Mad props to Kevin who worked code foo magic on my CSS file and fixed it so the sidebar displays correctly now on the new grey skin (and the alternate photo-free skin) for IE 6 users. I have to pick through the code still to see what he did to fix it, but for now I’m just thrilled that it’s working! If I broke it for IE5.x, Mozilla, Phoenix, or Safari, let me know, ok?
With all of these different skin choices now, which one are you using?
Blogdaddy has written a really interesting post about the ongoing debate over using RSS feeds to read personal blogs. (Not to be confused with the current programmer debates over RSS in general, but I won’t go there.) Is something lost in the translation when you use newsfeeds to read blogs? I don’t think so. Sorry, if I have seen your site 10 times or more, and I pop in to comment, then when I read your posts I can still visualize your site. RSS allows me to read blogs fast and to comment more often. Proven fact. (Well, proven by me. That’s scientific enough, right?)
I noticed a lot of people over there commenting that they didn’t get what RSS is, so I decided it was time for a summer rerun. So here it is – “What is XML? And What is RSS? Why Do I Want It Anyways?” There is more at Scripty if you are interested, including tips on how to set it up, how to set up feeds with comments, and more.
And for those of you thinking that you’re not important enough for anyone to download your RSS feed, you’re wrong. If I even find just one post interesting on a blog and they have RSS available, I will pull the feed in to Newzcrawler. It has truly helped to diversify my reads, which I find to be a really good thing.
GAH!!! Two of the new skins (with photo and without) work just fine in IE 5.5 and Phoenix. No problems at all. But somewhere in my tweaking, I’ve broken something – and now they aren’t working right in IE 6. The sidebar is at the bottom. Have I mentioned before that CSS makes my eyes bleed?
I’m still grooving on the other two new skins (white and grey) and I might make the white one the new default template for the site. What do you think? Having the photos show up here on BPC is already nudging me to post more – I don’t want to keep looking at the same shot over and over again!
Is it Monday already? Do we have to go back to work? Really? *sigh* Ok, fine. Whatever.
I’ll just keep adding to this post as I keep adding new skins to the site.
:: This skin is just like the other new one, minus the photo from Pixelog.
:: This skin is like the default template design, with the most recent Pixelog photo at the top.
:: This skin similar to the default template – just a lot more gray. Of all of them, I think it’s my personal favorite of all of the new skins.
Well? What do you think of them? The suspense is killing me!