Getting the hang of this blogging thing
Category: Navel Gazing...
Posted Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 01:57 PM [GMT-6]

I spent most of yesterday creating a new template for the Gazette, and familiarizing myself with the intricacies of Blogger. I can't decide if I'm happy with the new layout. I wanted to do a completely CSS-styled layout but just couldn't bring myself to do it...still too many old browsers out there to totally relinquish positioning control. Sorry, Zeldman, et al. I did notice an apparent problem with my Archive link, but haven't yet taken the time to research it. Please bear with me.

I've also reinstated my "Cycling Adventures," which had lain dormant for lo these many years. They've actually been online, just unlinked, as I tried to decide how - or if - they should be connected to my business site. I've finally gotten comfortable with adding a discreet semi-mysterious icon at the bottom of the page, along with an equally discreet semi-mysterious icon linking to the Gazette.

And...I learned a valuable Blogger lesson today, as I labored over today's entry, only to see it vanish into the ether due, apparently, to a hiccup in the system. I hit the Publish button, and...nothing. No post, no publish, no entry, no recovery. Moral of the story: compose offline, then copy and paste to publish. Not rocket science, is it? Still, some things must be learned the hard way. This works better anyway, as it's much easier to use GoLive's HTML generator than do the hand-coding. [Note to HTML purists: So sue me.]

I leave you with a link to this article, explaining why we should carefully read End User License Agreements (I know I do, and I'm sure you do, but what about everyone else?). Especially now that we're being "politely" asked to voluntarily turn over our Outlook Contact Lists to spammers. The innovative sleaze of Marketing Types never fails to astonish and amaze.