Category Archives: Tech Stuff

Adding a FavIcon to Your Site

Blogger Tech, Tech Stuff
Did you ever wonder how people add a tiny little icon up on the address bar that represents their website? They are called FavIcons. Here is the site I used to create mine: Blog for Money | Dummies Guide to Google Blogger Beta How to Add a FavIcon to Your Blog The only thing is the site directs you to a site that will turn your image into an icon (.ico) file, but I just made mine in Photoshop and… Read the rest

Adding META TAGS In Dan Rubin’s Thisaway Green Blogger Template

Blogger Tech, Tech Stuff
My template wouldn't save when I tried to add META tags earlier this afternoon. I got the dreaded error message from Blogger, “Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly. XML error message: Element type “META” must be followed by either attribute specifications, “>” or “/>.” I've known about and used META tags on websites for many years. I decided today it was high time I got them… Read the rest

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes, Thanks and Kudos

Tech Stuff
If you normally view my blog in a reader, I encourage you to come by and take a look at the renovations I've implemented today. Special thanks to the wonderful community out there that exist to help bloggers, old and new alike to make their blogs do what they want them to. Three Columns Instead of TwoI use Dan Rubin's Thisaway Green template which is normally two columns. But today I added a third column to my blog with many… Read the rest

How to Set up a Custom Domain with Blogger

Tech Stuff
Hopefully the changes I made were flawless and if you're reading me through a reader it's still feeding properly. I sprung for a domain registration for the site. The new URL is now www.outofdebtagain.com where formerly it was outofdebtagain.blogspot.com. You can get to Out of Debt Again using either address. If you would like to do the same, there are a couple options to getting started. First, do you purchase your domain registration through Blogger, or go elsewhere? The easiest… Read the rest