Moving these awards and graphics off your sidebar is a good idea–it will help declutter your design! (Pay no attention to my own sidebars; do as I say, not as I do!) TypePadTypePad offers a feature that allows you to make a page instead of a blog post. Pages are great for things like blogrolls, [...]
I have many awards that are on my sidebar and I wanted to create a separate page on my blog for them. Can you tell me how to do that?
Podcast: Etiquette, Blogrolls, Reciprocal Links
Finally! The long-awaited podcast with Shannon from Rocks In My Dryer. This is not the entire podcast; I’ll be posting more in the coming weeks. This portion of the podcast covers blog etiquette, blogrolls, linking to another’s blog post, and reciprocal links. The podcast is just over eight minutes long and you can download it [...]
I would like to add a blog roll to my site, will you please post step-by-step instructions on doing this?
Before you begin making your blog roll, it may be helpful to type up a list of the blog names (and their URLs) you want to include. Blogger: Sign in to your Blogger account and click on Layout. On the Template tab choose Page Elements. On your sidebar click Add a Page Element. Find the [...]
So, um, how DO I start my own blog?
It’s pretty easy to start your own blog–even if you think you’re not tech-savvy and don’t know the first thing about what you’re getting yourself into. First you need to choose which blog platform you’re going to use. We’ve written an article giving some basic information on the most popular blog platforms. If you aren’t [...]



