Meh. Am I the only one who feels overwhelmingly retarded when it comes to making my blog look good??
I'm so frustrated right now I just want to hurl my netbook across the room! I love blogging but sometimes the techie aspect of blogging does not help with my anger management issues.
First of all, I want a button at some point in time. I realize I can just have one made. Rose pointed me in the right direction on that one (thanks, Rose!).
I can't find a layout that I really reeeeeeally like. I'm too miserly and Dutch to pay someone to makeover my entire blog for me; besides, that would make me feel like it wasn't really my blog. Plus, if I did that then I'd definitely never figure anything out for myself. I wish I knew how to write code so I could make myself one.
After I started blogging again after my hiatus last summer, I noticed the most annoying thing: my Dashboard no longer tells me if I have new comments. One word: obnoxious. If I didn't alert myself via e-mail whenever I receive new comments, I'd never be the wiser when y'all drop your words of wisdom in the comment box.
Within the past week or two, every time I type HTML code into my post it refuses to convert to a normal text after being posted. All the jibberish is still hanging out on the page, looking like a total eyesore.
I've noticed the "You Might Also Like:" feature installed on some other blogs and finally decided to add it. When I added the widget and went to my blog afterwards to check it out, the featured posts that were displayed weren't even my posts, they were from other blogs!!!!!
(Side Note: I hate exclamation points. So when I do use them, just know that the number of exclamation points used is directly proportional to my current level of violent rage or joy.)
Confused, I clicked on one post that I supposedly wrote titled Tara Reid Is Great... and it took me to some sort of a blog or site that said something to the effect of "Words words words... Tara Reid... kitchen sink... words words words... her boobs are so perky... words words words...." Ewwwww. If someone is using this widget to cleverly promote their vomit on my blog, they should use blog titles that at least slightly resemble something I'd say. It'll be a cold day in hell if the words "Tara Reid is great" ever issue forth from either my mouth or my fingers. I think she's repulsive and vacuous. And her boobs are not perky, either.
(Side Note: I hate exclamation points. So when I do use them, just know that the number of exclamation points used is directly proportional to my current level of violent rage or joy.)
Confused, I clicked on one post that I supposedly wrote titled Tara Reid Is Great... and it took me to some sort of a blog or site that said something to the effect of "Words words words... Tara Reid... kitchen sink... words words words... her boobs are so perky... words words words...." Ewwwww. If someone is using this widget to cleverly promote their vomit on my blog, they should use blog titles that at least slightly resemble something I'd say. It'll be a cold day in hell if the words "Tara Reid is great" ever issue forth from either my mouth or my fingers. I think she's repulsive and vacuous. And her boobs are not perky, either.
So anyways. What. The. Hell.
The worst part? Every time I come across a glitch that I'm trying to solve and I go to the Help section of Blogger, the explanations are usually completely cryptic and totally unhelpful.
Grrrrrrrr! I'm so mad I could spit!
Am I really this stupid?? Did I miss blogging school or something? Or are my neurons just firing that slowly?
Wooooosahhhhhhh..... *Rubs earlobes *
Okay. I feel a tad bit better after throwing that out there, but feeling better doesn't change the fact that I'm no less clueless.
Okay. I feel a tad bit better after throwing that out there, but feeling better doesn't change the fact that I'm no less clueless.
You aint alone. The only thing I have less than buttons and widgets on my blog is comments. Mine is plain cause I guess I am a bit thick when it comes to html. But I do know the main thing you have to worry about is shielding, time and distance. Oh, that dont help here. There is as least two of us lost here.
ReplyDeleteAaaaaa-men!
ReplyDeleteI'm currently trying to learn Photoshop and CSS JUST for blogging purposes. How much of a geek am I?!
See with your html showing problem, have you checked your advanced settings as you're posting? It might be just because you haven't ticked the box for "convert html automatically".. I only noticed this the other week when I used the schedule-function for the first time.. :P
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@ Simply Suthern - glad to know I'm not the only one who feels lost!
ReplyDelete@Susie Q - I did try that and it didn't seem to make a difference. :( I think it's just me lol.
i can never find a layout i like either. so many of the backgrounds have flowers and junk on them - *so* not me. i can edit the HTML code to a certain extent, but it always takes me forever. this was basically no help, right? sorry, dear. if i get educatred about it, i'll drop some knowledge on ya. ;)
ReplyDeletei suck too. i've been trying for a week or more to get my background(where yours is wood) to be black... and the main posting area(where you're is greyish?) to be all white. clearly, i fail. sorry i'm no help, but sometimes it's good to at least know that other people suck at this html shit too, haha.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty much blog retarded too. One of my real life friends made my layout for me but I pretty much told her exactly what I wanted.
ReplyDeleteI hate when I put in a picture all the jibberish shows up. I don't understand about 90% of the widgets. I just try to keep mine simple.
Help section of blogger needs to go suck it.
ReplyDeleteI'm an expert Photoshopper so if you ever need any graphics, you can always come to me!
As for that funny stuff called html, I got nothing.
Maybe I'll go find a hot nerd to make out with a little in exchange for html tutorial.
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Help section of blogger needs to go suck it.
ReplyDeleteI'm an expert Photoshopper so if you ever need any graphics, you can always come to me!
As for that funny stuff called html, I got nothing.
Maybe I'll go find a hot nerd to make out with a little in exchange for html tutorial.
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I'm right there with ya...have absolutely no clue as to how to make a button or pretty much any of the other things I see others do--like how in the hell do you add a link to someone else's blog? who knows.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Shabby Blogs has really cute layouts for FREE.
I gave up. Thankfully I have understanding friends who put up with the terrible layout of my blog. Your blog looks nice to me. =)
ReplyDeleteYour hubby thinking you're insane is probably another reason we get along. Every few weeks something happens (different things) that causes my wife to laugh, tell me I'm a strange man, and then give me a hug. I'm not always sure how to take that, but she tells me it's a good thing.
Found your blog via rbandj on 20sb.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first started blogging I was like you and many others. I was lost and so clueless. But then I told myself, "I can do it". Looking at others' well-decorated blogs got me kinda jealous. So you know what I did? I Googled everything! I still do. I did HTML (basic) in 2003 and it's not that hard. And now I started learning CSS on my own through Google... ;p
Nowadays there are many easy tutorials for Blogspot. Just (again) Google it. You'll find it. Keywords you can use on Google are blogger hacks, blogger tips, free widgets for blogger.
Another trick is to download the Firebug plug-in for Firefox. Go to Google, type Firebug for Firefox and download it. Now open a blog you like on Firefox. Click on the spider-looking icon at the bottom-right of your browser. You'll see a section of codes will appear at the bottom half of your page. Then look on the right you'll see more codes! Now you'll see a mouse cursor at the top of the code section. Click on it. Then move your mouse over to wherever you want on the blog and the codes used will automatically appear on the right side. You'll have an idea then what codes are being used. So now if the codes don't make sense to you, again, google it! ;p
Did I confuse you?
If you need help I'm here....
Y'all are the poo! Seriously, thanks for all the sympathies and helpful hints. I feel much less alone now. ;P
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