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  darlenao · Member · Jan 25, 2012 at 11:31 pm

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  How do I create a blog button for my site?
  Blog url: http://enoughofthecattalk.wordpress.com/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jan 26, 2012 at 12:28 am

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  I’m not sure what you mean, would you please elaborate?

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  darlenao · Member · Jan 26, 2012 at 1:07 am

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  Well, for example, there is a “My Blog Button” with a link in the right column of this blog:

  http://teachinginroom6.blogspot.com/

  I was hoping to create something like that for mine.

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  evarlese · Member · Jan 26, 2012 at 2:58 pm

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  Okay, that’s something that the blog owner created themselves. You can make your own blog button with a photo editing program, such as Paint, Photoshop, or Gimp.

  Once you’ve made your button, you’ll want to upload it to your Media Library:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/

  You can then create the HTML code for users to add that button to their sites and add it to your sidebar with the Text Widget:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/

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  darlenao · Member · Jan 26, 2012 at 6:16 pm

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  Great, thanks! I got the blog button on my sidebar, but now how do I create html so that other people can put that button on their blogs and access mine from it?

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  evarlese · Member · Jan 26, 2012 at 7:33 pm

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  Great! I’m having a hard time inserting the code into this post, so I’ve just added it to your text widget. Can you take a look at your site and let me know if everything seems correct for you?

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  darlenao · Member · Jan 26, 2012 at 9:51 pm

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  Hmm, it’s too long. The HTML keeps running into the main column. I tried adding a separate text widget with it, and also with the blog button image, but it’s still too long. I don’t know what can be done about that?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jan 26, 2012 at 10:56 pm

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  It looks good now. Are you still having trouble?

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  darlenao · Member · Jan 26, 2012 at 11:00 pm

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  Well, yes, because I just deleted the whole thing. I couldn’t get it to work. How come the HTML would go past the sidebar into the main column?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jan 26, 2012 at 11:25 pm

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  I’m not sure. Do you still have the code that was provided so I can take a look?

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  darlenao · Member · Jan 27, 2012 at 12:24 am

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  Yup, it was:

  ‘[sourcecode language="html"]<img src=”http://enoughofthecattalk.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/blog-button.jpg” width=”160″ />[/sourcecode]‘

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jan 27, 2012 at 12:29 am

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  Ah, that’s because the styling for the shortcode wasn’t made to be squished into a widget like that.

  Try this:

  <code><img src="http://enoughofthecattalk.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/blog-button.jpg" width="160" /></code>

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  darlenao · Member · Jan 27, 2012 at 12:56 am

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  Hmm, well I tried that and it just put in another image of the blog button.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jan 27, 2012 at 12:59 am

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  Hm, in this case I’m afraid it won’t work with your particular theme then.

  It would work in a post or page, but not in a Text widget.

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  darlenao · Member · Jan 27, 2012 at 1:04 am

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  Oh, darn. Okay, well thanks for trying.