Comments on: All in a feed – Missionary blog tip #9 http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/all-in-a-feed-missionary-blog-tip-9 Missionary Blog Watch keeps an eye on Christian missionary blogs to introduce you to interesting posts, new bloggers and developments on Missionary-Blogs.com. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:16:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Norm http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/all-in-a-feed-missionary-blog-tip-9/comment-page-1#comment-209 Norm Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:14:34 +0000 http://www.missionary-blogs.com/200705.html#e125#comment-209 Great informative post Jim, I totally agree with the full post in the feed. I came to that realization when I realized that I wasn't always finishing the article by going to the authors page. Thanks! Great informative post Jim, I totally agree with the full post in the feed. I came to that realization when I realized that I wasn’t always finishing the article by going to the authors page.
Thanks!

]]> By: Dean http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/all-in-a-feed-missionary-blog-tip-9/comment-page-1#comment-208 Dean Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:14:07 +0000 http://www.missionary-blogs.com/200705.html#e125#comment-208 Hi Jim, like you used to I have tended to use the summary option but am reconsidering this. Your advise was helpful and has probably tipped the scales in favour of not using the summary option. Great work you're doing on this site, we really appreciate it. One question, could you extend the 'Recent Blog Entries' from the current 12 so that more Blogs get to be featured? Thanks Hi Jim, like you used to I have tended to use the summary option but am reconsidering this. Your advise was helpful and has probably tipped the scales in favour of not using the summary option.

Great work you’re doing on this site, we really appreciate it.

One question, could you extend the ‘Recent Blog Entries’ from the current 12 so that more Blogs get to be featured? Thanks

]]> By: Jim http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/all-in-a-feed-missionary-blog-tip-9/comment-page-1#comment-207 Jim Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:13:32 +0000 http://www.missionary-blogs.com/200705.html#e125#comment-207 Thanks for your comments! Extending the number of posts on the main page has its pros and cons. You may find that if there were more, there would end up being more from the same blogs. However, I do have a way of "rotating" which blogs have a better "chance" of appearing, and I think there has been a pretty good representation over the course of several months. One thing I might consider is increasing the number of posts in the feed. I'll consider that for sure. I also keep finding excuses to mention various blogs in other places, on other pages and here in the blog. Remember, this is a site that's run in my spare time - which at the moment is not a lot of time at all! So things move slowly. Thanks for your comments!

Extending the number of posts on the main page has its pros and cons. You may find that if there were more, there would end up being more from the same blogs.

However, I do have a way of “rotating” which blogs have a better “chance” of appearing, and I think there has been a pretty good representation over the course of several months.

One thing I might consider is increasing the number of posts in the feed. I’ll consider that for sure.

I also keep finding excuses to mention various blogs in other places, on other pages and here in the blog.

Remember, this is a site that’s run in my spare time – which at the moment is not a lot of time at all! So things move slowly.

]]> By: Dave http://blogwatch.missionary-blogs.com/all-in-a-feed-missionary-blog-tip-9/comment-page-1#comment-206 Dave Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:12:46 +0000 http://www.missionary-blogs.com/200705.html#e125#comment-206 As a user of a newsreader myself, I agree that the full feed option makes it more convenient for the subscriber to stay up to date. I want to do what I can to make it easy for others to stay informed, which hopefully makes them more inclined to pray and take part in our ministry. I'll always concern myself with the look of our site, but from my perspective it's more important to get the word out, than to force others to pay attention to your design. (Oh Jim, BTW, congrats on your recent redesign of your own blog. Nice.) As a user of a newsreader myself, I agree that the full feed option makes it more convenient for the subscriber to stay up to date.

I want to do what I can to make it easy for others to stay informed, which hopefully makes them more inclined to pray and take part in our ministry.

I’ll always concern myself with the look of our site, but from my perspective it’s more important to get the word out, than to force others to pay attention to your design.

(Oh Jim, BTW, congrats on your recent redesign of your own blog. Nice.)

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