Coming Up to Speed
Spent most of the day bringing my blog up to speed.
I’ve added a shoutbox, although I’m not done working on it yet. It’s at the top of the right sidebar. You can use all sorts of HTML in it - including font formatting, like color, and so on. I’m trying to get rid of the quick tag buttons, they’re just too big. I spent the better part of the day trying to figure that one out … and I finally wrote to the fellow who made the plug in for help. Hopefully he’ll know what to do.
The music is all back in again, including the French music on the “Mots” page. I hope to be able to start posting new French songs again soon. I’ve also put the other songs back in - they’re in the left sidebar. I added a few new ones … “You Raise Me Up”, sung by Josh Groban, and “Going to Another Place”, currently my favorite instrumental by Mannheim Steamroller.
In the left sidebar, I’ve added a “Most Recent Posts” and a “Recent Comments” … and I’ve tidied up my Categories and Archives by putting them into a “drop down” box. Most of you have probably noticed that I added a poll to the left sidebar sometime last week.
Thought I’d never get the chance to get in here and straighten things out! Still a few things I want to fix up, but I’m pretty happy with it right now.
I’m almost ready to tackle one of my other blogs … I have four of my own to work on still. It may be a minute or two before I get to do that though …
I hate it when real life interferes with my blogging! >;o)
August 13th, 2006 at 8:45 am
Moof: Can you please post the plugins (link to the source page) that you used to create the drop fown boxes for archives and categories? Thanks.
August 13th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
I laugh when Im referred to as tech-savy. YOU, Moof, are tech savy. I like the new Moof cartoon-so appropriate for summer
August 13th, 2006 at 1:21 pm
Arunn, see Current Word Press Plug Ins.
As I’m doing this, I’m realizing that my comment quick tags are not going to work with the shout box. I’m going to have to deactivate it. My quick tags are all ending up in the shout box instead of here, in the comment.
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Intellinurse2b … you’re just being kind. This stuff is all accomplished with plugins and cut/pasted code. Anyone who really wants to can do the same thing. Now … if I could start writing my own plugins … *sigh* … ;o)
August 13th, 2006 at 7:32 pm
Thanks for the tips
August 13th, 2006 at 8:01 pm
I’m so impressed!!!
August 14th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Doubt that you’ll ever quit expanding the universe of blogging - but you’ve sure progressed further than most bloggers. While most of your “goodies” are beyond my comprehension, love the music you choose!
August 14th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
Wanda - you’re welcome, my dear!
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*LOL* Pk … YOU’RE the one who impresses me, with all that you’re doing, and are into! {{{HUGS! }}}
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Dr. Engel, that’s really kind of you. I’m not really all that advanced with blogging though … hit or miss, much of the time. However, I’m quite serious about my music, and I thank you for the compliment! I don’t post anything that hasn’t currently got a lot of meaning for me.