This blog entry is only a test. My `Default Post Category` is currently set to rant via Dashboard >> Settings >> Writing (or `https://[user name here].wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-writing.php`).
I want to see if the `rant` category will be saved automatically when I, the admin, have selected only the `blogging` category. Here goes!
If that doesn’t work, I’ll continue to contact support. Brouhaha!
Today I saw a banner on my dashboard:
WordPress.com tip: Let your readers easily share your posts on Twitter by turning on the new Tweet Button for your blog.
By clicking on the link, I was directed to the `Extras` page:
Extras
These are general extras that you can enable for your entire blog.
- Enable mShots site previews on this blog
- Display a mobile theme when this blog is viewed with a mobile browser
- Hide related links on this blog, which means this blog won’t show up on other blogs or get traffic that way
- Show a like button and who has liked my post on all of my blog posts above the comments section
- Show a Twitter “Tweet Button” on my posts.
What I had in mind with regards to `Sharing the post` is similar to what Plinky.com has as far as adding services and posting to MY chosen accounts, not the other way around as with this `Tweet Button`. And I guess there won’t be any `stats` on where my posts are going if people share via Twitter, huh?
Weblogs are meant to be read in descending order from the most recent posts (or towards the top) to the oldest (or way on the bottom).
In order to avoid annoying your readers, set your `Front page display` as your `Latest posts`. As per a `Forum` contributor of WordPress.com, he mentioned setting the `blog pages at most` to three (3), which is what I did for my weblog.
Consideration is better than hunting down for archives, which really serves the truly nosy readers or the administrator, who wants to copy/past (or export) their work to another server or external drive somewhere that could be easily retrieved for later viewing.
I love WordPress.com shortcodes! While waiting for this morning mass to begin, I was holding the August 2009 copy of `Living with Christ`. And out of boredom (as usual), I flipped through the pages and pondered upon the `Table of Contents` on the inside front cover and the `Calendar` on the inside back cover.
Then an inspiration entered my small mind! I needed to modify my `Contents` page! And I remembered the `Archives Shortcode`, which has been added to the `third section` of my `Table of Contents` page. This meant moving everything from the `Daily Rantings and Ravings` section to the `Pages from my Daily Journal` section, building upon the `new posts` section.
The `archives shortcode` worked well for my purpose while testing it out, except I wanted to pull up one (1) recent week at a time for that month of August 2009, along with a `before` AND `after` text description for each `archive shortcode`.
But logically, since this is a weblog, it makes sense to build upon the recent posts entries instead of `fixed` months. So I’ll live with the current page layout of my `Contents` page for now and won’t be sending `WordPress.com Support` my inspired ideas for a `Calendar shortcode` for both pages and posts, instead of just a `Calendar widget` for the sidebar(s).
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Snork! Snork! I’ve been re-doing my `pages` and inserting `horizontal row` to divide sections for easier viewing. The HTML code for `horizontal row` ( < hr > ) worked well for my `Subpages` below some main pages. My older pages would have benefited from this HTML code, though, and I’d go back and re-do those too but I’m too lazy.
I’ve discovered that the blog stats record the first `parent page` when:
For example, the `Welcome` page is set as:
I tried creating a new `home` page but decided to publish and rename this one under the `welcome` page as a child page called,`Hell`. I wanted to retain my recent post entries as a both the `Front page` and a `Posts page`.
I used the `More Tag` on two of my post entries: `20090716-Wildly Free` and `20090716-Heated Exchange`. The `More Tags` can be seen only when viewed as the `Front` or `Home` page to a blog. If viewing as a single post, the `click more tag` does not appear.
Since using the `More Tag` does not allow for full view of the post entry, trying to archive mass entries by using the copy and paste method will not work. Once again only part of the post is visible, unless viewed as a single post.
Added 1px solid #000 borders to the ‘body’, content’, ‘sidebar’ and ‘entrada’. Set ‘white’ background to ‘content’ for frame appearance. Entered my ‘Epitaph’ into the post title. Matched h2 codes for both ‘sticky’ and ‘noticias’. Changed header color to blue of blog title, to match blue skies of background image and blue background hovers.
Replaced NextPage (Pagination) with Page Jumps for the` FAQ` and `About me` pages.
For a sample HTML of the `Page Jumps`, enter the following codes (without the colors) as shown for BOTH top and bottom portions:
<a name=”Top2” title=”Click to view internal source.”></a><a href=”http://[yourbloghere].wordpress.com/faq/#Bottom2” target=”_self”><strong>Blog stats</strong></a>
[enter your `top` text here … blah, blah, blah]
<a name=”Bottom2” title=”Click to view internal source.”></a><a href=”http://[yourbloghere].wordpress.com/faq/#Top2” target=”_self”><strong>Back to top</strong></a>
[enter your `bottom` text here … blah, blah, blah]
Hints: