Blog Backrounds

Did you know that there are websites that will change the background of your blog for you? Well, there is. One of them is called The Cutest Blog On The Block. You can use this site to get some sweet backgrounds/wallpapers for your blog. It just looks better than the "stock" wallpapers that come with blogger. I recommend that you check out this site or find some for yourself.

Favicon

Favicon stands for "Favorite Icon". I used the website www.favicon.cc to change the icon on my address bar (the pictures below show you before and after I changed the icon). The picture you choose to be your new icon must be very small (16 x 16 to be exact). So keep that in mind if you want to change the icon for your blog/website.

P.S. - I changed my icon to a picture of my band, Housefire. Check us out on facebook/twitter/youtube.

Feedjit

Today I learned about a widget titled "Feedjit". It allows you to see who is visiting your blog in real time. You can see what operating system and browser they are using. You can also see where they are from and how they were directed to your blog. "Feedjit" is a useful tool. I imagine that large companies use it to see who is viewing their site. 

Symbaloo

Symbaloo is an easy to use way to bookmark your favorite websites and access this websites on any device. Organization becomes easier than ever with this website. In a way, this website is also a social network. Because you can share your Symbaloo page with others.

You can bookmark your websites as the squares seen above. You can then organize all those websites into folders called "webmixes". This makes accessing your favorite websites easy and fast.

Overall, I highly recommend Symbaloo. It's a very easy to use website that has a simple function.

Blogger Gadgets

One of the first gadgets I have on my blog is a view counter. It shows everyone that views my blog how many times someone has accessed the page. This can make people think your blog is popular.

My next two gadgets are image gadgets. They add an image to my blog. You can attach a link to the picture so people can click on it and it will take them to another website/blog.

The next gadget on my blog is a virtual guitar. It give people that visit my blog the option to play a virtual guitar with their keyboard. This boosts the entertainment value of my blog.

My next gadget allows people to stream music for free from amazon. People can listen to music while viewing my blog with the help of this gadget.

 The last gadget I have allows people to follow my blog via email. This way, people can see what I post on my blog through their email. They won't have to check my blog everyday.

Blog Stats

As you can see, my blog has been viewed a total of 85 times. With 9 of those views coming from today. But, I had 0 views yesterday. The graph is a visual aid to help you comprehend how many views I have. 

As seen in this chart, all of my views have come from The United States, most people viewing my blog have viewed it on a macintosh, and the main browser used to view my blog is safari.

-John

My First Blog Post

Hi, my name is classified (John). I attend Abilene High...........School.