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Blog Directory Updates

It’s all a bit fruity with today’s new entries to the blog directory:

• Apple & Spice
• Oh my! Apple pie!

Blog Directory Updates

Lots of distractions this week, including a new paint package for me to play with.  I could go on and on about the new selection and vector tools, but I shall try to refrain.  I will say that my old paint package (Paint Shop Pro 7) was released in 2000 and so is now 10 years old.  Thanks to the wonders of ebay, it has been replaced with Paint Shop Pro 9, which is only 6 years old!  Still that is an upgrade for me.

Well enough of that and on with the blog directory updates.  Today I have added:

• Delicious Cake Design
• Fancy Nancy
• Cake or Mistake?

I think 3 will do, I’m off to play with my new paint package now :-)

Blog Directory Update

I just found this blog today.  I thought the cakes were so cute I just had to add it.  So if you’ve not been to OutCakes before, it’s well worth a visit.

Blog Directory Updates

After lots of graphic fun, I’m back to adding blogs to the directory.  Oh yes, there are still plenty more to be added.

So without further ado here are today’s additions:

• Cake off – not a cake decorating blog, but definitely cake fun.
• Jenny’s Cakes
• Extra Icing on the Cake
• Let Her Bake Cake

In other exciting news I have created a graphic to appear on entries for featured blogs, variations can also been seen in other places featured blogs are  displayed.  I think they brighten up the directory no end, and also make the featured blogs look very special.

Hope you like it, as I am rather proud of my shiny star creation.  I do like graphics.

New country buttons in blog directory

Something new has arrived over at the cake decorating blog directory and the blog category pages… new buttons!

Well, I think it is exciting.

Let me explain.  Clicking on the new buttons will take you to a similar directory.  How are they different?  I hear you cry.  Well, each directory contains blogs from either Australia or USA and elsewhere, depending on which one you choose.  Simple really.

Hopefully you will find something new and exiting there.

Enjoy,

Lindsay

When mind and body align

Last night I was doing a bit of yoga on my Wii and was feeling all pleased with myself and healthy then I had a major light bulb moment.

On Tuesday I made some changes to my site by adding a navigation bar under the header banner, but something about it wasn’t quite right.  It still felt a little messy and disorganised.  Well, like I said I’d just done a bit of yoga and for once wasn’t thinking about the site, and hey presto – I got it!

I’ve split up the navigation, with a lot of help from Derek (hubby), because it was a bit complicated for me to figure out on my own.  Now things like ‘Home’, ‘Blog’ and ‘About’ appear above the header and the real contents of the site appear underneath when you leave the homepage.

I’m well pleased with the navigation now, and a little proud of myself for figuring it out.  Not that I’m resting on my laurels.  Oh no, I’m working on another exciting change, which fingers crossed will be unveiled soon.

Yay, I love it when a plan comes together,

Lindsay

New cupcake favicon

It may not be BIG news, but I have added a cute little cupcake favicon.  It may take time to change for anyone who has visited the site before, but it is there honest.

I do like having a favicon that matches the site.  There was no way I was going to get a whole cake squeezed in, so a cupcake seemed the best alternative.

I’m a total geek,

Lindsay.

PS.  For those of you who may be wondering what a favicon is.  A favicon is the little image that appears next to the websites URL in your browser, and if you have tabs it will also appear there.  See I told you I was a geek.

All featured blogs will now take priority

I have changed the blog directory so that featured blogs are now shown ahead of non-featured blogs.  This is not a huge change, but I think it is an important one.  A featured blog will still be displayed on the home page and at the top of their category page in turn, as normal, but now the rest of the featured blogs will be displayed alphabetically below it, followed by an alphabetical list of non-featured blogs.

If anyone has any thoughts on this change, good or bad, please feel free to comment.

It made my day too!

How great is that, I added “Cooking, Cakes & Children” to the directory yesterday and it earned me a twitter mention from Amy Lane the blog author…

I’m so chuffed that a blog author found their review and liked it.  I believe so much in creating the directory and things like this make all the hard work so worthwhile.

Blog Directory Updates

I’ve been a bit busy tidying up things on the site, so haven’t had any time for adding blogs.  The site updates are done for now so here are todays new entries:

• Cooking, Cakes & Children
• Rachel’s Emporium of Cake

Enjoy

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