The Blog Peoria Network

Folks, I can’t explain it.

I’m all paid up with my hosting company. Yet I can’t gain access to PeoriaPundit.com.

If anyone else can, please leave a comment below.

It’s just as well, because I have some freelance work to do tomorrow.

This is the second time I’ve had this problem with this company this week. I think the time has come to migrate PP over to the site I’m using for Blog Peoria.

I didn’t create the design being used by new Blog Peoria member The Biggest Small Town in America. But I did tweak a standard Kubrick-style theme a bit to be able to use a few plugins and show off a nifty patriotic design.

And sorry. No one else can use it. That’s one of the things the $100 buys.

UPDATE: OK, I’m going to recommend no one use this plugin for the time being. The problem is that in order for it to word, there needs to be a change to the user’s templates. That change causes an error message on ny blog using the same that doesn’t have the plugin activated.

 I’ve added a new plugin that might make it easier for members blogs to be found and read by others.

The plugin is called Bunny’s Technorati Tags. To use them, go to your Admin >>> Plugins and activate the plugin. Then go to Admin >>> Write. Directly below the large “Post” field where members can write their blog entries, there’s a long strip called “Tags.” Once the post has been written, users can use the “Tags” field to create a list of words that describe a post.

When you publish your posts, the Technorati site is notified, and those tags ack of signals that the post is about these topics. When Technorato users search for those keywords, your blog entry pops up on the list.

Trust me, I get about 100 hits a day because of Technorati Tags.

And it’s also a good idea to go to Technorati, sign up and claim your blog.