The new Buddy Foote's Blog v.2 layout is still in development and I'm happy to say that it seems to be coming out great! I just finished up the layout of the layout today and all we need to do is add a few banners that Caitlin will be making as well as filling out sections left undone and various other unfinished elements. This layout caused multiple headaches in the coding stages, but thankfully it should be coming to an end by sometime this week and you'll be able to see the new three-column Buddy Foote's Blog v.2 before we start to head back to school. The new layout will actually have a few unfinished parts due to not having contact with some blog authors and thus not able to get some needed information from them, but such can wait until post-release of the layout. It was quite a long and windy road to get to the point where we're at today, but hopefully the hard work of Caitlin and me will pay off and others will enjoy the new layout the way that we do. I will have to make a few informative entries this week to inform readers about some things they'll need to be aware of with the coming of the new layout. For example, I recommend that you go and download Thunderbird to use the forms in the new layout unless you're comfortable with Microsoft Outlook or any other e-mailing programs. Especially if you're a Gmail user, Thunderbird will be a great addition to your software needs. Anyway, I hope that you'll like the future layout, which I like to call Buddy Foote's Blog v.4, and if you have any comments regarding the layout upon release, then please post your comment on the upcoming entry, "Welcome to Buddy Foote's Blog v.4!".Why Buddy Foote's Blog v.4? Let me break it down:
- The original Buddy Foote's Blog was started in January 2005 using a blogging platform other than Blogger (something like Forumer). The blog wasn't successful at all and looking back at it, it was the worst creation I ever invented. The entries were filled with no logic whatsoever, rambled on about nothing for long periods of time (yes, worse than I do now), and looked ugly and unorganized in general. The blog was hacked twice and is permanently hacked currently (do not even read it, as the hacker changed a lot of the text). I left that blog, however, in May 2005 long before the current hack.
- On July 24, 2005 I created Buddy Foote's Blog v.2 using the Blogger platform. I was the only author on the blog at the time and wrote okay entries, however some I'm still jealous of today, like "Find the Pizza Boy" and "Interview With Blogger". In April 2006, Caitlin joined the blog and around midsummer Chase joined. Production on the new layout started around July 2006.
- On the blog's first birthday, July 24, 2006, Caitlin released the new layout which as of now I would like to call Buddy Foote's Blog v.3. However the blog's name didn't change (and probably never will), this layout was an upgrade from the original black Blogger template. On this version, Jenifer and Joey joined the team, and the blog grew in page views slowly. Buddy Foote's Blog v.3 is noted for the horrible glitch that occurred August 2006 in which I forgot to close a JavaScript tag in the production of the layout and browsers other than Firefox could not view the blog entries. Being that I only used Firefox, I was not aware of the problem. The problem was fixed shortly after it being found, but the damage was done and the blog went from getting 70+ uniques daily to less than 20. It took a while to recover. However, in the year 2007, the uniques shot right back up and the blog seems to be flourishing once again. Production on the new layout started August 2007.
- Buddy Foote's Blog v.4 will be the next installment in layouts and probably one of the last. The layout contains three columns, looks pretty, and contains many features that readers can take advantage of, other than the reading of the actual entries. Started August 2007, the blog layout is planned to be released the same month. It seems that two new blog authors are added with every new version, but that will no longer be the case. And yet again, the blog will retain the name Buddy Foote's Blog v.2, or BFBv.2 for short. More or less, these extra version names only apply to the blog layout used in that time period.
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