Okay, so I've been over at my blog on Blogger (does that name remind anyone else of the old Atari game, Frogger?), and am coming to the sad, slow realization that they do not have a friends list enabled, like we do here at HSB. That's what I get for running away from home.
I'll definitely keep both blogs. It's kind of fun having two, and each blog home has it's own positives and negs. On Blogger, they have "push button publishing," which is kind of cool, but over here, you can customize your own template quite easily with just a tad of HTML knowledge, and that's fun, too.
Still trying to figure out how to publicize my blog over yonder. With a friends list here, that's easy, but how do I meet people (and keep them as buddies) over at Blogger? I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually (unless someone reading this shares her knowledge with me).
So, yes, I have one foot in each yard. I feel like a child in a joint custody situation...but in a good way.  |
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Thursday, July 19, 2007 - Untitled Comment
That is one of the reasons when I decided to merge my two blogs (one on HSB and one on blogger) that I didn't move one blog to the other... I moved both to WordPress. Moving my blogger blog to WP was a snap... they have a feature that will import your whole blog comments and all. Moving my HSB was a big pain. I had to move each entry individually.
WP doesn't have a friend's list either, but they do have a feature that allows you to watch the "conversation" that is occuring on blog entries you have commented on. And you can search categories and find entries written about categories/topics you are interested in.
Actually the tag surfer feature is a mixed blessing. Sometimes entries tagged Christian or adoption are really anti-Christian or adoption. It is clear; I am not on HSB anymore. No more safe community of like minded people.
But... I have to say, the best replacement for my friend's list has been bloglines. In fact, it functions better than the friend's page here on HSB. My last blog entry (http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/AcceptanceWithJoy/328702/) has a short video about feed aggregators. They are awesome, great time savers.