Melanie Anne Design Blog

Today it has become as important to make memories as to capture them. It has become a norm to take numerous ‘selfies’ and group pictures at any given opportunity. Millenarians and adults alike have fallen prey to this disorder. Therefore, it is only natural that they would want to print out these memories. And this […]

It’s that time of the month again – that awesome time when I roam the Internet looking for the coolest, most useful Photoshop tutorials to show you. I’ve tried to broaden the search a bit, meaning I also prepared a very appreciated PSD to HTML tutorial. Only nine tuts made the cut this month, so […]

There’s a lot of confusion surrounding categories and tags in WordPress. They seem to serve similar functions; both are able to sort your posts into specific groups, and both have the same ability to display posts from the specific category or tag on its own page. But they are actually meant to serve different purposes. Categories Categories […]

So what is a “featured image” exactly? If your WordPress site uses any of the following: excerpts with thumbnails, a post slideshow, a thumbnail display of posts (whether it be on your home page or a popular posts widget), you’re familiar with the importance of the “featured image”! If a Featured Image is not selected […]

Hello bloggers! This week I’m going to share how to add a signature to your blog posts in Blogger. There is more than one way to do this, but this is the way I’ve found to be most reliable. Firstly, you will need to have a graphic ready to use for your signature. For this […]

So you have your pretty blog button, but how do you go about getting it onto your sidebar along with the little code that people can copy and paste below it? It can be a little confusing for those not familiar with HTML coding, but let’s go through the coding and learn how to do […]

I recently had the opportunity to guest post over at Samantha Elizabeth! I answered some great questions about design, blogging, layouts, and more! Head over to Samantha’s blog to read the full post (psst…there may be a little discount code there for you, too!)

Having trouble remembering all the (seemingly ever-changing) social media cover sizes? Here’s a quick social media image cheat sheet for you to bookmark! TWITTER Profile pic: 400 x 400 px Cover photo: 1500 x 500 px In-Stream Photo: 440 x 220 (minimum) FACEBOOK Timeline Cover: 851 x 315 px App Tabs: 111 x 74 px […]

Ever wonder how to change that text title for your widgets to your own custom image? Its actually fairly easy! For this tutorial I’m going to use my latest premade Blogger theme and replace the About Me title widget text with my own custom image. Before doing anything, PLEASE be sure to back up your […]

So sorry for the lack of post last week (being sick sucks!). But a huge welcome to some new Facebook followers! I just realized I’m only 8 “likes” away from reaching 100 likes of Facebook…so please like my page here if you haven’t already! And since we’re on the topic of Facebook, here is a […]