Tuxkids

I am taking some time to set up this Drupal site to be more blog like. What does that mean? Well for me, there are several things that scream blog to me when I come across a web site. Obviously, there is the content itself, but many of the blogs I have enjoysed have blocks that tell the reader something about the blogger.

Here are some things I have seen on blogs I like:

• clean design with dark letters on white background
• links to the bloggers friends and influences
• feeds from Flickr, Twitter, del.icio.us, etc.
• lots of inline images
• free tagging and a tag cloud
• addition of javascript gadgets

This is a start. I plan on expanding on this list as I develop this idea.

So far, I have added my twitter feed to this blog. I also plan on adding some other feeds and dressing the site up a little while keeping a clean design.

The site xolotl.org an article on blogging in Drupal 5 that has some great suggestions. The site is a good example of a Drupal blog itself.

Some other sites that I have found, although not a complete list:

•  ImageSpace -- Nonprofits andWeb 2.0
• AylesburyLIFE
• @FIRST_LIGHT
• net squared
• seanreiser.com
• zivtech.com