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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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WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 4 – The Main Menu

Prelude Part 1: Setting Up Part 2: Set the Bare BonesPart 3: The Header It's been over a month since the last post in this series, and for that I apologize. This is what we had when we left off: First, let's work on the main menu. As you can see from my header image, I have incorporated the outline of the menu into the header image itself. You can choose to create a separate menu background image and lay it on top of the header image, but I find that option to add an extra step (at least with this design) so why bother? Since the outline of the menu is already taken care of, all you need to do is to format...

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My Turn to Fart Rainbows

I didn't mean to offend anyone with my last post. I think I may have made a mistake by choosing to title the post "Keepin' it Real," because it was not my intention to imply that my blog is more "real" or better than any other blogs out there. Yes, this blog is real because the writings come from my heart and I do not censor my feelings. But other blogs that are full of sunshine and smiles may be just as real, because they all have REAL people behind them. Additionally, I completely understand that we all have different outlooks on life — some people are more positive and optimistic, while others, like me, are more world-weary and pessimistic. And...

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Keepin’ It Real

A couple of weeks ago, I posed the following question on Facebook and Twitter: How do my internet mommy friends make the time to Facebook, Twitter, AND blog? I feel like I can only do one consistently without losing even more sleep. Admittedly, I didn't get as many responses as I had hoped. (Sometimes I get paranoid that many people I consider my internet friends are not my friends, but actually dislike me and only remain in my social media circle out of pity/laziness/contempt. And one of the reasons I have been slowly pulling myself out of these sites is because I feel left out. There, I said it.) But those who did respond helped me realize that we all have different priorities. For...

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