Online Text Fixer Tool
Filed under: conversion programs, html coding, web design
I’ve got another goody coming out of my grab bag! I found this very cool site that will fix your text– called Text Fixer. It will fix all sorts of things:
- Put text in alphabetical order
- Capitalize sentences
- Remove line breaks and whitespace
- Create Javascript pop-up windows
- And more…
I love the alphabetical order and remove line spaces features. I am fussy about my formatting– when I want a line break after the phrase “pet beds” or whatever, I don’t want a line break after the phrase! And I do a lot of alphabetizing, too. This makes it sooo easy.
Another handy site to bookmark!
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More Quality Blog Themes
Filed under: Blogger, Wordpress, blogs, templates, web design
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 pills and/or class reunion websites. It’s up to you if you want to endure them or not. It’s for reasons such as these that ad blockers for browsers come in handy. 
More Blogger Templates!
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, too. Blogger blogs are really the way to go if you are new to blogging, want easy access (Google owns Blogger, and the sites are almost never down), and cheap hosting (free!) even if you buy your own domain. Blogger really can’t be beat. I think they should follow others’ examples and start offering some cool promotional items.
Enjoy the new templates, I know I will!
Shared Web Hosting from Concentric
I am keeping my eyes peeled for shared web hosting businesses. I’m looking for better service (if you read my blogs, you know what problems I have with my current web host), and I hope to compile a list of hosting companies, as a handy resource.
I have just discovered a company, Concentric at Concentric.com, that has some great rates! For $6.95 a month (which is extremely affordable and comparable), you can get 2 GB disk storage, 100 MB traffic allocation, email, DNS manager, and more. I’m still surfing the site a little, checking out all the features, but thought you might want a heads up, too. They have a great Products & Solution page, and also offer web business services. Check it out, looks great!
InLine Comments for Blogger
Filed under: Blogger, how to, html coding, web design
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? Blogger dudes: lay off the excessive promotional products and get some new templates, eh?)
The main beef with Blogger, still, is their laborious and outdated comment form system. I just hate the popup comment boxes, and what’s worse is the “page” comment form that takes you away from the blog post. Oftentimes, I completely forget what I am going to say in my comment because the comments are so distanced from the post. WordPress has a much better comment system.
With that said, there’s a little tweak I’ve recently learned about, to give your Blogger blog an “inline comment form.” That is, at the bottom of your post is a little box where you can type in your comment text. Add name email, and URL, and you’re done! It’s a fine tutorial done by Blogger Buster, and you can see it here. I highly recommend it. Inline comment forms are far, far superior to Bloggers dumb old popup windows. Try it out and see if you suddenly have more comments to your posts!
Wonderful Design Blog
Need some tips and advice on building a better blog? I’ve seen a lot of “advice” for blogging blogs… and I have to say they haven’t impressed me terribly. For one, their own blog is usually a mess! There are blinking ads everywhere, they have too many colors, crooked titles, etc. I can’t say I’ve ever been impressed. I was wowed with stumbling across Blog Design Blog. This is one helpful blog! And the design is gorgeous! Plus, the theme is available for free by the designer!
The articles are great. They deal with style, balance, color. It’s a lesson in art as well as blog design, lessons that could be carried on into other things. I am taking a hard look at my traveler blog, and Blog Design Blog is giving me some ideas.
Improve Your Blog Month Tools
Jenn at FrugalUpstate is hosting the Second Annual Improve Your Blog Month at her blog. It’s a wonderful way for us all to do a little e-cleaning for our cyber-homes. I am in the process of updating everything amongst my SEVEN blogs, lol. I recently migrated two Blogger blogs onto my own domain- using Wordpress and Bluehost web hosting service (an EXCELLENT hosting service!). It was an interesting experience, lol! The hardest part was getting my old Blogger links to match my new Wordpress links. I wanted the urls to remain the exact same. More on that later!
I thought I’d contribute to the event by publishing some of my old tutorials that I have posted here. These links are simple tutorials, many with pictures, that make improving your blog a little easier. I had originally written such tutorials not because I know more than some of the geeks out there, but because I am a simple lady and I need simple tutorials. I’ve tried to make thesr tutorials geared for the simple people whose lives don’t revolve around html code, but who like to have a nice blog or website. I hope they are a blessing to you.
Free Blogger and Wordpress Templates and Links to Helpful Tools (this is on my NY Traveler blog)
Helpful Sites for Designing and Decorating Your Blog
How to BackUp Your Blogger Blog
How to Add StumbleUpon Button to Your Blogger Blog Posts
How To Customize Your Header in Blogger- a Thorough Guide
How To Put Blogrolls in a Scrolling Box
How To Add Custom Text in a Wordpress Blog Category Page
Photo-Dropper Flickr Plugin For Wordpress
How To Add Custom Text in a Wordpress Blog Category Page
As always, feel free to leave your comments or ideas, or other thing that have proved helpful for you. This may help the next person. Have fun!
Free Color Match Mixer
I found a wonderful little tool for those of us who are “hue-challenged.” Lol. It’s the Color Match Remix, a free online tool to help you find colors for your blog. It matches hues and shades automatically, with handy little sliders. It makes me want to start up some new blogs, so that I can create some cool new color swatches! But I’ve already got enough blogs! I’m writing about everything including the kitchen sink! Actually, if I start up another one, it would have to be about kitchen faucets because I’ve already got the kitchen sink, lol!
This color mixer is a fun tool for anyone, blogger or not. It has a design layout preview and the hue color numbers are easily exported. Free to use, too!
