Seems to be I am seeing the moon more than the sun at the moment!
Yeah, another late night…and a moment of reflection outside when things got a bit much.
Might be asking why the hell I am up so late doing stuff and what am I doing…
Normally writing stuff, tweaking things, checking stats, that’s after being social when everyone else is online during the busy times.
Not having to conform to certain hours to do things, I like to do things late at night, it’s quiet (ok, no sniggering, I know it’s quiet anytime for me lol) the point is, I can get things done, my body and mind works better on that later in the night.
But lately I have been making changes to this blog and a few other blogs, also been looking at and trying to change this blog over to blogger custom domain set up, if you have ever used FTP to blogger you will know why (damn publishing) so, awkward busy and getting stressed at that! It won’t work for me how it’s supposed to. So, looking like I am stuck with this, for now.
Getting to bed at 5am. Waking at 11, back on the machine…(still not getting it right) *sigh… the life of s single guy is not? ;o)
I digress… what did wok out was worth the learning curve, as always that valuable part is the learning.
On this blog… the main thing you notice will be the new link to …continue reading the post, not all post have this, only the slightly longer ones but I think it will keep the main page looking neater.
It drove me up the wall sorting it out as it’s a hack really, couldn’t move the “labels”, but in this post here I am going to add it by hand to the post itself, see what happens. ;o)
Hoping you prefer it, also on the blog…
I have made some changes which, I hope, will improve things on the interaction front for you as well as the valuable benefits I gain from seeing what works for you, what doesn’t, which means improvements all round. 
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There are some limitations to this blog so adding and changing it is needed really, the main reason I added the “star rating and post you may like section” that shows up on the bottom of some post, only post which have related similar post(s), and the “continue reading” link on post(s) is because I have no popular post widgets or likewise to show of these types of relevant post, only archives which show the whole month, no idea which of those in that month people read or not.
It’s first a benefit to you the reader, as the post are likely to be relevant to what you already read, then a benefit to me. )
I will have a better idea which if any links get clicked, I also tidied up the main pages at the same time, while having more post show on the home page.
Another thing you may or may not have noticed is the google friend connect bar across the bottom of the blog, had to raise the footer as it hid. I removed the small one under the box on the sidebar a while ago, much prefer this one.
Simply put you can comment on there using you google account log in, if you are logged into gmail in the browser at anytime and haven’t closed the window you should be logged in now. )
I am considering disqus for the main comments, just as an addition but I’m really undecided at the moment.
The one benefit to that would be having people able to post here using their facebook profile.
Or twitter. ;o)
There are several things I would like to try out, improve, test… it’s finding that balance to doing it without screwing it up or annoying everyone as well myself! (toooo easy done!, if you are unsure, right click on any blog or site, choose “view source” to see the site or blogs code, where I been spending my time!)
It teaches me more than widget drag and drop does, that’s for sure. ;o)
Part of the issue is I been stuck in this mode to long, the code on the blogger layout style is different. I am now aiming to get more up to speed on that.
I mentioned I tried to move this blog, with blogger I have only used blogspot, or FTP, never set up custom domain and such, so I am going to do that…get a new domain or two and test it out.
I may do one with the classic set up…one with the layout style, learn to create complete templates/widgets as well. ;o)
Above all I will learn fast and that’s always a plus.
Dig in learn, the best way to learn is always to do. ;o)
I am keen to try these as they are almost the cheapest way to get started online…yes free is ok but a domain cost is the least needed anyway and it IS needed.
I am tempted to do this now as I had some interesting ideas stemming from a chat with someone, in a sense it was a wake up call so I am all’a buzzing to get doing.
So, busy but it’s all good, alot clearer on what I am doing and where I am going with this blog, until it’s a seamless move and I know what I am doing should an hassle arise…I will stick to this blog as it is.
The new domains will be a better option, and I hope blogger keeps improving the way it does, just a shame the FTP is a bit annoying, and that’s not their fault as I understand it.
What do you feel about the changes made so far here?
Grab the button.
