I think I’m going to start posting here in this humble little space again. I guess the next few days will tell.
Also, I upgraded to a pre-release of Bloo version 1.20 (version 1.11). It represents a pretty significant change, structurally, in Bloo, since Bloo now supports community sub-blogs. More on that later. This space always has served as a great guinea pig site for these releases anyway.
God loves you Blogosphere, and so do I.
I’m hoping my good buddy Scott, one of the original Bloo testers, won’t mind me testing my trackback send against his blog.
It works find against other Bloo blogs. Now needing to test it against something non-Bloo.
So I’m sending a trackback from here to this post on Scott’s blog.
(Also, Scott, I’m putting you on my Bloogroll!)
As I work toward the first full, bona-fide production release of Bloo (no more beta!), I’ve felt the need for a new and far better logo. Check this out:
Many thanks to farooquebiplit of GetACoder.com for graciously doing this logo for almost nothing. It’s like he read my mind, because this is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. He got it on the first try. Suhweet!
And many thanks to Thunder Geek for hipping me to GetACoder.
Watch me for the changes . . .
I’ve switched to yet another new theme. It’s called Daleri Dark and it is another rip-off port to Bloo of a WordPress theme. This one is by the talented Andreas Viklund.
This theme similar to a few others done recently in that it will only work under the full production 1.00 release of Bloo, which is in pre-release here and on a few other blogs.
This one will hit the Themes blog soon.
I’ve rolled out a new theme called “Pure” – what do you think?. This is yet another cannibalized WordPress theme. I kind of dig it (for now anyway).
This theme was created over at Celestial Star. I still need to contact them regarding this port to Bloo, although they allow free downloads of the WordPress version so I’m hopeful they won’t mind me using the ported Bloo version here.
Once I have their permission, I’ll roll it out on the Bloo Themes blog (although I may delay a bit because to work well this theme requires some theme fixes coming out in Bloo version 1.00).
Update – They gave me permission.
Sorry for the long absence. Everything’s been very good, just busy.
A few quick notes:
What do you think of the new theme? It is a port of a WordPress theme called Red Train. I’ve been working on new Bloo themes lately. If you’re a Bloo blogger interested in spicing up your blog (or if you’re just interested in seeing the available themes), you should check out the Bloo Themes site.
Also – happy birthday Andrew!
And, finally, Jared suggests 11 church innovations:
1. Sing hymns.
2. Preach through a book of the Bible.
3. Talk about sin.
4. Celebrate the Lord’s Supper more frequently.
5. Have a Scripture reading in the service.
6. Transition creative content from aping popular commercials and other media to creating your own, wholly original content.
7. Read, study, and teach theology.
8. Put as much effort and resources into men’s ministry as you do women’s. On the flipside, pair up younger women with wise, older women in mentoring relationships with the same conviction you have about men being in accountability and mentoring partnerships.
9. Hire from within.
10. In promotional material, use actual photos of actual people in your community.
11. Preach the Gospel.
I’ve upgraded the blog to a newer release candidate 2 of the first full production version of Bloo.
There are a number of cool things in this one, not the least of which is a newly revamped Theme Selector – check it out in the navbar and have fun changing your own personal view of this blog to any of a number of my favorite themes.
Man, I’m punchy.
Watch me for the changes . . .
Tonight I upgraded to Bloo version 1.00, release candidate 2. I’m testing it out here before making it available everywhere.
There are several nice changes in this release; the most prominent is the addition of multiple categories per post.
Watch me for the changes . . . 🙂
Breaking the silence here for a moment . . .
I’ve upgraded the blog to Bloo version 1.00 release candidate 1. Plus put in the BlooQuote patch and the IP Blacklist patch.
Suhweeet!
I upgraded the blog to Bloo Beta 2 tonight. So far (sort of) so good. This is a pre-release build and I’ve only found one problem at this point: the Bloogroll Posts aren’t rendering quite viagra 100mg right.
I’ve turned them off for now while I dope this out.
Watch me for the changes . . .
Update: Fixed!