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WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 5 – The Rest of the Header

Prelude Part 1: Setting Up Part 2: Set the Bare BonesPart 3: The HeaderPart 4: The Main Menu In this post I will discuss how to complete the rest of the header elements in my blog theme. First up: the searchbar. In WordPress, adding a searchbar is relatively simple. All you need to do is insert the line <?php get_search_form(); ?> into wherever you want the searchbar to be. So in this case, since I want the searchbar to be included in the header section, I opened up the header.php file and created a new div called "searchbar" like so: <div id="searchbar"> <?php get_search_form(); ?> </div> I just added that to the very end of the header.php file, then saved. Here is what I ended up...

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How to Be Awesome on Twitter [Slideshow]

Ed. note: My heart goes out to everyone affected by the devastating earthquake in Japan. I hope that anyone reading this has all friends and family members safe and accounted for, and I will continue to keep the nation of Japan in my prayers. I confess that I have not been as active on Twitter lately because goshdarnit, there's only so much social media you can participate in without feeling overwhelmed. With that being said, I still am dumbfounded when acquaintances do not know what Twitter is, or claim that they do not "get" it. So for those people, I present an adorably informative slideshow I discovered today. Created by @princess_misia, it is designed to help those who feel overwhelmed and confused by the...

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