Comments on: Day 13: Declutter Your Sidebar Part 2

By: Day Thirteen - Thirty Days To A Better Blog « Virtual High School Meanderings

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:00:24 +0000

[...] thirteen in the 30 Days to Being a Better Blogger series was yesterday and asked us to look at Day 13: Declutter Your Sidebar Part 2. Essentially, we were asked to go through the rest of sidebar with a fine toothed comb and [...]

By: Shortcomp

Shortcomp — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:07:54 +0000

Did this. Looks heaps better. Used regagger and placed by blogroll on another whole page, rather than in the side bar. Looks great! Shortcomp´s most recent blog post.. Browser compatability

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:11:33 +0000

woohoo!!! Thanks for the tip about having a drop-down menu for the Archives. I was always annoyed with the way it looked, but never realized I had control! Nancy´s most recent blog post.. 30D2BBB - A Heartfelt Thanks

By: Day 13: Declutter your sidebar Part Deux | My State of Flux

Day 13: Declutter your sidebar Part Deux | My State of Flux — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:05:32 +0000

[...] above picture in no way reflects what my home office looks like, trust me on this one. So yesterday’s challenge, I’m still one day behind, was to declutter your sidebar. My sidebar is already pretty good [...]

By: Martha Thornburgh

Martha Thornburgh — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:07:49 +0000

I have a hard time knowing what should be at the top where everyone will see it. There are so many important pieces and they all seem like they need to be seen. I tend to put the stuff that is unique to me and my blog up top and the more utilitarian stuff farther down. On blogger there is a search blog button up top. Doesn't really look like part of the blog. But I couldn't find another similar gadget. Martha Thornburgh´s most recent blog post.. A Collaborative Photo Essay

By: JenWagner

JenWagner — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:24:21 +0000

Hi Steve!

I decluttered to day by totally cleaning up my categories and going from 17 to 10.

uhoh, perhaps that is an upcoming challenge.

I might look into retaggr — just not sure yet. But need to add the contact besides just on a page.

Thanks again
Enjoying this very much!
Jen

By: Sean Nash

Sean Nash — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:26:44 +0000

Wow. Coming back in this morning makes me realize that I need to go get Retaggr. That looks fantastic. This really IS a leaner, meaner blog! Sean Sean Nash´s most recent blog post.. Increasing Our Level of “Vitamin A”

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:28:25 +0000

Hey! I’m one of the guys from Retaggr. I’m glad you’re finding our widget useful!

I’ve noted your comments about the Plurk status and I’ll see what we can do when we have some free dev time (we have a whole bunch of new things on the horrizon right now).

If you or your readers have any other comments, quetions or suggestions, please let us know – we love feedback and we’ll do our best to help where we can!

Thanks, Andrew

By: Thejesh GN

Thejesh GN — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:54:34 +0000

I am enjoying the series.. Thejesh GN´s most recent blog post.. Tejasvi, Kaanooru HeggaDathi, Surving Everest and Peru are on my list

By: Patrick Balck

Patrick Balck — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:16:59 +0000

I love the tip on retaggr! It's a great addition. Patrick Balck´s most recent blog post.. 30D2BBB - Day 13 - Declutter your Sidebar

By: Joe Brennan

Joe Brennan — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:52:42 +0000

Only “42″ people look at students from K thru 12!
http://milobo.edublogs.org/2008/11/13/42/

Joe Brennan´s most recent blog post.. Making Classroom Movies Webinar

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:16:07 +0000

For once I don’t believe it was me that recommened Retaggr . Never seen the site before but would like to see an example of where someone has used it.

I have different widgets on my two different blogs. On The Edublogger some of the widgets aren’t necessarily ones I wold normally have but are what I’m using to show the popular widgets. However I do have a really simple Twitter widget with just my photo and my latest tweet. I did remove it for awhile until one of my readers told me that was how they joined twitter. So I decided to add it back and hope I don’t tweet anything too bad in case a young student reads it.

Don’t include any information on how to contact me on The Edublogger because it is too easy for people to assume that I’m their support person instead of using the forum.

On my personal blog I use MyBlogLog because I can customise the colour to match my theme. And my contact information is on my About page.

In terms of your blog I would change your Archive to a drop down menu. Taking up valuable real estate when not necessary.

Widget order on your blog should ideally be Search, then Subscribe RSS, then Subscribe Email, followed by Categories then tags. Everything else should be lower priority and go below. Or be removed

Sue Waters´s most recent blog post.. Interested In FREE Online PD This Friday?

By: Elaine Plybon

Elaine Plybon — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:19:06 +0000

What do you think about a Technorati Widget (add this blog to your Technorati favorites)? I added one several months ago when I was trying to get my Technorati rating up - should I trash it? Elaine Plybon´s most recent blog post.. Teaching Truth #9: Don’t Let Go!

By: Sean Nash

Sean Nash — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:43:14 +0000

Two big switches I have made in the past couple of months were to kill my Twitter widget. I have only used this blog since April and in testing out the functionality of tons of widgets, my sidebar became dead & bloated (to tag an STP song). I killed that and a Delicious tag cloud, but finally decided upon the tag cloud I currently have, which simply uses the tage directly from the blog only. To me, this is honestly one of the main way I re-locate an old post of my own. My brain is now fully re-wired to think along those lines of data retrieval. Therefore, I can most easily nail a unique tag that will help me find an article. Perhaps that will be tougher in a year. My only frustration with that is the fact that I can't exactly figure out how this one works. I love the ease of use at Edublogs, but few people seem to know about fixes at that level of the game. I have tags that I would really like to see in that cloud that just are not there. What is odd is that several of the tags int he cloud have only been used once. I have tried to troubleshoot the problem three or four ways to no avail. Any suggestions from the Dembosphere? I need to get my butt in gear on the translate widget. That is just too good of a tip to put off any longer. Trust me- I am all about receiving some feedback on what works/what is awkward, etc. Anyone- please feel free to critique my world if you decide to poke a around for a few seconds! Sean Sean Nash´s most recent blog post.. And what do we teach our children?