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Chachic
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Jul 05, 2010 08:01PM
Thanks! I'll check it when I get home, I don't have web mail access here in the office. Argh, I'm thinking of removing that text box. It doesn't seem to work properly with WordPress, it keeps on adding other things to the code.
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If any of you guys are interested, you could check out the list of Filipino book bloggers here: http://filipinobookbloggers.wordpress... :)
Any other Filipino book bloggers out there? :) Please let me know so I can invite them to join Filipino Book Bloggers.
This thread got me thinking.What's an ideal site for a book blog?
Tumblr? Wordpress?
I would really love to read your comments. Thanks. :)
Though I don't have Twitter I think it is the best flat-porm (a deliberate word on my part) for a good book review.Just think of it, writing of something profound, of that one book that affected or ruined your day at the most in just (ETA)*140 words. C'mon, the man who can come up with a decent review for a book/movie review is much more a human being of great word smith skillz.
*The above comment took only 160 characters or less (exluding this postscipt, of course)makes my case for Twitter as book blog flat-porm (yeah, that annoying word again) highly feasible. Ehehehe... (--,)
jzhunagev wrote: "Though I don't have Twitter I think it is the best flat-porm (a deliberate word on my part) for a good book review.Just think of it, writing of something profound, of that one book that affected ..."
Can you make a review of Stephen King books in 160 words only?
Aaron | Sir Vince Launcelot Ronsworth-Vaughan XVI wrote: "Just 140."Ooh, thanks for the further clarification, Aaron.
Hmmm, Jzhun, actually, you have a point. Especially for an entity like me who cannot string together a sensible paragraph kahit na 40 words max pa. Haha!Pero, seriously. For those who maintain either tumblr or wordpress accounts. What do you think?
On Twitter: oh, it's not words, it's characters. :)Lynai: It depends on your preference. :) I use Wordpress hosted on my domain, Chachic uses Wordpress.com. A friend uses Blogger, Aaron uses Tumblr. Some just stick to reviewing books here in GR. Multiply also works since it has a review section already. I use Wordpress because I've been using it for years, and all my other blogs are using Wordpress. Blogger is by far the easiest, I think, but for functionality and flexibility, Wordpress wins IMHO. :)
@Ace: take this passage "the man who can come up with a decent review for a book/movie review is much more a human being of great word smith skillz."As of now I'm professing that I'm no man of such caliber, Ace. But let's see. I'm up to the challenge. And Twitters is blocked in the office. So what gives, eh?
I saw a lot of reviews posted on wordpress and tumblr. But I think Tumblr is much more user-friendly. But it's just me. You could check out mine, not really just a book blog. hehehehe *shameless plugging* in short kapalmuks. hahahahaPinoy Peter Pan
Err I actually don't understand how Tumblr is the most user-friendly because every time I go on a site over there, I get confused. :( It's not clear how I can leave comments and things like that.I would have to say go with either Blogger or WordPress. Most book bloggers use those two sites. I love WordPress because it has a lot of built-in features that I utilize such as Blog Stats and getting a ping whenever someone links back to your post, etc. But I also envy certain functions of Blogger. I think most people would say Blogger is easier to use but a lot of techie people recommend WordPress.
And Jayson, I've seen a blogger who posts Twitter-like summaries with her reviews. I mean she posts her reaction in just 140 characters.
AAAAAAND Goodreads ate my comment yay. :|Ariel and Chachic: see, matter of preference. I'm very partial to Wordpress because I used to design sites, and Wordpress is easy to modify/hack to make it do what I want (ah programming, I miss you sometimes). Tumblr is okay, but I think it is really meant for short posts? I like the reblog feature, but their comments feature confuses me. ^^
Chachic: Who is this Twitterer? I want to follow her. I need to learn how to be concise with my reviews (this is why my editor takes so long to edit my reviews -- I tend to ramble). ^^;
Tumblr for me is the easiest. Wordpress and Blogger needs a lot of design customizations. And I am too lazy for HTML and CSS. Those stuffs gives me more headache than C++ and java. I hate front-end website customizations. The news feed on both blogging platforms are not that neat. Unlike in tumblr, it is easy to read the posts of the people you follow.
Tina, you design sites? I should've met you sooner so I could've asked your help in putting up my blog! LOL. I don't have programming skillz so my blog is very basic. Oh sorry, I couldn't remember who that blogger was. I browse through so many blogs that I can't remember all of them.Aaron, oh so Tumblr is good in keeping track of the people you follow? What I don't like about it is, it's not good for people who don't have Tumblr sites. At least with Blogger and WordPress, it's easier to follow for those who don't have their own blogs. And most people who follow blogs use some kind of feed reader anyway like Google Reader.
Chachic wrote: "Tina, you design sites? I should've met you sooner so I could've asked your help in putting up my blog! LOL. I don't have programming skillz so my blog is very basic. Oh sorry, I couldn't remember ..."I used to. :P I stopped doing so because my work demands more of content management, and I'm just plain lazy at designing now (especially when my colleagues design better than I do).
I wish I could design! I'm not very artistic so I'm not capable of doing things like that. I envy you!
Chachic wrote: "I wish I could design! I'm not very artistic so I'm not capable of doing things like that. I envy you!"Thanks. I'm not good with flashy designs though, unlike my teammates, that's why I don't accept freelance design projects anymore (plus my work is about web, doing that in freelance would drive me nuts).
But for book blogs, I still think content is king. I don't like it when blogs have too many flashy graphics because it distracts me from the content. That's why I love The Book Smugglers so so much -- it's wordy, but you know that they really thought about what they wrote. :)
Yep, content really matters in book blogging. As long as the layout is readable and it doesn't take long to load, you don't have anything to worry about. I love how Ana and Thea do their reviews but my favorites are Angie's (Angieville), Michelle (See Michelle Read) and Holly (Book Harbinger) because I feel like we read the same type of books.
Thanks everyone for the comments. I'm trying out Wordpress. :)
Lynai, check out the comments of Filipino book bloggers about blog platforms here: http://filipinobookbloggers.wordpress...
Ay akala ko Twitter. Pero di bale Lynai I'll be reading your reviews don't worry. Ayan ha may follower ka na!
Haha! A lot of thanks Jzhun. But don't expect much. I don't have the expertise yet. I'm still keeping my Multiply, though. Just so you know. :)Thanks for the link, Chachic.
If you're blog is up and running, you might want to join Filipino Book Bloggers. :)
I'm setting it up. I hope I'll be able to maintain it. As of now, I'm making use of what free time I have and this seemingly momentary urge to try being a blogger. Haha!
To all Fully Booked fans out there, they now have a blog up: http://lucylovesfullybooked.blogspot....
I just "unprivatized" my very own book blog!! Woot!! It's for real, this time(I hope!) XPHere's the link:
Guy Gone Geek
*shameless self-promotion* XD
Aaron Vincent wrote: "I just "unprivatized" my very own book blog!! Woot!! It's for real, this time(I hope!) XPHere's the link:
Guy Gone Geek
*shameless self-promotion* XD"
cool :)
Hey Aaron, I like your header! Maybe you'd like to join Filipino Book Bloggers? :) Just in time for our first ever meet up on September 25.
Finally, Something I could look at for book suggestion without you knowing it. hahahaha
Thanks, told you I am an aspiring digital artist. XPWhat do I have to do to join the Filipino Book Bloggers?? I wish its not that much of an initiation, though. I pretty much value my physical health. :)
And I can join that meetup even I'm just a newbie in book blogging?
Ariel: Oh you must put up your book blog too. Have you read my post about joining Bart's Bookshelf's YA-D2 Challenge?
Aaron Vincent wrote: "I just "unprivatized" my very own book blog!! Woot!! It's for real, this time(I hope!) XPHere's the link:
Guy Gone Geek
*shameless self-promotion* XD"
Finally! :) Same as Chachic, I like your header. :) I'll link you up later when I get to the office. Right now, let me beam like a proud older sister, haha. :D
Congrats Aaron! Ang ganda ng blog mo! Galing nga ng header! Sige gagawa na rin ako ng book blog...
Aaron Vincent wrote: "I just "unprivatized" my very own book blog!! Woot!! It's for real, this time(I hope!) XPHere's the link:
Guy Gone Geek
*shameless self-promotion* XD"
YAY. Wordpress din! Cool. :)
nainggit nga din ako, babaguhin ko nga yung sa akin, la kasing time gumawa hahaha!
Sent you a reply via Twitter! Yeah, feel free to join even if you're new. Actually, even those who don't have blogs can join as long as you're interested in discussing blogs and books. :) So anyone who wants to drop by, here are the details: http://filipinobookbloggers.wordpress...
TINA: Thanks sistah!! My brother(by blood) told me its a little too childish, though. And thank you to for lending me Happyface which turns out to be a good material for my first few posts. :)Jzhun: Thank you. I dunno if its that "maganda", I don't like customization that much. XD
Lynai: Yeah. I've chosen wordpress. way cleaner than blogger.
Aaron Vincent wrote: "My brother(by blood) told me its a little too childish, though."Isn't it the meaning of being a geek?
Making a book blog seems to be the "in" thing nowadays. So I'm joining the bandwagon...Here's the link to my (still under-constructed)wordpress book blog:
http://darchwonders.wordpress.com/
Not that much to see for now. Just testing it for a bit.
@Tina: How do you add a Goodreads widget in a blog?
jzhunagev wrote: "Making a book blog seems to be the "in" thing nowadays. So I'm joining the bandwagon...Here's the link to my (still under-constructed)wordpress book blog:
http://darchwonders.wordpress.com/
Not..."
Yay for your blog! To add the widget, go to your account > widgets, then just copy the code there. Play with it to show which shelf you want to show.
Adding it on a wordpress.com blog - I think there's a widget option on your template (Appearance > Widgets on Wordpress). Get the Text widget, then paste the code there. :)
Jzhun, you can't. The goodreads widget is flash and wordpress.com doesn't support flash widgets.The only way you can add a goodreads widget or any flash widget is to self-host your blog.
Tina wrote: "jYay for your blog! To add the widget, go to your account > widgets, then just copy the code there. Play with it to show which shelf you want to show.Adding it on a wordpress.com blog - I think there's a widget option on your template (Appearance > Widgets on Wordpress). Get the Text widget, then paste the code there. :) "
Thanks Tina!
Woah, would it work Tina? I'm trying it on my book blog too.BTW, my blog is pinoypeterpan
Another shameless self-promotion. ^_^
Aaron Vincent wrote: "Jzhun, you can't. The goodreads widget is flash and wordpress.com doesn't support flash widgets.The only way you can add a goodreads widget or any flash widget is to self-host your blog."
Ahhh, that's why you don't have that on your blog...
Too bad...
GUYS! BELIEVE ME! YOU CANT! If only wordpress.com does support flash widgets, I would have extremely cool widgets all over my blog.
Oops sorry! I didn't know about the Flash restrictions on wordpress.com ^^; I have self-hosted Wordpress on my domain kasi. Sorry sorry. :)Although...I think you can use the other widgets as long as they're not flash? There's the grid widget and custom widget. :)
Now that you guys have blogs, send them over to Chachic too and then join us this weekend. :D
If you want to have flash widgets on your blog, try blogger.com. It's more flexible but wordpress, in terms of cleanliness and manageability, still wins.
