tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352155589322140093.post6101364791468750594..comments2015-08-13T13:23:23.270-04:00Comments on That's a Terrible Idea: Administrative Annoyancesmotstandethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296441082624422375noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352155589322140093.post-16121012036908364772009-11-17T01:55:19.944-05:002009-11-17T01:55:19.944-05:00Try TypePad.com from SixApart. It's made by th...Try TypePad.com from SixApart. It's made by the same people who do MoveableType (powers BoingBoing). You get a rich template language for fine-grain control of the site, they manage it all for you, and it's very cheap (you pay a small cost for the excellent support they give you).<br /><br />Also I used to work there, it's a good team and a good product.Andrew Bunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315964716730219977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352155589322140093.post-53201194811905962892009-11-16T04:45:58.419-05:002009-11-16T04:45:58.419-05:00I don't like blogger. It demeans the quality o...I don't like blogger. It demeans the quality of your writing, in my mind. I use wordpress self-hosted, and am happy with it, but making a more content-oriented site (and a less blog-style) does take some tweaking. You can see on my site, for example, a category-navigation widget in the sidebar showing all topics, and my 'find posts by category' page is also customised.<br /><br />Squarespace looks very promising though, I can see why you'd look at it. I imagine the features I just described about my own site would be much easier to achieve in squarespace.Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058246857638123702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352155589322140093.post-61321649188345823542009-11-15T04:02:27.860-05:002009-11-15T04:02:27.860-05:00I actually like the wide, clean format of your tem...I actually like the wide, clean format of your template... very refreshing in an age of Web 2.0 garishness.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078137184651956189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352155589322140093.post-21257109628306752682009-11-13T11:25:38.114-05:002009-11-13T11:25:38.114-05:00Carson:
That's good to know. I looked around ...Carson:<br /><br />That's good to know. I looked around the interface for that kind of feature and had trouble finding it earlier. Thanks.<br /><br />AWizardInDallas:<br /><br />I hadn't considered scribd. I guess I could do that as a way to get around blogspot's relative feature lack. That certainly doesn't beat actually having proper pages with documents on them, formatted properly and not subject to two different services' whims.<br /><br />I'm a huge user of google's services. I have 90+ google documents, presentations, and spreadsheets and at least five gmail accounts. I use maps, reader, and I used to use calendar regularly. I'm not thinking of moving because I don't like google, but because blogspot isn't doing everything I want it to.<br /><br />After thinking about the move for 20 hours I'm not so sure I want to do it anymore. If I set up the domain properly and get in contact with blogger support about the comments issue, I think I'll be happy enough with the service here to keep going.<br /><br />I like the template here, which I basically made myself.evizaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09836136474835816824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352155589322140093.post-40006482797074994972009-11-13T09:49:47.892-05:002009-11-13T09:49:47.892-05:00Also, here is a really good site for free Blogger ...Also, here is a really good site for free <a href="http://btemplates.com/" rel="nofollow">Blogger templates</a>, in case the look of your site isn't what you want.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078137184651956189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352155589322140093.post-26240810463082002802009-11-13T09:46:31.752-05:002009-11-13T09:46:31.752-05:00You might consider posting some of the documents y...You might consider posting some of the documents you've mentioned to Scribd and embedding them in your posts. This also gives you a traffic link back to Scribd, which is a growing online community. I'm just starting to try this myself.<br /><br />I've also recently discovered how to embed Google docs which means I can embed a spreadsheet or presentation to a post and it'll automatically update after a while.<br /><br />I personally love Google's products, don't mind the toolbar (in fact it's how I get to my dashboard) and am sticking with it to see what they come up with next.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078137184651956189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352155589322140093.post-42559786191057790152009-11-13T02:55:28.908-05:002009-11-13T02:55:28.908-05:00"I’m not particularly happy seeing blogspot i..."I’m not particularly happy seeing blogspot in the address bar. I feel like it cheapens the site."<br /><br />Actually, one reason I went with blogspot for my blog is that it was easy and free to point my own domain to it (unlike Wordpress, which iirc charged an ongoing fee for it).<br /><br />See <a href="http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55373" rel="nofollow">here</a> for the instructions on how to set up the DNS with your domain registrar.. and <br />see <a href="http://blog.eldergoth.com/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.eldergoth.com/</a> for mine in action..Carson 63000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10900682924502279486noreply@blogger.com