I’m making a couple changes, and here they are.
First, having the ability to get stats at server level has shown me that Statcounter misses literally hundreds of visits each month, so I am setting out visit count back to zero, effective 2/28/2010, and we’ll count afresh for the new location. However, the tools I have do make it difficult to associate an individual visitor with a visit number, because it’s listed by IP address. Therefore, I will be retiring the old award for thousands of visitors and institute a new award for every 500th comment. If that comment is mine, the award with a link in the sidebar will go to the person who posts the next comment after mine.
I installed the AddThis plugin yesterday to make it easier for you to share Politics Plus articles at your favorite social networking sites. Each article now has a ‘share’ link clicking it brings a few common choices. Clicking ‘more’ gives several dozen choices, including many that I’ve never heard of, so I trust your favorites are there. I hope you will support this blog bu using it frequently.
12 Responses to “Blog Notes – 3/21/2010”
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I use StatCounter. It’s really that bad?
Sky, Statcounter lists 1,410 visits and 3,176 views for March through this moment. We actually have had 1,996 visits and 11,143 views through 11 PM last night. And StatCounter catches more than SiteMeter.
I think you should show the date of every 500th comment too – that shows how many people comment on your blog and as the comments increase, the days will get shorter. But you know me, as an accountant, I’m a stickler for numbers and accuracy. 🙂 Oh, and I want emoticons too. You know, while I’m asking for the whole world and everything.
Lisa, dating each entry is already planned. WordPress already supports a large selection of emoticons. Here’s a link for the key codes:
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I love my guy that shows up too when I post – he looks pissed off and about ready to bite someone – like me.
Favatars analyze the language in your comment and try to match it.
Oh, and you should put the instructions on how to change your posty face in the side bar somewhere. I know you did a post on it a while ago, but some people may have missed it. And where the hell has Oso been – I’m gonna smack him!
If anyone searches for Avatar they can find it, but I shall repost it on occasion.
Glad for the ‘share’ tool… ahem! now you’re going to be ‘going out’ on www, since I make liberal use of the tool! (already have here!) I really like your new site Tom. It’s very easy to find what you are looking for (yes, I check for other ‘stuff’!… I often use PP to check the rest of the kids’ blogsites by clicking from here / or my place…lol) Later… VISUALIZE THE HCR BILL PASSING TODAY!!!
Gwen, what a sweetheart!! 🙂 Thank you!!
Amen!
i wish i was high tech as you – i even set up mu own domain name and i cant figure out how to migrate
DC, it’s not as difficult as you might think. WordPress is far more powerful than Blogger, and a good theme (I use Suffusion) makes customization easy.
The key to migrating is choosing your HSP. I use BlueHost and recommend it highly. In addition to a great tool set, they have scripted installation of WordPress and importation of all the posts and comments from your current blog. If you follow MadMikes, he is changing to BlueHost on Monday, based on my recommendation and his research.