Hello, and welcome to my Blog version 2.0. After finding the content management on Blogger.com lacking I came to the conclusion I had finally outgrown the software’s capabilities.
I decided I would like to have more control over the site and opted to host my own domain and run WordPress. I had to manually fix a few links and recently had a major issue with my plugins (it is now fixed) everything is finally migrated over.
I will be adding new features and content to the site as well as a new theme hopefully in the coming weeks.
I’ve painstakingly gone through nearly all of my blog posts and updated the URL for the little icons and images. I canceled their previous hosting domain and rolled them into my main one.
I wish blogger had a search and replace feature that would have let me find the old URL and replace it with the new one automatically. Oh well.
As of late, I’ve been looking into going back to school. It seems the Ottawa region is flooded with support analysts who have been laid off and the demand doesn’t meet those levels. Perhaps I can either supplement my skills, or maybe it’s time to move into a new career. We shall see.
I recently pieced together a new song concept demo, which can be found on my MySpace page – it’s the track labeled ‘Boneyard’. Check it out.
After a poking around the xml template for my site, and playing around with the Digg code, I’ve figured out how to add a Digg button to my posts.
Listed below is a quick how-to for adding this functionality to your website too.
- Make sure your blog is set to enable Post Pages and you are using the new Blogger, not the classic version
- Go to the customization section of your blog, on the Template tab select Edit HTML
- Make sure to click Download Full Template and save a backup copy to disk – just in case.
- Put a check in Expand Widget Templates.
- Search for
<p><data:post.body/></p>
Update: November 5th, 2008
It has come to my attention that some templates use a slightly different formatting. If you cannot find the text listed above – try searching for <data:post.body/> and follow the rest of the instructions.
- Paste this on the line directly before it:
<div style='float:right; margin-left:10px;'>
<script type='text/javascript'>
digg_url="<data:post.url/>";</script>
<script src='http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js' type='text/javascript'/>
</div>
- Preview your template to make sure it looks right – the Digg icon should appear at the top right of all your posts. Hover your cursor over it and make sure the link URL matches your post URL.
- If all looks well, click Save Template and then View your blog
Happy DIGGing!
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