New Designs for the Blog

The template design has been updated as of this afternoon. Basically, the site is using the Blogger Picture Window template with the following tweeks.

• Changed the background to a picture I have been using for years. (It has more sky.)


• Added gray text shadow to the blog title and description. This makes the text pop a little more given the background has similar colors.


• Updated the Mobile template to use the Mobile version of Picture Window. So the site should look a lot beetter on a phone now.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments. Hopefully things looks a little better.

Want to Develop a Blogger Gadget?

Have you ever considered developing your own gadget for Google Blogger? Well there is a developer guide for that. Get the details here.



Gadgets for Blogger Dev Guide

New Admin Tools for Blogger

Google's Blogger has released a new version of its administration tools for its blog.



Blogger Update



I have been using it for about two or three weeks now. The new interface is certainly very stylish. However, some of the fonts seem a bit smallish to me. In addition, things like labels are much more difficult to use. So for me the jury is still out. But it is nice Google is trying to improve things. I can still give a whole-hearted recommendation for using Blogger to start a web site and blog. Still simple and easy to use.

Turning a Blogger Blog into a Website

Another quick note. The dudes at Magic with Blogs have created a site with a number of Blogger video tutorials. If you look down at the bottom of their home page, you will notice a section on how to convert of a Blogger blog into a web site. The post on making your home page static is key.



This is an idea that will be useful for a lot of people. A quick way to setup a Website site using the best site/blog creation software on the net. Expect a few posts from me on the subject. :)

Changing Your Blogger Account and Housekeeping

Over the weekend, I did a little housekeeping on this site. I discovered that you can actually change the Google account you use to host your blog. I have done that so I will be updating the about pages and stuff with the new information. Now my twitter and buzz accounts should have a little be more consistent branding. In addition, my about and contact information will be moving to my blogger account using the new static pages feature of Blogger.



Update: Note that once you do this, you have to go to Settings -> Basic and change to the new editor if you were using that on the old blog. The same goes for any other updated features I assume.