After a year and a
half of setbacks, the new site directory is finally up and open for
business. Well, not exactly. For any business to be conducted will have to
wait until enough traffic comes by.
Until then, everything [SiteHoundSniffs.com]
has to offer is completely free of charge, and after enough traffic starts
coming by to attract advertisers, I hope to institute a revenue-sharing
program. Needless to say, I need your
help with drawing attention to the site before there can any money to spread
around.
To be completely
honest about it, I am not real happy with the way the site looks so far. One of the things I have learned is that
WordPress will not accept any fancy text formatting that can be done with MS
Word. So, aside from wasting a ton of
time upon MS Word formatting, I have had to settle for working with just the
Arial font. There is a plugin to allow
for the use of Google Fonts, but it will not work with the current version of
WordPress. I suppose the same situation
applies to first copying text to a Google Doc, which will accept a great deal of MS
Word formatting, and then pasting it into the WrodPress text editor, which is supposed
to work according to last year’s [Tessaract
Theme/WordPress tutorial] by Tyler Moore.
Alas, I have made
too many mistakes to get into. At least
I think I know a little more about what I am doing, but that has meant that the
next disaster just has not happened yet.
The next step is to
ask the 1,767, who have not yet given permission to display their header, for
permission to do so. I will then start
adding sites. The original plan was to
launch with at least 5,000 sites listed, but when I discovered a better way to
process them and had to start almost completely over, the first round was
cut-down to 1,785 from 78 countries.
Learning the country of origin for sites has been really interesting to
me, and I hope it will be for you, as well.
In regards to our physical
health issues, Arlynda has not fallen since the last time almost two months
ago, and she has regained almost full use of her right arm. Her primary care physician moved to St. Louis,
and we are now having a hard time finding her another to write the dozen (or
so) prescriptions she has for her non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver and
other things. Her specialists will not
do it. My primary care doctor also moved
out of town, but I have an appointment to see his replacement next month. My high blood pressure and other “stuff” is
being well-controlled by the medications I am currently taking. So, I am hoping that he will not be hard to
deal with. There appears to still be no
treatment for my Chronic Fatigue Syndrome condition.
Please let me know
what you think about [SiteHoundSniffs.com]. Hey, probably most definitely agree with you if
you think it is not all that. Sigh.
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Hi Jerry. Good to see you here today. Congrats on the launch of the new site.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that Arlynda is doing better.
I'm off to go check out the new site
Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! I just found out that her old primary care doctor did indeed renew her prescriptions for another few months before packing up his shingle. Hopefully, we will be able to find another within the same system so the her records will be a lot more accessible by the new doctor.
DeleteOK, I'm back and let me say I like it. I may end up getting lost in the Arts/Crafts section today and will probably get fired for not showing up for work tomorrow. I'm quite sure I'll find plenty of new and interesting blogs to follow.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Ann!!! Well, I sure don't want to get you fired, but I am glad that you like what you see so far. I will get the ones in the Arts/Crafts category left out of the first round listed as soon as I can.
DeleteSounds like a LOT of work!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Gorges!!! Yeah, thee is probably a way to automate much of it with coding, but my eyes are still not good enough to let me. Hey, I have not got around to leaving a comment on your last post asking for permission to display your site header yet. So, may we?
Deletei Jerry
ReplyDeleteBest of everything on the new site.
Thank you for the mention
Thanks for stopping by, my dear Martin!!! How did I miss replying to this before now? Be assured that I greatly appreciate the encouragement!
DeleteYou've worked hard on that site! Thank you for including my blog. I hope things go well with your new primary health doctors and it's good to hear Arlynda is improving.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Teresa!!! I just left a reply to you giving permission to display your header informing you that it can be seen under All, Literary and United Kingdom, as well as the slideshow on the Home page.
DeleteWow - that is a lot work! I like the 'Country' category. I've already looked at some and they are interesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Grace!!! I am sure glad you are liking it. I had Dragon's Alley listed, but dropped it when I saw that you had taken it private the last time I paid a visit weeks ago. Now, that it is back in the public eye, I will add it again. May we display your header like the others?
DeleteSure - go ahead use the header...
DeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Grace!!! I will get on it forthwith.
DeleteJust checked out the site. Wow, that's quite an undertaking! Great work.
ReplyDeleteAnd feel free to use my header.
Hope your health and Arlynda's continue to improve.
Thanks for stopping by, my dear Silver Fox!!! Thank you so very much, and I will let you know when your header has been added.
DeleteI had expectations. I am definitely not disappointed! I think the best part is that in order to get that done, I tell myself that you must have been at least feeling up to that, if not to a lot of other good things! Thanks for asking to use my header, and of course I would appreciate your using it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Penny!!! Well, I am quite sure that there is an easier way to do it. If my eyesight improves, maybe I can learn how to work with PHP a lot more and automate many of the steps I am having to manually repeat over and over again.
DeleteCongratulatulations with the launch A great effort and I will add it to my links. I love to see blogs organised by country and I already saw to fantastic bloggers in the netherlands like Tara Bradford and the Dutches
ReplyDelete(the latter was born on the same day as me :)
Good luck with your endeavour and thanks for including me
You are most welcome, and thank you for being so considerate, my dear Marja!!! Alas, the European sites (aside from the UK) have largely ignored my requests to display their header so far. I hope that will change by the time the word gets out that SiteHoundSniffs is not some sort of spam scam. By the way, I have not tried to contact your favorite sites yet. I would really appreciate it if you would put in a good work for me so that they might be more receptive when I do.
DeleteYou mean Tara and the dutches?
DeleteTara doesn't blog anymore but I will ask the dutches of you can use her header A lot of work you have on your hands I put the picture of the dog on my sidebar :)
Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Marja!!! I really appreciate that. I have making my requests in alphanumeric order, but since it would probably be at least two weeks before I got to The Dutchess, I will skip ahead to ask her while she has your healp in mind.
DeleteHi Jerry. Sorry I've not been dropping by as often as I'd like - like you, I'm trying to get a new web project off the ground and finding it very time-consuming! Love your new site and thanks for including A Bit About Britain on it. You CAN use different fonts in Wordpress - try a plugin called TinyMCEAdvanced - this definitely works with the most recent version of Wordpress. But plugins also need to work with the theme you choose. The theme will determine your basic font, probably. I write ALL of my copy in Word, then copy/paste and attend to formatting within the site itself. Be sure to 'paste as text' - read up on this. I'm learning as I go - it's a huge change from 'Blogger', that's for sure! Drop me an email if you want to bounce ideas around. Sorry to hear about the health issues - hope all well now. Best regards, Mike.
ReplyDeleteYou are most welcome, and thanks for being so considerate, my dear Mike!!! I am sorry that you are struggling to master the tricks to WordPress, but it is good to know that I am not the only one. (LOL?) I will try that plugin, but now that I would have to change so much... I am still able to copy and paste straight from Word. Pasting to text is addressed in Tyler's tutorial, but I was afraid that this would eliminate the links, which would be disastrous. So, I have never tried it.
DeleteThat is great, thanks Jerry.
ReplyDeleteYou are most welcome, and thank you for being so considerate, my dear Bob!!! Your header hummingbird sure looks like he is keeping a serious watch.
DeleteWow! What an incredible undertaking. Your site listings are very comprehensive. Well done Jerry!! And yes, you have permission to use my header.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear CountryMum!!! Well, it is only just begun, and I will adding new sites after I complete asking for permission to display the headers of those listed in the first round. I have the links for at least 4,000 more now, and I am quite confident of at least doubling that number as soon as I can get around to it. I hope to have a million or more listed by the time I wear out. Anyway, thank you so very much for giving permission to display your header for Farm-ily. Aside from the All category and the slideshow on the Home page, you can see your header under Daily Life, Land/Sea/Skyscapes, Photography and Australia.
DeleteIn regards to your comment you left...of course you can use my header. I've barely skimmed through your new undertaking...this will be an incredible work!!!
ReplyDeleteMy header, tho, changes for the seasons.
Thanks for stopping by, my dear Hootin' Anni!!! Be assured that I greatly appreciate the encouragement. Since my eyes are still too bad to allow me to learn how to automate things through coding, I am doing everything manually. Therefore, I am going to be very reluctant to roll with the header changes because of how much more work it will be and I am already almost overwhelmed. Nonetheless, I will see about changing yours (probably in the spring) because of there being Halloween-dedicated sites listed and I would not want those unfamiliar with your great works to think your focus is limited.
DeleteThank you for requesting to use my Photo Header in your column, but sorry I will decline your wish, sorry.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your time, my dear Imac.
DeleteI've noticed Blogger is much easier to use and rarely raises my blood pressure like my experience with WordPress. Good luck and I like what I see so far....
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear IH!!! Well, one can do so much more (I think) with WordPress, but it has been a steep learning curve for me. Be assured that I greatly appreciate the encouragement, but you did not give permission to display your header. May we?
DeleteI like the new site and I would like to help in anyway I can
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much, my dear LL!!! Maybe the word will get out much sooner than later that SiteHoundSniffs is meant to be a good thing.
DeleteI am disappointed to discover BlogDogIt.com is not listed among your listed sites. Maybe someday if I play my cards right I could find my site "hound-sniffed." If ever I do I would encourage you to "header" me too - while we're on the subject please see: "Throw BlogDogIt a bone" http://blogdogit.com/article.php?story=20121112200140585
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Masodo!!! Your wish is my command. I have done fetched your header and it can now be seen under All and Entertainment. I could not find a country of origin for BlogDogIt.com. So, if you will let me know, I will list it under the country, as well. If you could say something (preferably good) about SiteHoundSniffs,com here and there, I would greatly appreciate it.
DeleteThank you for your prompt action Jerry. I'm so happy to be included. I will now get cracking on adding your SiteHoundSniffs website to my friends link exchange. Rest assured with BlogDogIt's free publicity you will certainly get your money's worth ;-) Thanks again!
DeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Masodo!!! I am literally sitting here with tears of gratitude welled up in my eyes after reading your article on SiteHoundSniffs when I went to leave a comment informing you that BlogDogIt is now listed under the United States. I am waiting on receiving my password so that I can leave that comment. Yeah, I know that cool kids are not supposed to cry, but your efforts have really touched me. I will continue blubbering over there when I receive the cipher.
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