A strange HTML code can ruin your blog

I was working on a post and I was trying to put some images side by side but as they were more than four I searched for "how to put images side by side

I found the Etsy Blog Team 's post "How to post images side by side" and used a HTML code they give.

I tried using the code but it didn't work so I didn't publish the post.



For my surprise all the posts with images side by side changed. The original edition I did was modified.

I don't know why the space between the images was increased and all the posts I edited in the whole blog with images side by side were altered and look awful

I don't have any idea how to change it back. I guess something was altered at the template.



It took me a lot of time trying the code... and this is the result. The strange is that I didn't even publish the post. Just trying it altered everything.

Be careful when using tips about HTML even if the site sounds reliable.

Grrr.....

Thank you Etsy team...



I've redone this post according to the new size so that it could have the original format. The pictures have to be huge.

The rest of the blog... I'll relax.

3 years blog anniversary

I didn't notice that on 13 March it was the third year of this blog but today the 300th follower appeared.

I didn't ask anybody to follow and I didn't do any of the strategies to conquer followers because I take it as a way to see how people are responding to what I'm doing.



I'm never happy with what I'm doing. It was easier at the beginning and maybe the posts I like the most are from the first year. I'm always insecure and think that I should change something but I don't know what to do.

This 300 people that came here and decided to join gave me an idea that I'm doing something good.

I want to thank you and if you decide to unfollow it is not a problem because I know that at least for a period of time you found something worthy at this blog.



Three years of Hella Heaven and it seems to me that I didn't even started, or, the opposite, I'll not be able to do any other post, or, the ever lasting question: "Why keep blogging?" haunts again.

 It is very hard to measure what we are doing in our blogs.

Blogspot made bloggers lose Alexa's rank: what next?

Google changed our YouTube channel and we lost friends, comments, the possibility to share ideas with other people.

There are people who are disappearing from YouTube.

Now I came across with this Alexa stuff.

If you didn't understand:

"For this changes all blogspot blogs losses it's alexa rank and shows #10,897,213. So all the blogspot bloggers very disappointed of this changes. But if you use custom domain for your blogs you won't worry about this because there is nothing changes to your blog URL.

So friends it is time to change your blogspot blogs to custom domain." source Tech Shortly.

I'm scary now because they can change our blogs the way they want. All of a sudden they can turn all the templates into one format and it will... well... they can do a lot of things.

It is time to rethink about it all.

It is amazing! Not a single good news!



Update April, 2

The problem is not on American blogs. Only if you blog from outside US you'll not get the Alexa's updates.

You can solve it by changing the .com. (your country) for .com/ncr

like this:

http://hellaheaven-ana.blogspot.com.br is changed for  http://hellaheaven-ana.blogspot.com/ncr

and the result will be: http://hellaheaven-ana.blogspot.com where we can have the Alexa's updates corrected.

Urgent: Avoid loosing all blogspot's pictures by not deleting Google plus albums

The left image is the replacement you'll have if you delete your Google+ album.



I have already seen two blogs that had all their pictures removed so I decided to search the reason to protect myself.



When I visited my profile at Google+ I had the surprise of finding all my blog's pictures, including those who are in draft, in an album.

I felt a little invaded cause I didn't add them but knowing that all we do over the internet is not private I recovered from the shock without even needing to go to a therapist.



I thought about deleting but... I don't use Google+ because I have a Facebook account and, oh! please!, start building it up all over again? I closed the window after setting them not to be visible for others.



The important is: DON'T DELETE PICTURES AT GOOGLE+ because they will be deleted from your blog permanently.

There is a good post about it at Blogger Sentral.

Advice: Some posts of the blog lost format

I just discovered that numerous posts of the blog changed the format it took me some time and work to do.

The paragraphs are missing and it became a little strange.

I'll try to correct it. I do not understand since I write the posts on the Blogger editor to avoid that the HTML of another editor doesn't match Bloggers.

I'm having problems with both editors: the new one dos things that the old one doe not.



I use both but lately I'm having problem to access the old editor and even the Settings.



Not a great day in blogging.

I'll do other stuffs and later I'll take a look if the first page of the blog is still the same, or it has changed or disintegrated.



grrr



Update: January, 23, 2012

Due to these problems I had to change to the new version of the new Blogger interface and I'm using it's Editor.

I have problems arranging the images and I don't understand why by default the uploaded pictures go to the center.

I'll get used to it little by little but I still will have to search for the posts who were changed ant do it again.

Since it will take a lot of time I'm not sure if I'll do it.

Blogspot: What people should know before starting a Blogger's blog

It always amazes me how easy it is to start a blogpost and how Blogger invites every citizen of the world to have a blog without giving any previous information of the problems ahead.

Such demand makes spam-blogs proliferate, they steal content of blogs just to pretend they are bloggers and put the advertisements at the pages, and give false hopes of an easy way to make money through blogs.

Some people only start a blog thinking that it will easily become a source of extra-income and get frustrated not only because it doesn't happen but also because they realize that they have no skills to blog.

Others start because having a Google account grants a blog, but, lose the account means "goodbye blog!".

More blogs, more problems and those who are working for years receive the same help of a beginner that has four posts. The work of four years can be deleted the same way as the work of someone who created a blogspot last Monday.

In both cases no help will be provided when something serious happens what can be checked just by visiting any page of the Blogger's help forum: bloggers are treated with harsh words when in trouble and answers are not given to the vast majority of the requests for help.

I read this post at The Real Blogger Status:

"The discussion about Blogger account and blog access recovery, and authentication requirements, never ends. It is not at all a simple issue. Occasionally, we see the extreme cases, and the frustration."

I had both my blogs shut last April, "unusual activity detected" and it was a terrible experience.

I did recover both, it costed me numerous visits to the help forum and blogs of those who work helping bloggers, but I learned that it is very hard to receive any kind of help from Blogger.

Why they keep asking people to start a blog is a mystery for me and I believe that as the blogosphere is new and it will take time and work to make people understand that blog is a big universe and there are blogs of many kinds maybe more attention should be focused on educating people to respect bloggers, some people still don't see even journalistic bloggers as serious.

Creating a way that facilitates finding good content that are being created by many bloggers is necessary.

It would also be great if those who are blogging for a certain period of time could have their work protected of being easily deleted.

If you are considering starting a blog pay attention to all information you give, make backups weekly and welcome to the bloggerhood.

Suggestion to improve Windows

I was not offered this option when Windows stopped working last week and a new operating system had to be installed. Something must be done!

Wine would help forget the money those who work at home lose when Windows fails.

"Only one click away is too far" or "shortest way between two points equals pleasure"

The catchy phrase "only one click away" might not facilitate things as well as the scientific truth that "the shortest way between two points is a straight line" might not help when we are planning our routes.

It came to my mind because all my documents are in a file and I just have to open the window where it is and click at the file to get my pictures, texts and everything.

I didn't do it yet and I don't feel like doing.

One of the reasons is that this road looks so long! Please don't laugh at me because I'm sure you gave up doing a search because you didn't want to open another window to your favorite search engineer... because it was too far.

I believe that we have a kind of distance measurement, a kind of space relation when we are using computers but I still don't know how to express it or if it's only me who feels it

- any input would be highly appreciated.

What I know is that when I'm planning my routes, walking since I don't drive, to go somewhere the shortest distance is only important when I'm in a hurry.

Other factors are more important to consider such as a nice and not crowded street, a place I like that is on the way, nice people I might know and many others that gives me pleasure.

There is a street I don't like to cross next to my house and I discovered that it is because three of the buildings are huge and as I walk I feel it will take years to reach the end. I'm sure if there were regular buildings and commerce I would not avoid this street.

Doe it make any sense to you?

Ok, I will open the file, tomorrow, or, on Monday.

My computer was broken :(

I just had it repaired and I'll have to install all the softwares and everything again.

Keep it fresh to please Google algorithms

Worried about number of hits, links and Google algorithms...

I just found this tip from Kevin Ryan but... NO!

I publish without having any idea if it will make more numbers or not.

I don't understand how this blog got some unexpected number results and have no idea what topic my next post will approach.

I'm terrible with numbers and the only relation I have with marketing is hating advertisements especially when watching something I like at the TV.

The thing became so insane lately that I'm not watching some channels anymore.

Unfortunately one of them is the channel of "The Big Bang Theory": five minutes of advertisements. Can you believe that? I blocked the channel. Advertisements make so much noise that if you don't pay attention you can start getting irritated without knowing the reason.

I muted the TV once and people calmed down.

I digressed. The post is about pleasing Google and this is the tip:

"It's not about freshness as much as it is the appearance of freshness. One of the core goals of search results has always been to provide timely information but not even Google's founders could have predicted the insanely high frequency that would be required to keep it "fresh.""

I laughed a lot when read it because I cannot stand the numerous times they publish, broadcast or analyze the same news, picture or event with this "fresh" artifice. For me it doesn't work. But it seems to work for the vast majority.

Open some mainstream media sites and the lesson is everywhere.

Funny that I fount the paragraph Kevin Ryan wrote in another site copied and pasted the next day of Kevin's post. The author didn't learn how to make it fresh.

Keep it fresh and stupid. If someone or a group of people works to be on the top of the pages using this rule we are in a very bad situation.

I believe it is not only algorithms that matters. Mainstream media first and the rest... well I really have no idea how they choose but if the way Google deals with these algorithms needs 500 changes a year it seems that other issues are behind these numbers.

I'm guessing. I really don't know anything and I'll check now what "algorithms" really are.

But remember: Keep is fresh!

If you're asking why I end up writing about it: I was searching for what happened to a directory and came across with Kevin's post. When I read the paragraph I quoted I felt like doing it.

I hope Google take into consideration that I'm doing a post about the algorithms in a very fresh way. It will be on top!

Update:

Scroll-down this post a little slowly with your eyes in the picture and you'll see it rolling. Just found it out.

How fresh it is!?

How to upload .gif animated to blogspot

At "Settings" go to the "Basic" tag and check "Updated editor" when an image .gif animated (those images that moves) is being uploaded.

If the "Old Editor is checked the image will freeze in only one picture and will not work.

It is easy as that and still it took me years to solve it. I hope it helps.

Make comments easier in Blogspot

Many bloggers don't use the pop-up option for comments and I'm not sure if it is their choice or it's because they didn't notice that the default "full page" form can be changed.

When I click at comment and I'm linked to the full page comments I feel disappointed for some reasons.

The most important is that the "captcha" verification appears after clicking "Publish comment" and maybe people don't notice it and leave the comment but it is not saved.

Changing to the pop-up window requires four clicks at blogspot:

Click "Settings" & "Comments" & "check the "pop-up window" & "Save" - look at the picture and you'll see it very clear.

I truly believe this is the most friendly way to set the comments since the visitor can see the whole page and click at "Leave comment" again.

Many times I didn't go back to the main page of the blog and it must happen to many visitors.

Give pop-up window a chance.

Update 11/07/2011:

It's only possible to change this way using the old version of Bloggers as Ken Foster noticed. He switched back to the old version to make the change.

Confession in WWW times

Copyright: Stan Eales. You can send E-greeting cards with cartoons at Cartoonstock.com. They have numerous great pieces. I just sent one to... no, no, no... I fear the priest.

As the priest is myopic I can confess that I sent one for my greatest enemy.

How to remove the borders of pictures at Blogger

Sometimes taking the borders of the images creates a very interesting atmosphere and it is very easy to get rid of them. At the "edit html" add the code style="border:none;""display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" You must do it before writing or adding other images at the post otherwise you can lose the edition of the whole post. It took a while to figure out why I was not doing it correctly. You can find at this blog done by Peter Enviroment lots of answers for some Blogger problems. Have a great week!

Saturday: Awards extravaganza

Take a look at this search to see the blog awards created till now. I believe that one day there will a a blog award, these created by bloggers not the officials, museum since they are part of blogosphere culture.

Wow! That was so unexpected. Maznah at Cooking Varieties gave me these six awards. They are all so colorful and beautiful! I'm very happy and honored receiving them. This is the second time this week Maznah passed me an award.
We all know that there are people who loves the awards and people who don't.
I want to give these to those who like so I will search for blogs that have awards at their pages for it indicates that they like them.
I'll try to do it today. I'm accepting indications, so please, if you want one of the awards or know a friend of yours who likes receiving these images created with the intention of uniting people tell me. I always ask myself who created the award.
I have already a list but I want to publish them all together.
Rules:
1. Accept the award, post it in your blog with the link of the person who has given you.
2. Pass it on to 15 bloggers to keep the ball rolling.
3. Let the nominated bloggers know about their award by leaving a comment on their recent post.
Have a great Saturday!

This is my list:

DB at Vagabond Journeys;

Catatonic Kid at Catatonic Kid;

Cheryl at Wishing and Discovering;

Clinically Clueless at Clinically Clueless;

Herrad at Access Denied;

Kimmie at Pretty Amazing Grace;

Lotosgreen at Japonisme;

Mari at 365 Days;;

Mariane at Anthing goes;

Mark at Psych Survivor 2.0;

Maryt/theteach at Work of the Poet;

Missy at Missyz Stuff;

Sandy Calrson at Writing in Faith;

Tony at Tony's Blog;

Thank you all for inspiring me!
Update: I have to delete one blog at the list because the blogger claims that as she is a journalist, she reports about Ballet, she doesn't want to be in this list and she claims that her "website" is no longer a blog because she got a domain and blogspot directs for her url.
She already "received" a blog from Hella Heaven two years ago.
I only feel sorry for journalists who don't have what as goal the "accountability" that Tim Sebastian talks about at the post below.
So many great journalists doing a great work without receiving money! Some of them even refuses to put advertisements to be totally unbiased. I really thank all the pajamas media for the great work.

It is a Blog Hop!

A blog hop is a linky list that is SHARED ON MULTIPLE BLOGS.
When several blogs put the same linky list code on their blog, the
exact same list appears on each blog.

Blog visitors can submit their entries on any blog that contains the list.
The entries will appear on each blog where the list resides.

Blog readers see the same list on each blog, and can "HOP" from blog
to blog seeing the same list of links to follow: BLOG HOP!