I am the first to admit that I am partially HTML illiterate. That's why I'm so happy for me right now (though I do hold my breath). For the first time since I added my Technorati Profile, I was able to get my Truth Laid Bear status up by futzing around with my template. I was also able to center my Technorati Profile, although now I have an ugly tan block extending to the right of the rest of the body. Another project, another day, I guess.
Using this Blogger stock template irritates me to no end. Now that I've had a few tastes of mid-level blogging, I want this site to have the independent authority that comes with it's own unique look. Problem is, I don't know how to do it. I've been pondering having Lisa at Just a Girl skin me, but I think I'd be best served moving off of Blogger if I do that. And then that also leads into the fact that I'm not sure I want to invest capital into the site yet. Grrr. I have no delusions that Jiblog could be the next Instapundit, but I would like to see Jiblog as a nice mid to upper level site.
If I were a scoche more HTML literate, then the Badger Blog Alliance would be more than this empty shell right now.
Oh yeah, Firefox sucks.
(Just kidding. I use it about 30% of the time now. I'm just trolling for comments.)
3 comments:
Hey! "Badger Blog Alliance"! Very cool. But does it have to be pink? ;^)
I imagine a group of Wisconsin bloggers aligned around the stated goal of making sure this blue state is red in 2008. We've got just under 4 years!
There are lots of free or nearly free (cheap) blog skins available.
http://www.blogskins.com/
http://weblogs.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=weblogs&zu=http://blogtemplates.noipo.org/
http://sharondippity.com/
http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=blogplates;id=5;action=list
Your best bet is to create a 2nd blog, grab a new template and fool around with it till it is exactly what you want. Then you can backup your blog and copy/paste the new template.
Or you can use a Blogger template and fool with the code. Personally, I like the chocolate covered one below.
http://weblogs.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=weblogs&zu=http://www.pointoffocus.com/Graphics/focusblogger.html
You can change the background to grey and make the chocolate white so it looks like snow. )
Ha. No, it doesn't have to be pink. I was actually hoping it looked more red on other people's monitors, but I guess not.
Thanks for the tip on the skins. I'll mess around with that a little.
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