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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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Wordpress Moderation: Comment Police!

June 25th, 2009 . by Matthew Bredel . Tweet This!
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Having a blog is great to encourage people to leave comments, but not all commenters have good intentions. No matter who you are or what type of blog that you run, comment moderation is something you will face. Here I discuss your Wordpress moderation options (and which method I feel works best!).

I recently wrote about Configuring your Wordpress Comments, but that is only the beginning!  Now that people can write comments on your blog, you now have the task of moderating these comments.

I know, some of your are wondering “Who is going to write something bad, anyway?”  My sister actually asked me this about her San Diego Mom blog.  I said “you’d be surprised” and within two days of turning on her comments, she started to see the garbage (called blog spam or comment spam) to appear.

The moral here is that you do need to set some limits to what and when you want your user comments to appear in the blog post.   There are three main categories of moderation:

  1. No moderation - Post everything immediately.  I discourage this because it is a gigantic opening for spammers and “inappropriate” comments.  Comments like “You Suck” for “F’ this Blog” is not good for your social presence.  Of course, no moderation means no work.  Still, I discourage this course of action.
  2. Moderation with Rules - This is what I recommend to most people.  Usually, I prefer to “moderate” any comment that has a link in it.  Why?  First, links are SEO candy and spammers seek these opportunities out.  So my rule will be to “hold” any comment and not post it until I review the comment and either approve or disapprove it.  You can set up Wordpress to send you an email when a comment is held in moderation.  I always, by default, tell Wordpress to email ALL comments, even if it “passes” the test (which WILL automatically approve and post the comment!).  Remember, you can always remove (disapprove) a comment after it has been automatically approved.
  3. Moderate Everything - In this case, every comment must be manually approved by you.  This is, of course, the safest way of protecting your blog from any malicious comments or spam.  Still, this is the most labor intensive and from a social networking stand-point, may discourage visitors from commenting in the future (since their comment is not immediately posted).

You need to choose the best method of moderation for you and your Wordpress blog.  I prefer to moderate with rules, but depending on your blog and your time, you may want to make this stricter or easier to comment.

And even with setting these rules, blog SPAM is still a problem!  Next posting, I’ll talk about the Akismet Anti-Spam plug-in to help you tons of moderation time.

cheers…matt

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