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dh replacing a broken relay switch on the fridge.

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Anna said…
I want to know how you have managed to get your photos so large on blogger! which template are you using? I have considered switching to wordpress because the photos always seem to look better, but yours look great!
January 8, 2011 at 9:23 PM
Anna said…
oh, and love your favorite picture book of the week - a good friend showed me that book a few weeks ago for the first time as well, we loved it over Christmas!
January 8, 2011 at 9:24 PM
Jennifer@DoingTheNextThing said…
thanks! i found instructions on a blog once - you upload the pics, then go into the html code and change the 's400' into 's800' --- then find the portion of the code that shows picture size (prob something like 400 x 266) and change those numbers by the same percentage - i multiply mine by 1.75 (and then round) so 400 x 266 becomes 700 x 466. make sense?
January 9, 2011 at 12:11 AM
Anna said…
you opened a whole new world for me :) not that I need to spend time messing around with blog layouts - but is sure can be fun!
January 10, 2011 at 3:43 PM
Jennifer@DoingTheNextThing said…
i know! though i really only know enough html to be dangerous. i tinkered with the dimensions on the body part of my template (to accomodate the larger photos) and i never really could get it right, lol. that's why my header pic is lopsided. ;) i don't really have time, either. i go through phases of spending a few hours, then burning out and forgetting it!
January 10, 2011 at 8:52 PM
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