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Planned Site Changes

by John Cole|  June 24, 20051:52 pm| 22 Comments

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Here are the site mods we are going to do in the near future. Well, the site mods Russ Emerson is going to do for me.

1.) Add a button so that yuo can choose to have all links open in an external window.

2.) Buttons for bolding, underlining, italicizing, block-quoting, and hyperlinking in the comments.

3.) Exploration and expansion of RSS feeds. Right now, al lthat is up is the RSS feed (see sidebar).

What else do you want?

*** Update ***

No, there will not be a picture of me in skivvies front and center. I am trying to attract advertisers.

BTW- Does anyone know why the hell I can’t seem to sell ads, really? My prices are so damned low as it is…

And if anyone wants to volunteer to make some sense out of the blogroll, well, have at it.

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  1. 1.

    ppgaz

    June 24, 2005 at 2:04 pm

    That’s a great list of improvements. Other than free carwash coupons, I can’t think of anything else I could want. Just keep up the good work.

  2. 2.

    Barry

    June 24, 2005 at 2:10 pm

    John, the single most useful change in all blog formatting is to put the commenter’s name or alias at the top of the post. That way, people can skip the trolls.

    Thanks,
    Barry

  3. 3.

    SomeCallMeTim

    June 24, 2005 at 2:18 pm

    Personally, I prefer the two column format, with more room for the posts and comments.

  4. 4.

    norbizness

    June 24, 2005 at 2:24 pm

    A pony.

  5. 5.

    Jimmy Jazz

    June 24, 2005 at 2:35 pm

    Renounce Bush and all his pomps, or we shall be forced to sit you in the COMFY CHAIR.

  6. 6.

    Nash

    June 24, 2005 at 3:03 pm

    Strikethrough would be nice. It’s a great way to indicate sarcasm.

    Oh, and happy belated b-day to you, John.

  7. 7.

    Stormy 70

    June 24, 2005 at 3:58 pm

    Cat pictures on Friday. And a pony for me, too.

  8. 8.

    bg

    June 24, 2005 at 4:12 pm

    A wider column on the front page.

  9. 9.

    Rick

    June 24, 2005 at 4:14 pm

    On the main page, in each article/subject block, an indication of the date & time of the last comment therein.

    And hold off on the pony until we get to that cheese you mentioned some days ago. Where’s my slice?

    Cordially…

  10. 10.

    Mark

    June 24, 2005 at 5:18 pm

    “We?” I thought this was a one-man show!

    Ah, well, since you asked, redo your blogroll and correct the URL’s.

  11. 11.

    Non-Fat Latte Liberal

    June 24, 2005 at 5:56 pm

    I’m with Tim, the content is narrow enough to make a reasonable length post look daunting.

  12. 12.

    Nathan Lanier

    June 24, 2005 at 6:14 pm

    I want a post of John Cole, front and center, in his skivvies.

    (seriously, i agree that the main column should be wider.)

  13. 13.

    Russ

    June 24, 2005 at 7:11 pm

    I’m kind of partial to the pony idea.

  14. 14.

    RSA

    June 24, 2005 at 7:18 pm

    I see this blog using Safari on a Mac, so I don’t know if this is a problem under Windows, but one basic usability improvement would be to ensure that clicking on the header image brings you to the main balloon-juice URL. The problem arises when other sites link to a specific blog entry; unless I’m missing something, there’s no obvious way to get to the main page.

  15. 15.

    John Cole

    June 24, 2005 at 7:25 pm

    RSA:

    Click Here.

    Just above the date, you should see the title of the previous entry, ‘main,’ and the title of the next entry. Click main.

  16. 16.

    Mike S

    June 24, 2005 at 7:39 pm

    If you’d like I can take a crack at your blogroll. I’m not sure it will come out quite the way you would hope though.

  17. 17.

    Richard Bennett

    June 24, 2005 at 7:41 pm

    The dark background color in your blockquote style has to go. Just shrink the margins a little, but put black font on a white background or I’ll have to kick your ass. And show some nekkid chicks if that’s not too homophobic.

  18. 18.

    Tim F

    June 24, 2005 at 8:05 pm

    One thought for the blogroll: rank them in order of how long it’s been since they’ve linked to you. If Kevin Holtsberry wants some of that lucrative Balloon-Juice traffic then he’s got to send you some love.

  19. 19.

    Jon H

    June 24, 2005 at 9:57 pm

    Why can’t you sell ads?

    Just a thought: maybe it’s the name.

    What the hell is balloon juice? When a prospective advertiser is looking over potential sites to sponsor, what goes through their mind when they see one named “ballon juice”.

    It sounds like it could be a used-condom fetish blog. (And now I need to wash out my mind with soap.)

  20. 20.

    Jimmy Jazz

    June 24, 2005 at 10:28 pm

    When a prospective advertiser is looking over potential sites to sponsor, what goes through their mind when they see one named “ballon juice”.

    Jeff Gannon?

  21. 21.

    Jay C

    June 25, 2005 at 11:31 am

    Enabling strikethoughs would be a good idea.

    E-coupons for free beer would be another.

    But I’ll be happy just with strikethrough (tho’ the beer idea may help with advertising!)

  22. 22.

    Anon

    June 25, 2005 at 2:38 pm

    Links to each comment.

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