So, we are back to the www.Jimanddoni.com website again:)! I appreciate keeping all my posts on my server anyhow PLUS I now don’t have a monthly service charge so it all worked out.

Notice it looks very similar to the web diary I was using through Typepad. That is because Jim is just amazing. He really truly is:)!!! He just customized everything to make it look very similar to the other site. Good man he is.

A couple of things to note about this new diary:

Comments

Feel free to place comments on individual posts. To do that, simply hit the comment link associated with the post. This link is located in the bottom right hand corner of every entry. There will be a number next to the word “Comment” in parenthesis indicating how many comments have been posted. Feel free to browse them if you notice others have posted. “Comments” is just a fun way for me to get feedback on posts and for you to “chime in” on my thoughts for others to see. Few have used it so far and I am not sure if that is because you don’t “get it” or because you think I am nuts for all the stuff I post on the web and you certainely are not going to encourage the outrageous display of vulnerability LOL! The comment section is not a good way to “communicate” directly though with me as I will certainely be reading them but not likely responding to them (unless I simply can’t help myself which does happen on occasion).

Being the honest person that I am, I am going to simply be truthful about why I like the Comments section. I LOVE to get emails and I don’t want that to stop. HOWEVER, often times, people are just “commenting” on something specific and don’t need me to respond back. When comments are sent to me via email, I have this overwhelming sense of accountability to respond to emails. Many of you know I am failing miserably at this and the more I try to get ahead the further behind I get. I still want to respond to emails from clear back to January (yes I have archived many from every month) but I have not made a heck of a lot of progress. So…bottom line…if you have a comment and feel comfortable posting it publically and you are totally ok with me not responding, then post away. If you have a question or just want to “chat” or fill me in on YOU, then email me directly. I feel like I have a lot of one sided conversations these days. I am doing all the talking and I am simply astounded at how many are “listening”.

P.S. You will be required to post an email address for my sake but it won’t be made public. I am requiring this feature to cut back on spammer’s and unwanted comments. Also, I am keeping this site PG so anything profane will be deleted or at least edited:). Not that any of you would do THAT:) LOL! If you have a website and input the URL, your name will be underlined and the public can visit your webpage.

P.S.S. If you post a comment, you will notice that in the instructions you see gibberish code. I will try to take this out because I think it will only lead to confusion for the general population. The only “point” it serves, is to let code users know how to format their comments if they want. Ignore it.

SEARCH

This new site has a search feature that is pretty cool. If you know I posted something and can think of a key word in the posting, search for it and all the entries with that word will magically appear:). Sadly, it won’t highlight the word in the text so you have to skim to find what your are looking for but something is better than nothing I suppose.

CATEGORIES

Clicking on a category in the left column will take you to all entries in that category. Notice I categorize all my postings (for example Ty Diary).

CALENDAR

First it is just cool:). When you are a stay at home mom you are lucky to know what day of the week it is much less the calendar date. Very helpful LOL. Second, the dates that appear in black indicate postings on that date. If you click on the black date it will bring up all postings for that date.

WEB ALBUMS

The new albums are not quite as nice…ugly templates…but oh well. The pictures are all I care about anyhow.

RECENT POSTS

The last 20 recent posts will appear in this section.

RECENT COMMENTS

The last 10 comments posted will appear in this section.

REGISTRATION

I have no idea what this is. I am trying to figure it out but I have been unsuccesful. I’ll let you know if I discover any type of user value. So far I haven’t. If anyone else is familiar with WordPress and can help me out on this one I would appreciate it.

If I think of anything else, I’ll post more later.

P.S. I no longer have a spell check on this. Dang! (Dang is allowed:)