Feed Change

When I moved Tombrarian to this self-hosted site, I decided to use Feedburner in the hopes of getting better statistics and of using some of their options to help publicize the site and gain new readers. However, it seems as if the Feedburner code has really been slowing the site down, so I decided to scrap Feedburner and just go with the WordPress feed. Many apologies if you need to yet again re-subscribe, which you can do via the link on the upper right sidebar.

I may also need to stop posting youtube videos as they seem to be creating a significant lag as well.

A Few Tweaks

As I mentioned before, part of the reason I wanted to move Tombrarian to my own hosted site was to learn more about the inner workings of blogging and web design, so I do want to chronicle the changes I make along the way.

A few things I have done since moving Tombrarian:

  1. Added the plugin FeedBurner Feed Stats. This only appears on the administrative side. I use the WordPress.com Stats plugin for Being and Formulating, but decided to try this plugin for Tombrarian since I’m using FeedBurner to get more thorough statistics.
  2. Changed the permalink format to include date and post title.
  3. Removed the yourminis widgets from the home page and added html code from FeedBurner. I want something on the homepage to show the latest posts from my two blogs. The yourminis widget was fine, but since I’m using FeedBurner, I decided to use code instead. Plus, I can have more control of the look so that they seem more a part of the site.
Before: yourminis widget

Before: yourminis widget

After: FeedBurner links

After: FeedBurner links