2. Interested in designing your own button
to advertise your blog? It's actually more
simple than you think. Just follow this step-
by-step tutorial and you'll have one in
minutes.

3.  Once you have a photo picked out that you
want to use, you can add any words or
designs using a photo editing program of your
choice. I use PicMonkey religiously. You can
resize, crop, add frames, words....etc. You
must resize the photo. The standard size I
use is 200x200. I've seen many buttons that
are 150x150 or 125x125 also. It really
depends on the size of the sidebar that you
are placing the button in or the Sponsor spot
you are buying. Once you are done editing
the image, save it to your computer.

4.  Now you got to upload it to an image hosting
site. There are many to chose from. To name
a few: Flickr,TinyPic and my personal
favorite, Photobucket. Once you have the
image uploaded locate the direct link to that
image because you will need it in a future
step.

5.  From your computer open a New Text or
Word Document. Copy and paste the below
HTML code to the new document so you can
easily edit and save it when you finish.
<a href="Your URL" target="_blank“><img
src="Image Direct Link"/></a>

6.  To edit the code, you will need to change
the Your URL to whatever link address you want
people to be taken to when they click on your
button. The target="_blank" does not need to be
edited, this is just a code that tells the button
link to open in a new window. If you do not want
your button opened in a new window you can
remove it. The Image Direct Link should be
changed to the direct link you located earlier on
your image hosting site. This is the direct link to
your image. Once you are completely done
editing your button code, it's always a good idea
to name and save the file for future use or
editing.

7.  <ahref="http://www.alittleunhinged.com"
target="_blank"><img
src="http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/
p571/smdgeunhinged/button.jpg"/></a>

8.  Gwen Parker Blogger @ A Little Unhinged
 Questions? Please email me at:
gparker@alittleunhinged.com
http://www.alittleunhinged.com
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