Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Techy Tips on Tuesdays - Thumbnail List (for linky parties or tutorials)

Welcome back to Techy Tips on Tuesday!!


When I first started linking up to parties, I knew I needed to come up with an organized way of listing all of the buttons.  {I say organized because I may have a slight case of OCD :) }

This is what I came up with (check it out for yourself here):


Do you want to do this too?  It can be accomplished by using HTML tables {don't be intimidated!}.  You will need to use the "Edit HTML" tab of your post editor.  It may be helpful to also reference this Techy Tip post on HTML.

<table>
      <tbody>
        <tr>
                      <td></td>
       </tr>
   </tbody>
</table>  

red - This code should go at the beginning and end of each table you create {these are the table headers}
green - This indicates a row
blue - This indicates a cell

So as an example, let's say you want to make a table look like this:
A  B
C  D

The code would look something like this:
 <table>
      <tbody>
        <tr>
                      <td>A</td>
                      <td>B</td>
       </tr>
        <tr>
                      <td>C</td>
                      <td>D</td>
       </tr>
          </tbody>
</table>  


You can then replace each of the letters with a different button code.

<table>
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <td><copy button code here></td>
    <td><copy button code here></td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>  



To make it all visually appealing, each button needs to be the same size.  I did this by adding this code: width="125" and height="125"



<table>
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <td><a href="blogbuttonaddr1.com"><img height="125" src="blogbuttonlocation1" width="125" /></a></td>
    <td><a href="blogbuttonaddr2.com"><img height="125" src="blogbuttonlocation2" width="125" /></a></td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>  


AHHH!  Everything nice, neat and organized looking.  Love it!!

You can apply the same technique for a list of tutorials, or whatever else you can think of!

If you still have some questions or just aren't sure how to get started, don't hesitate to ask!!

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17 comments:

  1. I love your Techy Tips and look forward to all of them....but...I didn't understand this at all. I want to.

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  2. Thanks for sharing. I am hosting my very first - I just put it up last night and have NO particpants yet - :-(
    What is the best way to get the word out? I tweeted it, it is on FB - any tips? it is for a good cause.
    http://sewmuchclass.blogspot.net if you want to check it out and help me with tips or anything, much appreciated.

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  3. great information..I'm just so NOT good with html!

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  4. I have been wanting to make the buttons all the same size.. Thank you for all this weeks tips!

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  5. I have been wanting to make the buttons all the same size.. Thank you for all this weeks tips!

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  6. This is my favorite part about Tuesdays. I am here and relatively on time {daughter is napping, so you have a captive audience}. I think this is EXACTLY what I need for my DIY tab. My list of tutorials keeps growing and growing lengthwise...this would allow me to condense them. I'm right, right? Please say I am right...

    Thanks!!!

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  7. I totally need this! I hate that my link party list is not nice and neat. Pinned! Now I just need the time to do it. Thanks for sharing at Terrific Tuesdays.
    Rachel
    adventuresofadiymom.blogspot.com

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  8. This tutorial is fantastic! I've been wanting to do this and decided to just sit down and get it done--what a difference! Thank you sooooo much for this. I am lazy and know practically nothing about html, so I did some searching and found this site: http://tablegen.nfshost.com/ that will generate all the code--all I had to put in was the button info and then went and deleted the border and added the height and width info--it saved me quite a bit of time based on how long it took me to just enter the buttons...thanks again! Now I'm table obsessed ;)
    Jacki@redheadedmommy.com

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  9. I have been dying to learn how to do this! Someday when I get time, I am rearranging my Places I Party Page, with this. THANK YOU!!

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  10. I so need to do this! My party page is driving me crazy with all the different sizes. Thanks so much for sharing at Whimsy Wednesdays. Tweeting this!

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  11. OMG ~ You gals are amazing! Mine are totally all over the place, BUT I taught myself so not half bad. I so needed this and I'm sure everyone else will appreciate it just as much. Thanks so much for linking it up this week.

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  12. Thank you sooo much! My daughter tried to teach me about tables, but when she isn't here, I get stuck. lol. And I LOVE that I can make them all the same size now!!!! This is awesome! :-)

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  13. I would love if you linked this up at Romance on a Dime. this is so useful!!

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  14. Thank you so much for posting your tips on Saturday Show and Tell. Your tips are such a blessing! I hope you'll post again this week.
    -Mackenzie
    http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com

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  15. Thanks for linking up at Romance on a Dime. I might have to try this.

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  16. Ok, I am blessed with a napping child so I am trying to put my tutorials together in table format. I am hoping to have each thumbnail of my project lead you to that post. Will I need to go to your techy tip on using an image as a link and then add that code to my table?

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  17. This is brilliant. Its taking a while for me to wrap my mind around it, I just cannot grasp coding and what have you, but the way you broke it down, I think I'm getting what you're saying. :) And I have been wanting to do this to the links at the bottom of each post for a while now. Thank you!! Found out about your fabulous blog from Amy at While Wearing Heels!

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