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.
ppgaz
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.
Barry
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
SomeCallMeTim
Personally, I prefer the two column format, with more room for the posts and comments.
norbizness
A pony.
Jimmy Jazz
Renounce Bush and all his pomps, or we shall be forced to sit you in the COMFY CHAIR.
Nash
Strikethrough would be nice. It’s a great way to indicate sarcasm.
Oh, and happy belated b-day to you, John.
Stormy 70
Cat pictures on Friday. And a pony for me, too.
bg
A wider column on the front page.
Rick
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…
Mark
“We?” I thought this was a one-man show!
Ah, well, since you asked, redo your blogroll and correct the URL’s.
Non-Fat Latte Liberal
I’m with Tim, the content is narrow enough to make a reasonable length post look daunting.
Nathan Lanier
I want a post of John Cole, front and center, in his skivvies.
(seriously, i agree that the main column should be wider.)
Russ
I’m kind of partial to the pony idea.
RSA
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.
John Cole
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.
Mike S
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.
Richard Bennett
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.
Tim F
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.
Jon H
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.)
Jimmy Jazz
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?
Jay C
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!)
Anon
Links to each comment.