Two things new today...

First, you will now get an email when someone comments on your blog. If you wish to turn it off you can do so in the Settings area for your blog. Just select "NO" next to the option for email notification.

Second, I goofed yesterday when working on the site. I added a new "Add comment" link directly to the main blog page and if you left a comment using that link, it was not attached to the post properly and would not display. Some of you may have noticed that your comments didn't appear at all if you used that link. I have fixed this problem and any comments left using that link will now appear... (they were not lost). Sorry about that!

It's going to take a few weeks before I can offer multiple templates for you to change. The reason is, I am constantly changing the way the pages are created and it's just too complicated to work on multiple formats while everything is in flux. Once things get settled in a week or two, I will concentrate on offering new blog templates, colors, etc. So please bare with me for a little bit. I want to have different templates as much as you! :) (You may notice a few test templates on my blogs, such as this one... those are just for testing purposes.)

Spent most of the day working on site design. Made a lot of cosmetic fixes and fixed a small bug I added (by accident) the other day to the advanced posting editor.

Notice the cleaner look on profile pages, blog pages, and the "how long ago" time on both the front page recent posts listings as well as the full blog list. Also, a new blog bar at the top of the blogs when you are editing your own.

Oh yes, I almost forgot I also added "Categories" for blogs. If you go to your blog settings you can choose a category to place your blog in. This will help people locate your pages.

Hope you like the changes! Please let me know. Feel free to drop any comments or questions in this section using the Comments section below.

You can now "Bookmark" your favorite blogs and have them appear on your blog page. When you are viewing a blog you like and you are logged in, click on the "BM" link in the top bar of the website. This will Bookmark the link and it will appear in an area on the right side of your blog. You can delete them easily by using the edit link on your blog page or the edit link from the My Accounts page.

You can now list your MSN, Yahoo or AOL Instant Messenger IDs in your profile. Just click on My Account and then Edit next to the Profile section.

If you have AOL or Yahoo IM, an online/offline icon will appear on your blog on the right side that people can use to send you messages.