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CSS Custom Headers

2 February 2009 by kristarella

I’ve noticed that customising the your blog’s header is one of the best and simplest ways to make your blog unique. I’ve also noticed that folks not too familiar with CSS are are not too sure about the best way to go about it. They find tutorials that sound like what they need, but there […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Design, Graphics, Thesis, Tutorials Tagged With: CSS

Display your tweets without a plugin

18 January 2009 by kristarella

NB This method no longer works well with newer Twitter APIs. I don’t recommend using it anymore. The simplest replacement is using Twitter’s own widget generator. I’ve seen people use some rather hefty plugins on their blogs to display their recent Twitter action and a couple of people have asked me how I display my […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Thesis, Tutorials Tagged With: twitter

kristarella.com in 2008

31 December 2008 by kristarella

With the year coming to a close it seems an opportune time to reminisce. I don’t have lots of good memories of this year— having completed a thesis and having not enjoyed it much at all. However, looking back over the last year of posts I think it was a pretty good year for blogging […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Design, GIMP, Photos, Tutorials, WordPress

Geo exif data in WordPress

15 December 2008 by kristarella

Did you know that WordPress imports EXIF data from your images when they’re uploaded? If your image contains certain information (aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focal length, camera, creation time, credit, copyright, caption, title), it is in the database and you can use it as I do on my photoblog, Matt Mullenweg uses on his photo […]

Filed Under: Photography, Tutorials, WordPress Tagged With: geek, PHP

Thesis footers 101

25 November 2008 by kristarella

As a follow-on from Thesis full-width headers 101 this is a bit about styling your footer in the Thesis theme. Footers are a bit easier than headers because we don’t have the two separate elements (title and nav) to deal with. Yay!

Filed Under: Blogging, Design, Thesis, Tutorials, WordPress Tagged With: CSS, geek

Thesis full-width headers 101

14 November 2008 by kristarella

Some of the information in this tutorial is deprecated as of Thesis 1.5. See the updated instructions Full-width headers in v1.5. I recently ported my blog to Thesis by DIYthemes. Thesis has excellent SEO, and with it you can choose the number of sidebars that you want and their position, you can adjust the widths […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Design, Thesis, Tutorials, WordPress Tagged With: CSS, geek

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A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying t A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying to paint ❤️💚💙

#watercolor #watercolour #christmas
I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! S I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! So glad my friend asked me to make some cards for our church helpers, because it set me on a roll!
#watercolor #watercolour #christmas #christmascards #watercolorcards
Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Title Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Titles! I was a sub for @jamesxuereb.me in the Blue Flame Dragons thanks to his sprained ankle; we won first round and came fourth overall!
I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

#gkrkarate #karate
More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
#wicked #lego #afol #sydney
A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
#watercolours
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