Well everyone should be over the New Year celebrations by now.
Hangovers cured.
Resolutions made and broken already?
The flotsam and jetsam of the Journalspace wreck are starting to wash ashore. Some a bit worse for wear. Some with a entourage of wailing women lamenting the loss of their words of wisdom .
There are still a couple of MIAs and a couple have sent messages by carrier pigeon but are still to find a home.
Most of us are divided between Wordpress and Blogger with a couple over at Livejournal. I have added those that I have found to my Refugee List.
None of the trolls have appeared yet. But give them time. *sigh* I will miss SJS.
Birmo is building a new improved Lair at Cheeseburger Gothic. When complete no doubt that will be the gathering place for the Burgers. So like the Phoenix we will rise again.
Ok. So I am going to confuse everybody by having two blog sites; for the moment.
"Why so?" I hear you ask.
My Blogger site is an old one that I have recommissioned and given a makeover. I forgot I had it. In the panic after the JS crash I signed up a Wordpress blog before I realised I already had a blogspot. The original idea was to put it onto my web site. But circumstances have seen both sadly neglected.
So I am experimenting. I have been testing both sites. So far the Blogger is way ahead.
Blogger has more functionality, more widgets, allows you to add your own JavaScript and a lot more. It is also tied in with Google so you can use gmail, Google Chat, Google Reader etc all with the one sign in. By the way for those that are wondering, your pictures are stored in at Google Picasa. You can find all these by clicking on My Account at the top right of your Blogger Dashboard Page.
This Blogger page was created in about half an hour using a Blogger basic template and changing some of the code. For those not familiar with code writing the Settings and the Layout pages has WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) functions that allows you to make basic changes to personalise your blog.
So Blogger has my vote and my Wordpress account may cease to exist after a while. But I'll still keep it active for the moment so I can play with it. Both will have the same Posts.
Also, when I get around to doing something with my web site I may host my Blogger account from there.
So if it not too much bother I would appreciate it if you could list my RatBag at humpybong.blogspot.com as my primary blog in your links. Thank You.
I also use Windows Live Writer to write and post my blogs. It is not a bad piece of kit and is quite functional. For example, I can write a post off line and publish it next time I am on line. Live Writer also stores all posts so I did not lose any material when JS crashed.
That will do for now
Stay good and be kind to each other 
7 comments:
I'm impressed. The place looks stunning and I'm with ya on the Blogger. Mine's now functional after a minimum of fuss featuring all the kit I need to get by.
I use the RSS feeds tho instead of whatever Blogger offers - following or something - because it all just pops up in that scrolling thingo along the bottom as you guys write em, which is cool.
The only thing I miss about JS is access to random blogs that you don't already know about. It's a lot more difficult to meet new people now.
There are HTML widgets too that allow you to create new widgets like the comments one I've got going. That's cool too......and you don't have to pay for that here.
Hey Big Bad Al!
Glad to find your new Blogger home - I've been on Blogger for over four years now (J-Space was a secondary blog), and I've never had a major problem.
As you say, because of its link with Google, its features just keep getting better and better.
If you want to try finding new and interesting blogs (re: Moko's comment above), try clicking the "Next Blog" button on the NavBar at top of screen. I do it every so often, and you never know what you're going to get.
Apart from that I imagine when one of the "Burgers" finds a new and interesting blog, they'll probably post about it, link to it, or follow it... and we'll all check it out!
I look forward to hanging around the new Cheeseburger Gothic site as well; but I do hope people check out my girlclumsy.com because I've invested so much energy into it!
Cheers, Natalie.
I'm liking Blogger-there are things on the site that are fairly easy to do for those of us who aren't computer geniuses. I do miss the private meassage feature from js, but, hey, you can't have everything.
Glad we're all in the one spot now...well nearly.
Hey sorry I was sleeping dear it was midnight here, I hope you found me okay I do have you on the permission list
*Hugs*
Hey K: Thought you might be. Got you again. All is right with the world again.
Hey Guys and Gals
I am going to put Wordpress through it paces. Blogger offers more at a good price... Free.
I must do something about my website as well.
Has anyone seen Tuesday Pillow?
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