Wordpress for me on the other hand has been...work. Don't get me wrong, WP is a very powerful blogging platform and millions use WP and I have to admit I have a WP account but I could never leave Blogger.
Over the years I come across so many cool templates for Blogger and I have learned through trial and error on how to change the themes. Some days it would get the best of me but what it taught me was to walk away for a couple of hours, get my thoughts clear and come back fresh and the solution was staring me right in the face. Yes, Blogger has been like pal through thick and thin in blogging world.
Getting back to the templates and themes. If anyone has worked with Blogger their themes has been really limited and that is why other bloggers moved on to other platforms because of this and for many, they outgrew Blogger but for me I had a feeling that one day they would bounce back with some cool features. The past couple of years Google is doing some really cool things with Blogger and this latest addition has me turning cartwheels...well not "physically" turning cartwheels, but I could I would.
ShoutMeLoud {http://www.shoutmeloud.com/} is a very cool site where they keep you abreast on the latest blogging tools in regards to many of the blogging platforms so imagining my surprise coming across a post where blogger now has a feature called "Draft Blogger Template"{http://tinyurl.com/yzcutop} maker option and it is so sweet.(If you have been a long time Blogger user go into your Dashboard setting and check the box that says, "Make Blogger in Draft my default dashboard" The themes are still kind limited but two things I really like is the background features and now you choose the Body Layout, Foot Layout and if you need to adjust the width of your Blog it gives you that option. (I believe they give you that option now do to so many computer owners have wide screen monitors).
Another reason why I think this is very cool is the fact when it came to using other templates and themes some of the themes that I would use from an outside source limited me in regards to changing the fonts and sometimes for me something that small would be a "deal breaker" for me. Another small thing is that by sometimes using an outside theme you lost the ability to make a new post on the fly (this feature is in the upper right hand corner). Now with this new feature of themes I have the best of both worlds again.
Now I'm not shooting down the templates and themes that are still being created because I love them and again Blogger has taught me so much when it comes to not only blogging but setting up my blog just right. But it's really cool that Google has finally realize that in order to keep people using your products sometimes you have to listen to your audience. Sometimes the ideas do not take off but on this one I know I'm staying with Blogger for a very long time now.
Lovin' what you're doing Blogger Google, keep up the great work. :-)
Two of my Blogger Blogs that I have switched to using their (Blogger) backgrounds
Theology & Technology
ThisWorldMyLife
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