{"id":1669,"date":"2006-03-01T18:06:21","date_gmt":"2006-03-02T01:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/edgewiseblog\/around-the-blog\/"},"modified":"2006-03-03T14:53:15","modified_gmt":"2006-03-03T21:53:15","slug":"around-the-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/edgewiseblog\/around-the-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Along with more conventional writing, I love to tinker with code. One of the reasons I switched to WordPress from MoveableType, and, before that, GreyMatter, is the accessibility of its PHP and MySQL code, as well as a host of third-party plug-ins, most of which allow lots of tweaking.<\/p>\n

So, you may have noticed a few new things in the left-hand sidebar and elsewhere:<\/p>\n

“Popular Entries” ranks entries by hits (always a suspect number). This might help you discover an entry you’ve missed. Bear in mind that most people read the main page (index.php) without ever going to a specific entry page. So, most of the numbers under this heading are from people going directly to that entry page, either via RSS-feeds or search engines. There is an odd bug with the first item under that heading: the count is for index.php but the title displayed is always the top entry; in effect, each new entry in turn seems to be the most popular.<\/p>\n

“Top Links” ranks the links people follow leaving this main blog page<\/i>. So, this shows links people have chosen to follow, for what that’s worth. (It certainly interest me.)<\/p>\n

“Recent Comments” have been showing for a while and may be self-explanatory.<\/p>\n

Further down the sidebar are category links (each with its own RSS feed) and number of entries in each category. Then, “Blogs I read” (just a few of them), and my other blogs. Next you will find all the members of the Edgewiseblog Collective<\/a>, my web-hosting and blog-evangelizing site\/service, then links to WordPress related sites for plug-ins and such. Finally, you’ll see the 5 most recent photos in my flickr photo site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You should see flickr photos in between each entry, as well. These are random; each is a thumbnail you can click to see the larger version. Those of you who have Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer may see a difference here (and elsewhere).<\/p>\n

For items in the poems<\/a> or photos<\/a> category, I have added a method to “vote” or rate the poem or picture. To do so, place your mouse over the 1st (lowest) to 5th (highest) star before clicking.<\/p>\n

I have recently added a “Random Entry” link between each entry to encourage you to explore the archives. The constant flow of new entries is the life-blood of blogging but leads us to forget or ignore what’s gone before.<\/p>\n

Towards encouraging reading of older stuff, I’ve added a “my favs<\/a>” category and will flag a few entries I think are worth a re-visit.<\/p>\n

You are always welcome to let me know what you think, in comments or email<\/a>. Thanks for reading. mjh<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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