Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

I do a ton of writing, and some of the articles I write require a certain amount of words in the content. I love the WordPress software for this– it has an automatic word count feature. I think this WordPress added this feature in this year, because people used to have to use a plugin [...]

The only two free website hosting companies I know of are WordPress.com and Blogger.com. But free hosting at these sites is extremely limited– you are never allowed to alter or view the “inner” files (like .htaccess file) so you don’t have complete control over your site. And while Blogger allows you the ability to customize [...]

I’m always looking for more and varied blog themes for both WordPress and Blogger. Here are two new sites to add to your bookmarks. These sites have a large variety of themes and templates. PYZAM Blogger Templates eBlog Templates Of course, because these sites offer free templates, you often have to endure advertisements for diet [...]

Many Blogger blogs have the Blogger NavBar– that horizontal bar at the very top of Blogger blogs. It’s not changed in many years– it’s either black, blue, silver, or tan, and gives you the ability to browse other Blogger blogs (NOT a recommended habit, by the way) or to search the current blog. I believe [...]

I just discovered some more terrific Blogger templates, all free for the taking. They are absolutely eye-popping! Blogger Buster has the list of them– a long list of them (beware, the page is very graphic heavy). I am very impressed with the styles. No more clunky Blogger templates! And these templates look easy to customize, [...]

Blogger, the most popular free blogging platform, has really been making leaps and bounds lately. I’m glad to see the newer developments with the software (better functionality, more user-friendly, etc). (I’m still waiting for some better templates… I guess I shouldn’t hold my breath about that, it’s been– what? 10 years with the same templates? [...]