Friday, April 01, 2011

Dynamic Views for this Blog


I see that Google has been busy creating new features for Blogger, which is good because I've been frustrated with the layout of my blog. For example, I haven't been able to get the videos from YouTube to size correctly.

Now they have 5 different "dynamic views" that you can use to view any blog that has them enabled. You can see them by adding /view and then/NameOfView to the URL.

For example, to see this blog in FlipCard view, go to http://marianthacher.blogspot.com/view/flipcard/

For the Mosaic view: http://marianthacher.blogspot.com/view/mosaic/

Sidebar: http://marianthacher.blogspot.com/view/sidebar/

Snapshot: http://marianthacher.blogspot.com/view/snapshot/

Timeslide: http://marianthacher.blogspot.com/view/timeslide/

Which one do you like best? Right now you have to type in the URL to see them, but the plan is that eventually I will be able to choose one and set it as the default. My favorite is flipcard, which you can sort by recent, data, label, or author.

Snapshot looks the best, but it's only pulling graphics so the posts with videos or with no graphics don't show up. This view would be really good for an art blog, or a cooking blog that has a photo of every dish.

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