How to make a blog button and grab box with free programs

Hey guys! Today I’m going to show you how to make a blog button for your blog! It’s really really simple and I’ve seen some pretty complicated tutorials but I promise, I’ll make it SO easy on you. Let’s get started!

First, design your button! You can use a free program like Picmonkey.com or Photoshop or whatever you’re comfortable with. If you already have a logo but need a button, you can use that too! Click design and use the square option.

Get creative with shapes, fonts, colors and your logo if you have one to create a button you like. I suggest keeping it kind of simple so it stands out and its read-able.

When you’re done, resize it to the size you want it to show up on your blog and on other blogs when people use your button. I think 150px x 150px is a great size because its big enough to see but you’re not taking up a huge chunk of space.

Save your button design.

Next, you need to have your image hosted somewhere. If you have wordpress, you can go to Media > Add New and upload it here. Once it loads, click on Edit and copy the File URL. You will need this to generate your button’s code. If you do not have WordPress, you can do this in Photobucket or other similar software.

Next, let’s make your code.  Go to My Cool Realm and it will do all the hard coding work for you! First, enter your blog’s title, blog address and paste the File URL you just created under “Your image URL”.

The next section is to customize the border and colors. I don’t like a border on mine so I do it in white. Choose your font color (I chose dark grey) and set your dimensions. I did them the same as my button size so it looks uniform. 150px x 150px.

When you’re done, click Preview and see if you like it. If not, go back and edit a bit until you do. When you like what you see, you will grab your code. Do NOT copy the code underneath the button, click “Get Code” to get the one you need.

Copy the code as you see in the image above…

Paste your code in your sidebar! This will be under Gadgets on Blogger for for WordPress, go to  Widgets then drag the Text option to wherever you want to paste your code. Paste, Save and Done!

It should appear like this if you did everything correctly. Save your code in TextEdit, MS Word or an email or something so if you every want to embed it in a post, you can! Hope this helps someone out there! Let me know if you have any questions and happy button making!