A favicon is the little graphic in the browser tab next to the title of the website you are on (I believe it stands for ‘favorite icon’)- it is usually a company logo. For instance, here is a screenshot of my browser tab for Facebook:
And here is one for gmail
Kalofagas in Greek means ‘Gourmet’ and Peter indeed prepares gourmet treats and shares them all in his blog
Tzatziki
article courtesy of Peter from kalofagas.ca
FTP stands for file transfer protocol – this is the method in which you get files (images, html pages, scripts, etc.) off your local computer and onto your host’s machine from where your site is served.
Putting an S in front makes it SFTP and it just means that is a SECURE file transfer protocol.
To ftp, you will need an FTP client – a piece of software that you install on your computer. WordPress also has an ftp module as part of their software, but you can only use it when it is called from their scripts such as when you add images to posts, create posts, update posts, etc. If you have your domain hosted somewhere, you have to have an ftp client to access the server.
Simple and easy is probably the best way to go – you probably won’t have needs for uploading huge amounts of content, scheduling automatic file transfers, etc. – so it is probably best to just go with a free client to begin. Here are 2 that I have worked with and recommend:
http://www.coreftp.com/
http://winscp.net/eng/index.php
3 Essential Camera Angles
article courtesy of Dan from www.foodbloggersunite.com
Camera angles are one of the most essential aspects of food photography. Shoot with the wrong camera angle and a perfectly good dish can look simply terrible as an image. There are three basic angles that I use when shooting food—each angle reserved for particular types of food. Master these three angles and you’ll be shooting like a pro in no time!
Camera Angle #1 – Frontal
This camera angle is reserved specifically for vertical types of food. Whenever the food is going to be stacked, like in the image of the brownies, I tend to use this angle.
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Your blog is made up of several parts. Some of the physical parts that you see are:
Header
Footer
If you are going to host your WordPress blog on your own server using your own domain name, then you have to take a few steps to get everything all installed and set up. It is not super technical, but there are certainly steps to take. Here is a step by step guide to help you with your installation.
1. First you need to go to http://wordpress.org and click the link to download the software.
When promoted, choose to SAVE the download (I usually save things right to my desktop so I can find them easily)
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Widgets are the little boxes you see over in the sidebars of blogs – the most common ones (and ones that are preinstalled) are the calendar widget, text box widgets, archives, blogroll, etc.
Widgets
There are many more out there to be had – you have to search for them in the ‘plugins’ section and install them from there. Then you access the settings and placement of them through the ‘widgets’ section of your admin area. Search for the exact type of widget you want – - if you put in only the term ‘widget’ it actually won’t return that many results. So put in ‘photo widgets’ if you are looking for a way to display photos in your sidebar. The results will return MANY types of different photo widgets including ratings, some details about the widget, and a link to install right from the search results page. Read the rest of this entry »
The good folks at PlentifulPantry sent me a couple of their dessert mixes to try and here is the second installment….Chidester Farms Blondies with Maple Sauce.
The big box comes with enough ingredients to make 2 batches – 2 batches would fit in a 9×13 baking dish while 1 fits nicely in an 8×8 baking dish. This is as simple as putting together a cake mix – - simple, simple, simple . And the blondies….oh they just melt in your mouth !
1 batch yields 12 servings – calorie count and ingredient list can be found on my full post over at 400 Calories or Less.
Just follow the package instructions and then sit by the oven and wait – because you want to dig into these as quick as humanly possible ! .
Be sure to visit PlentifulPantry and check out their products – they have a whole bunch of ‘partially prepped’ products that get you out of the kitchen faster without skimping on quality. The Blondies will be available at Costco all month !!
Your theme is basically the main design of your blog. WordPress comes with one pre-installed theme and there are hundreds of others available through the admin area (plus thousands more available either for free or for purchase on the net) that you can install and use. A theme consists of graphics and pages (including templates, style sheets, etc.). And the theme controls everything from the look of your header and sidebars, the size and color of the fonts used throughout the blog, how different links act when they are accessed, and so on and so on. To install new themes, you go to your main admin area and then to the ‘Appearance’ section and click on the link to ‘Add New Themes’.
Please see our post on theme installation for more in depth information on how to install and tweak themes.
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