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It starts tomorrow.................
Roll on bedtime then! Night night everyone !
Going to have a go later. Mind you, we all want to know about books; who wants to know about my purple mangetout peas?!
Morning All,The group ring is now open. It is still a bit experimental and during the day I hope lots of authors and bloggers will join in.
Bear with me during the day as I tidy up the welcome screens and add people to the ring.
If you want to be in the ring you need to be an author or blogger and you need to be an active member of this group.
If you register today and put the ring code on your home page I promise to activate you on the ring. If you register after today you will be at the mercy of my day job.
If you don't have a blog or web site don't feel left out! This is really all for you. After my first cup of tea I will put a link to the ring so you can have a good old look at it. (I must say I almost took up craftwork yesterday!). We have some very talented people knocking around :)
Can't register. It wants my site ID and I have no idea what that is.
Lord of the Rings, tell me about my site ID? Shall I invent one? Do I already have one I wot not of?
Also - is it the blog password or are we creating one for this purpose?Sorry - you did say it might be good to have someone non-techy. Are you sure?
Teehee.I bet he's getting messages from all sides.
Think I'll send him a few emails....
The site ID is whatever you want to use. It's what you will use along with the password to login to the site so you can edit your site details etc. It's not seen by anyone but you I don't think.
The site ID is embedded in the urls for the links - if you hover over the 'Next' button here - http://www.jsegan.co.uk/ - and look at the URL in the status bar - it says 'siteid=blar'.
Ah, yes, the site ID does appear at the end of the url, thanks J.S. :)
Sorry, just had breakfast...You choose the site ID. Anything you want (and can remember). You also choose your password :)
Thanks for helping Shaun and JS.
It has been fun looking at your web sites this morning too.
Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "Anyone want to see how the ring is getting on go here"That leads to a 404 error, Simon.
There's an extra bit on the end: br%20/
I should stick to beer tasting Shaun :) Thanks. The original link works too now.
' I will immediately deactivate any site that does not have working links to protect the ring.'Simon's Precious. ;)
Just wanted to show that even I am fallible.Setting up a site on the ring really is easy....
yes it was easy, honestly - even I can do it! Wd be great to see a few more up and running
You haven't heard about the trip to Mordor yet have you Karen?
Will have another go this aft. Off to the allotment now. Another day another dock leaf.
Patti (Stir Crazy) wrote: "You haven't heard about the trip to Mordor yet have you Karen?"Oh, now I can't get that little voice out of my head saying, "My preshuth!"
Mordor? long as I can go in my campervan, no probs! It's in Wales, isn't it?
Actually I was thinking more Ring cycle... Ride of the Valkyries. I cd do that. Just need a pointy hat.
I might have linked . . . there's a link label on my 'about' page.Have I done it right?
http://1513fusion.wordpress.com/
OMIGOD THATS AWESOME.
I have a tumblr that I post all the writing I have. Slash that was my old one and I havent gotten the chance to add it in. But I post mostly pictures and such on it.
I have a tumblr that I post all the writing I have. Slash that was my old one and I havent gotten the chance to add it in. But I post mostly pictures and such on it.
Harry wrote: "I might have linked . . . there's a link label on my 'about' page.Have I done it right?
http://1513fusion.wordpress.com/"
Love the 'Bardo' enamel, Harry - but I misread it as Bardot... a beauty, anyway.
Hi Harry, Your link works a treat. People are running around the ring now. As it gets bigger it should give all 'ringers' extra exposure.the only thing is, your navigation bar is very big. You might want to experiment putting it somewhere else. Top, Right seems popular and it should be a more sensible size too.
I think one other site is using wordpress at the moment so if you need any help just post on this thread.
Thanks all for joining the ring.
registration is open for anyone with a website or blog!
here
Thanks Simon. So far, on Wordpress, I've not discovered how to make the nav bar smaller, or place it elsewhere. I'd appreciate a clue on this - but there's no rush.Otherwise it all seems most elegant - you are an accomplished boffin.
Thanks Harry. Undeserved praise. As this project moves forward I will build up a bit of knowledge and be able to help out a bit more (I hope).I'm quite enjoying seeing all our blogs and web-sites joined up. I showed it to a real geek at work today and he was suitably impressed!
This is a great idea, Simon!
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Hello geeklets! Anyone using blogger? I have my linky thinky on and it's got a big grey bit at the top. Anyone know what I've done wrong? I just copied the code adn put it in.www.vegheaven.blogspot.com
Karen (Kew) wrote: "This is a great idea, Simon!:0)"
I've had a quick skip through - almost makes me wish I was an author.
Actually Ignite confessed she just 'Plonked it in' to me.....Any blogger users out there please?
Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "Actually Ignite confessed she just 'Plonked it in' to me.....Any blogger users out there please?"
I use blogger at the moment - but I'm just considering whether to scrap the blog and start again with something different
We could have quite a debate about that Jay-me. I looked at so many webbuilders and blog builders a while ago my head ached. I guess it depends what you want from your blog. I have seen some great wordpress pages.....Anyone have any recommendations?
Just moved it down but there's still a big grey bit.
This is my blog. http://2pdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/I am thinking of changing the name of it, & possibly the layout. I was going to add my family history stuff into it, and also a bit more about the books that I have read on my kindle.
So excited, Ignite exposed a little bug in Blogger. I think I have fixed the code (she has most inconsiderately gone off to Tai Chi so I can't see if it works yet....)Hopefully this will mean any 'Blogger' users won't have the same issues.....
Start looking round the ring from here http://www.highwayman8155.webspace.vi...
(or in fact from any site on the ring....)
Lots of little display issues as new and varied websites join in. Just bear with me everyone and we should be OK (eventually).Hopefully all our sites will put the rink link in a nice prominent place but sometimes that can be a bit tricky so you might have to look around a bit to find the ring link
Changed silver to white (Simon knows what I mean) but still got a big space before my widgetty thing.
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne,
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Goodreads where the Word Shines.
What on earth is that man on about?
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