blogging lessons #1 & help request
OK so I've figured out how to add links and other goodies to my sidebar, I added a firefox logo and my CC license. added a photo in my profile, and flickr photos in my blog posts. Not too bad for a day, the only problem is I didn't get much other work done. This is 6 years since I last touched html, and then it was only a mild dabble. I'm not much of a programmer.
So I need help on the following, if anyone has ideas:
-RSS feed of delicious bookmarks and/or other news feed (went to feedroll but couldn't figure out how to add a different feed than the ones offered)
-set up tags? categories? how do i make my blog searchable & useable as an archive (this seems to be a failing of blogs, though maybe its not their intended use ...still would like an easy way to tag and organize useful entries)
-set up a search of my site - the little search button up in the corner does not seem to produce any results
-make the margins a bit smaller ... not quite enough text on here.
-set up recent pics feed from flickr ... thumbnails in sidebar
-finally, wordpress has been suggested by skinner as more interesting than blogger, but it seems to be software, not a service like blogger, so any thoughts from anyone? I have close to zero skills as a programmer, so blogger seemed easiest.
So I need help on the following, if anyone has ideas:
-RSS feed of delicious bookmarks and/or other news feed (went to feedroll but couldn't figure out how to add a different feed than the ones offered)
-set up tags? categories? how do i make my blog searchable & useable as an archive (this seems to be a failing of blogs, though maybe its not their intended use ...still would like an easy way to tag and organize useful entries)
-set up a search of my site - the little search button up in the corner does not seem to produce any results
-make the margins a bit smaller ... not quite enough text on here.
-set up recent pics feed from flickr ... thumbnails in sidebar
-finally, wordpress has been suggested by skinner as more interesting than blogger, but it seems to be software, not a service like blogger, so any thoughts from anyone? I have close to zero skills as a programmer, so blogger seemed easiest.
posted by Hugh McGuire at 23:04
3 Comments:
ok i got my del.icio.us bookmarks feeding (tho i wish they were single space), my flcikr photos feeding (my first javascript edit to remove "mackinaw's potos at ..."), now i better just relax and do some work.
outstanding:
-search
-categories
-expanding the margins a bit
for another day.
thanks to those who helped.
Whoa, you're off to a good start!
For a few wordpress hosting solutions, some free, have a look at my furl bookmarks.
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