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Great Find: Film Loop

July 30, 2006 by Liz

Add some Action to Your Blog

While I was out at Blogher this weekend, I watched the demonstration for a great product.

Great Find: Film Loop

Permalink: http://blog.filmloop.com/

Audience/Topic: All Bloggers

Content: Film loop is an HTML looping tool that can be added to any blog. Put it in your header or within a post.You can use it to showcase photos. Click on a picture to stop and look more closely. It’s easy to use. Just drag and drop photos from your files. Then capture the HTML code for the loop. You can share the loop and allow others to add their photos.

You can also get creative and put jpgs of your latest posts in the loop, hyperlink the jpgs to the post, and let them crawl across the top of your blog for readers to have easy access. Be careful if you try this, it has the potential of being quite distracting. Use product scans. Add captions if you want to. This is a powerful tool that you’ll find a wealth of uses for in your blogging business. Be sure to check out the many blogs in the post that are in the demo. To see the demo, click the title below.

Thanks to the film loop team for the many demonstrations!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

ul and ol — The Secret Life of HTML Lists

July 10, 2006 by Liz

Things that Folks Don’t Tell Each Other

When I learn things, I pay attention to the things that folks don’t tell each other. They are usually obvious little details that people who know them don’t even think about. When they appear they can be a total surprise, or hard to look up, or interrupt when I’m in the middle of things.

I remember clearly the first time I wanted to make a numbered list in HTML. I didn’t have a clue how to do it. I knew it had something to do with those two tags — ul and ol, but that was as far as my knowledge went.

Now I know and if you don’t, I am going to reveal the dirty details, the secret life of making lists in HTML. [Read more…]

Great Find: Mama Mouse’s Blogger Help Links

July 9, 2006 by Liz

A Must Have for Google Bloggers

lf you use Google Blogger, Mama Mouse has put together a resource that is a MUST HAVE for you.

Great Find: Mama Mouse’s Blogger Problems Help Links

Permalink: http://mamamouseschatter.blogspot.com/2006/07/help-for-blogger-problems.html

Audience/Topic: All Google Blogger/Blogspot users

Content: Anyone who’s spent time on Blogger knows that customer service isn’t their strong suit. A cumbersome platform that has issues seems just what the doctor didn’t order for new bloggers who often started on Blogger because it was so easy to use. Mama Mouse began this month by listing the problems occuring lately and offering the places help awaits.

You’ll find links to

Blogger Tips & Tricks
Blogger Status (official)
The REAL Blogger Status
Most Frequent Blogger ?’s
Blogger Help – Google Group
Blogger Report Form (official)

in her post and in her side bar. To get to Mama Mouse’s post on Blogger Help, there click the logo below.

Mama, who is an SOB, also writes a great blog too. Thanks Mama!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Great FUN: IM the Encarta Robot on MSN Chat!

July 2, 2006 by Liz

For Research, Homework, Fun

Keith Dsouza could carry on an intelligent conversation with anyone. So when MSN made a robot toanswer questions based on the information in Encarta. Keith was the perfect guy to challenge the robot to a conversational test run.

He did it to make sure that children everywhere would get the right answers on their homework.

Great Find: Talking to a robot on MSN Chat

Permalink: http://techie-buzz.com/technology-buzz/talking-to-a-robot-on-msn-chat.html

Audience/Topic: Anyone with MSN Chat and questions to research or kids with homework

Content: It’s easy to tell that Keith had fun doing the research and writing this article. He also spent the time to see exactly how and how well a the robot interface works. You can follow his questions and see word for word what the exchange was. The value the robot offers for kids who want to learn more about their favorite subject is right in Keith’s post. I can only imagine what my son might have done with this had it been around when he was young.

At the end of the conversation, Keith explains the easy as 1,2,3 how-to that is working with MSN Instant Messenger encarta@conversagent.com. MSN has found a great way to take on the ubiquitous Gmail with this one.

Keith has a future in reporting for kids. He kept me spellbound. He also might have a budding friendship with the Encarta robot.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Free Blogspot Templates

June 22, 2006 by Liz

Finally Free Blogspot Templates

I remember when I started my blogspot blog, how hard it was to find any good templates. Now you’ve got some great ones to choose from.

~~Great~~Questionable? Find: Free BlogSpot Templates
Type of Article: Resource of blogspot templates
Permalink:
http://freeblogspottemplates.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_
freeblogspottemplates_archive.html
Target Audience: Every Blogpsot user

Content: It’s about time someone had mercy on Blogspot users and made some templates with pizzazz. Finally Blogspot goes Web 2.0. This site has archives back to February and has some really cool choices. All they ask for their hard work is that you link back. Not a bad trade for the originality that is offered. Take a look by clicking the title shot below.

Why not take this weekend to re-brand your blog or your business? Try new a template to add life and maybe change a bit what you let your readers know about you. A new template can be a great way to catch the attention of new readers . . .

UPDATE: PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS TO THIS POST: mela Says:
That guy at freeblogspottemplates is taking templates found at other sites, stripping them of the link/credit to the site it was found at, and then inserting his own link/credit into the template.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Great Find: 50 Best Firefox Powersurfing Hacks

June 14, 2006 by Liz

Yep!!! 50 One Place

Found all 50 in one place.

Great Find: 50 Best Firefox Extensions for Power Surfing
Type of Article: Resource for Firefox
Permalink: http://www.firefox.hk/?p=765
Target Audience: Every Firefox user

Content: This post is constantly updated so bookmark it. It’s due for an update soon. [Last update 02/05/06]

The categories include:

Control Firefox Tabs
Control Website Links
Control File Downloads
Control Webpage Behaviour & Navigation
Control Webpage Behaviour & Navigation

Also included are links to other Firefox sites.

Check it out by clicking the title shot below.

Thank you, Firefox, Hong Kong.

–ME “Liz” Strauss