blog button : triumphant!

It was quite a while ago now when I tried to puzzle out how to share blog button html. I feel pretty sheepish about the whole thing. Normally I'm pretty good at finding the information I need on the internet. But this time I kept running into wall, either not getting the information quite right or it didn't work for me.

I should of asked for help much sooner, but (this can be such a problem sometimes), I like to figure it out myself.

Resourcefulness?  Probably just pride.

However, an opportunity presented itself yesterday to just bloody ASK Brittany at the House of Sorensens how to put up the button so that the html can be copied and now I can share some buttons with y'all!


To the left you'll find some html to copy and paste onto your page if you would like to share an IndieTutes button.  I put up a couple of my favorite recent pictures of Birdie for now, to try the process out, but I should have some buttons up for me ol' pattern shop soon.

Now, not saying this is you, but for anyone out there who is also wondering how to share their buttons with the world but have not been able to find the time to figure it out, Brittany shared this link with me that turned out to be the missing key.

Basically, there is your button code and then underneath you add this text below to put the little box where the copy and paste html shows up:
[/center]
[center][textarea id="code-source" rows="3" name="code-source"][center][a href="http://YOUR WEB ADDRESS/"][img border="0" src="http://IMAGE WEB ADDRESS"/][/a][/center][/textarea][/center]

The fun part is that to make it work you need to change the [ to < and the ] to >.  Then you can paste the whole thing into your html gadget and Bob's your uncle.

My previous problem with the code is that I kept trying to put it onto my post, which doesn't work the same way at a html gadget and I would come up with some gobblity gook.  I assumed that it was the code's fault, not my post page, and throw my hands up in the air in frustration.  Turns out I should of followed the instructions a bit better.

Yes, I do (baa) feel sheepish.

But, here it is and here we go.

Thanks all for reading my button blather and thank you Brittany for giving it to me straight :)

my first web button

I have been wanting to figure out how to make web buttons for awhile now and I finally got a few minutes the other day to work out the html code to have a picture with link. Here it is:




The photo was just a quickie made for a free digizine spot on Craftster with photobucket editor while I was homeless (or, more homeless than I am now). The thing left to do is share it.

Now, does anyone know how to trick blogger into letting me put up just the html code so I can share it , or even place the code in the side bar? So many things I don't know...

FAQ

Hey all! I seem to be getting quite a few emails of late asking more or less the same things, so I thought I'd take a moment to answer a some frequently asked questions, reasoning that if 10 people take the time to email me, there are possibly more who are wondering the same thing.

Let's first discuss the big one first:

Where the heck is the Fair Weather Jacket pattern in bigger sizes that you promised back a whole year ago?! A year!

To which I reply: Pattern? What pattern?


No, really, there is a Fair Weather Jacket pattern in sizes 5-8 all done, tested, and ready to go. There are a few nitty gritty details to work out, like who is going to actually print the silly thing. When we moved I lost my local printer, who happened to be extremely reasonably priced offering a specialized printer. I no longer have my printer dude, or his reasonable prices, and have been trying to find someone here on the Island to fill his keds. I've got The Man on the job now so hopefully he will make headway with it this next week and we'll be able to get this very stalled project on the go again. I'm shooting for it to be avaliable on etsy before 2010. When it is all ready to go I will definitely do a giveaway here first.


So: Fair Weather Jacket sizes 5-8... coming soon...

Can I use your tutorial/pattern to make stuff for my market stall or etsy?

Yes! Do so, I am honored! I am reserving copyright on all my tutorials and patterns, but if you use them to make handmade merch for personal gain (we've all got to eat) or items for chariable silent auctions or school fairs or whatever, I am flattered that you think what I made is good enough to generate income for you. Really, I'm throwing this stuff out there for y'all to use. So use it.

That's not to say that I don't enjoy credit for the designs and please link me if you blog me. I also have started placing a few buttons around the blog where you can donate whatever amount you wish to support this blog with all of its tutorials and patterns because if I can generate a bit of income from this blog I can justify spending more work time (which is fairly limited with my kids so young) producing more tutorials and patterns. Plus, there is also that satisfaction of reciprocity that many of us need.

Thank you to all who have donated! I have been delighted by the response, which has helped soothe my conflicted feelings about it all. I want to let you know that I am collecting email addresses from the donations to one day send a special pattern out to all contributors (I will not share my list with anyone, not even The Man! It's totally private!). So, don't forget to make sure your address on paypal is up to date :)

In a perfect world I could spend all day coming up with ideas and making tutorials about them because it's something I enjoy immensely. Just so you know, if no one gives me a dollar, I will still be here doing this.

Are we going to get the Birdie Boy trouser pattern?

Yes. Sometime. It's next on my pattern list after the Fair Weather Jacket.

Now I have a question for you: Scoodie season is coming up in the northern hemisphere. Now that I can post direct links to pattern pieces, do you want a hood pattern for the scoodie? Are there any other tutorials that you would like pattern pieces for? Would it be too tacky to stick 'donate' buttons at the end of all my tutorials?