Blog Updates - Yippee!!

Ok…so I’ve spent a little while updating my blog with a couple of cool new features (some you’ve already seen in action, and some are brand new – most are accessed in the left hand pane)…here they are:

• Comments (By HaloScan) – You can now post comments on each and every one of my blog posts by clicking the comments link right below the end of the post. Because I’m using the free comments service, you’re limited in the text length of the comment you post, but to get around this, simply split up your comment into more than one post.
• Trackback (By HaloScan) – Ok…this is a bit complicated…and most people will never use it. Basically, Trackback (as far as I understand from my limited research of it) allows people who post blog entries on their blogs that are related to a blog post I made on my blog to create a link under the trackback section of that particular blog entry on my blog that links to the blog post they just made on their blog (I know, I know…complicated!). For more information about Trackback, see:
  HaloScan Trackback Introduction
  HaloScan Trackback FAQ
  SixApart Beginner’s Guide to Trackback
  Remote Trackback Proof of Concept
• RSS & Atom Feeds – These feeds allow you to view certain portions of my site (blog posts, comments, and blogroll links) in a feed viewer, so that you don’t have to browse to my site to see changes. The feed viewer is dynamically updated whenever the particular item that you’ve selected the feed for changes (i.e. if you’ve set up the comments feed in a feed viewer, and a new comment is posted, very shortly that new comment will display in the feed viewer automatically (assuming you’ve set it up correctly)). A nice program that allows for RSS feed viewing, along with using AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, ICQ, and a bunch of other stuff all consolidated into one program is Trillian (there’s a free version and a pay version). I highly recommend this program, as the consolidation is really nice!
• Access to my Blog – You can browse to either http://mail.rochester.edu/~mb007i/blogs/ or http://mbressman.dnsalias.net to access my blog!

Please use http://www.marcbressman.com to access my site from this point forward
Edited on 12/7/05

• Guestbook – You can sign, view, or search the guestbook that I have set up for my site. I encourage all visitors to sign the Guestbook.

This version of the guestbook is no longer functional. Stay tuned for an updated version shortly.
Edited on 12/7/05

The new guestbook is now available. To view or sign the guestbook, please click here
Edited on 12/15/05

• Counter (By Site Meter) – There’s now a web counter that counts each unique hit to my webpage!
• BlogRoll Links (By BlogRolling) – The BlogRoll is basically a list of links that can by dynamically updated (rather than having to edit HTML code to change the list). If you have a BlogRoll, then BlogRoll My Site!

Stay Tuned for Photo Albums, new Blog Skins, and maybe even a new Blog!!