I recently changed my Wordpress theme to a free theme called WordPress Christmas v1.1, designed by the benevolent and creative folks at InstantShift.com. You might be thinking … hmm … doesn’t look too Christmas-like. Yes with some basic Photoshop & CSS skills it was easy to change the design to make it work for me. With a little skill & help from me … you can too.

This little tutorial will help you change the images used for the RSS icon & the Mail icon and their position on your page. It’s up to you whether you work with the file live. It’s not brain surgery, but as always … back up any files you may alter before you start.

Archiving mail, no matter what application you use, is always a good thing to do. Being organized can help you with a cluttered and bursting Inbox and Sent Items folder. Here is a simple “How To” for creating a folder/mailbox in Apple’s Mail.app.

Pop eMail:

For those of you who have only one POP eMail account, the procedure is very straight forward.

Step 1:

At the bottom left corner of the Mail window click on the “+” pop-up menu. Select menu item “New Mailbox…”