tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post116100829379811474..comments2024-03-27T05:41:49.609-04:00Comments on Ask And Ye Shall Receive: it's all so subjectiveLove Biteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09560398644345169431noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-1161374343123984292006-10-20T15:59:00.000-04:002006-10-20T15:59:00.000-04:00And yes, the pictures at the top of the gecko and ...And yes, the pictures at the top of the gecko and fly temlates are easily interchangeable as long as you keep the graphic the same size.Love Biteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560398644345169431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-1161373416840353482006-10-20T15:43:00.000-04:002006-10-20T15:43:00.000-04:00First, thanks to whoever posted that review. I wa...First, thanks to whoever posted that review. I was hung up in a meeting all day and wasn't able to get online AT ALL. Glad I wrote it in advance.<BR/><BR/>Don: Glad you enuoyed the feedback.Love Biteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560398644345169431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-1161373331768475652006-10-20T15:42:00.000-04:002006-10-20T15:42:00.000-04:00Thanks for the kind words and the helpful suggesti...Thanks for the kind words and the helpful suggestions, LB.<BR/><BR/>In response to your review and the one at another review site which shall remain nameless (both reviews, for some reason, came out on the same day), I've made a couple of changes: I retitled my blog, not because of the reviews but because I was getting sick of the old title. The new title is " You’ll come for the terrorism, you’ll stay for the taxes - welcome to the Middle East!" - which is long, but I like it anyway. (I've also been advised that having "Middle East" and "terrorism" right there in my title will help with Google searches - and since my blog really does deal with these issues, I suppose there's nothing very wrong with "playing the system" a bit.)<BR/><BR/>I've also done some further tinkering with the sidebar. As you suggested, I've ditched the ads - they were blog-swap ads rather than anything intended to make money, but I'd noticed that these programs weren't really drawing any traffic to my site anyway - done some reorganization, and taken the "peekaboo" concept a couple of steps further. I would very much appreciate anyone's feedback on the new changes. (One commenter on the other review site wrote that s/he hated my use of the word "stuff" in the new version of the sidebar - my inclination is to disagree with him/her, but if I start hearing the same complaint from others, I may change my mind. Or not.)<BR/><BR/>I've ditched the repetetive part of the blog footer. Whether anyone who's read through to the bottom of the page will remember the question posed at the top of the page is very much an open question. Whether anyone will care is an even bigger open question!<BR/><BR/>I've been feeling very conflicted about the whole template issue. The one I'm using is definitely blah; I picked it basically because it didn't look silly or make things hard to read. (I absolutely hate BTOD blogs and low-contrast text; and since my own blog is almost entirely text, the last thing I want to do is make it hard to read!) Something snappier would definitely be nice; but at the same time, I want the thing to look basically "serious" rather than overly personal or silly. I find that when I try to visualize how I'd like a new blog template to look, I draw a blank. But I'll keep working on it. Are the banner photos in the Gecko & Fly templates easily changeable? Some of the templates look pretty good, but the pics aren't right for who I am / where I live and write about.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Thanks again,<BR/><BR/>-DonRDon Radlauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913661475277505087noreply@blogger.com