01 February 2013

10 Blogger Tricks to Prettify Your Blog {5+5 Fridays}

When I started my 5+5 Fridays, I shared several posts on how to create a pretty blog without spending any money at all.  For instance, I shared this post with resources for free blog designs, and this post with free social media icons.  Today, I am going to share 10 awesome blogger tutorials that I have found - and used - one my own blog... so they really do work!


Here they are!

1. Make a Grab Box for Your Button

2. Embed Image Links into Your Header




3. Remove Padding from Your Header



4. Add a Facebook Like Box to Your Blog



5. Remove Titles on Your Sidebar


6. Remove White Space Above Your Header



7.  How to Center Your Page Menu




8. Remove Border and/or Shadow From Images




9. Replace "Read More" Text With an Image



10.  Install Google Web Fonts on Your Blog



There you have it, 10 super easy ways to beautify  your blog - no graphic designer needed!  Pair these with the blog and social media resources I shared at the beginning of this post, and you will have a totally rockin' blog in no time!



24 comments:

  1. Great round up of tutorials! I've read a few of these and will come back later to learn the rest of these tricks. Your blog looks great!

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  2. Thanks so much for the round up of ideas. I'm pinning a few of them to go back and work on later.
    KC

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  3. This is great! Ive been looking for some of these anyway so it's fabulous to have them all in one spot. Pinned :)

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  4. This is awesome. Just pinned this and will be returning frequently!

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  5. Great tips! Thanks so much for posting these!

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  6. Thank you! We are getting ready to work on our blog some more, these will come in handy.

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  7. Thanks so much for these great ideas and tutorials!

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  8. thanks so much for these fantastic blog tips, pinning

    Natasha @ www.serenityyou.com

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  9. This is fantastic! It's not in my "blog budget" to pay someone to do these kind of things for me, so I have been trying to figure them out on my own and these will be SO helpful :) Thanks for all the great tips :)

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  10. Thanks so much for the tutorials! Look forward to giving them a try. Especially the grab a button!

    Kristina @ourlittlehome98208.blogspot.com

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  11. This is so great! So many bloggers need to read this! Thanks for sharing at Pinworthy Projects.

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  12. Thank you for these tips! I'm pinning for future reference as I give my blog a face lift!

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  13. I need to use a couple of these! Thanks for sharing!
    --Katie

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  14. This is a great list of tips! I am pinning this to my blog board and will work on these soon! Thank you!!!

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  15. I definitely need to make some changes and these will help. Thanks for sharing!! I love when people help me do things for free :)

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  16. This is great! Thank you for sharing at Keep Calm and Link Up. Pinned for later reference.

    Sarah,
    http://sarahmschultz.blogspot.com

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  17. What great how to's~ Love this~ great post! ~thanks for linking up at Made in a Day!
    Kim
    Kim

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  18. Thank you for this! I am going to print this off and go over them one by one!

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  19. Great post! I featured you today! Thanks for linking up last week~
    Kim

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  20. Thank you for these tips. I am currently redesigning my blog on my own and know some of these will come in handy!

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  21. Great list, thanks for sharing :-)

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  22. Thank you! This is a perfect project for my next free weekend.
    Toodles,
    Sara

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