Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Help me!

I'm so confused with my blog right now. Last night I decided that I just needed to tidy up a little and it would all be fine, and so after hours and hours of fiddling around, I looked at it, and I'm just not that happy with the way it looks... It's ok, but not perfect, and I blame it on the fact that I've been having a lot of trouble with blogger over the last few weeks, maybe even a little longer than that. I can't move the page elements around easily like I used to be able, so there are things on my sidebars that are just not where I want them to be, and some are only because I copied and pasted HTML from one 'gadget' to another, but it took way too long, and left me feeling frustrated. So I have looked into Wordpress and Typepad, and I just can't tell what I should do, I don't really know anyone with Wordpress, but I signed up for a blog because it's free, and I'm feeling stumped by the fact I don't know CSS coding. I've had trouble entering my credit card details into the Typepad so that I can try it out, and I know it isn't my credit card that's having the problems, so I'm wondering about the quality of service and functionality based on that simple thing... hhhhmmmmmnnnn. I have no idea what to do. Blogger has also been doing a bunch of other weird stuff, such as when I click on certain hypertext in my profile, to find other bloggers who live in Australia or like reading, it says there aren't any... it never used to do that.

If you have any tips or advice, I'd sure appreciate it!
B.

5 comments:

gret said...

Hey there,Have you been here?:http://thinkbakery.com/how-to-build-a-better-blog/I think its a wonderful resource. Cant remember if theyve posted anything on choosing a blogging site, but they may have. This weeks video also looks great but Im yet to watch it.I agree with Yana - your blog looks lovely at the moment, but I too would like mine tweaked a little, and Im not real happy with bloggers limitations. Hope this helps!:o)

Yana said...

Just wanted to stop by and say that your blog looks lovely, but I know the feeling when youre not 100% happy with something. Im sorry I cant give you any tips on blogger, or any other blog service because I havent been doing it long enough myself. I just wanted to let you know that at the moment it looks lovely.

bink amp; boo said...

I love your new banner and I think the blog looks good.I personally use typepad and have been very happy with it. Its very easy to make changes and their service/customer service has been great! I am not a serious blogger, but I love typepad.I have many friends who use wordpress and love it because of css. No speak-uh css. I know it can do WAY more than typepad, but I am loyal to typepad.Hope I didnt confuse you. Good luck and I think your blog looks great.Biancabinkandboo[at]gmail[dot]com

kellie said...

I too think your blog looks great. I like your new header. Its simple and clean. But I understand the frustration too. I use the wordpress self-hosted platform. If you want to know anything about that, feel free to drop me a line at kellie@74limelane.com.au

faithhopeandawholelottalove said...

I think your blog is great!! I love the simpleness of it it is easy to read - great colours images.