Grab buttons are very useful little things. Essentially, they're an ad promoting your bloggy blog. You can see mine on the left sidebar! All you have to do is copy and paste the code below onto your sidebar and you'd be my friend. Well, I'd still be your friend if you didn't. I'd really appreciate it if you did though.. Never mind. If you're curious as to how to make one of these handy boogers, you're in the right place! Let's begin.
1. You're going to want to make or choose an image to use as your button. The ideal size would be 200x200 pixels so it would fit on the average sidebar. You can make this image with GIMP or pixlr. It's not hard, I promise! Even just a plain colored canvas with your blog name will look good. Remember, simple is good!
2. Upload your image to a photo hosting website. I usually use photobucket, but you can pick whatever you want!
3. Open another tab and pull up your blogger account. Get to the page elements page, and click on "Add a Gadget." Then select "HTML/Javascript." Copy and paste this code to it:
<img src="http://YOURBUTTONLOCATION.jpg" /> <br /> <textarea style="text-align:center" rows="4" cols="22"><a border="0" href="http://YOURBLOGADDRESS.com" target="_blank"><img src=http://YOURBUTTONLOCATION.jpg></a></textarea>
4. Go back to your photo hosting site and find your button. Copy and paste the URL or direct link in both places where it says "YOURBUTTONLOCATION".
5. Put your blog address in where it says, well, "YOURBLOGADDRESS."
6. If you want the box below your button where the code is to be smaller or larger, you can change the 4 (rows) and 22 (columns) to whatever numbers you need. This isn't necessary, but I thought I'd mention it to you just in case.
TADA! It's that easy! If you need any help, I'd be glad to assist you. Questions? Email me or leave a comment down below! Hope you found this useful.
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