January 26, 2003

  • ON BLOGGING…

    I have started reading Biz Stone’s book on Blogging. (read review).This is inspiring; with lots of helpful HTML tips and a good overview of the different major weblog providers.

    In fact I am almost sold on using Blogger except that Xanga Premium is so much more user-friendly. No need for inserting HTML tags; everything is automated; and the x-tools interface has a fun layout. Aesthetics are important!

    There are a few issues I have with Xanga though:

    1. Commenting. Readers can’t leave comments unless they have registered themselves with the xanga community. For this reason, I have disabled the ‘add comments’ to these entries.
    2. Downloadable weblog archives. The book lists this as a feature – but our weblog archives page has been empty every since we registered. How does one download archives?
    3. Date/Time Zone? The dates and times here are all US times. (no, it’s not really 2am right now) Blogger at least lets you pick your timezone. The Xanga team promises they will be fixing this. Hopefully soon!
    4. E-mail it - this feature doesn’t work properly. You should be able to e-mail a specific blog entry (even if previously dated) not just the first page. Bug reported.

    That said, if any readers would like to leave feedback and comments, please do! E-mail us here