The Official TerraBlog

Terrablogs to Upgrade to MT. 4 (finally!)

Fellow Terrabloggers, our long sojourn in the blogging desert of MT 2.6x is coming to a close. On the weekend of the 6-8th of June we will be upgrading the Terrablogs domains to Moveable Type Open Source version 4.

MTOS 4 is a fantastic blogging platform with an impressive array of features & plugins. You can learn more about them at http://www.movabletype.org/

The upgrade isn't going to occur without some hiccups. There are after all some 1731 total blogs across the various Terrablogs domains! The weekend of the 6th through 8th and in the weeks following we will be standing by to help you fix any bugs or bumps that arise in your templates. Most of your pages will work just fine, and you will continue to log in just as you have in the past, only when you do you'll see all the great gadgets and gizmos of the most up-to-date & powerful blogging platform available.

Many thanks,

The Terrablogs Team

Changes to How We Do Indexing

This morning we rolled out a significant change to the manner in which Terrablogs handles blog indexing on the blog portals. People were very excited when we added the ability to index any RSS enabled blog, and today we effectively "cut out the middle man" by making the indexed entries link directly to the blog entries themselves, without the intermediate excerpt page.

We received dozens of requests for this change and we hope you like it!

Social networking widgetry!

Hey, Terrabloggers. Want an easy way to add social networking links and widgets to your blog?

We've built a module that'll do just that. It will add the links to the following sites from your blog's individual entries:

del.icio.us
digg
Furl
Spurl
YahooMyWeb
co.mments
Ma.gnolia
De.lirio.us
blogmarks
BlinkList
NewsVine
scuttle
Fark
Shadows
...as well as a link that allows users to
"Add this blog to my Technorati Favorites!"

It looks like this:

]]> If you'd like to add this to your blog, you'll need to do a few simple things.

Scroll down to the bottom and select "Create new template module."

Name your new module "SOCIABLE" ...

... just like that. And paste the following code into the "Module Body" section:

<div class="sociable"><span class="sociable_tagline"><strong>Share and Enjoy: </strong><span>These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.</span></span><ul><li><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=<$MTEntryPermalink$>&title=<$MTEntryTitle encode_url="1"$>" title="del.icio.us"></a></li><li><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=<$MTEntryPermalink$>&title=<$MTEntryTitle encode_url="1"$>" title="digg"></a></li><li><a href="http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=<$MTEntryPermalink$>&t=<$MTEntryTitle encode_url="1"$>" title="Furl"></a></li><li><a href="http://www.spurl.net/spurl.php?url=<$MTEntryPermalink$>&title=<$MTEntryTitle encode_url="1"$>" title="Spurl"></a></li><li><a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u=<$MTEntryPermalink$>&t=<$MTEntryTitle encode_url="1"$>" title="YahooMyWeb"></a></li><li><a href="http://co.mments.com/track?url=<$MTEntryPermalink$>&title=<$MTEntryTitle encode_url="1"$>" title="co.mments"></a></li><li><a href="http://ma.gnolia.com/beta/bookmarklet/add?url=<$MTEntryPermalink$>&title=<$MTEntryTitle encode_url="1"$>&description=<$MTEntryTitle$>" title="Ma.gnolia"></a></li><li><a href="http://de.lirio.us/rubric/post?uri=<$MTEntryPermalink$>;title=<$MTEntryTitle encode_url="1"$>;when_done=go_back" title="De.lirio.us"></a></li><li><a href="http://blogmarks.net/my/new.php?mini=1&simple=1&url=<$MTEntryPermalink$>&title=<$MTEntryTitle encode_url="1"$>" title="blogmarks"></a></li><li><a href="http://www.blinklist.com/index.php?Action=Blink/addblink.php&Description=&Url=<$MTEntryPermalink$>&Title=<$MTEntryTitle encode_url="1"$>" title="BlinkList"></a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsvine.com/_tools/seed&save?u=<$MTEntryPermalink$>&h=<$MTEntryTitle encode_url="1"$>" title="NewsVine"></a></li><li><a href="http://www.scuttle.org/bookmarks.php/maxpower?action=add&address=<$MTEntryPermalink$>&title=<$MTEntryTitle$>&description=<$MTEntryTitle$>" title="scuttle"></a></li><li><a href="http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/edit.pl?new_url=<$MTEntryPermalink$>&new_comment=<$MTEntryTitle$>&linktype=Misc" title="Fark"></a></li><li><a href="http://www.shadows.com/features/tcr.htm?url=<$MTEntryPermalink$>&title=<$MTEntryTitle encode_url="1"$>" title="Shadows"></a></li></ul></div><div class="technoratifavs" style="clear: both; margin: 4px 0;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?add=<$MTBlogURL$>" class="imglink"></a></div>

Go back to your templates and select your "Individual Entry Archive."

There's a bit of code in this template that references your blog's stylesheet. It looks something like this:

Just below that, you'll need to past this bit of code:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://terrablogs.com/css/sociable.css" type="text/css" />

Now, you need to reference the new SOCIABLE module you've created. Add the following code...

<$MTInclude module="SOCIABLE"$>

...into your "Individual Entry Archive" template just after your entry body. (Here's a screenshot of some code where I've done that.)

now, rebuild your whole blog by selecting the "Rebuild Site" button. You're done!

Have fun.

Expect Outages Today

Sorry, folks, but you can expect TerraBlogs outages today. We're having to service the server due to hard drive problems.

Come Blog With Us -- Add Your Feed

We are pleased to announce the lastest feature for our Terrablogging community. Beginning today we will allow non-Terrablogs bloggers to have their entries listed on the frontpages of Terrablogs domains. In the past our frontpages were reserved for those that had signed up for free blogs through Terrablogs. However we will now begin allowing non-Terrabloggers the opportunity to join our community. We will still require that these bloggers have a connection to the city/place associated with the domain they sign up for and that their blogs are non-offensive in the ways defined in the TOS.

So, if you would like to join our little community and maybe drive some extra traffic to your blog please sign up by clicking the "signup" button on the blog domain for your city/place. Once you sign up we will take a look at your site and validate your feed. If you check out then we will add you to the list and your entries will begin to appear on the frontpage for which you signed up.

As a test case we've included this blog, The Official Terrablog (TOT), as an rss feed indexed blog on all domains other than Chattablogs (sorry Chattablogs, you've already got TOT in your index). You'll notice that the entries from standard Terrablogs have this icon: to the left of the entry listing, whereas rss feed indexed blogs with have this icon: in the same position.

Pros:

You can host your own blog

You can use whatever Content Management System (CMS) you like, as long as it produces a valid RSS or ATOM feed

If you already have a blog you don't have to worry about getting all of your entries imported

Cons:

You have to deal with your own spam

Your comments are not indexed. (In the future we may allow for comment indexing through a comments rss feed, but not just yet).

Links to your entries will go through a "landing" page where disclaimer is displayed

You have to do your own tech support

So, if you'd like to enjoy being a part of one of the Terrablogs blogging communities while having your site hosted elsewhere, here's your opportunity.

About the new layout...

Dear Friends,

We hate that we had to remove the intuitive interface for the blog domains that was there before -- but it had to be done in order to keep all of the blog domains from crashing so much. We have huge plans for the future of Terrablogs, but without the funds necessary to make it happen, it's pretty difficult (if not impossible) to do cool new stuff. Right now we're just trying to keep things alive until we can afford a new server.

If you like Terrablogs and want it to keep going, please donate.

Thanks,
The Terrablogs Team

Default Templates

Have you screwed up your Terrablog templates beyond all recognition? In the extended entry you'll find the code you need to get things back to normalcy. This code will make your blog look like the current default templates (as of 3/15/2006). You can copy the stuff right out of the boxes below or click the links to download .txt versions of the files.

NOTE: Use this code at your own peril! We don't have the time to fix your blog if you break everything!

]]> Atom Index: download

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="<$MTPublishCharset$>"?>
<feed version="0.3" xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en">
  <title><$MTBlogName remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></title>
  <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="<$MTBlogURL encode_xml="1"$>" />
  <modified><MTEntries lastn="1"><$MTEntryModifiedDate utc="1" format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"$></MTEntries></modified>
  <tagline><$MTBlogDescription remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></tagline>
  <id>tag:<$MTBlogHost exclude_port="1" encode_xml="1"$>,<$MTDate format="%Y"$>:<$MTBlogRelativeURL encode_xml="1"$>/<$MTBlogID$></id>
  <generator url="http://www.movabletype.org/" version="<$MTVersion$>">Movable Type</generator>
  <copyright><MTEntries lastn="1">Copyright (c) <$MTEntryDate format="%Y"$>, <$MTEntryAuthor encode_xml="1"$></MTEntries></copyright>
<MTEntries lastn="15">
  <entry>
    <title><$MTEntryTitle remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="<$MTEntryPermalink encode_xml="1"$>" />
    <modified><$MTEntryModifiedDate utc="1" format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"$></modified>
    <issued><$MTEntryDate format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"$><$MTBlogTimezone$></issued>
    <id>tag:<$MTBlogHost exclude_port="1" encode_xml="1"$>,<$MTEntryDate format="%Y">:<$MTBlogRelativeURL encode_xml="1"$>/<$MTBlogID$>.<$MTEntryID$></id>
    <created><$MTEntryDate utc="1" format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"$></created>
    <summary type="text/plain"><$MTEntryExcerpt remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></summary>
    <author>
      <name><$MTEntryAuthor encode_xml="1"$></name>
      <MTIfNonEmpty tag="MTEntryAuthorURL"><url><$MTEntryAuthorURL encode_xml="1"$></url></MTIfNonEmpty>
      <MTIfNonEmpty tag="MTEntryAuthorEmail"><email><$MTEntryAuthorEmail encode_xml="1"$></email></MTIfNonEmpty>
    </author>
    <MTIfNonEmpty tag="MTEntryCategory"><dc:subject><$MTEntryCategory encode_xml="1"$></dc:subject></MTIfNonEmpty>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="<$MTBlogURL encode_xml="1"$>">
      <$MTEntryBody encode_xml="1"$>
      <$MTEntryMore encode_xml="1"$>
    </content>
  </entry>
</MTEntries>
</feed>

Main Index

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

</head>

<body>

<$MTInclude module="BANNER"$>

<$MTEntryBody$>

<MTEntryIfExtended>
<p class="extended"><a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>#more">Continue reading "<$MTEntryTitle$>"</a></p>
</MTEntryIfExtended>

<p class="posted"><MTEntryCategories glue=", ">
<a href="<$MTCategoryArchiveLink$>" TITLE="<$MTCategoryDescription$>"><$MTCategoryLabel$></a>
</MTEntryCategories> | By <$MTEntryAuthor$> | <$MTEntryDate format="%X"$>
<MTEntryIfAllowComments>
| <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink archive_type="Individual"$>#comments">Comments (<$MTEntryCommentCount$>)</a>
</MTEntryIfAllowComments>
<MTEntryIfAllowPings>
| <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink archive_type="Individual"$>#trackbacks">TrackBack (<$MTEntryTrackbackCount$>)</a>
</MTEntryIfAllowPings>
</p>

</MTEntries>

</div>
</div>

<h2>RECENT COMMENTS</h2>

<h2>RECENT ENTRIES</h2>

<$MTInclude module="SIDESTUFF"$>

</div>
</div>

</div>

</body>
</html>

Master Archive Index

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<title><$MTBlogName$> Complete Archives</title>

</head>

<body>

<$MTInclude module="BANNER"$>

<H2>Monthly Archives</H2>
<MTArchiveList archive_type="Monthly">
<a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a><br />
</MTArchiveList>

<br/>
<H2>Categories</h2>
<MTCategories>
<a href="<$MTCategoryArchiveLink$>"TITLE="<$MTCategoryDescription$>"><$MTCategoryLabel$></a><br/></MTCategories>

<br/>
<H2>Each Individual Entry</H2>
<MTArchiveList>
<a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a><br />
</MTArchiveList>

</div>
</div>

<$MTInclude module="SIDESTUFF"$>

</div>
</div>

</div>

</body>
</html>

RSD

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RSS 1.0 Index

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="<$MTPublishCharset$>"?>

<rdf:RDF
  xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
  xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
  xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
  xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/"
  xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"
  xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/">

</channel>

</rdf:RDF>

RSS 2.0 Index

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="<$MTPublishCharset$>"?>
<rss version="2.0" 
  xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
  xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
  xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/"
  xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">

<channel>
<title><$MTBlogName remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></title>
<link><$MTBlogURL$></link>
<description><$MTBlogDescription remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></description>
<dc:language>en-us</dc:language>
<dc:creator><MTEntries lastn="1"><$MTEntryAuthorEmail$></MTEntries></dc:creator>
<dc:date><MTEntries lastn="1"><$MTEntryDate format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"$><$MTBlogTimezone$></MTEntries></dc:date>
<admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.movabletype.org/?v=<$MTVersion$>" />
<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
<sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase>

</channel>
</rss>

Stylesheet

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body {
     margin: 16px 0px 16px 0px;
     background-color: #E9E9E9;
     text-align: center;  
        }

a {
     text-decoration: underline;
        }

a:link {
      color: #0052C2;
        }

a:visited {
      color: #0052C2;
        }

a:active {
      color: #999999;
        }

a:hover {
      color: #999999;
        }

h1, h2, h3 {
        margin: 0px;
        padding: 0px;
        font-weight: normal;
        }

#container {
        line-height: 140%;
        margin-right: auto;
        margin-left: auto;
        text-align: left;
        padding: 6px;
        width: 800px;
        background-color: #FFFFFF;
        border: 2px solid #D2D2D2;
        }

#banner {
        	font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, Arial, Times New Roman;
        color: #999999;
        background-color: #FFFFFF;
        text-align: left;
        padding:15px;
        line-height:130%;
        }

a#banner-img {
        display: none;
        }

#banner a {
        color: #0052C2;
        text-decoration: none;
        }

#banner a:link {
      color: #0052C2;
        }

#banner a:visited {
      color: #0052C2;
        }

#banner a:active {
      color: #999999;
        }

#banner a:hover {
      color: #999999;
        }

#banner h1 {
        font-size: 32px;
        font-weight: bold;      
        padding-top:8px;
        padding-bottom:10px;
        }

#banner h2 {
        font-size: 11px;
        color: #999999;
        }

#right {
        float: left;
        width: 190px;
        background-color: #FFFFFF;
        overflow: hidden;
        padding-right:10px;
        }

#center {
        float: left;
        width: 600px;
        overflow: hidden;
        }

.content {
        padding: 15px 15px 5px 15px;
        background-color: #FFFFFF;
        color: #000000;
        font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, Arial, Times New Roman;
        font-size: 12px;
        }

.sidebar {
        padding-top: 15px;
        }

.content p {
        color: #000000;
        font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, Arial, Times New Roman;
        font-size: 12px;
        font-weight: normal;
        line-height: 140%;
        text-align: justify;
        margin-bottom: 10px;
        }

.content blockquote {
        color: #999999;
        line-height: 140%;
        background-color: #E9E9E9;
        padding: 6px;
        }

.content li {
        line-height: 150%;
        }

.content h2 {
        color: #999999;
        font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, Arial, Times New Roman;
        font-size: 12px;
        text-align: left;
        font-weight: bold;
        margin-bottom: 2px;
        }

.content h2 A  {
  color: #999999;
  text-decoration: none;
  }
  .content h2 A:link {
  color: #999999;
  text-decoration: none;
  }
  .content h2 A:visited {
  color: #999999;
  text-decoration: none;
  }
  .content h2 A:active {
  color: #000000;
  text-decoration: none;
  }
  .content h2 A:hover {
  color: #000000;
  text-decoration: none;
  }

.content h3 {
        color: #0052C2;
        font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, Arial, Times New Roman;
        font-size: 16px;
        text-align: left;
        font-weight: bold;
        margin-bottom: 10px;     
        }

.content h3 A  {
  color: #0052C2;
  text-decoration: none;
  }
  .content h3 A:link {
  color: #0052C2;
  text-decoration: none;
  }
  .content h3 A:visited {
  color: #0052C2;
  text-decoration: none;
  }
  .content h3 A:active {
  color: #999999;
  text-decoration: none;
  }
  .content h3 A:hover {
  color: #999999;
  text-decoration: none;
  }

.content p.posted {
        color: #0052C2;
        font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, Arial, Times New Roman;
        font-size: 10px;
        text-align: right;
        margin-bottom: 23px;
        line-height: normal;
        
        }

.sidebar h2 {
        color: #000000;
        font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, Arial, Times New Roman;
        font-size: x-small;
        text-align: left;
        font-weight: bold;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        letter-spacing: .1em;       
        }

.sidebar ul {
        padding-left: 0px;
        margin: 0px;
        margin-bottom: 20px;
        }

.sidebar li {
        color: #000000;
        font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, Arial, Times New Roman;
        font-size: 10px;
        text-align: left;
        line-height: 150%;
        margin-top: 10px;
        list-style-type: none;
        }

.sidebar img {
        border: 5px solid #FFFFFF;
        }

.photo {
        text-align: right;
        margin-bottom: 20px;
        }

.link-note {
       	font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, Arial, Times New Roman;
        font-size: 10px;
        line-height: 150%;
        text-align: left;
        padding: 2px;
        margin-bottom: 15px;
        }

.powered {
       	font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, Arial, Times New Roman;
        font-size: 10px;
        font-weight:bold;
        line-height: 150%;
        letter-spacing: .1em;
        text-align: center;
        width: 100%;
        color: #000000;
        padding: 4px;
        background: #FFFFFF;
        border: 1px solid #E9E9E9;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        }

.powered a {
     text-decoration: none;
        }

.powered a:link {
      color: #0052C2;
        }

.powered a:visited {
      color: #0052C2;
        }

.powered a:active {
      color: #999999;
        }

.powered a:hover {
      color: #999999;
        }

#comment-data {
        float: left;
        width: 180px;
        padding-right: 15px;
        margin-right: 15px;
        text-align: left;
        border-right: 1px dotted #999999;
        }

textarea[id="comment-text"] {
        width: 80%;
        }

.forminputmain {
	font-size: 9pt;
	font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, Arial, Times New Roman;
	color: #333444;
	background: #E9E9E9;
        padding:1px;
	border: 1px solid #999999;
        margin-top: 2px;
        margin-bottom: 2px;
}

.forminput {
	font-size: 10pt;
	font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, Arial, Times New Roman;
	color: #333444;
	background: #E9E9E9;
        padding: 2px;
	border: 1px solid #999999;
        margin-top: 2px;
        margin-bottom: 2px;
}

#AuthorImage {
        float: left;
        width: 60px;
        height: auto;
        font-size: 10px;
        text-transform:uppercase;
        font-weight:bold;
	font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, Arial, Times New Roman;
	color: #999999;
        text-align:left;
        background-color: transparent;
        overflow: hidden;
        padding-right:10px;
        padding-bottom:3px;
        line-height:120%;
        letter-spacing: .1em; 
        overflow: hidden;       
}

Category Archive

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<title><$MTBlogName$>'s <$MTArchiveTitle$> Archives</title>

</head>

<body>

<$MTInclude module="BANNER"$>

<$MTEntryBody$>

<MTEntryIfExtended>
<p class="extended"><a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>#more">Continue reading "<$MTEntryTitle$>"</a></p>
</MTEntryIfExtended>

<p class="posted">
Posted by <$MTEntryAuthor$> at <$MTEntryDate format="%X"$>
<MTEntryIfAllowComments>
| <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink archive_type="Individual"$>#comments">Comments (<$MTEntryCommentCount$>)</a>
</MTEntryIfAllowComments>
<MTEntryIfAllowPings>
| <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink archive_type="Individual"$>#trackbacks">TrackBack</a>
</MTEntryIfAllowPings>
</p>

</MTEntries>

</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Date Based Archive

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<title><$MTBlogName$>'s <$MTArchiveTitle$> Archives</title>

</head>

<body>

<$MTInclude module="BANNER"$>

<$MTEntryBody$>

<MTEntryIfExtended>
<p class="extended"><a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>#more">Continue reading "<$MTEntryTitle$>"</a></p>
</MTEntryIfExtended>

</MTEntries>

</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Individual Entry Archive

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

var HOST = '<$MTBlogHost$>';

// Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Athenia Associates.
// http://www.webreference.com/js/
// License is granted if and only if this entire
// copyright notice is included. By Tomer Shiran.

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Now with Entry Excerpts!

Check out the new entry excerpts on all of the main pages! Now you can view excerpts of the most current blog posts by clicking the arrow beside each post title.

It's also worth noting that Chattablogs has surpassed 19,000 posts. Wow!

Check it out!

Help us make things happen
We need a new server to keep Terrablogs alive! Please donate!

Thanks,
The Terrablogs Team

New Entry Author Feature!

If you've got a blog with more than one author and have wanted to change an entry author's name, you know how hard it is to figure out. In the olden days of yore, you had to go to the Edit Entries menu and select Open Power Editing Mode and then change the Author in a drop-down list and select Save and then rebuild. Whew!

Well, those days are now gone. Once you've saved an entry as draft (or even published it), you can change the entry author by simply selecting the Author drop-down box below the Post Status drop down. Then save your entry again. That's it. Now it's right at your fingertips inside every single Edit Entry menu.

Help us make things happen
We're still working towards a new server! The current server can't handle the load and it is slowly dying. We need a new one in order to keep this thing going! Please donate!

Again, if you like Terrablogs and want it to keep going, please donate towards a new server.

Thanks,
The Terrablogs Team

New Delete Uploads Feature! (because we love you)

Check out the new "Delete Uploads" item on the left side of your editing menu!

Look for this icon:

Now you can dig through the photos and whatnot that you've uploaded and delete them. Oh yes, it's cool. Be careful, though! Once you've deleted something using this we can't bring it back! It's gone forever!

Read the instuctions at the top of the Delete Uploads page before using it.

You're welcome.

Also, please donate! We're still working towards that new server!

Please Try Again...

If you've tried to sign up for a Terrablog of your very own in the last 24 hours or so and have had problems with the form, please try again.

Things are working now.

The Terms of Service have changed

After receiving several recommendations from our bloggers, the Terrablogs Terms of Service have changed. You can access TOS at the following locations:

The TOS for each domain can also be accessed via the navigation at the bottom of every domain's main pages.

We're always open for improvement. So, if you have any suggestions for how Terrablogs can be made better feel free to talk to us. We're fairly personable.

Also, if you like Terrablogs and want it to keep going, please donate towards a new server!

Notice the Terrablogs outage?

We got hit with a massive of traffic last night, and all of the blogs and all of the blog sites went down. We don't really know whether it was a DOS attack, since the current server isn't even hearty enough to handle the diagnostic tools we need. What we do know is that the sites were deader than a doornail. Amazingly, some of our volunteers were able to get some duct tape and bailing wire and resurrect it.

Here's what it boils down to, folks:

The server can't handle the load. It is slowly dying. We need a new one in an amazingly desperate way.

If you like Terrablogs and want it to keep going, please donate towards a new server!

NEW: Terms of Service

All Terrablogs domains now have a Terms of Service ("TOS") document that can be accessed at the following URLs:

The TOS for each domain can also be accessed via the navigation at the bottom of every domain's main pages.

Tweaky Tweaky Tweaks

Say that five times fast.

Hovering your mouse pointer over a date in the calendar view will now allow you to see how many posts were made on that date! Check it out on any of the domains!

Also, please donate today if you have not already done so!

Because We Love You,
The TB Admins