KirstenL4W

Since I wrote the last post on this, things have changed quite a bit. First, I moved the sidebar from the right to the left. I added lots more content in my sidebar. Then I changed the template completely. (Officer Friend was in the middle of reading my blog when that happened - he refreshed the page to a whole new design. Threw him for a loop!) So now, here’s an updated version of how to navigate my blog.

Posts: These are still on the right hand side of my blog, and are the all important content that keeps you coming back for more. I try to update daily, but there’s a bare minimum of 5x per week. I am a blog addict, you know.

Sidebar: Still on the left, and is the home to information, links, and other fun stuff. Here’s a breakdown:

• About Me: Basic information about me.
• Search My Blog: What it says.
• Subscribe to My Blog: For those of you into feeds and blog subscriptions. Click on this and you’ll be able to choose what feed source you use.
• Time at My House/Weather at My House: Just in case you wanted to know.
• Stuff I’ve Mentioned: Sometimes I mention things in my posts that you might be curious about, so I’ve put links to those things here. If there’s something I mentioned that I didn’t link to, just comment me and I’ll add it.
• Blogs I Like: This is exactly that. These may or may not link back to me, and may or may not be written by people I know personally, but I like to read them for reasons I may not even know myself.
• Blogging Blogs: I separated out the blogs about blogging, just so they’re easier to find. These usually have some helpful information, and the first one listed has a page for cool blog add-ons, for those who are looking for them.
• Find Me On the Internet: These are other websites I can be found on. They might be other pages or certain forums that I’ve been known to post on.
• Button Crazy: I discovered the joy of 80×15 buttons. To keep my page looking neater, they are all here in this one spot. They all link to something (except the first one) and you are free to right click and save them to use on your own sites. There’s also a link to a page that has over 3700 buttons already made so you can get more if you’re as in love with these cute buttons as I am.
• Favorite Posts: This is where I put a few posts up that people might want to find again in the future. Since my page only displays 10 posts at a time, once they are gone people rarely look in the archives to find something. So those posts are here for your convenience. If there’s a post you liked or want to refer to often, comment me and I’ll add it.
• Old Posts: Basically, the 10 most recent posts, which are also the posts that haven’t yet fallen off the page.
• Even Older Posts: AKA the archives. You can go through here to read all of my posts, month by month.
• Miscellaneous Stuff: This is a repository for anything that doesn’t fit into any of the above categories. This is where my hit counters, calendar, quotes, and other things are located. Included are a link to search amazon.com, free word and quote of the day, hangman (which I love playing), typing test (I score between 60-80 wpm depending on how flustered I feel), and a Magic 8 ball to ask questions of. Other fun things may appear here in the future.

Currently my sidebar goes about 3/4 of the way down my page, and I’m aiming to make it approximately as long as my page. Any longer than that would be annoying, I think. Plus, I think I’ve nearly exhausted my sources for this kind of stuff.

So there you have it, the new and improved guide to my blog. I hope you enjoy it, and I certainly welcome any comments you might have.

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