KellysWorld
Several New Videos
I’ve added several videos to my “NEW” YouTube channel. Below are links to each. You can also go to the new page on KellysWorld called KWTV. That page is dedicated to just showing the latest videos. It’s very easy to use and it totally embedded into the site. There is also a link back to my YouTube channel on the player. If you use YouTube a lot you can subscribe to my channel and follow my videos that way. I expect there will be more video than in the past; assuming I can find the time to do quick edits and upload them.
Bit.ly Shortening Test
This is simply a test to see if the Bit.ly shortening service works with the plugin for #TwitterTools on #WordPress. I guess I could have waited for a real post to give this a try, but why not just do a test and get it over with.
Announcing KellysWorld Relaunch
Letter sent to family and friends announcing the relaunch of KellysWorld. Use commenting to tell me what you think.
Letter:
Most of you should know about my website KellysWorld.net. I’ve had it since October 2002 and started blogging in early 2003.
Recently I switched to a new publishing platform and relaunched the site 2 weeks ago. It’s not perfect and it isn’t going to win WebSite of the year but it’s a decent offering.
The content remains the same but some design and publishing changes give me more control and from just about anywhere in the world.
I’ve tied my site in with Twitter, micro blogging site, and added some features that weren’t available to me before. For example the site can now be translated into any of four langueges instantly. Not terribly useful but one of them is Korean and I have a few Korean friends that check in on ms occassionally.
I’m also looking at the Ability for others to post stories, photos and other items. I have a few options in that area and we shall see.
One really cool benefit of the change is that posts back to day one (2003) are now available for view. It’s strange reading stuff I wrote 5 years ago, much of it spure of the moment.
There is a commenting system, but you do have to register to use it. Eventually I may increase security it depends on how much web spam I get. Right now it’s wide open.
Photos currently link to my MobileMe photo site and Tracy’s. Still thinking about that one. Lots of options.
Site isn’t done yet, but i thought I would let you all know of the relaunch. I’m also looking for suggestions.
Just go to www.kellysworld.net.
See you there! Tell me what you think.
Kelly
KellysWorld – Translated
KellysWorld Translated In To Koren
Okay, this is really cool. At least I think so. A new feature of KellysWorld is the ability to translate it into one of a long list of languages. That’s right, for those living in say Korea who’s English might not be 100% they can read KellysWorld in their native tongue. The power of computers and the web, truly amazing. How do you translate the site? All you do is click on the language of the site and rather quickly a new version of the site pops up properly formatted in the language of choice. For now I’ve selected Korean, German, French and Spanish; but there is a really long list of choices, but 4 seemed enough for now.
Even if you don’t need to read KellysWorld in one of 4 other languages feel free to click on the button and see what happens. I was amazed at how very well it worked, and I’m hard to amaze when it comes to technology.
Decisions, Decisions
As you should already be aware KellysWorld.net has been under major revisions for the past two weeks. Now that I have moved to using WordPress as my site creation tool and I have decided on the basic functionality it falls on me to find that theme or look I want for my site. The current one, as of today, is at this point my favorite. I’ve tried a few others, but they haven’t stuck. Below are images of some of the options, including the current one. Each look requires a little changing of where information is placed so they don’t have the same layout; but all carry the same content. Take a look, I would be interested in hearing your thoughts. One thing I did decide on was going with only 5 posts per page instead of 10. I’m not sure readers like to scroll on forever. I could be wrong.
Sample Site Images:
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- Theme 1
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- Theme 2
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- Theme 3
New Features for KW 4.0
I’ve added some new features to KellysWorld 4.0; along with settling on a new theme for the time being. The changes I believe both put the fun in “functionality.” The first new feature is the Video of the Week. The first video is a commercial you just have to see to believe, babys getting their groove on while roller skatting. It’s creepy, but fun. Another new feature is a social bookmarking one that you will find at the bottom of ever post, including this one. I’ve included some of my favorites. Basically, it allows you to take a post and repost it through your favorite social site like FaceBook or Twitter. I’ve includd e-mail as well.
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