Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Questions for you bloggers.....

Ok...need some help here. So I am going to post a few questions and see if you can help me out.

1.) How do you know if someone has read a blog of yours and left a comment? Do you have to look at all your articles every day and memorize how many comments you have on each to know if a new one was added?

2.) I hate my ugly page! It is one of the generic ones from Blogspot. So...where do I find a new one? Can you download a design from somewhere? I looked up one ad for someone who does custom pages. It was like $100 to redo. Is that a good price? Any ideas?

Thanks for input! :-)

5 comments:

Amazing_Grace said...

1- When you are on your blog, click on CUSTOMIZE at the top right corner. Then click on SETTINGS on the left side where the tabs are. Then click on COMMENTS (it's right below VIEW BLOG). Then scroll down to COMMENT NOTIFICATION EMAIL. Put your email in the space provide that is just above: You can enter up to ten email addresses, separated by commas. We will email these addresses when someone leaves a comment on your blog.

I hope this helps.

As for #2, maybe Rebecca can help you. She has a real pretty layout. :)

Rebecca said...

I can help with #2 - AG is correct about #1 (as I knew she would be!)

Burg does Blogger designs for about $30 - tell her I sent you...being as you are my bloggy buddy and a buddy of Chrissy's it is possible she may even go lower, LOL!!!

If you don't want to pay anyone there are a ton of sites with cute themes for free.

One I like is www.suckmylolly.com Horrible name, cute designs. If you find one you like there and want to use it and can't figure out how to make it happen just let me know and I can install it for you.

But seriously, if you want a look customized for you - something that truly fits you and your style and one you can actually have a part in making (as in colors, graphics, etc...) then I would contact Burg over at Sweet Insanity (burgscrazyblog.blogspot.com)

Fratzels said...

Your hubs should be able to do it too. Isn't he good with computers? He did the church's website for awhile, no? My hubs did mine. I had the generic one for a long time, until I pestered Todd long enough to do one for me.

What I want to know is how you became a "follower" of my blog. I can't figure out how to follow blogs.

Queen of the Mayhem said...

OOH...yeah...comment notification emails are awesome!

I have a friend who designs templates...and I KNOW she is less than $100. That seems a little high. Email me if you want her email!

Amazing_Grace said...

You can also do this:
1- When you are on your blog, click on CUSTOMIZE at the top right corner. Then click on SETTINGS on the left side where the tabs are. Then click on COMMENTS (it's right below VIEW BLOG). Then scroll down to COMMENT MODERATION. Click on ALWAYS to review comments before they are published. A link will appear on your dashboard when there are comments to review (then you know what people have commented on and where).