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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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OK, so I had my first mental breakdown about a week ago.  No need to worry (yet), but some of the realities to building your own online money making business from scratch can to fruition.
I have now surpassed the two month point of working from home.  Some of the concerns that I had never transpired.  [...]

OK, so I had my first mental breakdown about a week ago.  No need to worry (yet), but some of the realities to building your own online money making business from scratch can to fruition.

I have now surpassed the two month point of working from home.  Some of the concerns that I had never transpired.  For example, I was concerned about being productive.  Could I work in an office from home with two toddlers running around?  Would I get sick and tired of staying in the same room day after day?  Would I find myself drifting into constantly checking affiliate sales or emails or my latest sports updates.  None of this happened.  In fact, my focus has been extraordinary so far.  Working a productive 12 hour day has been quite easy.  I actually check my email and sales LESS than ever.  Working from the comfort of my own office doing my own work and been great (versus living in some cubicle and becoming submissive to orders from managers).

The opportunity to be home throughout the day with the family has been great and the ability to take random days off even on a weekday has been extremely helpful.  I have to admit that I really like this lifestyle!  But then there were road blocks.

A string of “unforseeable events” has transformed an uphill battle into a climb.  Water floods in my house, water damage into neighboring units (and lawsuits following it), declined medical health care for one of my children, dropping affiliate sales, and about a half dozen unexpected bills have been stumbling blocks.  In the meantime, my new and current project has been delayed by weeks due to the disappearance of a computer programmer who I partnered with.  So I am not only collecting mountains of bills, but I am not making the money in the timely fashion that I had planned.

This was when I had the breakdown. I came so close to throwing in the towel and searching for a new job.  But then I stopped and re-evaluated my path to this point.  Becoming an affiliate marketer to this point was not an easy road.  For all of the highs I have experienced in my online money making career, there have been times of frustration and failure and still, I persevered.  These failures are what launched my successes.

I am now back on my plan and mentally focused!  I have rescheduled and re-budgeted my current project.  The first release of http://www.netwebvideo.com has been launched and so far the response has been outstanding!  I always knew that this online video training website was going to be good, but the battle to produce it and get it online was always going to be a struggle.  The first steps are complete (and I learned how to code in PHP along the way, as well).  The house flooding and lawsuit have now been resolved and state assisted health care has been my savior.

I am not writing this blog to whine.  In fact, I am writing it to demonstrate that there will be times of good and bad. Losing focus of your goals and making excuses for yourself is a sure fire way of not succeeding.  Mind you, there are events in life that warrent more attention, but things like bills, lawsuits and partnership break-ups should not necessarily slow you down; they are just hurdles in the road to building your first business.

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