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Changing the Font & Style of Your H1 Tags

QUESTION: (Rhonda) I am having problems changing the font size of my H1text. Is this very important? If so, how do I go about changing it?

Changing the text and/or style of an H1 tag is simple in CSS.  It does not affect anything other than how the visitor sees it though (i.e., if you use a large font, it means nothing more than a smaller font, in SEO terms or how Google sees it).

You can change the H1 tag locally or in the CSS definition file.

If you want to change all of the H1 tag settings in your entire website, you would do this in the CSS file:

h1 {
font-size: 24px;
}

You would use the h1 tag as you normally would:
<h1>This is my H1 tag</h1>

You can define a class in the CSS file which allows you to define your new style whenever you wish anywhere on the site:

.h1style {
font-size: 24px;
}

You would add this class to your h1 tag, when you wish it:

<h1 class=”h1style”>This is my H1 Tag</h1>

* Remember to add the “.” when defining it in the CSS to classify it as a class.

Finally, you can do it locally using a style attribute (without the CSS file):

<h1 style=”font-size:24px;”>This is my H1 Tag</h1>

All of the above do the exact same thing.  Their use is based on how often you use the style and how you want it defined (whether globally or locally).

Also, remember you can add other styles to the same definition (like color):

<h1 style=”font-size:24px; color:red;”>This is my H1 Tag that is Red and 24px high</h1>

I find that being able to change the styles of my text for header and other standard tags to be quite invaluable!  Knowing a little bit of CSS can go a long way.  Give this a try!

The easiest thing to try first is the local definition using the style attribute. If this is working for you, consider creating or editing your own CSS file!

Good luck!  cheers…matt


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Giving Blip the Boot!

May 12th, 2008 . by Matthew Bredel . Tweet This!
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Some of you may have noticed a few things going on with my blog lately:

Some of my videos seem to have disappeared
Some of my videos look different now

Let me explain what happened (and vent a little bit while I am at it!).
When I started video blogging at the beginning of the year, I went through [...]

Some of you may have noticed a few things going on with my blog lately:

  • Some of my videos seem to have disappeared
  • Some of my videos look different now

Let me explain what happened (and vent a little bit while I am at it!).

When I started video blogging at the beginning of the year, I went through a lot of effort in “stream-lining” the process from video production to uploading to syndication to vlog posting to bookmarking.  Believe it or not, the process is quite fast and simple (in fact, video blogging usually takes less time for me than a written blog).  One of the biggest hurdles in this was the step between video syndication and blog posting.  That is where Blip.TV came into play.

With their system, you can set it up so that Blip will automatically post to your Wordpress blog upon syndication.  AWESOME!  And it did just that.  It was very easy and I never had to wait around for the upload and release process to complete before posting…it did it for me.

So what happened?

First of all, DAMN YOU BLIP.TV!  I really like the product and service that this video website provided.  The video quality was above average and the additional tools and functionality are perhaps best in the business right now.  It is the editors that make me mad.

About 3 months ago, I was in the process of creating some promotional videos for NetWebVideo and TheWebReviewer and planned on use Blip.TV to host them.  Because of the promotional nature of these videos, I was banned from Blip and my account was shut down without warning.  And fair enough!  Their terms do state that overly promotional content can result in a ban.  I wrote them, apologized, and begged to be reinstated.  They reactivated my account.

Now two months later, I continued to use their service and this time, I have been very careful on the content that I put on Blip.TV.  Mostly all of my current content is just that: CONTENT.  But a few weeks ago (while on vacation, in fact), I did a video and in it made a reference to visit Ryan’s (Moran) new blog.

I suppose that constitutes promotion.  I got my account banned again and this time they do not respond to my requests (or even questions) about the matter.  I’m P*ssed.  This, of course, means that all of the embedded links to my Blip.tv videos are now gone and I must go back and re-embed them from somewhere else immediately.

So my ingenious strategy of video blogging is coming back to bite me in the butt.  No matter. I have a new path and it focuses around Revver.

Why Revver?

  • Video quality (in my opinion) is top in the video business
  • Embedded Content advertising during video broadcast (extra revenue)
  • Wordpress Plug-in makes video addition rather simple
  • Users can add video responses within Wordpress
  • They seem to be more flexible about their editing (though, I plan to keep the promotional stuff to a minimum)
  • They are not Blip.TV.

Unfortunately, the automatic posting is now gone. I must manually add the video after it has been uploaded, approved and released on Revver.   Still, the Wordpress interface is very simple to use and requires no knowledge of HTML to accomplish.

At the end, I am pretty darn cranky about this situation considering the amount of hyperbole and marketing propaganda the currently resides on the internet (and video websites…AND BLIP.TV today).  My content is very mildly marketing based, if I even do it at all.

My recommendation:  Do not rely on Blip.tv for your embedding practices.  You can still post to them but for vlogging, you may find yourself in a bad position down the road if they choose to pull the rug out from under you (like they did to me).

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2 Responses to “Giving Blip the Boot!”

  1. Ah yes, my master plan to get you banned from Blip.

    Seriously, dude, that blows, but I had my account banned from Blip about four minutes after I signed up. Oh well… nothing you can do until they loosen up.

    Posted by: Ryan Moran
    May 13th, 2008 at 6:50 am

  2. 4 Minutes, huh? What is up with that! Maybe it is my affiliation with YOU that got me banned! Tomorrow’s Blog headline:

    “Never Mention Ryan Moran in Your Vlog, Or you WILL Get Banned!”

    J/K

    This only reaffirms that relying on Blip.tv for your video embedding can be risky!

    Posted by: Matthew Bredel
    May 13th, 2008 at 7:29 am

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