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Blog Tips!

I'm not a pro-blogger, and I'm not that expert in web designing, but as I've been staying on this community, I've learned something and bumped up at few problems...

• Flashy layout

What..? Yup! Flashy! Putting animated images can attract viewers, but please don't make it as the main image of your layout. That was one of my mistakes. I used animated polkadots on my previous layout, and one reader left a message in the tagboard that the background is givingn her a headache. And don't flood your blog with lots of animated stuffs, especially in the banner.

• Container Background:

What I mean is the background image where your entries are written. If you can't make it to plain (no texture or brushes on it), please make the textures/brushes lighter to make your entries readable.

• Fonts

Can you read the fonts that I'm using now...? I bet you can't.. lolz... It's grey, not black; and its 10px.  What I don't like is using sTickYcaPs and ALLCAPS! It's hard to read it. And please use readable fonts like Arial, Times New Roman, Verdana, Century Gothic, Tahoma, Comic Sans will do. But the Tempus sans ITC..? I'm not sure with you guys, but I can't read a paragraph written in Tempus Sans. And please dont use Script styles in your entries. And write in correct spelling..

• Colors

Practice uniformity in colors of your layouts. Well, at most have three colors as main theme.

• Navigation

If you have tons of navigation links in your site, please organize it. Especially those who are using mapped layouts. If you have a big site, it is recommended that you have to put sitemap in your site.

• Music

Arggghhh.. Please don't hide the controls for your music box, and just leaving the music alone. There are few  people, like me, who leave their speakers ON. So eventually, when a new playlist is open on the other window, we have to choose what music are we gonna listen to.. What if we don't like your music...? And we want to turn your music OFF..? What are we gonna do if you set the height and width of your playlist to 0px? Basically, others will just turn off the speakers, OR will just leave your site.

• Links

Please organize your friend links. In short, make it as close to uniform and put it in alphabetical manner. I just hate it when it's not alphabetical.

• Pop-ups

If you are using advertisements, it's fine. But too much pop-ups...? It'll make your site down. It's just so disgusting.

• Marquees

I don't have a problem with marquees as long as: The speed is not over fast and it stops on hover...

• Advertisement/Directory Banners

I know it'll promote your site, but please organize your ads. If possible, put them in uniform size, in a particular place, and in good spacing. Alignment and presentation of your ads must look neat if possible.

• Page Loading

Wahhh.. It should be dial-up friendly. Don't make your images too big in size. If you are using map layouts, please slice your images. And Optimize any big size images.

• Message Alerts

I'm annoyed with it. The welcome and goodbye alerts. Why..? They keep on alerting me everytime I click a post, category, archives, and comments. It's so annoying!

• Rip and Steal alerts

Especially on welcome and right click alerts, please don't put these words : "RIPPERS, STEAL, COPYCAT".. It's kinda insulting for those who doesn't intend to do those things.

• Trackers

Trackers look cool.. Especially when you see your visitors name in there.. But trust me, it'll decrease page views. If you have visible tracker it'll be more cool if it will record unique visits. For me, hiding your tracker is better. Trust me, I have tons of tracker in this blog.. *kiddin*... (my other blog has visible tracker.. :D )

• Whole Layout

I don't know what you want, but I want neat ones. Scrap layouts are cool, but sometimes it makes my eyes bleed. For me, everthing rely on the banner. Make your banner as attractive as you can, then leave the body simple and neat as you can. And I don't care how your banner looks messy, just don't make the body messy. Don't make your blog layout same with the ones in socializing networks. It's completely different! Coz socializing networks doesn't have that much content to be read than in blogs.

• You Comment, I follow!

What type of blogger are you..? Are you one of those "thick faces" who keep on asking and begging for comments, and didn't even drop a comment in the blogger that they asked too...? That is one of the things I really hate. Well, commenting back is really not expected. BUT!!!! If you asked for it, can you, at least drop a short comment in the blogger that you asked..? Let us just practice blogging etiquettes here..

That's all for now. You can add and react if you want to. Just don't tell me to change the size of my font. Happy blogging!

IE or FF..?

I really dont have much problem in IE, since I'm using IE7 and my speed is fast, it's just that, sometimes my browser hanged if I open too many tabs. Well, I think my pc is obsolete.. hehehe.. Anyway, I have FF and IE now. But I don't think so I'll shift to FF 100%. for some reasons, I just don't feel using FF all the time... Why..? The font is different, I almost can't read it. And all my layouts sucks in FF.. Sometimes I have two scrollbars. Well, I'm not a great coder, so I don't know how to fix it in FF. That's all I don't like in FF: The layout and the fonts looks horrible..  One thing, FF can't have colored scrollbars.. I don't like it!

But on the other side, FF loads page faster than IE. It has this restore thing, and when I do blog hopping, especially sending tags..? FF is the best... I don't have to type all the words again. It also has this spelling check.. Great isn't it, especially writing articles and formal stuffs.

Tab browsing..? Tab browsing is one of the best feature in FF, but I really don't have any problem with that in IE, since IE7 has tab browsing already.

Anyway, how about you..? IE or FF..? wanna share why you love to use that browser..? For me, I'm using the two browsers, but most of the time..? I used IE.. coz its not hurting my eyes..

Sayonara!

Yeah.. As what the title says.. Im leaving.. Maybe just temporarily only.. I may can still update my blogs but I already decided to be inactive in Friendstertalk. It had been awhile since I joined the forum, and leaving is so hard coz it had been a part of my life already. Though I might have only few friends, but I really met true friends even online only...

Why of all..? Why leave Ftalk..? For some reasons... Since I joined this forum, I have never been productive in my life coz all I do is sit in front of the pc, tweak my friendster, learn html, tweak my blog, and make blog layies. Yeah.. That forum is kinda addicting.. Why..? coz it is really fun in there... And you will learn almost everything.. from graphics to html.. and you will have friends there...

Why am I leaving...? I have priorities in life. I don't wanna reach my next bday unlicensed... I can feel now that I'm losing all my knowledge that I learn in college... argghh.. It's a bad sign... I can only explain simple process of diseases like DM and HPN.. but nothing more than that.. And it is really frustrating me.

What am I gonna do now...? Withdraw myself from the pc, and try to make a time budget. My online time is only for messages with my friends, and maybe update post in my blog.. lolz.. I need a break.. Not read always... but why not visit Ftalk..? coz its my weakness.. I have to pass my application at BON at California, and starts to review to be prepared for the exam... Yes and Oh Yes! Im determined to pass NCLEX in just one try. And my mind is now set to review and be prepared for the exam...

I'll ask for your prayers guyz.. and not luck...

To all Ftalkers:I will surely miss you... Please don't forget me. I'll always treasure my memories with you.. I'll be back, it might take a long time, but for sure I'll be back..

(Image credit to Joebz)