Sabtu, 29 Januari 2011

Join our Mailing List and Win $300

From now through January 31st we are running our "Subscribe-A-Thon" where we are inviting new friends to sign up for our e-mail blast subscription service. It's easy to join, just go to http://www.ranchhousedesigns.com/ and then at the very bottom of the page, enter your email address in the "Join Our Mailing List" box. You can also sign up on our facebook page by clicking on the "Join My List" tab at the top of our page.

On February 1st, we will take all of the people who have subscribed in January 2011 and randomly draw one name out of the hat for a $300 gift certificate with RHD! And since our pricing is so affordable....that $300 can go a LONG way! That can get you any combination of services like 2 free print ads, a free print ad and a set of business cards, a 1 page web site design, a 4x8 banner, or lots more!

So sign up today! Watch for our winner to be announced Feb 1st.

Kamis, 27 Januari 2011

Cara Membuat/Memasang Auto Readmore Blogger/Blogspot (Plus Thumbnail)

Update: 
 Lihat Cara Membuat Auto Readmore (Thumbnails) Blogspot V2 (Penyempurnaan) yang merupakan penyempurnaan dari script auto readmore ini, pengecualian tampilan auto readmore pada halaman statis (static pages) telah ditambahkan.

Pertama-tama, bapak ibu sekalian, auto readmore memudahkan kita dalam membuat posting. Memasang fitur ini membuat kita tidak perlu membubuhkan kode

Rabu, 26 Januari 2011

Free Website Submission Tool: Get Your Site Listed in 20+ Search Engines and More Backlinks

Do you know that adding your site's url to many sites related to submission engine sites will increase your site chance to be listed in higher index of search engines such as Google and Yahoo? Furthermore, you can either get more backlinks. You can use the form below to automatically submit your website/blog and get your website/blog submitted to 20+ search engines. In addition, the tool is

Selasa, 25 Januari 2011

7 Hal Ilmiah Tentang 'Buang Angin' yang Wajib Diketahui

Stop! Jika anda tidak terbiasa dan merasa tabu membicarakan tentang kent.....Oops! maaf maksud saya, tentang buang angin, anda tidak wajib membaca artikel ini. Tapi jika anda ingin mengetahui hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan buang angin, go ahead to read this writing. There might be some worthy things to grab.
Mencari informasi tentang 'buang angin' memang gampang-gampang susah. Mungkin cenderung

Baby Shower Invitations

Looking at these really gets me in the mood for having a baby shower!!! Or, that I lived a double life as an event planner and got to pick out cute invitations for all kinds of parties as my day job. Since me and Brandon's baby shower is coming up later in the spring, I have been stalking our Tiny Prints catalog for Unique Baby Shower Invitations and I'll admit you can spend hours on there!

Here are a few of my favorites....

Vintage Woodcut

Dark Gray Baby Girl

And, I can't help but saying this. I'm pregnant now, and I certainly don't look like the lady on this card. How does she keep her legs so skinny!!! And really, who has a name like Charlotte Buckingham.


"Fashion Forward"

Senin, 24 Januari 2011

How to Add Borders to a Blogger Footer Blogspot

In this Blogger tutorial I expand on my previous article about how to add a 3-4 column footer to Blogger by showing you how add border styling to the new footer. You will learn how to add a border around all of your footer columns or around only part of the footer columns. You will also learn how to add different border styles and border colors to customize your 3-4 column footer.

If you have just landed here and need instructions on how to add a 3 or 4 column footer to your Blogger blog then please refer to how to add a 3 or 4 column footer to a Blogger template (Blogspot template)

This is a walkthrough designed to assist bloggers with no experience of CSS styling who want to enhance their Blogger template with borders and other CSS styling. By following these examples you will gain the knowledge you need to make many types of custom changes to the borders of your new Blogger footer. For help with changing the background of your blogger footer please see my article How to Change the Background a Blogger Footer.

How to Add Borders to the Footer of a Blogger Template
To add lines (commonly known as borders) to a Blogger template footer we need to add some CSS styling.

Before beginning to add borders there are 3 values to consider:

  • width of the border (line thickness eg 1px, 2px, 3px and so on)
  • line style of the border (solid, dotted, dashed, double)
  • color of the border (hex color)

  1. How to Add a Border Around the Outside of a Blogger Footer
    First we add the border property and then add the border style, border width and the border color values. In these following examples just by changing these values we can achieve lots of different results.

    • To Add a Dashed Border Around the Outside of a Blogger Footer
      With the following code a dashed black line 1px thick will be added around the outside of the footer.

      #footer-columns {

      margin:0 auto;
      clear:both;
      }

      Change to:

      #footer-columns {
      border: 1px dashed #000000;
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }


    • To Add a Dotted Border Around the Outside of a Blogger Footer
      By changing the dashed black line to a dotted border it is simple to get a different line style.

      #footer-columns {
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }

      Change to:

      #footer-columns {
      border: 1px dotted #000000;
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }


    • To Add a Solid Border (Blue 3px thick) Around the Outside of a Blogger Footer
      To add extra emphasis we can change the line color and its thickness. Here I have made the line blue rather than black and thickened it from 1px to 3px.

      #footer-columns {
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }

      Change to:

      #footer-columns {
      border: 3px solid #336699;
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }


  2. To Add a Partial Border to a Blogger Footer
    Sometimes we might want to add a border to only one part of the footer area rather than the whole thing. Again we add the border property but we append it with the following values: (top, bottom, left, right) depending on where we want to place the border.

    • To Add a Solid Border to the Top of a Blogger Footer
      #footer-columns {
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }

      Change to:

      #footer-columns {
      border-top: 1px solid #000000;
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }


    • To Add a Solid Border to the Bottom of a Blogger Footer
      #footer-columns {
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }

      Change to:

      #footer-columns {
      border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }

    • To Add a Dashed Border to the Top of a Blogger Footer
      #footer-columns {
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }

      Change to:

      #footer-columns {
      border-top: 1px dashed #000000;
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }

    • To Add a Dotted Border to Both Top and Bottom of a Blogger Footer
      #footer-columns {
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }

      Change to:

      #footer-columns {
      border-top: 1px dotted #000000;
      border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000;

      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }

    • To Add a Dotted Border 4px thick to Both Top and Bottom of a Blogger Footer
      #footer-columns {
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }

      Change to:

      #footer-columns {
      border-top: 4px dotted #000000;
      border-bottom: 4px dotted #000000;

      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }


    • To Add a Blue Solid Border 5px thick to Both Top and Bottom of a Blogger Footer
      #footer-columns {
      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }

      Change to:

      #footer-columns {
      border-top: 5px solid #336699;
      border-bottom: 5px solid #336699;

      clear:both;
      margin:0 auto;
      }


In this Blogger tutorial (Blogspot tutorial) I have shown you how to make some simple customizations to the borders of a Blogger footer. This tutorial is intended as an extension of my earlier tutorial on adding a three or four column footer to Blogger. However it is also suitable if you are using a custom template and want to enhance the footer styling further. You have learned how to add borders to a Blogger footer and change the position, color, width and styling.

If you want to know more about CSS styling I will be publishing further articles in the future. Look out for my next article in this series How to Add Backgrounds to a Blogger Footer.

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Minggu, 23 Januari 2011

How to Add a Table to Blogger Blogspot Post

This Blogger tutorial (Blogspot tutorial) explains how to put a table into a Blogger post. You will learn how to create tables in Blogger ranging from a simple table to a more complex table with alternating colors.

We will start with a basic table and gradually add CSS styling to the table to improve the look and functionality until we have built the table pictured directly below. No knowledge of CSS and HTML is assumed so this Blogger tutorial is suitable for absolute blogging beginners.



A Blogger Table Caption
Table Header Table Header Table Header
Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell

Tables are a useful way to display information particularly tabulated information. Tables are good whenever you want to align information so that it is easy to read and understand. You can add text, hyperlinks and even images to a table which makes them very useful for presenting information.

There is no easy way to add tables in Blogger yet. Even if you are using the new editor you will note that no table button is provided. Fortunately it is easy enough to use a bit of CSS styling to spruce up a table and enter this manually into a Blogger post.

How to Add a Table to Blogger Posts
First you will learn how to add a simple table to Blogger. We are going to start with a table with 3 columns and 4 rows including a header row. Then I will show you step by step how to add different features to the table including how to add extra rows, a background color to the header, a border, a caption, change the size of the table, center align the table and more.



Table Header Table Header Table Header
Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell


  1. In Blogger open either a new post or an existing post that you wish to add a table to

  2. Click on the Edit HTML tab on your Blogger editor

  3. Copy the following code into your Blogger post which will produce the basic table as shown above:

    <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
    <tr>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr">
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    </table>


  4. Make changes to the table to suit your own Blogger template if necessary by changing the following:

    <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">

    • Border width (blue)
    • Border color (black)
    • Background color (red)
    • Table width (orange) Can be a percentage or actual width eg 500px

  5. Now we are going to fix an annoying problem in Blogger which renders too much white space above the table. We do this by adding the following styling denoted in red directly above the table tag and adding a closing </div> at the end of the table code

    <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none }</style>
    <div class="nobrtable">

    <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
    <tr>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr">
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    </table></div>

  6. Let's add some further styling to our table header to improve the look of our table as denoted in red. Change the background color and color attributes to suit your own color scheme if you wish



    Table Header Table Header Table Header
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell


    <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none }</style>
    <div class="nobrtable">
    <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
    <tr style="background-color:#0033FF; color:#ffffff; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:4px;">
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    </table>


  7. Now let's add another row to our table for Blogger so you can see how this is done



    Table Header Table Header Table Header
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell


    <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none }</style>
    <div class="nobrtable">
    <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
    <tr style="background-color:#0033FF; color:#ffffff; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:4px;">
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>

    </table>


  8. In this step we are going to center the contents of our Blogger table. This can be done in several ways but we are going to take a short cut here by assigning a style to every table row



    Table Header Table Header Table Header
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell


    <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none } tr {text-align: center;} </style>
    <div class="nobrtable">
    <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
    <tr style="background-color:#0033FF; color:#ffffff; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:4px;">

  9. Now we are going to jazz up our Blogger table by adding alternating colored rows to improve readibility and appearance. By far the easiest way to do this is to assign a class.



    Table Header Table Header Table Header
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell


    <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none } tr {text-align: center;} tr.alt td {background-color: #eeeecc; color: black;}</style>
    <div class="nobrtable">
    <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
    <tr style="background-color:#0033FF; color:#ffffff; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:4px;">
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    </tr>
    <tr class="alt">
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="alt">
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    </table>


  10. It is also easy to add a caption to your Blogger table. For a caption above the table simply add the caption line as shown in red. For a caption below the table add the caption line in red and a style as shown in blue



    A Blogger Table Caption
    Table Header Table Header Table Header
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell


    <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none } tr {text-align: center;} tr.alt td {background-color: #eeeecc; color: black;} tr {text-align: center;} caption {caption-side:bottom;} </style>
    <div class="nobrtable">
    <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
    <caption>A Blogger Table Caption</caption>
    <tr style="background-color:#0033FF; color:#ffffff; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:4px;">
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    </tr>
    <tr class="alt">
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="alt">
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    </table>


  11. One more important property needs to be addressed in our new Blogger table to improve the look. We can reduce the double border into a single one. The easiest way to do this is to change the cellspacing to zero as denoted in red. Or, alternatively we can apply the border collapse property to our table as shown in blue. Note: Border collapse may not be supported by all browsers particularly if the cellspacing attribute is defined also)





    A Blogger Table Caption
    Table Header Table Header Table Header
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell
    Table Cell Table Cell Table Cell


    <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none } tr {text-align: center;} tr.alt td {background-color: #eeeecc; color: black;} tr {text-align: center;} caption {caption-side:bottom;}</style>
    <div class="nobrtable">
    <table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#99FFFF; border-collapse:collapse;" width="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0">
    <caption>A Blogger Table Caption</caption>
    <tr style="background-color:#0033FF; color:#ffffff; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:4px;">
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    <th>Table Header</th>
    </tr>
    <tr class="alt">
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="alt">
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    <td>Table Cell</td>
    </tr>
    </table>


  12. Now go ahead and add your data to your new Blogger table. Filling in each instance of "Table Header" and "Table Cell" with your own data. The information you add to the Blogger table can be text, hyperlinks or even an image

  13. Save your changes to the Blogger table by saving and publishing your post

Please feel free to use this Blogger table as a template whenever you need to add a table to your Blogspot post. If you want to regularly add a table to your Blogger posts that consistently looks the same you could consider adding the table CSS styling to your Blogger template.

In this Blogger tutorial (Blogspot tutorial) I have demonstrated how to build a complex table in HTML and CSS to insert into a Blogger post. You have learned how to manipulate a variety of table properties and attributes to create a table for Blogger that matches the color scheme of your blog and is functional and appealing.

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Beberapa Cara Membuat Simbol Copyright Blog/Website & PC

Copyright atau Hak Cipta merupakan hal yang vital untuk menjaga dan menunjukkan sebuah karya ataupun pemikiran original seseorang. Hak Cipta adalah milik siapa saja dan tidak harus didaftarkan ke suatu badan atau organisasi tertentu, berbeda dengan merek dagang (TM) dan phonograph (P) ataupun paten, registered (R). Membubuhkan simbol ini sudah merupakan suatu indikator dan simbol semiotis bahwa

Sabtu, 22 Januari 2011

Horsley Brothers

In our continuing efforts to give back to an industry and community that has been so supportive of Ranch House Designs, we recently donated a web site to Black Hawk College for a fund raising endeavor.


Horsley Brothers purchased the donated web site and we are excited to share this new site.

A family run operation located in northwest Illinois, Bob and Jim Horsley started showing, breeding and selling cattle in the late 1970’s.

Today Horsley Brothers consist of 180 Angus and Chiangus cows. For the past 40 years they have bred cattle to be the “cowman’s kind“ - sound functional cattle that have power, body and a superior look. There have been changes over the years and Horsley Brothers focuses on what the customer wants and needs. Their efforts offer proven results with continual success at the local, state and national show levels. Horsley Brothers has built a solid foundation in their herd and are confident in the quality of cattle they offer for sale.

Join them for their annual Eastern Exposure sale Saturday, February 5, in Ohio. Included in the sale will be bulls, bred heifers, and cows. They also sell heifer calves private treaty off the farm.

Visit their web site today or give them a call to learn more about their operation.

Jumat, 21 Januari 2011

2 Cara Menampilkan Widget/Iklan/Link/Script HANYA di Bagian Posting (Post Body)

Let's go straight to the point! Jika anda ingin menampilkan widget, iklan, link, ataupun script anda hanya di bagian bawah posting saja (menyembunyikan widget dari homepage) dan tidak ingin menampilkannya di bagian lain, termasuk halaman muka, you can follow these two tricks.
Ada dua cara yang bisa digunakan:1. Jika blog anda berplatform blogger, anda dapat memanfaatkan fitur dalam setting. Login

Heritage Equipment

With spring just around the corner (at least we hope it is!), now is a good time to inventory your farm and agriculture equipment. Our latest ag equipment site, Heritage Equipment, can help you get your planting equipment ready for a busy and productive season. Or if you’re looking to upgrade to a new tractor, tiller or other piece of machinery, give them a call.


Heritage Equipment is an authorized Case IH and Case Construction dealer located in north Texas with convenient locations in Amarillo, Lubbock and Plainview.

Family owned and operated by Dave and Sue Braune, Heritage Equipment has been serving north and west Texans with quality equipment, parts and service for over 20 years.

Their mission is to provide their customers with quality equipment and efficient product support before and after the sale.

Whether you are looking for construction or agriculture equipment, Heritage Equipment wants to help with your equipment needs.

Kamis, 20 Januari 2011

Wikileaks Ungkap Misi AS Garap Blogger Indonesia!

Wikileaks akhirnnya merilis dokumen dari Kedubes AS di Jakarta. Dokumen ini mengungkap bahwa para blogger di Indonesia dimanfaatkan untuk kepetingan AS. Hal ini terungkap dalam sebuah dokumen yang dikirm dari Kedubes AS Jakarta kepada pejabat Kementerian Luar Negeri AS bernama Jared Cohen pada 12 Februari 2010. Seperti yang dimuat oleh Guardian (19/1), dokumen itu mengungkap strategi AS untuk

Rabu, 19 Januari 2011

Mengenal Elemen-elemen Wrapper CSS di Blogger/Blogspot

Blogger/blogspot memungkinkan penggunanya melakukan styling melalui edit html. Dengan demikian ini memberi peluang bagi anda, pemilik blog di blogger, untuk memodifikasi tampilan blog anda. Salah satunya adalah memberikan sentuhan CSS styling pada wrapper elements. Elemen dasar dari wrapper tersebut digambarkan sebagai berikut: 
1. #outer-wrapper atau #outer-wrap atau #outer
2. #header-wrapper

Jumat, 14 Januari 2011

Gambar-Foto Screenshot SpongeBob the Squarepants yang Unik dan Langka

SPONGEBOB memang ga ada matinya. Berikut ini adalah gambar-gambar screnshot SpongeBob the Squarepants yang diambil dari film-filmnya. Bagi anda penggemar SpongeBob, coba diingat-ingat apakah anda sudah menonton episode dari gambar tersebut? I will not tell you much, 'cuz the pictures will tell you anything. Selamat menikmati!


















Cara Membuat Link Terbuka di Window/Tab Baru dan Variasinya

Membuat link terbuka di window/tab baru adalah hal penting, yaitu agar visitor tetap memiliki akses terhadap page referral di mana dia menemukan link baru untuk di-klik. Selain itu, bagi pemilik blog/website hal ini juga menguntungkan karena visitor tidak segera meninggalkan halaman blog/website karena adanya window baru yang harus dibuka.
Selain itu, posting artikel yang tengah dibaca oleh

Kamis, 13 Januari 2011

Shower and Party Invitations

Lately at the RHD office we've been in the real party mood. Wait, I wouldn't say that is "lately", I'd say it's been since we got our new office. We're always looking for a reason to have a party. Last month we had an office baby shower for Carole.  In January, we're all looking forward to Kinleigh's 1st birthday party, and later in the spring a baby shower for me (Rachel).

Okay so if you're into parties, stuff like this can get you pretty wrapped up in creating a fun invitation. It seems like the possibilities for these invitations are endless. For Kinleigh's party, we created a custom birthday card invitation. But, here are a few 1st birthday party invitations from our catalog of Tiny Prints, and I couldn't help but post some favorites.
"The Big ONE"

Photo Year: Begonia

And this one is a little more spendy but just the cutest thing ever......


"Exciting Times"


OH, and there are lots of cute designs for boys too, we just happen to be in a girly mood :)

Rabu, 12 Januari 2011

Cara Mengubah Warna Teks Comment di Blogger/Blogspot


Warna teks comments dapat diubahsuaikan agar 'macthed' dengan warna utama blog kita. Selain itu warna teks comment juga dapat menarik dan mempermudah visitor untuk membacanya.
Di bawah ini adalah sebagian contoh template comments secara default:(Gunakan Ctrl+F untuk mencari, dengan kata kunci 'comments')#comments h4{margin:1em 0;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.4em;text-transform:uppercase;

Selasa, 11 Januari 2011

Employee of the Year Update

Yes, it is official, Jessica Amber Hobbs was voted by you, our fans, as RHD's Employee of the Year for 2010. Problem is, we've been so busy we haven't had an exact opportunity to reward her. :) But, in case you were wondering, yes, Jessica is our winner, and stay tuned for the prize!

Just noticed some new Facebook security settings

A few nights ago I noticed a few security options on Facebook that I didn't know existed until just recently. Not sure if these are new or not, but regardless, I liked them and found them extremely positive security steps for Facebook to take.

If you go under your "Account" tab (upper right hand corner), choose "Account Settings".
Almost to the bottom, there is a setting that is called "Account Security", click on the link that says "Change"

Under this setting, there are several added measures of security protection that Facebook has added.


First, you can get notified by text or email if a new computer or mobile device logs into your account. Mine was set automatically to "off" but you can change it to "on" and then anytime a new computer logs into your facebook account you will get a notification either by text, email, or both.

Below that, you can see your "Account Activity" and it shows the most recent account activity on your account. This is awesome! I could look at the activity, and though it doesn't say a specific name of who accessed my account, it does show the date, time, and location of who accessed my account (including city and state). I wish it said the name of the hacker, but having the city and state is can give you pretty good insight on who might be accessing your account. It also tells what type of device accessed your account, i.e. a cell phone, a computer, etc as well a the user's operating system, i.e. Vista, Blackberry, etc.

So, if you want this added security and peace of mind, go to your facebook account and make a few easy changes, then you can rest easily knowing that you'll get a text & email anytime someone logs into your account, instantly letting you know if you're getting hacked.

Senin, 10 Januari 2011

Ready to Go, One of a Kind Designs

We are launching a new service line for our web division in 2011: "Ready to Go, One of a Kind Designs" which includes a wide variety of web sites designs that are already designed and ready to be purchased. As with all of our designs, these are totally 100% customized designs, made from scratch by us. The only difference is that these are ready to go right away, instead of having to be placed on our design waiting list.

Here's how the Ready to Go One of a Kind Designs work. We will periodicialy post new designs. If you see one you like, you pick that design and you purchase the exclusive rights to use it. The design will not be available to anyone else.

By choosing one of these ready to go designs, you get a few benefits:

-$100 discount on your design fee
-Bypass the design waiting list, and your site immediately goes into content development

We will make notes on each of the designs about any changes that may be made. For example, if the design features red colors, but you want to change the red to blue, we'll make a note if that is possible.

So, browse around. We'll continually post new designs on our web site and on our Facebook page. To get one of these designs, just e-mail tricia@ranchhousedesigns.com. Let her know what design you want, and we'll send you the service agreement. You tell us what pages you want, and we'll go from there!

Here are a few of the choices we have available so far:

"Black and White Forrest"
This would be a nice site for a farm or ranch. Can be customized to fit any # of pages. Red and black color scheme may be modified to fit the 2 colors of clients choice.

  
"Urban Skyline"

A site that would be good for a client wanting 3 pages with a modern look, perfect for a business in a city or one that caters to an urban clientele. Red color may be changed to any color of the clients choice.
 


"Vintage Western"Designed for a 3 page site, this would be a good design for a steakhouse, western store, or business that caters to the western clientele. Logo at the top (wooden background with stars) may also be purchased for an additional $100.

To see the complete list of currently available 'Ready to Go, One of a Kind" designs, please visit http://ranchhousedesigns.com/readytogooneofakinddesigns.html

Minggu, 09 Januari 2011

Cara Mengganti Gambar Background Blog di Blogger/Blogspot




Memperindah blog ternyata juga merupakan hal yang menyenangkan, karena kustomisasi blog memang sangat diperlukan agar blog tampak lebih personal dan unik. Nah salah satu cara membuat blog tampak beda dengan yang lain adalah dengan mengubah background blog. Untuk mengganti gambar background blog seperti yang diinginkan, berikut langkah-langkahnya:



(Sebelum anda mengganti warna/gambar

Jumat, 07 Januari 2011

Did you get engaged over the holidays?

It's not a suprise that lots of engagements occur over Christmas and New Years! If you're one of the lucky couples who recently got engaged, it's time to start thinking about sending your Save the Dates! January and February are the two biggest months for ordering and mailing Save the Dates.

Through Ranch House Invitations we offer two types of Save the Dates...custom and catalog creations. With our custom creations, we make something especially unique for you. No one else will have anything like it!

If you prefer to handle things yourself, take a look at our catalog of a great selection of save the dates. Magnets and postcards are really popular. We prefer to use either Wedding Paper Divas/Tiny Prints or eInvite.com for save the dates. Here are two links to help you get started in your search:

Wedding Paper Divas:  Be sure to enter the discount code to get free shipping!


Click here to browse the Tiny Prints Save the Dates

There are also lots of great choices on eInvite. Their magnets start at $0.72 each and save the dates start at As low as $1.08 each.

Of course with both of these two catalogs, you can upload your own pictures, customize your text, etc etc. Or, if you let us design the Save the Dates for you, we can do all kinds of cool stuff like shimmery finishes, cool card shapes, and more.
If you'd like more information on our custom designs, call 979-532-9141 or e-mail staceyf@ranchhousedesigns.com for a quote. Check out http://www.ranchhouseinvitations.com/ for more!

Fakta-Fakta Dibalik "Celana" Spongebob the Squarepants

Tidak ada yang tidak mengenal SpongeBob. Semua pasti mengenal tokoh kartun ini. Bahkan tidak jarang orang dewasa pun juga banyak yang kecanduan nonton episode demi episodenya. Kalau soal apa yang menarik di dalam filmnya sih, kita semua pasti sudah sepakat ya, tapi.... kalau apa yang dibalik "celana" SpongeBob (baca: di balik pembuatan SpongeBob the Squarepants) semua sudah tahu belum ya?

8 Film Yang Menginspirasi Dunia Pendidikan, Pengajar, dan Murid (Online Links)

Berikut ini 8 film yang bisa mengilhami, mengingatkan tentang pentingnya pekerjaan pendidik, dan membuat para pengajar bangga dan terinspirasi.


1. Stand and Deliver (1987) Film klasik yang menggambarkan pentingnya peran guru dalam masyarakat saat ini. Pesan yang dapat ditangkap adalah: bahwa seorang guru tidak pernah percaya bahwa siswa tidak dapat belajar. Edward James Olmos, dalam kisah

Rabu, 05 Januari 2011

Surat Cinta Untuk Sang Blogger Dari Pembaca Setianya


Halo Blogger Tersayang,

Ada banyak hal yang ingin saya sampaikan sehingga saya menulis surat spesial ini. Begitu cintanya saya, hingga tak dapat lagi menahan diri untuk tidak mengungkapkannya. Sudilah kiranya untuk membaca poin-poin dalam surat ini hingga selesai:
Ada banyak sekali hal yang saya lakukan hari ini. Diantaranya adalah melakukan pendaftaran feed lewat email untuk kontenmu yang

Selasa, 04 Januari 2011

Tips Membuat Artikel Blog Yang Tahan Lama dan Ga Gampang Loyo

Seringkali ditemui kondisi bahwa beberapa artikel tidak lagi terjamah oleh pengunjung kita, padahal pada saat setelah diposting, artikel tersebut sempat memiliki "booming" yang dahsyat. Faktor-faktornya antara lain adalah artikel tersebut sudah masuk masa kadaluarsa, yaitu kondisi dimana topik pada artikel tersebut tidak lagi memiliki nilai informasi karena sudah banyak orang yang mengetahui dan

Senin, 03 Januari 2011

Sorry we've been MIA

You know, it seems like we do real good about blogging a lot, then we hit a dry spell and go for like a month with nothing. It's been one of those months. For those of you who keep emailing me to remind me to put up a new blog....sorry!!

So here's a recap of what's been going on for the past month.

1. Things are a madhouse at work. Which we love, we appreciate, and are so thankful for. We've been busy working on jillions of different things. Right now we have over 100 projects in the works, and we can't say enough how thankful we are for having the work to do!

2. Employee of the Year: Jessica Hobbs officially won the RHD Employee of the Year online contest, thanks to the help of lots of her friends and campaigning. No, she still hasn't gotten her award yet. We don't know what it is going to be. Hmm, that just gave me an idea for a facebook post.

3. Best of the Barns - We randomly came up with this idea at the end of November and had it created, progrmamed and launched for December 1. We thought it would be cool but had no idea it would be so popular. We had over 3,000 votes cast. Watch for the winners to be announced this week. We also got tons of great comments and feedback and I already wish it was NEXT December so we could put up the next "Best of the Barns"

4. The RHD Christmas Party - Woo hoo! As if we are looking for any other reason to have yet another office party, we had our 1st Annual RHD Christmas Party at Stacey Forgason's house including a gift exchange. The first company-wide memo said that the gift exchance was a "MINIMUM" of $25. Minimum...not maximum. Because that's how we roll. Just kidding, after that minor correction we clarified that the price limit was $25 MAX and that led to all kinds of fun gifts....including a couple wrapped in Victorias Secret gift bags. It was a girls only party, which turned out to be a pretty good thing. Topics ranged from pregnancy to boob jobs to just about anything you can imagine.

5. Offering 2 new service: Mobile web sites and livestock pedigree signs.....So far in the past month we've got about 100 different orders for pedigree signs. Who knew there was such a demand for this. This has led to Jessica (employee of the year) picking up a new skill of designing pedigree signs too. The signs are priced from $20 to $30 depending on how many you need. Visit http://www.stockshowsigns.com/ for more.

6. Big expansion of our invitations services. We've been doing invitations for I think 3 years now, but this year we really stepped it up and have been designing anywhere from 3-5 new invitations a week. http://www.ranchhouseinvitations.com/ is our new site dedicated to the invitation services.

What else? Here are just a few highlights of the month.....

  • The near death of Liz's computer, our oldest one at the office, purchased in 2003. We're finally replacing it.
  • Next computer ready to go..."Bertha" - operated by Stacey Shanks. We're going to give Liz's new one a test run and if everything goes smooth, Stacey's getting a new one too.
  • Almost at 2500 fans on our facebook page
  • Our fridge is stocked solid with holiday candy, which is a big factor in helping us keep up our momentum during this busy time of year....
  • Specifically, our 3:00 p.m. refridgerator raids of the holiday candy are awesome.
  • Found out our new landscaping sprinkler system is broken, which we found out thanks to our $200 water bill in one month.
  • Getting out our 4th Brahman Review magazine, and busy planning for our upcoming Houston issue which we are equating to the club calf business's state fair issue.
So, that's a recap. I know everyone else is just as busy it seems like during this time of year. I heard a quote the other day which was something along the lines of "if you want something done right and done on time, ask a busy person to do it" --- very fitting for us these days it seems.

Sabtu, 01 Januari 2011

6 Free Chat Widgets You Can Consider For Your Blog

I did search for and try many chats widgets the whole night. and here are some points I can present.

It is a bit hard to decide which to use since there are so many chat tools provided and they are all free. I could at least say that the number reaches more than 60 chat tools ready to employ and embed to blogs or websites.
You will find it interesting to try one by one, but of course, it will