Comments on: Taking Things To The Next Level – MenWithPens.ca http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/ The Blog For Freelancers And Web-Workers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:25:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Men with Pens Web Content Writers and Freelance Writing Services http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/comment-page-1/#comment-6332 Men with Pens Web Content Writers and Freelance Writing Services Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:23:11 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/#comment-6332 [...] many sites compelled you to linger? Which attracted your interest the moment you set your eyes on them? How many websites delivered on [...] [...] many sites compelled you to linger? Which attracted your interest the moment you set your eyes on them? How many websites delivered on [...]

]]> By: Jon Phillips http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/comment-page-1/#comment-5479 Jon Phillips Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:00:49 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/#comment-5479 haha well I'm usually sleeping at 5am, unless I've been working all night, then I'm sure I can still explain stuff. <em>Coffee Mate</em> makes coffee taste great! :) haha well I’m usually sleeping at 5am, unless I’ve been working all night, then I’m sure I can still explain stuff. Coffee Mate makes coffee taste great! :)

]]> By: James Chartrand - Men with Pens http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/comment-page-1/#comment-5478 James Chartrand - Men with Pens Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:57:17 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/#comment-5478 @ Chad - Oh, and surround yourself by very smart people who can explain concepts far better than I can at 8pm at night. But I bet I can kick their butts for coherent language at 5am ;) With coffee, of course. @ Chad – Oh, and surround yourself by very smart people who can explain concepts far better than I can at 8pm at night.

But I bet I can kick their butts for coherent language at 5am ;)

With coffee, of course.

]]> By: Harrison McLeod - Men with Pens http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/comment-page-1/#comment-5477 Harrison McLeod - Men with Pens Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:49:19 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/#comment-5477 @Jon: Well said. While I understand the underlying concepts, I would have been hard pressed to make an attempt at explaining them. Offering two views is similar to offering a flash or frames page as opposed to a traditional single web page. @Chad: For us, the different functionalities (god, I hate that word)served different purposes. James and I wanted to highlight more than just the most recent post. The magazine style suits us in that our visitors are able to see more than one post at a time. Too many good posts were getting buried, never to see the light of day again unless the reader actively went digging through the archives. @Jon: Well said. While I understand the underlying concepts, I would have been hard pressed to make an attempt at explaining them.

Offering two views is similar to offering a flash or frames page as opposed to a traditional single web page.

@Chad: For us, the different functionalities (god, I hate that word)served different purposes. James and I wanted to highlight more than just the most recent post. The magazine style suits us in that our visitors are able to see more than one post at a time. Too many good posts were getting buried, never to see the light of day again unless the reader actively went digging through the archives.

]]> By: Jon Phillips http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/comment-page-1/#comment-5474 Jon Phillips Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:27:30 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/#comment-5474 :D :D

]]> By: James Chartrand - Men with Pens http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/comment-page-1/#comment-5472 James Chartrand - Men with Pens Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:19:34 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/#comment-5472 @ Chad - Jon's answer sounds better than mine. Listen to him. @ Chad – Jon’s answer sounds better than mine. Listen to him.

]]> By: James Chartrand - Men with Pens http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/comment-page-1/#comment-5471 James Chartrand - Men with Pens Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:18:56 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/#comment-5471 Chad - I think - don't quote me on this; I'm not a coder or programmer - that he created the second blog as a subdomain of the first (that part is clear) and set his blog to pull the posts from the main. Sounds simple in theory, probably a little complex in practice. Not that I want to go that route, so I don't consider this a problem ;) Nice redesign, btw. Better than your old one! Chad – I think – don’t quote me on this; I’m not a coder or programmer – that he created the second blog as a subdomain of the first (that part is clear) and set his blog to pull the posts from the main. Sounds simple in theory, probably a little complex in practice.

Not that I want to go that route, so I don’t consider this a problem ;)

Nice redesign, btw. Better than your old one!

]]> By: Jon Phillips http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/comment-page-1/#comment-5470 Jon Phillips Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:18:31 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/#comment-5470 Hi Chad, well I can offer a quick answer (for a longer and more detailed, fire an e-mail my way) :) It has to do with the template system, for example here on FF my index.php has all the posts one after another on the frontpage, and I use the page.php for all the pages like 'about', 'contact' and all. With a magazine theme the index.php or home.php is a little different. What you could do is create a 'typical blog' page (call it maybe blog.php) where you'd have all your posts one after another, just like problogger.net, then create a page in the WP admin, call it 'blog' and select that blog.php template for this page, and voila! (or just send me an e-mail) :) Cheers Hi Chad, well I can offer a quick answer (for a longer and more detailed, fire an e-mail my way) :)

It has to do with the template system, for example here on FF my index.php has all the posts one after another on the frontpage, and I use the page.php for all the pages like ‘about’, ‘contact’ and all. With a magazine theme the index.php or home.php is a little different. What you could do is create a ‘typical blog’ page (call it maybe blog.php) where you’d have all your posts one after another, just like problogger.net, then create a page in the WP admin, call it ‘blog’ and select that blog.php template for this page, and voila! (or just send me an e-mail) :)

Cheers

]]> By: Chad | ProFreelancing http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/comment-page-1/#comment-5469 Chad | ProFreelancing Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:07:33 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/#comment-5469 Something I've been trying to figure out with my blog - and can see the same problem with yours - is...How can you offer the blog style page as well (one post after another). Right now, we're both using magazine styled themes (mimbo and revolution) - but neither of us have the blog theme as well. ProBlogger, on the other hand, offers both: http://www.problogger.net/ http://www.problogger.net/blog/ If you figure it out then let me know - because it's been bugging me for a while now. Something I’ve been trying to figure out with my blog – and can see the same problem with yours – is…How can you offer the blog style page as well (one post after another).

Right now, we’re both using magazine styled themes (mimbo and revolution) – but neither of us have the blog theme as well.

ProBlogger, on the other hand, offers both:
http://www.problogger.net/
http://www.problogger.net/blog/

If you figure it out then let me know – because it’s been bugging me for a while now.

]]> By: James Chartrand - Men with Pens http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/comment-page-1/#comment-5423 James Chartrand - Men with Pens Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:58:26 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/taking-things-to-the-next-level-menwithpensca/#comment-5423 Michael. Shame on you. Really. How dare you think that *we'd* consider such... They do say to have a memorable pen name that reflects you, do they not? :) @ Dave - Yes, they were great tips and we did use many of them. The problem with this kind of work is that we can do great stuff, and then just be too close to it to be objective. Getting outsider views and feedback is so valuable. Michael. Shame on you. Really. How dare you think that *we’d* consider such…

They do say to have a memorable pen name that reflects you, do they not? :)

@ Dave – Yes, they were great tips and we did use many of them. The problem with this kind of work is that we can do great stuff, and then just be too close to it to be objective. Getting outsider views and feedback is so valuable.

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