Blog is looking good
I spent the evening getting my blog in shape. Many of the new features are in the sidebar so if you are reading this with an rss reader you might need to hop over to the “real” blog site, http://blog.lisacall.com, to see them.
Look Categories! One of the main reasons to switch to Wordpress was for the categories. All my postings are now sorted out so in addition to viewing them chronologically (in the archives), you can view by category. Want to see all the posts where I’m showing my work “in progress”? Click on the “What - The Progress” category. If you hover your mouse over the category title it will give you a brief description about what each one is about. The number following the name indicates how many posts are in that category.
My blog’s tag line has always been “The how, why, what, where, when and who of my artwork.” Now I’ve separated it out into those categories.
Search! While blogger had a search feature I turned it off as there are spyware issues with the blogger navigation bar. Now I can again have a search box for my blog, thank you Wordpress. [To avoid the spyware don’t click the “NextBlog” button on the blogger navigation bar.]
A bio! I finally wrote a blog bio and there is even a picture of… me. Yikes. I talk a bit about my artwork and why I have a blog.
Fully restored content! A few months back I did a very stupid thing and accidentally deleted 5 months of posts. I’ve now restored all of the old content (I have a few more comments still to add in by hand but I’m almost done). So if you are a new reader and have some free time check out the archives for Feb-July.
Featured posts There have a been a few postings that I wanted to keep a more permanent link to for new readers. Like the pictures of my studio. Check out the “Featured Posts” list for this items.
This weekend I’m hoping to update colors and header of both my blog and website. The goal is for them to have a similar “look and feel” (the geek buzzword of the day). I’ve got to get rid of this green background - it’s just not working for me. Maybe purple…
Hope you enjoy the new stuff!
Posted by Lisa in: Blog Admin
Karoda said,
November 23, 2005 @ 6:11 am
Lisa, what web host do you use and is it the same host for your website also? If the question doesn’t make sense its due to my lack of knowledge of these things.
Lisa Call said,
November 23, 2005 @ 8:36 am
My answer to Karoda:
I use lunarpages.com. I spent 3 agonizing days last year picking a webhosting service and finally settle on them. One of the big reasons was that my quota is not divided up between email and webpages. I can use my space and bandwidth for whatever I want. They also have IMAP support for email - a must for me as I read the email at home and at work and want keep the 2 in synch. I’ve been very happy with them.
And yes - it is all the same webserver. I host my website, my blog,the fiber connection website and the material evolution website all within a single account. The group websites are “addon” domains. My blog is a subdomain. I have the cheapest plan they offer, the Shuttle at $7.95 a month). It is more than enough resources for all 4 websites.
Plus they have a cool name!