Steaming Pile Update

Well, after using the BRAND NEW BLOGGER for the past few days, I can say that it seems to be working much better than the old version. When I post something, it shows up right then, and the subsequent tide of error corrections to fix the stuff I posted gets posted just as quickly.

I still like the preview function--for some reason, seeing it in a slightly different form always makes finding mistakes easier. I don't know why. Maybe best of all is that it appears the Archive function and permalinks actually work now. AMAZING! And the three month string of posts that were lost in my archives (that I had to manually call up and link to rather than trying to fix whatever was wrong with the stupid thing) have now all been put back to where they were.

So, for everyone who has been put out by the mess that launched the obsessive-compulsive blogging behavior of a host of folks, it seems to be working better now. Oh, it may not be your fancy-schmancy Moveable Type, and BlogSpot may still have brainfarts in the coming months, but the worst aspects of Blogger may have FINALLY been put to rest. Maybe.

The migration process to change over users is still ongoing, I suppose, so there may still be some problems linking to folks if they have the older version. New Blogger has a much longer, 18 digit post or item number (or whatever you call it), that means the person is using the newer version.

For those trying to link to a specific post for someone using Old Blogger, remember that you can use the MommaBear Method--just copy down the post number and paste it in right after the name of the blog, without the intervening 2003_06_08_XXXblog_archive.html stuff. Doing this will get you to the post for at least as long as the item is displayed on the page.

So, there you go.
posted by Terry at 10:16:00 AM