New Sidebar Items
September 29, 2006 by Laura | Trackback URI
Along with the new theme, which I’m still modifying, there are some new sidebar items. The old blogroll has been replaced with RSS feeds from the blogs that used to be on it, so new posts are linked by title. It seemed like a better way of promoting the blogs that I like. At the moment there are three feeds, Christian, Politics and Work. I’ll be fine-tuning the taxonomy of my favorites at some point as I add more blogs. A big hat tip to Amanda at Imago Dei - I was not aware of this Technorati feature until I saw it on her blog, which is listed in my Favorites - Christian category.
If you have any suggestions for additional theme mods, post them in the comments. Additions so far have been the trackback link, navigation in the individual post pages to go to the next or previous post, the dividing horizontal rule between posts, and I forget what else - should have been writing it down as I went through.
I’ll be re-organizing the sidebars soon, as the right sidebar is getting pretty long, but probably not today since we’re about to upgrade the server. That will speed things up considerably!
Here are some of the blogs you’ll be seeing in my Favorites list as they post new items. I’m adding more as I go through my bookmarks, and I really can’t list more at the moment anyway because I’m about clicked out at the moment. I’ll be seeing a surgeon about carpal tunnel in 2 hours.
Favorites - Christian:
Thanks for including me as a favorite! And I know I said it before, but I love the new template. You’re so talented! I suffer carpal tunnel in both of my wrists, so I definitely feel for you. I’m not to the point where I need to see a surgeon yet, but that day is coming. Good luck!
I wish you every bit of luck and success if you have the surgery for the carpal tunnel, Laura. I have a tenant who just had it done (both hands) and the results were miraculous and almost immediate! The accounts of horror stories that I have heard are from years back, for the most part… old technology one would hope. I have suffered with it in both hands (from my work) for the past 26 years. I will pray for your excellent outcome and look forward to reading of your success.
Nice changes to your blog… God bless you!
Thanks, y’all, for the compliments to the theme and the prayers for carpal tunnel. I may not actually need surgery, as it turns out. Hopefully not, although it some ways it would be nice to have a “quick fix” and just get it over with.
DI, I couldn’t make this list this morning, but you’re in my political favorites - a tough call in which category to include you, and I may eventually make a Christian-political category for sites like yours.
Hey thanks for the linkage! Just noticed, I appreciate the interest. I love that function you have installed that shows the new posts of your favorites. Wish I had time ot figure out how to do it myself. Though I would probably have to go back to a 3 column template, and I have never had much luck with them.
Shane,
Anytime - I really like your blog!
The function that shows the latest posts is actually super-easy, if you ever want to implement it. It’s just an RSS feed. I used the Technorati favorites feature to compile lists of blogs I like in categories, and then Technorati supplied the feed. I use a Widgetized theme, so I just put the feed link in an RSS widget. Took about 30 seconds.