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Using ChatGPT to create WordPress “Additional CSS” code to customize Blog’s “Appearance”

August 10, 2025February 19, 2023 by Karmi

If you haven’t tried ChatGPT yet then you are falling behind. If you have tried it then give it a second or even third try, and then fall behind if you still don’t understand what it can do or simply don’t like it.

If you’re using a WordPress Premium plan (or higher) then you have the ability to add Custom CSS code (created wid ChatGPT) under Dashboard’s Appearance > Additional CSS customizing option. Some people have even created a ‘Working WordPress Plugin‘ for their blog.

I’m running a Hostinger self-hosted WordPress blog, the Karmi’s Musings & Tech blog, using the Multipurpose Blog premium $39 theme. Started the blog on 11/3/2022 ‘n have been slowly finding what I’ve needed for continued customizing. Self-hosting a blog takes some addition work, and WordPress themes that work at WordPress.com may need customizing if you go wid a hosting services. That’s when knowing some CSS code (or knowing how to find it) comes in handy. Today I asked ChatGPT to write a Blockquotes Style CSS script for me.

Twitter Blue now allows 4,000 characters instead of 280 – no more ‘Sardine-Can’ Tweets!!! 😁

August 10, 2025February 11, 2023 by Karmi

I forget when I first joined Twitter, but deleted that account when going wid the Twitter Blue subscription for my Karmi Tux @KarmiTux account not long ago. Have one other Twitter account that is used a little on an old WordPress blog I still have.

Was never much for tweeting, but ended up wid three Twitter accounts at one point because of the three blogs I was running. Will probably delete that second account at some point, since Karmi Tux @KarmiTux is now my primary Twitter account, and my primary blog is the self-hosted Karmi’s Musings & Tech (aka KM&T) blog.

Had signed up for Twitter Blue on 12/14/2022, because I liked what Elon Musk was doing wid it, and less than 2-months later he introduces the new 4,000 characters long-form Tweet.

\o/ ‘Hippity hip Hoorah‘ \o/

Home (‘Hut’) exterior maintenance – Blogs & Blogging on ‘Standby’

August 10, 2025January 11, 2023 by Karmi

Built my home (‘Hut‘) in 2009, with the help of a construction friend, and since costs were a concern back then I went wid T1-11 Plywood Siding. Construction jobs in America had disappeared after Obama became president, so I basically had to sell my bigger home ‘n property to pay off credit cards ‘n my truck, and move to Social Security earlier than planned.

New property ‘n home would be paid for in cash, since debt was no longer an option whilst on Social Security. Downsized my living space to 320 sq feet, but had a 600 sq foot roof area, and used the remaining 280 sq feet to park my boat or truck:

Annual Archive: ‘Need a Monthly DROPDOWN Archive WordPress Plugin for Sidebar?’

August 10, 2025December 4, 2022 by Karmi

Apparently my Theme doesn’t offer a monthly or yearly dropdown Archive widget, just some that will require 4-Lines after 4-years or 48-Lines after 48-months. 😉 I had tried several plugins, but they either didn’t work or were the same space wasting widgets that my Theme already offered.

Fedora 37 Linux – Cinnamon SPIN: ‘Leader of the Pack!’

August 10, 2025November 16, 2022 by Karmi

Porteus 5.0 Cinnamon may be my favorite Linux OS, but I have no doubt that Fedora Linux is the ‘Leader of the Linux Pack‘. No one knows how many Linux OSes there are, but the “600” guesstimate is the most often used, even tho you’ll see new Linux OSes show up all the time. What ever the actual number is, Fedora leads them all when it comes to a Total Package of supporting cast, dependability, stability, cutting-edge kernel, ease of use, and great Package Managers.