One thing that can make or break your navigation is you categories. When you first create your blog you should draw out a road map for your categories. If you do this they will not get out of hand. But even if you didn’t start out with a category map you can still tame your [...]
WANTED: Guest Bloggers
Pepper Scraps is looking for bloggers who want to share scraps of their lives. Pepper Scraps is about health, family, parenting, blogging and sharing scraps of life. Blog posts for Pepper Scraps should have a personal voice to them. Share something in your life that you have learned and want to help others learn. Why should [...]
How to Install a Plugin in WordPress (Video)
These are very basic instructions on how to install a plugin on your self-hosted WordPress blog or website. Step 1: Click “Plugins” Step 2: Click “Add New” Step 3: Search for the plugin or kind of plugin you are looking for Step 4: Look for a plugin with a good rating Step 5: Click “Details” [...]
How to Add Social Media Icons
Recently someone asked me where I got the code for my social media icons. I see a lot of blogs that use their icons wonderfully, yet there are a few bloggers struggling with how to set up their social media icons and how to make it look beautiful. Some sites you can’t find the icons [...]
7 Elements of a Blog Design
Have you really looked at your blog lately? Is it time to start freshening it up but you are not sure where to start? Start by taking a look at the 7 major elements of your blog. Logo When someone is visiting your blog you have 3 seconds to give them their first impression (this [...]







