| Monday, January 22, 2007 |
| About some new features |
I've been working hard today to make some changes and improvements to the site, and I'm very pleased with the results.
I'll list the changes in the order of how accomplished they make me feel:
1) Labels (which I wasn't a big fan of) are now replaced with the folder trees. This seriously has some great benefits. Previously if you clicked on a label it would open a page with the newest 7 posts with that label, regardless of whether they were relevant to you or not - and the buried ones remained buried. Not very user friendly. This one, as you can see, not only expands the folders (click on the black pointer rather than the blue text) but most importantly shows the post titles and allows you to go straight to the post you want to read. The only slight problem with it is that it lists posts starting with the most recently edited, not necessarily the newest, so an ocassional old post might masquerade as a recent post. This feature makes me proud because its an original, and I'll humbly say its quite brilliant - I don't think any blog in the blogosphere features it. (The things I do for you guys! :P) It was after doing some intense googling and exploring blogger hacks that I was able to come up with this one. Of all the label display styles I've seen on Blogger-powered blogs, this one is my favourite. I still can't believe I concocted it, I mean I don't even know HTML. Another great thing about it is that you can have RSS feeds (the little orange buttons) of individual labels/folders--for those who don't want to subscribe to everything. Anyway, enough with the bragging...
2) The orange tabs at the very top. That one took much time and effort to make, but its not an original, nor is it as helpful as #1. But for the effort it took to make it, and for how pretty it looks, its #2. I picked the buttons I picked based on popularity and uniqueness. The header graphic is no longer clickable because we now have the "home" button.
I know you're probably thinking I'm such a dork, right about now. Anyway-
3) The switchBrowser is a handy little frame that displays everything with the word "switchfoot" on Google News. It takes some of the newsreporting burden off my back, as it will automatically update itself whenever a new article or review shows up under Google's radar.
EDIT: I removed this feature because it stands against the page's color-theme a bit too much. I'm looking for better way to achieve the same...
4) Further down, there's the MySpace blog scroller (which doesn't look too pretty, but I couldn't come up with anything better... yet), and the Podcast feature which is great (it will automatically update itself as and when Switchfoot puts out any video on YouTube. Same with the MySpace blog scroller.) Ignore the ocassional advertisement on the MySpace thingy.
5) ...and some other tiny changes which you'll notice.
I'd love to hear what ya'll think. Thanks for all the support, I really appreciate it. Have a nice day. :) |
posted by phil @ 4:39 AM  
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"The only slight problem with it is that it lists posts starting with the most recently edited, not necessarily the newest, so an ocassional old post might masquerade as a recent post."
Um, we need to talk. Because you and editing is like Switch and foot. They go together.
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This site is well on its way to being a one stop site for all Switchfoot needs...
Thanks for all the work y'all have put into it.
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I don't think you're a dork. I think the new stuff looks great. I'm pretty sure this is my new(ish) favorite blog.
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You're such a dork Phil.... :D
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"The only slight problem with it is that it lists posts starting with the most recently edited, not necessarily the newest, so an ocassional old post might masquerade as a recent post."
Um, we need to talk. Because you and editing is like Switch and foot. They go together.