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Seven Tips to Make Your WordPress Posts Sparkle

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Wayne English

1 Add a Shadow to Your Subheadings

Style notes:

  • color: controls text color
  • text-shadow: offset horizontal offset vertical color
  • NOTE: Minus numbers shift direction in the opposite direction. For example, to shift left use a minus number in the horizontal location.

The code that creates what you see above is below:
&lt h1 style=’color: blue ; text-shadow: 4px 4px 10px grey’&gt

Blue text on grey shadow

The code that creates what you see above is below:
&lt h1 style=’color: navy ; text-shadow: 4px 4px 10px yellow’&gt

Navy text on yellow shadow

The code that creates what you see above is below:
&lt h1 style=’color: yellow ; text-shadow: 4px 4px 10px black’&gt

Yellow text on black shadow

2 Indent a Paragraph

Why go to this trouble of indenting your paragraphs? Studies have shown that indented paragraphs are more likely to be read. And we all want to give our content every advantage we can to have it read.

The code that creates what you see above is below:

&ltp style=’text-indent: 30px’&gtWhy go to this trouble of indenting your paragraphs? Studies have shown that indented paragraphs are more likely to be read. And we all want to give our content every advantage we can to have it read.

3 Make a Phone Dialer Button

The code that creates what you see above is below:

&lta href=”tel:18007001234″&gt&ltbutton&gt1 (800) 700-1234&lt/button&gt&lt/a&gt

4 Add Rounded Corners to Your Button

The code that creates what you see above is below:

&ltbutton style=”border-radius: 15px;”&gtThis Button Has Rounded Corners&lt/button&gt

5 Make Your E-mail Address Unspammable

The code that creates what you see above is below:

Edit what yo see below. Replace Left with what is to the left of the @ character in your e-mail and replace Right.com with what is to the right of the @ character in your e-mail.

For example: if your e-mail is dog@mutt.com. Replace Left with dog and Right.com with mutt.com.

&ltscript language=”JavaScript”&gt
&lt!–
var name = “Left”;
var domain = “Right.com”;
document.write(‘&lta href=\”mailto:’ + name + ‘@’ + domain + ‘\?subject=Subject Title Goes Here”&gt’);
document.write(name + ‘@’ + domain + ‘&lt/a&gt’);
// –&gt
&lt/script&gt

6 Add a Shadow to a Table

This table has a shadow.

 

The code that creates what you see above is below:

&lttable align=left width=500px style=”box-shadow: 4px 4px 10px grey”&gt
&lttr&gt
&lttd&gt
&lth1&gtThis table has a shadow.&lt/h1&gt
&lt/td&gt
&lt/tr&gt
&lt/table&gt

7 Remove the Underline From Your Links

This link is not underlined

The code that creates what you see above is below:

&lta href=”Link Address Goes Here” style=’text-decoration:none’&gtThis link is not underlined&lt/a&gt

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Wayne English was born in Connecticut, lives in Coventry with his wife and daughter. Wayne's writing background includes local, national, and international publications, five books, and publications online and in-print.

He’s worked as an Engineering Technician, Computer Scientist, and Senior Technician, in electric distribution, nuclear power, and Information Resources.

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