This morning I’d like to report that I’ve made some interesting additions to the blog. You can now subscribe via any of 3 methods.
The first option is via standard RSS feed, shown by the orange icon. Hit that button and then add the feed to your favorite news reader to receive updates when new items are posted.
The second option (the green icon) is for subscribing to email updates. I use Feedburner for my email subscription handling, so you will need to verify thru their system, but it’s easy enough to complete.
Finally, the third option (the blue icon) is for subscribing thru Facebook. Clicking that button will take you to a version of my blog that is served directly on Facebook itself. On the right side, below the FB menu bar, there is an “Add to Profile” button that will add a block to your FB profile page that lists the 5 most recent items posted on my blog. You’ll also receive notification directly on your wall.
Using any of those three subscription options will help you keep updated when new stuff is added.
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I just added the 2nd group of scanned photos to the collection. More to follow in a few days. Enjoy!
Mom’s Crate – Part 2
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I just added the first gallery of old photos to the Photo Scans section of the site. Until I can add some sort of “subscribe to email updates” feature, I’m going to email the link out to a few folks who I know have extensive contact lists. More galleries will follow every few days until I’ve exhausted the cache that I’ve been given. Rough estimates indicate that at a rate of 60 photos per gallery, I should be thru the first box in about 20 postings. Once I work my way to the bottom of box no.1, Mom will be sending another (larger) box, and then I have my maw-in-law’s collection to add into the mix at some point. Looks like my summer will be chock full of photo scanning. It’s a good thing I’m sentimental…..
Just a quick post to say that I finally have the blog looking and functioning the way I want it to. WordPress 3.0 went official about a week ago, and everything here has been updated and seems to be running smoothly. I’m also happy to say that the multi-site features work great, and I’ll be happy to host a blog for any family member or friend that wants one.
I’m currently in the process of scanning several thousand old print photos that my mother send to me. Those will be located on the Photo Scan Project page and I’ll be sure and post an update when new material is added.
You can also check out my Music Library to see the contents of my iTunes server. Getting that library organized was a project in itself, as I had literally thousands of files dumped into one folder with no tagging at all.
Just one last thing I want to point out in case you’re wondering. I currently have subscriber registration turned off , because you don’t need it to read or comment on my blog posts. The only thing it would be needed for is to allow someone to receive notifications when the blog is updated. Soon, I’ll be adding a couple of methods for you to subscribe via email or RSS feed without having an account. Of course, if you request your own blog, you’ll automatically be subscribed here as a “network” member.
Until next time.
Although technically still in development, my blog is built upon WordPress 3.0, which has some very nice new features. I won’t go into any detail about what’s new in this release, because you can find plenty of info out there already if you’re curious. What I will say is one of the main features of this new version is something called multi-sites. This allows the owner of a website to create multiple WordPress blogs within the same installation and database.
What does mean this for you? Well, if you are a friend or family member, this means you can have your very own blog hosted right here at mpfowler.com, and have complete control over the appearance and content of it. The process is very easy and only takes a few minutes to setup.
I’m currently in the process of testing this multi-site feature, as well as getting my own blog setup the way I want it, so I’m not quite ready to roll out blog add-ons right now, but once WordPress 3.0 officially launches (which should come any day now), I will be more than happy to host a blog for you. Please note that at this time, I’m only offering this to friends and family members.
Minor blog change
I’ve made a minor structural change to the blog, but it should be a good change in that it will actually make the blog easier to use. I did away with the commenting system that was installed, because for some reason it was associating comments with the wrong posts/pages.
Now we have a commenting system that allows you to “log in” and post a comment via your Facebook profile. If you’re already logged in to Facebook, the blog should automagically recognize you as logged in here. There’s also a check box that will copy your comment to your Facebook wall, as well as any other replies that are made. If you don’t have a Facebook account, or would rather comment more anonymously, you can enter a name/email combo the old fashioned way as well.
Also gone is the old “Facebook Recommend” button at the bottom of every post. Now we have a “Facebook Like” button that is included with the new comment system.
Unfortunately, I lost all of the existing comments that were made via the system that I uninstalled. Sorry if yours was one of those.