We release beautiful new themes every week. In our Early Theme Adopters series, we focus on bloggers who are using the most recent additions to our Theme Showcase. Today, let’s visit some of the blogs that are already using Sorbet, a vibrant, inviting theme.
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Blog: Fire It Up! (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: theme, Themes, Widgets, Sorbet, Customization, Early Theme Adopters, Tumblelog, Add a tag
Blog: Fire It Up! (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: comments, Tags, Features, drafts, Widgets, Sidebar, Customization, Better Blogging, Sharing Buttons, Add a tag
From your sidebar to your comments section, these tips will help you clean up your blog in just a few minutes.
Blog: a wrung sponge (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: photos, fun, poetry, haiku, poems, projects, widgets, NAPOWRIMO, NPM, haiga, haiku haiga haibun napomo, 2013, Add a tag
Here is a collection of my Instagram photos, updated daily. I am afraid you will have to click on the photo to go to Instagram to read the haiku. Unless I find a photo editor that works on my iPod and figure out how to put the haiku directly onto the image, that is. Anyone help with that? If you are using Instagram and know how to do it can you share? <!-- SnapWidget -->
Blog: WOW! Women on Writing Blog (The Muffin) (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: blog sidebars, widgets, blog party, blogging tips, blog hops, Cathy C. Hall, Add a tag
Last week, I blog-partied, visiting over thirty blogs, and somewhere around the tenth blog, I had one of those “Isn't this interesting?” moments. I realized that most of the blogs were lacking a name.
Now, I don’t mean the blogs didn't have clever names. In fact, writers are extremely clever and so I found many blogs with “punny” names. Like “The Write Word for the Job” (which I totally just made up. The writers’ blogs I visited were much more clever than that). What I didn't find on all these clever blogs was a name to identify the writer, a little something something to tell me who was behind all the clever words. Oh, there were occasional “About Me” tabs, but honestly, when you’re flitting from blog to blog, who has time to stop and click on the tabs?
Or maybe that’s just me. The point is, visiting a mystery blog is like…well, it’s like getting a gift with no idea who the sender is. You know how that drives you crazy? A tag with "To: You, From: Guess Who?" When you receive something nice, you want to know who to thank, right? You do not want to go zipping around here and there, trying to track down the Secret Santa.
Or maybe that’s just me. Anyway, eventually, it was more than just my personal pet peeve. Around the halfway mark, I started to feel bad for all these talented bloggers—skillful, funny, madly creative bloggers who were writing their hearts out and not getting the promotional benefits to go along with it. Because see, one of the great perks for writers who participate in a blog hop or a blog party is getting new visitors to the blog. And if those new visitors connect with the blogger, they’ll be back.
So how do you, as a blogger, make that connection? Share a few personal details; give your readers a peek at your personality. Who’s writing the blog? And throw in other information: social media sites you’re on, or your membership in organizations, or where you've been published. And put these details on the front page. Sidebars are a great tool for that kind of info, and ready-made info widgets are yours for the taking (and slapping in your sidebar).
Just a little writing tip, sort of my “To: Bloggers, From: Cathy C. Hall” holiday present. And hey, if you don’t need it, I’m fine with you re-gifting it.
Blog: In the Pages.... (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Newbery Award, Caldecott Award, widgets, Add a tag
I just emailed Adaptive Blue last week and asked for new widgets for this year's Newbery and Caldecott winners and the obliged so kindly!!! So I put them in my side bar and I'm sharing them with you all!! Thank you Adaptive Blue - you are AMAZING!!!
Newbery
Caldecott
Blog: JacketFlap (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: CBC, JacketFlap, Widgets, Children's Choice Book Awards, Add a tag
Children's Book Week is approaching, and a new feature of this year's Children's Book Week is a national child-selected book awards program called the Children's Choice Book Awards. Kids across the country can vote electronically online or in their school, library, or bookstore via paper ballot for the five favorite books published in 2007 in five categories - three grade categories: K-2, 3-4, 5-6 as well as Favorite Author, and Favorite Illustrator. The winner in each category will be named at a gala during Children's Book Week 2008 in New York City. You can see a list of the 25 finalists as well as information on voting at the following URL:
http://www.bookweekonline.com
To enhance the awareness of the awards, the Children's Book Council worked with JacketFlap to create a Children's Choice Book Awards Widget. The Widget displays a different finalist book every time it loads on a web site or blog, and there are links where people can click to vote for the Children's Choice Book Awards. You can get the Widget for your own blog or web site here:
http://www.jacketflap.com/widgets/widget.asp?widgetname=cbc1
In the past 24 hours, Publishers, authors, illustrators, librarians, and children's literature bloggers have been adding the widget to their blogs and web sites, effectively bringing the voting to the places where people learn about children's books. Below are some examples where you can see the widget live from the 40+ web sites that have installed the Children's Choice Book Awards Widget in the past 24 hours:
Publisher blog examples:
http://charlesbridge.blogspot.com/
http://kanemillerkidlit.blogspot.com/
Author blog examples:
http://beverlystowemcclure.blogspot.com/
http://debloganwrites.blogspot.com/
http://umakrishnaswami.blogspot.com/
http://mpbarker.blogspot.com/
Illustrator blog examples:
http://dulemba.com/blogger.html
Librarian blog examples:
http://shelf-employed.blogspot.com/
Children's Literature blog examples:
http://cwim.blogspot.com/
http://thereadingtub.blogspot.com/
http://writingforchildrencenter.com/
http://scbwi-za-news.blogspot.com/
Robin Adelson and the team at the Children's Book Council have really done a great job with this year's Children's Book Week! Be sure to visit the web site at: http://www.bookweekonline.com
Tracy
Blog: Crazy For Kids Books (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Well I am feeling mighty pleased with myself now that I have my own talking avatar or Voki. Just click the arrow for play and you'll hear my voice welcoming you to the blog. It was fun and easy to create. Check it out. There is lots to choose from in customizing your Voki. But the voice is yours. You can record your message over the telephone as I did or upload an audio file. It's one more way to add some personality to your blog and make readers feel welcome.
Many thanks to Sue Waters at The Edublogger for highlighting this nifty item. The Edublogger is an online magazine that publishes "Tips, tricks, ideas and help with using web 2.0 technologies and edublogs" for the Edublog community.
Although I am dismayed at the general decline in the amount of time people spend reading, I do love technology. However, at the end of a long day at the computer, the last thing I want to curl up with in front of the fire is a piece of hardware. I want to read print. However, when it's time for technology, I like to think I'm as game as the next gal. Explore what is out there that you can make your own. It can be a lot of fun.
Blog: SCBWI Gauteng (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Illustrating Children's Books; Portfolios, Add a tag
Illustrators’ discussion group Date: 4 September 2007 Time: 10:00—12:00 Where: Details regarding venue in Johannesburg to respondents Cost (includes tea): For Non-members R30 per person; For SCBWI members R15 per person RSVP: [email protected] by 30 August at the latest. Please use “Illustrators’ discussion group” in the subject line. Description: Children’s book illustrators share ideas
I love this theme, especially the navigation from post to post. Also love the way these bloggers have customized it.
I having using Sorbet since Valentine. Can’t seen to get tired with my Valentine background and matching logo. Love the vibrant colours of Sorbet.
I’m using Sorbet and I love it :) I don’t see myself switching to another theme anytime soon.
I’m also using this theme on my self hosted personal blog in gujarati language with some custom changes.
I too am using sorbet. Love the color options!
This should help alot.. :-)
Are wordpress blogs not hosted on wordpress.com/org eligible to be mentioned in the “Early theme adopters” section?
For now, at least, this series is focused on WordPress.com users.
Being new to WordPress, it can be difficult choosing which theme to select and I tried out a few before settling on Sorbet because of its clear, clean and bright appearance :)
This theme is definitely very cool, and we thought about switching to it for a while- the image icon/text icon specification was not ideal though. Overall the fun spring colors really let a blog with this theme stand out!