WebsByAmy.com - Amy Celona

Putting a Paypal button in a post (or page)

Amy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:43:28 +0000

Yeah! The new version of Wordpress is completely compatible with Paypal! No more playing around with linking ‘email codes’.

Go to Paypal and create your ‘buy now’ button. Cut the HTML code and switch over to Wordpress.

Type your post (or page) and then switch to "Source" (see photo left for the button you are looking for*) and paste in the HTML code in and click ‘Save". It will switch back to WYSIWYG view but the button won’t work until you publish it (you can however preview the page).

*This photo shows Wordpress 2.6.3 with FCKeditor plugin (a standard plugin I include in your Wordpress installation).

Holiday Gift Guide Sidebar Photo & Link

Amy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:23:05 +0000

Great minds think alike! This morning Michelle Laycock posted sidebar links to the Holiday Gift Guide by price, click here to get them. I was working on a ‘one link’ to the main page of the Gift Guide but quit early last night… but here you go!

Members login for the code with photo and link already embedded (for Americans and Canadians).

NOTE: The images copyright Stampin’ Up! is embedded in the image (in grey) as required for any photos taken from StampinUp.com.

For Stampin’ Up! demos (non-customers): Right click and save the photo and then upload to your own server. You will replace the yourdomain.com/images with the path to the web folder.

AMERICAN LINK:

yourdomain.com/images/giftguide.jpg" />

CANADIAN LINK:

yourdomain.com/images/giftguide.jpg" />

Gift Registry Button

Amy — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:14:13 +0000

I created this a few years ago for my own site (and then saw it pop up on other sites on the web, LOL). So, now you can steal it with my blessings!

If you wish to add a gift registry to your site, you can try generating a form at Response-O-Matic.com and linking it to the button. Of course the easiest way is to link it to a PDF they can send back.

Members can LOGIN and get the code for the Gift Registry so they don’t have to upload it.

NEW Photo editing/Watermark creation tutorials

Amy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:41:18 +0000

I am very excited to say that due to popular demand, I have decided to look into a FREE photo editing package and was very surprised (and pleased) to say that I have found one that works on both Windows and Mac operating systems!

You can view the tutorials on my Support (Tutorials page) or refer to the links below:

The software is called Gimp (available at Gimp.org) and it is a very powerful editing package.

For Windows: DOWNLOAD here
For Mac Users: DOWNLOAD here

Here are two tutorials I have created (I did the tutorial using the Windows version):

Fantastico is up to 2.6.3

Amy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:27:52 +0000

Fantastico (on my servers) is now up to 2.6.3 so you should go and upgrade! If you need a refresher, you can refer to my page at Support >Tutorials or below are the links:

Since Wordpress 2.7 is going to be a major change, I can’t stress how important it is to have made the incremental upgrades. The longer you go between version upgrades, the more of a chance that there may be a problem.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact me directly (hosting customers only).

Sidebar Widget for Rub-On Special

Amy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:52:02 +0000

Members log in for the clickable widget code for the new Stampin’ Up! Rub-On special!

This is available for both Canadians and Americans with two choices of size, shown left at 150 pixels across and also available at 200 pixels wide for those of you with larger sidebars.

Visitors, right click and save this to your desktop… upload it to your images folder on the web and link it to:

American:

yourdomain/yourfolder/rubon.jpg" border="0" />

Canadian/English:

yourdomain/yourfolder/rubon.jpg" border="0" />

20th Birthday Celebration Sidebar Photo!

Amy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:05:24 +0000

Thank you Connie for the ‘poke’ this morning… she asked me to make a sidebar photo with link… so everyone wins! Leave her feedback on her blog to thank her!

Members log in to get the photo/code combination for both American and Canadian flyers.

Guests to my blog, right click and save the photo to your computer and then upload it to your /images folder on the web and link to it! Change the code below (bolded and large type) to your domain and folder that you will upload the photo to!

AMERICAN FLYER:

yourdomain.com/images/20th.jpg" border="0" />

CANADIAN FLYER:

yourdomain.com/images/20th.jpg" border="0" />

Spooky Spider flyer!

Amy — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:21:36 +0000

The "Spooky Spider" special offer is here… and below is the code to link to the offer flyer (the same for American & Canadian reps). Members log in for the ‘drop in’ ready code.

For all other bloggers, right click and download the image (left and upload the image to a folder on the web and change out the bolded link information below.

Wordpress.com users, just go to >Design >Widgets >add a ‘text’ widget and drop the code in (changing the link to the ’spooky.jpg’ to wherever you uploaded it!)

http://yourdomain.com/images/spooky.jpg" border="0"/>

If you want to add words under the photo (in your sidebar), just add them after the code.

Order Online Button

Amy — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:24:54 +0000

The code for a sidebar button is now available in the Member’s section.

For all you other saavy persons who know how, right click and save to your desktop, upload it and use it in your sidebar.

REMEMBER, SU suggests that you only link to the home page of your DBWS (so you don’t lose the cookie that gives you credit for the sale!)

Getting the Most from Your Wordpress Posts…

Amy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:37:53 +0000

This is an excellent article from one of my favorite blogs www.FindableBlogs.com. Sarah Lewis is specifically a Wordpress blogger and SEO expert.

Read her latest article on "3 Easy Ways to Get More Mileage from Your Blog Posts" at http://www.findableblogs.com/get-more-from-your-blog-posts/ .