Blog is recently wonky

#1

My latest blog posting (titled - Yet again slides) is not showing up in Preview, or after publishing to web host. (in Ukraine)

I tried deleting 5 of the earliest blogs on the list. That did NOT help.
Their titles still showed up on the published list of blogs, but clicking any of the 5 went to a failed result.

I tried moving a leading graphic in a couple of the blogs, to a lower position on the page. That did not help.

Have NOT tried reverting to an earlier version of the website.

Wisdom anyone ? o-t-g.com

Joseph O’Laughlin

#2

Is there a capacity limit on the number of blogs?
If I delete an older blog, does that enable new blogs to be allowed?

jol

#3

Q: Do you know if there is any limitation to the total number of possible blog posts?
A: There’s no limit, though arguably the page list on the left sidebar is the limiting factor currently. (Duncan, Aug 5, 2021)

Or what is a “blog” for you? A single blog post page or the whole blog with RSS and index page?

Mr. F.

#4

If you have glanced at my Sparkle website o-t-g.com you will have seen multiple blog pages and the index.

A blog for me is more or less a daily record. I don’t know how to do RSS or expose it to the world? Perhaps a series of little “hero” pages ?

My issue is the blog pages seem to be scrambled - with some disappearing. Before I did not insert any pictures. Now I have been but have also been noticing some scrambled behavior.

Thank you for your question,

Joseph O’Laughlin

#5

Hi Joseph.

Yes, i had a peek into o-t-g.com My first impression was o-m-g :zipper_mouth_face:

Did you have a look in the Sparkle Blog Documentation?
The RSS view is inbuilt and has to be customized by you. That’s what you will see in the index.

Maybe I think too old-fashioned, but a blog looks different to me. Only a outline of the actual post appears in the index. There is a clear structure and outline. Both is missing in your blog.

You write that the pages are scrambled and something seems to be missing? I can see 5 posts that appear sorted by date in descending order. Where is the problem?

Mr. F.

#6

Hi Mr. Fozzie,
Will you point me to ideal examples of the blog structure you favor?
My current 5 pages are the result of deleting about 10 previous pages where I saw problems.

Thanks,

jol

#7

Hello Joseph.

Here’s one, travel related, that looks more like a blog to me.

Travel Blog

The layout is of course a bit different than what Sparkle would create. Here the index page is arranged vertically, whereas Sparkle would arrange it horizontally.

But the essential features Sparkle can do as well:
Date, tags [Europe Travel], the headline, an excerpt from the text, and the links to the actual blog entry [image, title, → Read more].

What you see on the index page are in Sparkle the RSS views of the post.

Mr. F.

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#8

That looks like a menu for ad copy.
I don’t have that much to say; certainly nothing to urge on others to do.

You are right - I don’t know how to condition the blog posts so they don’t come up as bullets dropping down from Menu items.

I’ll RTFD about Sparkle blogs, as you suggest.

Thanks,

jol

#9

Hi Mr. Fozzie,
I’d appreciate to look at the skeleton blog template you described.
I can see the web view using Preview?

Please send a downloadable to jol@o-t-g.com

Thanks for your time and energy,

jol

#10

@Mr_Fozzie just out curiosity (cause i new that there was still work being done on “Big Ben”, and ) i found the dates a little awkward)
i did check the pictures (from a live cam on March 22nd and the picture on the blog, and i am not sure if the posted picture is actual :grin: , have a look yourself:

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Here from the live camera at that date:

#11

Ha ha. I really don’t care :laughing: . This blog is not my website.

Mr. F.