Usage of WordPress' feature "Custom Fields" can save a lot of time if you would like to add certain elements to your blog / website such as thumbnails, or if you are familiar with deviantART.com you can add fields like they have on your Journal posts. I will go over both examples in this tutorial so you can learn how to use the Custom Fields to deal with images, or plain text, then you may experiment on your own of course.

First off, lets' deal with a thumbnail image that will appear beside the post. Scroll down to where you see the Custom Fields section below where your post body would be typed out. For the key put thumb and for the value enter the URL to your image. For example mine would be: wp-content/themes/ndn/images/mythumb.jpg

Now open index.php and type the following where you would like your thumbnail to appear inside your WordPress loop.

<img src"<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'thumb', true); ?>" alt="" border="0" align="left" />

This should display your thumbnail aligned to the left of your post. :)

Now lets' do something similar to deviantARTs' Journal. We are going to use three (3) custom fields: Mood, Currently Doing, and