{understanding HTML}
Understanding Basic Blogger HTML
Introduction
The layout of your blog is controlled by its template. Having an understanding of the basic structure of a template comes in handy when dealing with your Blogger blog. This article will take you through the main sections of a Blogger template explaining each section in very simple terms.The Outline
At the highest level, the template can be viewed as comprising three sections. They are:- the Header, which is the head element of the HTML document
- the Skin, which is contained inside the header and
- the Body, the body element of the HTML document
The Header
Header section has the usual items contained in the head of an HTML page. The title of the page is included here. When your blog's main page or an individual post page loads up, the piece of code data:blog.pageTitle will be replaced with the actual title for that page. The header also contains certain meta elements. For example, the Google Webmaster Tool uses a meta element to verify the blog ownership.The first two lines of the template carry some technical information which you don't really have to understand. However, for the sake of completeness, here's a brief description on them. The very first line in the blog declares that this template is an XML document. In fact, the template is an XHTML document, which is a type of an XML document. The next line is a DOCTYPE declaration and that tells the browsers the Document Type Definition (or DTD) that is applicable to the template.
The Skin
The skin is embedded inside the header. Understanding the skin section is vital for being able to tweak your blog's template. The skin, as the name suggests, defines the look and feel of your blog. In other words, it is the skin that carries all the styling (or presentation) and layout information of a blog.It is comprised entirely of a set of Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) declarations or rules. Each rule of CSS defines certain values that are applied to the different HTML elements such as the paragraphs ( the p element), headings (the h1, h2, ... elements) etc. A full explanation of CSS is beyond the scope of this article. For now just remember that it is the skin that controls whether hyperlinks in your blog should appear underlined or not (with the text-decoration property set to none) or whether your sidebar should have a border or not (using the border property), and so forth.
The Body
This is the placeholder for all the content of your blog. The blog's header (don't confuse this with the header of the HTML page), the main posts area, the sidebars and the widgets, all go inside the body. Note, however, that the body only defines which element contains which element or, in other words, which element is contained inside which element. This is the containment hierarchy of the blog. As explained above, the styling of all these elements are handled by the CSS rules defined in the skin.When you add a widget using the Add Page Element feature, it gets included in the body section. Again it is important to remember that the body of the template only has placeholders for the widgets, sidebars etc. The actual content is filled only when the blog loads up in a browser window. The contents are pulled from the Blogger's database and are sent to the browser when a visitor actually views the blog.
Summary
In conclusion, remember that a blog's template consists of three sections: the header, the skin and the body. The header mostly contains meta data which you don't have to tinker with that much. Most of the customizations done to a blog are done in the skin and the body sections.{Peirce}
You will be seeing a lot of this little guy here and there because he is so cute that I cannot resist the overwhelming urge to photograph him. He has these big deep blue eyes and cute little smile, besides the fact that he is my nephew!
{A Very COLD shoot}
I met this unsuspecting little family up a canyon the other night for a very shivery shoot! It was warmer when I scoped it out earlier that day, but by the time 4:00 rolled around the temperature had dropped quite a bit! It was fun despite the cold, and I got some fun shots. Here are a few of my favorites....
Angela and Jordan
I had a VERY quick mini-shoot with Jordan and Angela today and how cute are these two? I can honestly say I now know what the "pregnancy glow" is because Angela definately has it going on! She is so beautiful! Thanks so much you two, for giving me the opportunity to drag you up the lake to freeze! XO
{Blog Header}
I just found the CUTEST template for a blog header and I wanted to share the love!
Download the template HERE and then head on over to the Coffee Shop for more cool templates and blogging tips!
In order to use the template, open the PSD version in Photoshop. Resize the pics you want to use to fit the squares. Drag the pic in the layers box over the # of the square you want it to fit in and then press CTRL ALT G or COMMAND ALT G for you crazy MAC users ;) The photo is now all cute and square!! If my way of explaining things is totally stupid, head on over to the coffee shop for a non-stupid tutorial on clipping masks. Happy blogging!
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- online proofing gallery
- announcement design and $50 credit towards announcement prints
- free newborn session when you have your first baby:D
optional add-ons
- engagement cd & copyright $150
- bridal cd & copyright $150
- 2nd photographer $400
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The Downlow
A 10% deposit is required upon booking your wedding date. No other weddings will be booked that day. The deposit is non-refundable and will be deducted from the package price you choose. 50% of the remainder of the wedding price is due at time of first session. The rest is due two weeks before the wedding. If payment is not made in full, no photography will take place.
The engagement and bridal sessions are complimentary and cannot be eliminated to subtract from the package price.
We reserve the right to use all images we create for display, website and advertising purposes. If you do not wish for us to use them for any reason please let us know and we will respect your wishes.
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Put my sweet button your blog and get $10 off your session! Just copy the code and paste it into a new html gadget and email me a link to your now awesome blog!
Copy and Paste this code into a new html gadget:
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Copy and Paste this code into a new html gadget:
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