Attention Summer

I received a comment regarding the subscription button. I was unable to return the message, but I did update the tutorial and I hope you find it helpful.

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Custom Email Header

Click on the image for VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS. You will want to mute the music on the blog if you choose to watch the video...LOL, or use it for background music!

If you use Feedburner for your subscriptions, this is going to be an exciting tutorial on adding a custom header to the email generated by your posts.

To get Feedburner, a wonderful FREE subscription service, click here.

Step 1 – Scrap your custom header

I scrap my header in the following dimensions and then resize for clarity:

4500 x 1860 pixels (300 resolution)

Resize to 450 x 186 (72 resolution)

UPDATE 7/2/09: I increased the final size of my header to 650 x 268 and it turned out great on the email.

Save as a jpg (smaller files).

Step 2 – Upload your finished image

Upload your finished image to your favorite photo hosting site and get the direct link code. I like Photobucket and Scrapbookflair. Save the DIRECT LINK.

Step 3 – Go to My Feeds in your Feedburner account.

Click on the feed you want to customize, if you have more than one.

Step 4 – Select PUBLICIZE

From the choice of 5 tabs, select publicize, the middle tab.

From the SERVICES menu to the left, choose Email Subscriptions, then choose Email Branding.

Just below the “Email Subject/Title:” you will see a box titled: Logo URL: this box is where you will put your DIRECT IMAGE LINK you saved from Step 2.

Step 5 - Click SAVE or ACTIVATE.

You can find the Word Document Instructions HERE.

UPDATE: LATE BREAKING NEWS! IT WORKED!

I just checked my mailbox, and there is definitely a header in my Easy Custom Blogs email. I wonder if I make it longer will it bump the Easy Custom Blogs part to the top or bottom of the image? Of course I will try. If you get a totally spacey email from me next time, just know that so much of this is trial and error…and error…and error! LOL!

Here's to more happy scrapping, and

Hugs from the heart,

Jeanette

Please subscribe to ECB!

If you'd like to get current updates (new blogger tips and tricks), please subscribe to my blog. Just click on the button to the right, and enter your email. Then you will receive a confirmation email, and voila' that's it!

Here's to more happy scrapping, and
Hugs from the heart,
Jeanette

Subscription Button

Scrap your SUBSCRIPTION button

Step 1 - Create your image.
1. Create your Subscription image. Here are two samples that I made:

Do not make the image wider than your side column which is 220 pixels, the height should not be bigger than 220 pixels, but can be as small as 90 pixels. If you want to create drop shadows and have the element layer, then you must save your scrap as a PNG file. I usually create the images much larger then resize. For example I made my ECB subscription tag 2200 pxl x 910 pxl (300 dpi), then I resize to 220 x 91 (96 dpi). They look much sharper this way.

2. Upload your image to your favorite photo hosting site. Save the link.

Step 2 - Change Feedburner Widget Code
1.Make sure you have a widget. Follow directions here if you don't. Once you see the Feedburner widget has been installed on your blog, you may continue.

2. Either click on the wrench/screwdriver to edit your subscription code OR click on CUSTOMIZE/LAYOUT/PAGE ELEMENTS/select your subscription widget. Copy the entire code and save it in Notepad or in Word so that you have it if you make an error. This is very important.

Quick Editing Tools: while inside your widget or elements with code or text:
CTRL A=All You can highlight all the code by holding down the control key and hitting the A.
CTRL C= Copy. You can copy whatever was highlighted.
CTRL V= Paste. You can paste your copied code onto another document.
If you make a mistake and delete your code, do not panic! Just select cancel, and open the widget again.

3. Change the code. The original code sent by feedburner will have the feedburner link then the words that you submitted when you joined Feedburner. My sample has the words Subscribe to My Blog.

Keep the Feedburner link...it will be the one with feedburner.com in it. Here is the code:

<a href="PUT YOUR FEEDBURNER LINK HERE"><img border="0" src="PUT YOUR IMAGE LINK HERE"/></a>

Make sure to save the code on another document before you begin, and replace the words FEEDBURNER LINK with the actual link...LOL! Click SAVE and VIEW blog. I hope this helps! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Here's to more happy scrapping, and
Hugs from the heart,
Jeanette

Get Subscribers to your Blog!

Step 1 – Read about Feedburner’s email delivery service here.

If you like what you read, and I did, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and add your blog address. The screen will pop up and you will identify your feed source. The first one was selected, but when I chose that one it did not work, so I selected the second one. Name your title and what you want the email to say. For example you may want to put something fun like, "ABC's Blog-here's the latest scoop."Then you have a lot of options with tabs, but we are going to focus on the email subscription portion, so CLICK ON THE PUBLICIZE TAB.

Then you will get a pop up screen with “Add Page Element”. If you have more than one blog, you will need to select which blog you want for the feed. Then your feedburner widget is added.

Our next lesson will be how to change the simple “Subscribe Text” to a digitally mastered scrapped image. OH YEAH! So you can have an image like mine!

This lesson was my first requested tut (thanks Cara). I really studied several types of feeds before I selected Feedburner. I liked the simplicity of Feedburner’s sign up for subscribers, and I REALLY liked the email that they send to subscribers when you post on your blog because it includes images as well as text. As scrappers, we all know how important images are to our email service!

PLEASE NOTE!!! The first subscriber should be yourself so you can get what your subscribers get in the email. Who would like to be my second subscriber? Just click on the tab to the right.

Here’s to more happy scrapping, and
Hugs from the heart,
Jeanette