Swoon Media

We Are Hiring

sara7272 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:19:34 +0000

Seeking experienced WordPress designer

This is a independent contractor position and will be paid with an hourly rate or by project.

Required Skills

The ability to design and install WordPress. Specifically StudioPress Genesis themes.
The ability to work fast and efficiently and make deadlines.
Customize StudioPress child themes per client requirements
Manage the move of websites from development server to client’s live server.

If you think you may be a good fit please email sara@swoon-media.com

Please include

Resume with links to your prior work or a link to your portfolio.
Hourly rate requirements
Availability start date

How To Add A Sub-domain To Your Hosting Account

sara7272 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:05:07 +0000

A sub-domain is a domain that is part of a domain. For example, diyyourwordpressdesign is a domain. I can add a subdomain to the originally domain and call it diyyourwordpressdesign/test. Essentially it is a domain that tags on to the original domain. Subdomains are free and adding one to your hosting account is easy and is a great place for you to test out new website ideas before trying them on your live domain. Below is a quick tutorial on how to easily create a sub-domain through your web hosting cpanel. add_a_subdomain_with_cpanel" target="_blank">How to add a sub-domain to your hosting account Unable to display content. Adobe Flash is required.

How To Add Google Web Fonts To A Genesis WordPress Site

Sara — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:04:34 +0000

One of the quickest and easiest ways to update the look of your blog is to change up the fonts. When designing one of the first places I look for fonts is Google Web Fonts. They are commercial use friendly and easy to install. The process to install Google fonts on your Genesis WordPress blog is as follows:

1) Search through the fonts at Google Fonts

Tips~

You can enter your own text in the preview text box

You can narrow down your search results on the left side under filters

2) Once you find a font you like click on the quick use option

3) Scroll down the page till you see #3 Add This Code To Your Website

Click on the @import tab and highlight and copy the text

Tips~

The code you copy should follow the same format as this:

@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Dancing+Script);

Section 1 includes optional styles for that particular font and the average impact on your sites load time. You do not want to bog your site down with fonts 1-2 should be sufficient.

Section 4 is the code that will be used in your css to change the fonts on your site

4) Open up your sites dashboard and open the editor

Dashboard- Appearance- Editor

Find body { and paste the code we copied in step 3 above body {

Tips~

Most themes will have an import font section located above the body{ and you can just add the code into that section if your theme has one.

BACKUP YOUR SITE BEFORE YOU CHANGE ITEMS IN YOUR STYLESHEET

5) Scroll down in your editor to the section of the css that contains the font you want to change and add the name of the font to the section.

Tips~

See below for the css codes for text areas of your site.

You should just be able to add the name of the font into the section in this tutorial we are using the Sofia we should be able to just add 'Sofia' into that section. With fonts that have more then one word in the font pay close attention to section four in step 3 so that you can add the proper name of the font into the css. If in doubt copy and paste section 4 in step 3 into your css were you want to use the font.

Now We Have A Title With A Unique Font

CSS Codes for Elements of a Blog

All codes are not included on the list you may have to open up your editor and look for the headline section and use trial and error to change the fonts.

Tip~

Use Firebug to locate the css code for your headlines

BACKUP YOUR SITE BEFORE YOU CHANGE ITEMS IN YOUR STYLESHEET

Introducing Peppermint By Swoon

Sara — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:19:05 +0000

I am so excited to announce that Swoon Media is releasing its first premade Genesis Child Theme. I loved creating Peppermint so much that I have begun working on the next premade Roxy and it should be released within the next couple of weeks. Peppermint runs on the Genesis Framework so you must own Genesis for the theme to work. So what is so special about this theme? It has a homepage slider, the Genesis grid loop, and it also has four different built in color options that you can change with a click of a button. In addition, for those who love to customize their themes you can upload your own custom header and background image. With the purchase of the this theme you will receive access to detailed tutorials on how to set up and customize your theme. Check out the demo like what you see use the coupon code getpeppermint (valid until 5/10/12) to receive a %50 discount at the checkout. Make sure to sign up for Swoon Media's newsletter or follow Swoon via Facebook or Twitter to receive additional discounts on upcoming themes and services.

How To Back Up Your Blogger Blog

Sara — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:20:12 +0000

If you have a blog you should be backing up your blog on a regular basis. There are many reasons why you should back up your Blogger blog. The most important reason is that when you have a Blogger blog Blogger is hosting your blog and therefore owns your blog. Blogger has been known to delete blogs without warning that they believe violate their terms of services. I know right now you are thinking "what me how could I possible violate Google's terms of services". Well sometimes when Google believes you have violated its terms of services they delete and you have to resolve the situation with Google and sometimes even if it was an error Google does not give you the contents of your blog back. Also, if Blogger disappeared tomorrow so would your blog. In addition, you should always back up whenever you do something within your HTML template that way just in case you do it incorrectly you can restore your blog back to its original state. Backing up your Blogger blog is very easy to do and takes very little time.

This tutroial was created using the Blogger Dashboard launched 2012

Looking for the old dashboard backup options check out this post

How to back up your blog posts and comments

1) Open up your dashboard in Blogger click on settings

2) In Settings Click Other

3) Click Export Blog

4)Click On Download Blog

Once your download is complete you can right click on your download click on open in containing folder and you will be able to see the downloaded file

You should see something similar to this image of your blogger blog file

How to Back Up Your Blogger Template & Widgets

1) In your Blogger Dashboard Click Settings

2) Click On Template

3) Click Backup/Restore

4)Click Download Full Template

That is it your Blogger blog is fully backed up.

You should do this process on a regular basis to ensure that all the hard work and effort you have put into your blog does not get lost.

Color Inspiration Christmas Red

Sara — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:46:35 +0000

At Lady Jane Designs we love color so we have created a series on color inspiration. With the holidays around the corner we thought we would start with some classic holiday inspiration in red.

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