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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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Cli.gs: The Next Generation of TinyURL

December 22nd, 2008 . by Matthew Bredel . Tweet This!
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TinyURL has been around for some time now.  What is it?  It is a simple (and free) redirect service that takes long URL’s and condenses them into a much smaller URLs.  For example:
Here is an article from CNN.com:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2008/12/22/cho.ivf.vacations.cnn
Yuck!
By going to TinyURL, that can be condensed to simply:
http://tinyurl.com/9tvlgm
Much nicer!  And this has been an industry leader [...]

TinyURL has been around for some time now.  What is it?  It is a simple (and free) redirect service that takes long URL’s and condenses them into a much smaller URLs.  For example:

Here is an article from CNN.com:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2008/12/22/cho.ivf.vacations.cnn

Yuck!

By going to TinyURL, that can be condensed to simply:

http://tinyurl.com/9tvlgm

Much nicer!  And this has been an industry leader for years now when it comes to URL shorting tools.  And beyond shortening links, affiliate marketers use tinyURL to effectively cloak there links, too.

Now as we enter the world of micro-blogging, and more particular, Twitter, we find the need to shorten URLs to save some of our 140 characters to be absolutely necessary.

In fact, Twitter will do this by default in most cases.  Very cool!

By why stop there?  And this is where I find TinyURL to be falling behind…Tracking.

As social marketing continues to grow, the need to be able to effectively monitor our traffic and social analytics is becoming more and more necessary.

What am I talking about?

I am talking about not only redirecting visitors to longer links, but also track how many people are clicking on this link and where are they clicking  this link from (both physically and electronically through the referrer).

There are free services that do just this and they cost nothing to use.

My choice is Cli.gs.  (No, there is no “.com” here).  The video above shows you how to use Cli.gs and the analytical power that Cli.gs has to offer.   This is a great way to manage your links, shorten your links, cloak your links and track your links.

There are other services out there, like BudURL.com and SnipURL.com which I have used in the past and like (but they now only offer a limited free account).

But at the end, you SHOULD be tracking all of your social links.  It is so easy to do (and you will find it quite fascinating how people actually click on the things you tell them to!)

cheers…matt

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3 Responses to “Cli.gs: The Next Generation of TinyURL”

  1. I like how you embedded the YouTube video as HD! Helpful vidtut.

    Posted by: Torley
    January 18th, 2009 at 7:13 am

  2. I mean, high-quality — isn’t HD in the widescreen sense, but nonetheless better than the de facto “normal” way.

    Posted by: Torley
    January 18th, 2009 at 7:13 am

  3. First, check out my post:

    http://www.matthewbredel.com/317/embed-youtube-high-definition-on-your-site.html

    cheers…matt

    Posted by: Matt Bredel
    January 19th, 2009 at 2:17 pm

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