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I recently asked if the Sugar art department could help spruce up the graphics in our layout maker. I thought they'd add a few more colors for each image and call it a day. However, it turns out that they're way too awesome for that! In addition to creating new colors for the already available graphics, they went ahead and added more options. I personally love the new crown and shoe icons, but the rest of them are fantastic too.
If you've done some creative layout work using our built-in graphics, let us know in the comments below!
Here are some of my fave OnSugar posts from this week. If you’ve got an OnSugar post you really like, or a site you find irresistible, leave a note in the comments below.
If you’re a numbers and SEO type of person, you’ve probably already signed up for Google Webmaster. If that sentence sounds daunting, then just skip this post. I promise I’ll post another Sugar High next time.
If you are signed up with Google Webmaster, you may have been wondering about sitemaps. Our developers are working on a way to automatically submit sitemaps to Google for every OnSugar site. But if you just can’t wait, you can now easily add your own.
Here are some of my fave OnSugar posts from this week. If you’ve got an OnSugar post you really like, or a site you find irresistible, leave a note in the comments below.
If you're into photos, you're probably familiar with our gallery post type. With it, you can upload multiple images at once, creating great galleries for your readers to browse through. The actual post page shows thumbnails of all the images, but your main pages only show one preview image at 320px. Most of you were okay with that size, but some of you wanted more flexibility. Well guess what? That flexibility is now here!
You can now choose the size of your gallery preview images. We've even added an extra large size that is 550px (the same size as the main galleries). To change the size, all you have to do is click on "Blog Settings" in your "Blog Options" dropdown menu. Once there, scroll down to "Gallery Preview Image Size" and select the size you want. Click "Save" and ta da! Your new gallery preview size will be set. Head back to your main site pages to see the magic.
Here are examples of what 320px and 550px preview images look like in the default theme. Click this link to see the examples.
I thought we'd ring in the new year with the conclusion of our Sugar High Staff Edition series. You've already seen parts one and two, and today we've got the final entries. Have safe festivities and see you in the new year!
Hope you're having a great holiday season! Last week I gave you a quick peek into the lives of several Sugar staffers, and today I thought I'd share some more. Part three coming later this week.
Wishing you and yours the very best! Here's to a great holiday season and a happy new year!
For this week's Sugar High, I thought it would be fun to take a look at the blogging lives of our very own Sugar staff. Consider these links my little holiday gift to you. Just don't try and regift it, okay? Parts two and three coming next week!
