Comments on: Weekly Wrap-up: War on Clutter http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/ Better Looking Blogs Grow Faster Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:58:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Martin http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-550 Michael Martin Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:29:39 +0000 http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-550 Hey Suzie, The post is <a href="http://www.problogdesign.com/how-to/cut-category-clutter-and-toggle-visibility/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks for reminding me to add the link to the post. :) Hey Suzie,

The post is here.

Thanks for reminding me to add the link to the post. :)

]]> By: Suzie Cheel http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-538 Suzie Cheel Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:47:58 +0000 http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-538 Looking forward to reading that post as i now I have too many categories, what is the plugin Looking forward to reading that post as i now I have too many categories, what is the plugin

]]> By: Michael Martin http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-194 Michael Martin Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:32:01 +0000 http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-194 lol - Me too! It's definitely an addiction. :lol: I'll definitely write up that post then. :D lol – Me too! It’s definitely an addiction. :lol:

I’ll definitely write up that post then. :D

]]> By: Mommy Zabs http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-193 Mommy Zabs Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:20:41 +0000 http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-193 Thanks for the response. Yes I would like to hear how you do the categories. I do have a plugin to condense them and have done a little, but need to more! I would love to read a post on the method you are talking about. I'm still getting through some of your previous posts, I have about 0 time left right now, but I think I'm addicted to your blog :) -mz Thanks for the response. Yes I would like to hear how you do the categories. I do have a plugin to condense them and have done a little, but need to more! I would love to read a post on the method you are talking about.

I’m still getting through some of your previous posts, I have about 0 time left right now, but I think I’m addicted to your blog :)

-mz

]]> By: Michael Martin http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-192 Michael Martin Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:35:23 +0000 http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-192 Thanks for the opinion pablopabla. Looks like I'll be sticking with them then. :) Mommy Zabs - Great to see you here! Don't worry about being self-taught. I'm self-taught as well. It can be more fun that way. You're free to develop your own tastes, way of doing things etc. :D I see that your blog really does have a huge list of categories. It actually looks okay on your blog though. I wouldn't worry about it too much really. If you wanted to shorten the list on the mainpage, you could try grouping together similar categories, then list only the overall groups in the sidebars. :) (It's too much to explain here, but I could certainly write up a nice way of showing those links, in a new post. If I can think of a site that does it, I'll email you the link, and you can let me know if you'd be interested? :) ) And good luck with the new blog! I hope all goes well. :D Joanna - No problem. Hope it helped. :) (It's probably too much work to do on every link, but it's a nice way to leave a personal comment about a site the first time you link to it. :) ) Thanks for the opinion pablopabla. Looks like I’ll be sticking with them then. :)

Mommy Zabs – Great to see you here! Don’t worry about being self-taught. I’m self-taught as well. It can be more fun that way. You’re free to develop your own tastes, way of doing things etc. :D

I see that your blog really does have a huge list of categories. It actually looks okay on your blog though. I wouldn’t worry about it too much really.

If you wanted to shorten the list on the mainpage, you could try grouping together similar categories, then list only the overall groups in the sidebars. :) (It’s too much to explain here, but I could certainly write up a nice way of showing those links, in a new post. If I can think of a site that does it, I’ll email you the link, and you can let me know if you’d be interested? :) )

And good luck with the new blog! I hope all goes well. :D

Joanna – No problem. Hope it helped. :) (It’s probably too much work to do on every link, but it’s a nice way to leave a personal comment about a site the first time you link to it. :) )

]]> By: Joanna Young http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-183 Joanna Young Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:56:41 +0000 http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-183 Michael, that makes sense and I think I should be able to do that - thanks for the tip, and for explaining it in terms a technophobe can understand! Joanna Michael, that makes sense and I think I should be able to do that – thanks for the tip, and for explaining it in terms a technophobe can understand!

Joanna

]]> By: Mommy Zabs http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-179 Mommy Zabs Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:10:22 +0000 http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-179 I found you through "financing your family" blog. I really like it here and will be subscribing. I just started diving into the world of blog design. While to some extent I do what people want me too- i would love to more and more apply great blog design principles to the desires of the client :) I'm a total newbie as I'm self taught... All I know how to do really is tweak the k2 theme :) I have a couple of different blogs. My mom one I have had since 2004 and back then i was on blogger and we didn't even have "categories" or "tags. Then when they were added, I wasn't so great at them! Talk about de-clutter! I have to go in and condense mine. But the blog also spans so many topics that it get's hard! I have started another blog @ notchinamade dot net, and am determined to keep it simpler tagging! I'm a big darren rouse fan too :) I'll be back, Thanks for this blog! I found you through “financing your family” blog. I really like it here and will be subscribing. I just started diving into the world of blog design. While to some extent I do what people want me too- i would love to more and more apply great blog design principles to the desires of the client :) I’m a total newbie as I’m self taught… All I know how to do really is tweak the k2 theme :)

I have a couple of different blogs. My mom one I have had since 2004 and back then i was on blogger and we didn’t even have “categories” or “tags. Then when they were added, I wasn’t so great at them! Talk about de-clutter! I have to go in and condense mine. But the blog also spans so many topics that it get’s hard! I have started another blog @ notchinamade dot net, and am determined to keep it simpler tagging!

I’m a big darren rouse fan too :)

I’ll be back, Thanks for this blog!

]]> By: pablopabla http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-176 pablopabla Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:01:05 +0000 http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-176 Yeah, weekly wrap-up is a good trend. Share some link love as well :D Yeah, weekly wrap-up is a good trend. Share some link love as well :D

]]> By: Sly from Slyvisions.com http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-174 Sly from Slyvisions.com Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:01:06 +0000 http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-174 Nice tip! Thanks Michael! Sly from Slyvisions.com Nice tip! Thanks Michael!

Sly from Slyvisions.com

]]> By: Michael Martin http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-171 Michael Martin Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:55:23 +0000 http://www.problogdesign.com/weekly-wrap-up/weekly-wrap-up-war-on-clutter/#comment-171 Hello Joanna - Thanks for visiting. :) You're right about the link round ups. When you're working on a single theme, it's much more focused. You really delve into a topic, which in itself is a rewarding experience. As for the hover comments, they're very easy to do actually! :D I've never used Typepad before, but do you have some sort of code/HTML view? If so, use that, and find your links. They will look something like this: (The brackets will be triangular ones though) <code>(a href="http://www.xyz.com")Visit XYZ(/a)</code> To add the description, you change it to look like this: <code>(a href="http://www.xyz.com" title="Write your description here.")Visit XYZ(/a)</code> Wordpress has an easier way of doing it, but I don't know if Typepad has anything similar. Sorry. :( (I really must get around to trying out Typepad someday!) Hello Joanna – Thanks for visiting. :)

You’re right about the link round ups. When you’re working on a single theme, it’s much more focused. You really delve into a topic, which in itself is a rewarding experience.

As for the hover comments, they’re very easy to do actually! :D

I’ve never used Typepad before, but do you have some sort of code/HTML view? If so, use that, and find your links. They will look something like this: (The brackets will be triangular ones though)

(a href="http://www.xyz.com")Visit XYZ(/a)

To add the description, you change it to look like this:

(a href="http://www.xyz.com" title="Write your description here.")Visit XYZ(/a)

Wordpress has an easier way of doing it, but I don’t know if Typepad has anything similar. Sorry. :( (I really must get around to trying out Typepad someday!)

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