tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post7931468511510039512..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: The top 10 items for the sidebar of an artist's blogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-42154709887557063312008-10-31T19:14:00.000+00:002008-10-31T19:14:00.000+00:00What an excellent post, Katherine. It's made me r...What an excellent post, Katherine. <BR/>It's made me re-look at how mine is structured. Sometimes on individual posts, the comments are so far down the page that I'm afraid others might miss them. Here I always thought it was the provider or the theme I chose, never considered the sidebar. I better move up my website link too.<BR/>Thank for the lesson!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-89134601094066362682008-10-31T15:01:00.000+00:002008-10-31T15:01:00.000+00:00Great post Katherine!Regarding Flickr, I have to s...Great post Katherine!<BR/><BR/>Regarding Flickr, I have to say that I picked up a lot of readers just through there alone. <BR/><BR/>The biggest problem with all these networking sites is keeping up with them all! LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-51093256450926811052008-10-30T15:49:00.000+00:002008-10-30T15:49:00.000+00:00I stand corrected Katherine! Yes, I do look to see...I stand corrected Katherine! Yes, I do look to see if they have a website and haven't come across any that only use Flickr. It is strange that those with a lot of comments don't also have the same numbers on their blogs. It seems that if they look at your work on Flickr, they are not curious to look at the blog i.e. one doesn't seem to generate interest for the other.Felicity Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145205761346733464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-31312378254154865042008-10-30T10:53:00.000+00:002008-10-30T10:53:00.000+00:00I'm just wondering whether people missed the cavea...I'm just wondering whether people missed the caveat about Flickr?<BR/><BR/>I know Flickr is also used a lot by people who are professional artists or illustrators - but those people generally also have a website of some sort which is also listed on their blog<BR/><BR/>That's what I meant by "(except when seen alongside the above)" in relation to the point about Flickr.<BR/><BR/>However I'm very happy to stand corrected if professionals are now using Flickr instead of a website.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-20063908982240835042008-10-30T09:56:00.000+00:002008-10-30T09:56:00.000+00:00HiIn my opinion,. I do try to gear up my blog so t...Hi<BR/>In my opinion,. I do try to gear up my blog so that first time visitors understand what I'm about. However, I do disagree that Flickr users are doing it only for pleasure, as I have a lot of professional contacts there. I've also found it's so popular that people preferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-59076248714497077062008-10-29T19:04:00.000+00:002008-10-29T19:04:00.000+00:00side note on your poll - while it is subsumed unde...side note on your poll - while it is subsumed under exploring an idea, for me it is more that when doing a work, variations come to mind, and variations sometimes off of those, as if a spiral - that is, the visual and the theme together often pop into mind before the rendering is anywhere done... rather than perhaps as others decide to, say, do a series of seashores, and then try to figure how to run them as some kind of similarity...visioneerwindowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13896393894219466588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-25349788768042686862008-10-29T15:42:00.000+00:002008-10-29T15:42:00.000+00:00One thing that I tried for a while was a widget th...One thing that I tried for a while was a widget that collapses one's labels. I was moderately happy about that, but I had to delete it when Blogger did one of its famous lock-ups, and I got rid of any recent third party doo-hickeys in my blog.<BR/><BR/>Turns out that wasn't the culprit, and I do wonder about the utility of good collapsing widgets for clutter.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I don't recall where I "shopped" that label collapsing widget, but I didn't like that it was too wide and lost some of it in the template.<BR/><BR/>For my own part, I experiment with my sidebar when I have time, with the goals of neatness and turning hits back into my blog.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-40468543916285561512008-10-29T13:51:00.000+00:002008-10-29T13:51:00.000+00:00I always worry I'm falling foul of the minimum req...I always worry I'm falling foul of the minimum requirements but sadly don't have the technical knowhow to spot if anything important is missing. I do try to gear up my blog so that first time visitors understand what I'm about. However, I do disagree that Flickr users are doing it only for pleasure, as I have a lot of professional contacts there. I've also found it's so popular that people prefer commenting there than on my blog (although I'd rather the dialog on the blog!). Your statement about taking popular blogs more seriously makes my heart sink ;) - it's a catch 22, if people only come back because you are popular! Being popular is a bit of a game and I suspect playing it can lead to stagnation if you are afraid to push yourself and experiment in case you lose your 'fanbase'.Felicity Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145205761346733464noreply@blogger.com