Friday 01 Feb 2008

Plugins, Widgets and Blinkies

I do not spend 100% of my time online writing posts. I read online publication especially current events and magazines. I read blogs. But there is that thing about SOME blogs that are not very appealing to me.

Why?

 

There is just way TOO MANY or TOO MUCH (because I can’t count every one) of these things:

  • blinkies
  • plugins
  • widgets
  • awards
  • video
  • audio
  • kilometric blogroll
  • what-have-yous

Feeds and other forms of subscriptions to the blog are ok with me. Archives and post categories can be compressed or maybe not, because these are the blog’s own records. Links or blogroll can be put in a separate page. As much as possible, do not put too many or is it too much blinkies, plugins, widgets, video, audio, whatever seem nice to the eyes but not really necessary. Not only does it make the blog looked cluttered, it doesnt look good to have a kilometric page when the permalink is just a two-three inches long.

My suggestion? Have these in separate pages. We do not need to see every badge, every award, every blinky, every plugin, every video, every photo posted in Flicker, even every book in an online bookshelf that the blog owner has, on the main blog’s page itself.

Am I just too criticizing?

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2 Responses to “Plugins, Widgets and Blinkies”

  1. # Mel on 03 Feb 2008 at 3:53 am

    You left the following comment on my site: “Please include my blog in your Big Bang List.

    Blog’s name: Green Bucks
    url: http://greenbucks.teacherjulie.com/

    Thanks for doing this Big Bang Link Love. ”

    In order to get onto the “Big Bang” master list you will have to post the list on your site(s). There is no need to tag anyone, just post it. Follow this link and copy/paste the list into a post on your site. Add your site(s) at the end of the list and then let me know and I will immediately add you to the master list.
    http://mondaymorningpower.blogspot.com/2008/01/big-bang-master-list.html

    Let me know when you have posted the list on this site(s) and then I will add you to the master list, which will enable your link to spread to the other sites on the list.

  2. # GreenBucks » Blog Archive » Plugins? Widgets? Blinkies? on 01 Apr 2008 at 11:42 pm

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