Quote of the day: "Awesome new stuff "- John Furie Zacharias

A few new features have come out for Blogdrive that are seriously awesome. Two of them require a little action on your part in order to take advantage, and another you have probably already noticed, and only your readers (or mine, lol) have to do anything.

First, the [archive] tag will now allow Blogdrivers a quick and easy way to list... well, their archive... of entries in a convenient drop down box, listed by year, month and title. It's a standard black font on white backround, and I've placed mine directly under the calender ---->. If you look in your main template edit section, find the [calender] tag, and put <br>[archive] right next to it, and it'll look just fine. When you preview your changes before saving (after of course saving a copy of your template PRIOR TO EDITING), it may look far too wide due to long entry titles, but that will be fixed automatically when you save changes. It will be the same width as mine, which is 120 pixels. 

     Next, the [categories] tag allows you to categorize your entries as you see fit, with a little checkbox in your WYSIWYG entry editor so you can easily tag your post to a certain category. Another tag, [category name] will display the name of the category your readers are in once they have clicked. These tags need to be added to your main template, side section, or profile section editors.

     In order to use this feature, you need to first add categories in your blog management area. You can either follow the link in the red text of your blog management section, or you can click the link under your entry editor and add a category with a convenient javascript window. Once you have created the categories, they will be displayed immediately below that, with the aforementioned checkbox happily TAGGING along. Get it? Get it?? Ok. Also, when you click the link in the red text, that is your category management section. From there you can add, edit and delete categories. and they can be arranged alphabetically, by size, or by cloud. If you're unfamiliar with the cloud format, a good example can be found here, above the tagboard. Categories appear in larger and smaller fonts based on how many entries each category contains, and it's friggin' sweet.

     Finally, what you may have already noticed, or what you may notice in a moment when you LEAVE ME A COMMENT, is that comments now feature the pictures of Blogdrive users that have commented. Comment comment comment. First, of course, for your picture to appear, you need to be registered and logged-in with Blogdrive, and you need to have a Blogdrive Profile established, but for most of us that isn't a problem. From then on, it's easy-livin', dawg! RACK UP THE COMMENTS.

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