This e-book is a full of the incantations you need to bring your characters to life in a way that is emotionally realistic. There are no short cuts to “happily ever after” endings, which leave your plot line hollow and sounding fake. The book contains introductory level psychology which will give you an insight into how emotions and events weave us together into a whole or hurting person.

Topics include: change, motivation, healing emotional trauma, post traumatic growth, grief, shock, super-egos and inferiority, escapism, fatal flaws, phobias, shame, violence, character types, suicide prevention, schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder. This is the second book in the Four Dimensional Characterisation Series.

Unleashing Your Creative Spirit

This e-book will help you turn your dreams into reality! It explores the process and practical aspects of creativity; and has been written for artists, writers, musicians, dancers, gardeners, cooks, craft lovers: anyone trying to tap into their creative potential. It looks at the mental processing behind creativity; philosophies that drive how we think about and assess our creative worth; creative character traits; historical role models; an extensive bibliography and web link list and more. The content is practical, not just analytical. It will give you ideas on how to move forward in your creative life.

Topics covered include:

Capturing the Muse
Quieting the Internal Censor
Building A Creative Space
Working With Failure
Finding Direction
Techniques To Use

Please note: as this is a professionally researched and written course, it is priced higher than my other books. I am a qualified, experienced editor and educator.

Phoenix Rising: Conquering the Stresses of the Writer’s Life

Phoenix Rising: Conquering the Stresses of the Writer’s Life, addresses the challenges and frustrations of writers in the digital age. It has been written for all genres of writers and all forms of publication. If your creative energy is low, your word count flagging or the downsides of being a writer are taking away your joy, this book will give you new strength and hope with which to spread your wings and find new freedom.

I chose the image and title of the phoenix rising from the ashes in response to the battles writers face. I personally relate to the need to choose to rise upwards: away from the fire and into a clear sky to start again. If your creative energy is low, your word count flagging or the downsides of being a writer are taking away your joy, I hope this book will give you new strength and hope with which to spread your wings and find new freedom.

Prayer Journal Workshop

Prayer Journal Workshop has been designed to encourage you to start and maintain your own prayer journal: a way of praying on paper. The workshop content is a mixture of inspiration, how-to and practical exercises. It is suitable for any age group, from fourteen years upwards. It is specifically Christian.

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