Damselfly As Bait

I like damselflies. They are often mistaken for dragonflies, but there is a difference. Damselflies fold their wings up, like the one in my pictures, while dragonflies do not.  Their heads are also very different. Take a close look some time.

The damselfly I have for you today just happens to have a relation to my previous post about the frogs. This little critter was flying around and stopping and staring at me while I was taking the pictures of those frogs. Because of that, I had to take the time to get some pictures of the damselfly too.

The first frog actually tried to eat this little green damselfly while I was taking my last few pictures. That event was actually the reason I stopped taking pictures. That frog was gone, and the event pulled my mind away from the frogs, and onto thoughts of my next adventure.

Since a few of you have given positive feedback to my little blog tips, I decided to bring you another. I have a Blogger tip today that you won't find anywhere else. I discovered it myself. Many people don't like that Blogger navigation bar that sits at the top of all Blogger blogs. Personally, I think it's just fine up there, but I wish we could style it a little more.

Out of dislike for that navigation bar, there have been many template hacking tips to show people how to hide it. Well, I have a tip to hide it, or even to style it a little bit without going into your blog template. I'm going to show you how to manipulate that navigation bar with just a simple piece of CSS code. First, here's the code:

#navbar-iframe {
  opacity: 0.4;
  height: 30px;
}

Try plopping that bit of CSS code down in the "Add CSS" section of your Blogger Template Designer. You'll immediately see results. If you lower the opacity number to 0, the navigation bar will become invisible. That part doesn't work in Internet Explorer though. If you lower the height to 0, the navigation bar will shrink down to nothing. That should work in all modern web browsers. Now your Blogger navigation bar is gone!

You may notice that I've put a background in my nav bar above. I'll share that technique if anyone wants it. It doesn't work great, but you can see the background. Unfortunately, there's not much more styling that can be done with the nav bar. The styling I've done is basically only on the frame that it sits in, but it works well. You won't find this information anywhere else, so let me know how you like my little tip.

Now that my tip is done, it's back to nature for us. This last picture shows a rare look at a damselfly with its wings spread. The picture isn't great, but it does the job. I kept trying to get this one, but my camera wasn't cooperating well in the shade of the forest.

Before I go I'd like to tell you that I've done a massive redesign of Nature Center Magazine. I have always believed that a blog or a website should look good, and I want mine to be impressive. The site was okay before, but I am really very proud of how it looks now. So go take a look if you haven't seen it.


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