Comments for Brad The BlogBoy http://bradtheblogboy.com a blunt blog about blogging Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:56:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Theme Building Challenge by blogboy http://bradtheblogboy.com/blog-contests/theme-building-challenge/#comment-274 blogboy Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:34:30 +0000 http://bradtheblogboy.com/?p=80#comment-274 The problem with liquid layouts is you can only go so small with them and have them still be useful. That threshold is almost always a 1000px width or close there too if you are going to use a sidebar with any sort of meaningful information in it. The biggest problem with liquid formatting is you still have to decide at what width you want it to look its best. A blog with a liquid layout best on a 1024px width monitor will look almost as bad on a 1600px wide as it does on a 640px wide display. As someone who uses a widescreen monitor having liquid formatting often times makes for bad formatting when it spills across a 22" monitor having your sidebar ungodly far from the content or worse having entire posts stretch out into two or three lines of text running across the monitor. Liquid layouts worked really well when the majority of people were using widths between 800px and 1024px. While some of the new monitors still have native resolution at 1024x768 most of them are getting a lot bigger. Theme designers need to start accounting for these bigger sizes with something better than just letting it stretch. Theme switcher will let the end user decide what looks best for them without forcing the blogger to compromise on content vs navigation vs advertising. Less than 200 characters of code will please a lot more people. BTW You have no idea how bad some sites looked in IE 5. The libraries are up for a levy soon and want to invest in new computers and I am going to be pushing that they drop their silly notion of windows and the even sillier idea of affording Mac's and go with locally built linux machines with firefox. Twice the machine at half the price. The problem with liquid layouts is you can only go so small with them and have them still be useful.  That threshold is almost always a 1000px width or close there too if you are going to use a sidebar with any sort of meaningful information in it.  The biggest problem with liquid formatting is you still have to decide at what width you want it to look its best.  A blog with a liquid layout best on a 1024px width monitor will look almost as bad on a 1600px wide as it does on a 640px wide display. 

As someone who uses a widescreen monitor having liquid formatting often times makes for bad formatting when it spills across a 22″ monitor having your sidebar ungodly far from the content or worse having entire posts stretch out into two or three lines of text running across the monitor. 

Liquid layouts worked really well when the majority of people were using widths between 800px and 1024px.  While some of the new monitors still have native resolution at 1024×768 most of them are getting a lot bigger.  Theme designers need to start accounting for these bigger sizes with something better than just letting it stretch.  Theme switcher will let the end user decide what looks best for them without forcing the blogger to compromise on content vs navigation vs advertising.  Less than 200 characters of code will please a lot more people.

BTW You have no idea how bad some sites looked in IE 5.  The libraries are up for a levy soon and want to invest in new computers and I am going to be pushing that they drop their silly notion of windows and the even sillier idea of affording Mac’s and go with locally built linux machines with firefox.  Twice the machine at half the price.

]]> Comment on Theme Building Challenge by Ryan http://bradtheblogboy.com/blog-contests/theme-building-challenge/#comment-273 Ryan Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:07:40 +0000 http://bradtheblogboy.com/?p=80#comment-273 Well, actually there is no need for various types of themes for different resolution. Just get the designers to create a liquid layout (using proper XHTML and CSS) so that the layout will adjust to whatever resolution users are using. IE5??? I think that most of the existing website of today will break when viewing with IE5. Well, actually there is no need for various types of themes for different resolution. Just get the designers to create a liquid layout (using proper XHTML and CSS) so that the layout will adjust to whatever resolution users are using.

IE5??? I think that most of the existing website of today will break when viewing with IE5.

]]> Comment on Theme Building Challenge by Theme Building Challenge - WebProWorld http://bradtheblogboy.com/blog-contests/theme-building-challenge/#comment-265 Theme Building Challenge - WebProWorld Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:45:37 +0000 http://bradtheblogboy.com/?p=80#comment-265 [...] Building Challenge Theme Building Challenge There isn't a lot I can say that I haven't already said int he post except I am closer to finding [...] [...] Building Challenge Theme Building Challenge There isn’t a lot I can say that I haven’t already said int he post except I am closer to finding [...]

]]> Comment on CYA For Bloggers by PlugIM.com http://bradtheblogboy.com/hosting/cya-for-bloggers/#comment-238 PlugIM.com Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:11:15 +0000 http://bradtheblogboy.com/?p=76#comment-238 <strong>CYA For Bloggers...</strong> Public Online Spaces don't guarantee you freedom of speech. So before crawling into the belly of the beast and then complain you have been swallowed you should learn the rules about opening your own mouth.... CYA For Bloggers…

Public Online Spaces don’t guarantee you freedom of speech. So before crawling into the belly of the beast and then complain you have been swallowed you should learn the rules about opening your own mouth….

]]> Comment on Online marketing for small business: Organic search engine optimisation versus Pay per click advertising by Joe Reis http://bradtheblogboy.com/traffic-building/online-marketing-for-small-business-organic-search-engine-optimisation-versus-pay-per-click-advertising/#comment-216 Joe Reis Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:59:14 +0000 http://bradtheblogboy.com/?p=73#comment-216 SEO is definitely the more time consuming of the two. I've always used PPC and SEO in tandem, which has produced great results. SEO is definitely the more time consuming of the two. I’ve always used PPC and SEO in tandem, which has produced great results.

]]> Comment on Problems At Technorati by Choosing the Right Keywords http://bradtheblogboy.com/rank-and-ratings/problems-at-technorati/#comment-213 Choosing the Right Keywords Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:28:47 +0000 http://bradtheblogboy.com/?p=69#comment-213 [...] I receive between 2 and 5 hits from Google every day, with an equal number from Del.icio.us, and Technorati. I expect that trend to continue and to be at the forefront on any search the next time she does [...] [...] I receive between 2 and 5 hits from Google every day, with an equal number from Del.icio.us, and Technorati. I expect that trend to continue and to be at the forefront on any search the next time she does [...]

]]> Comment on 8 Blogging Tips to Grip Your Readers by mommyandmeboutique http://bradtheblogboy.com/readership/8-blogging-tips-to-grip-your-readers/#comment-210 mommyandmeboutique Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:27:21 +0000 http://bradtheblogboy.com/?p=72#comment-210 Thanks for all the tips. I rally enjoyed reading the information and I copy/paste and printed the entire page out. Thanks for all the tips.  I rally enjoyed reading the information and I copy/paste and printed the entire page out.

]]> Comment on Must Have WordPress 2.5 Plugins by LiveWire http://bradtheblogboy.com/plugins/must-have-wordpress-25-plugins/#comment-198 LiveWire Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:49:22 +0000 http://bradtheblogboy.com/?p=83#comment-198 Excellent write up, it's going to take me some time to get all the way through all the items in your post. Bookmarked for future reference. This is the ultimate plugin resource with valuable information. Excellent write up, it’s going to take me some time to get all the way through all the items in your post.  Bookmarked for future reference.  This is the ultimate plugin resource with valuable information.

]]> Comment on Problems At Technorati by Dr. X http://bradtheblogboy.com/rank-and-ratings/problems-at-technorati/#comment-192 Dr. X Sat, 31 May 2008 18:06:11 +0000 http://bradtheblogboy.com/?p=69#comment-192 I've had the same problem repeatedly. They will reply to email and the form but it took six days each of the three times I contacted them. I guess there is a six day back log. The problem was resolved for about a week. Since yesterday, however, technorati doesn't update after outside pings and the ping button has disappeared on my technorati page (that has happened with both of my blogs during the past 24 hours. I've had the occassional problem with technorati in the year and a half I've been blogging, but nothing like the last month. Something does seem to be seriously wrong on their end. I’ve had the same problem repeatedly.  They will reply to email and the form but it took six days each of the three times I contacted them.  I guess there is a six day back log.

The problem was resolved for about a week.  Since yesterday, however, technorati doesn’t update after outside pings and the ping button has disappeared on my technorati page (that has happened with both of my blogs during the past 24 hours.

I’ve had the occassional problem with technorati in the year and a half I’ve been blogging, but nothing like the last month.  Something does seem to be seriously wrong on their end.

]]> Comment on U Comment I Follow Frauds by blogboy http://bradtheblogboy.com/u-comment-i-follow-frauds/#comment-186 blogboy Sat, 24 May 2008 13:23:35 +0000 http://bloggingfornoobs.com/?page_id=70#comment-186 If you want to help with this and find a site that doesn't comply you can post me a note in the contact form. those all go to a special mailbox that won't get lost in my regular mail. If you want to help with this and find a site that doesn’t comply you can post me a note in the contact form.  those all go to a special mailbox that won’t get lost in my regular mail.

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