i just wonder about all the obsession with symbols. The pink pussy hat (which I really disliked for a bunch of reasons) comes to mind, and more recently the purple bandanas, and now the red hats. What if we just focus on resisting with meaningful signs, drums, whistles, and frogs? I understand the symbolism of the red hats, but they require a good amount of explaining, and besides red makes me think of t-Rump's big red tie. No amount of explaining gets rid of that in my mind's eye. Just an opinion. I'm sure many will disagree.
Great article Jennifer. One suggestion would be to make the links more obvious or use custom buttons. I noticed that the links in my substack articles are a brighter blue and stand out more.
After doing some research I discovered that you might be able to make your links more visible by doing the following:
1.) Get into your Substack Dashboard
2.) Click on Settings (Bottom of sidebar menu)
3.) Click on Website (Under Appearance section of sidebar menu)
4.) Click on the Go to website theme editor (Big button near top of screen)
5.) Click on Branding (Top of sidebar menu)
6.) Change Accent Color to a brighter color. Mine is: 0068EF
Pretty well hidden like a few other important settings.
While you are at it, you might want to change the Web Background Color to a color that looks like parchment paper. This is popular because it's easier on the eyes and links stand out. I have mine set at: FFF2D1
Feel free to check out some of my Substack articles for examples.
Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Be sure to identify yourself as Jennifer from Demcast so that I don't ignore you. I'm a fellow Demcast volunteer.
i just wonder about all the obsession with symbols. The pink pussy hat (which I really disliked for a bunch of reasons) comes to mind, and more recently the purple bandanas, and now the red hats. What if we just focus on resisting with meaningful signs, drums, whistles, and frogs? I understand the symbolism of the red hats, but they require a good amount of explaining, and besides red makes me think of t-Rump's big red tie. No amount of explaining gets rid of that in my mind's eye. Just an opinion. I'm sure many will disagree.
Makes me think of red MAGA hats.
AARGHH! Totally, and I hadn't even thought of that!
Great article Jennifer. One suggestion would be to make the links more obvious or use custom buttons. I noticed that the links in my substack articles are a brighter blue and stand out more.
After doing some research I discovered that you might be able to make your links more visible by doing the following:
1.) Get into your Substack Dashboard
2.) Click on Settings (Bottom of sidebar menu)
3.) Click on Website (Under Appearance section of sidebar menu)
4.) Click on the Go to website theme editor (Big button near top of screen)
5.) Click on Branding (Top of sidebar menu)
6.) Change Accent Color to a brighter color. Mine is: 0068EF
Pretty well hidden like a few other important settings.
While you are at it, you might want to change the Web Background Color to a color that looks like parchment paper. This is popular because it's easier on the eyes and links stand out. I have mine set at: FFF2D1
Feel free to check out some of my Substack articles for examples.
Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Be sure to identify yourself as Jennifer from Demcast so that I don't ignore you. I'm a fellow Demcast volunteer.
Thank you so much for the excellent advice! I’ll give it a try.