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Ok, I know it wasn’t much of a contest. Chris Cree is the only one who answered at all, and he looked at the answers first. But, I will Honor my Word and give Chris at least one Link per Day for the next 7 Days. (Yesterday’s link doesn’t count).
The answers and explainations of why I made the changes are:
~~ I added Recent Comments to the sidebar. I think showing a preview of the conversation that is occuring could stimulate others to join in. I have seen this on other Blogs I visited and could see what was happening without having to actually click “comments” first.
~~ I added a Chat Room to the Contact Form. Not too much has happened there yet, but I haven’t promoted the Chat Option at all. I have yet to make a final decision on making it more prominant or deleting it.
~~ I have started using lower case lettering on all titles in the sidebar. This is more a personal preference than anything else, but I think it seems to work fairly well.
~~ I shortened the Main Page to 3 Posts Presented. When I was using Blogger I ran into the problem of not being able to use a Next Page Feature. Now that the option is available with WordPress, I think it helps in keeping the Presentation less cluttered.
Since I made those changes I also added the:
~~ Subscribe by E-mail link at the top of the sidebar and got one subscription on the First Day. There are some people that feel more comfortable getting updates by E-mail rather than RSS.
~~ Follow Comments on a Post link after each post. When I comment on other Blogs, sometimes I like to follow-up on the conversation. Not everyone offers this service and I think this Plug-in provides an easy way to offer my commenters follow-up on their conversations.
~~ A Favicon to the Address Bar. This is purly for my Ego, but I like it.
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If you would like links to any of the Plug-ins mentioned, please visit Joe’s Freeware Finds (one of my other Blogs). There are links to a lot of different Downloads, all by the Original Author.
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Ya know, maybe it’s not so much that I was cheating as that I am pretty lazy. Why go huntin’ around and doing all that figuring and remembering when the answer’s staring you right in the face?
Seems like a cheesy way to win that many links, though. You know, yesterday’s link was worth more to me than a week’s worth of cheesy ones. I’d be quite happy to call it even!
Chris,
It’s up to you, but you will have one tomorrow at the bottom of the Blog-Tipping Post. Just as a nod.
Besides, it is already pre-posted.
I won’t forget who won. I didn’t consider that cheating anyway, I would have done it too. :-0
Joe
Fun stuff and cool ideas, guys.
Hey Easton,
It was fun, I just wish more people participated.
Joe