Speed Up Browsing Of This Site

One of the changes that is now with Onvertigo Bloggers is the adaptation of “Google Gears” in the administration area.   Not sure what that is?   It really is a simple thing for you as a blogger here.    There are quite a few “files” that are loaded when you are viewing the administration of your site and what “Google Gears” does is allow you to download copies of those files to your computer so that it loads much faster.

So how to I do it?   Simple as clicking the “Turbo” button in the top right hand corner of your administration area (dashboard):

It really is that simple!   A note though, this is not wise to use on a computer that is either shared or public, but if it is your own home computer, it is a nice addition!

Avatars for Comments

We now have all the themes working so that they work with the Gravatar avatar system.   What that really means is that you can signup for an account on gravatar.com and when you make a comment on any site on Onvertigo Bloggers (and around the web) you will automatically have your little “global avatar” follow around when you make comments!

Let us know if you have any questions!

YouTube, Flick Video, Embeds, Etc.

After doing some serious thinking on this issue and the inability to find a video plugin that works for multiple services, we have decided to allow embedding in posts.   So what does this mean?    When you are viewing a youtube video, flickr video or something similar, it usually has a “share” embed code.   Now you do the following:

1. Copy the embed code
2. In “write post” click the HTML tab
3. Paste embed code
4. In “write post” click the Visual tab
5. Finish writing your post

It really is that simple!  Have fun!

New Administration Dashboard

We have officially launched our new administration area with the recent upgrade!    Things are going to look quite a bit different than you are used to, but it really is a great change!   As well, the admin pages are also going to load much faster now that we have the security (ssl) only on the login and profile pages now.   It is just as secure as before, but we realized that securing “everything” in the admin was overkill and slowing things down!

We are still working on the new “login” page look since this is now changed, so it will be back when we can!    Try it out and don’t forget to let me know what you have for comments on the new look and functionality!

Onvertigo Bloggers Email?

I am playing around so that users of this service can get an email address on this service if they so require. The format I am looking at is:

• username@onvertigo.com

The email will be accessible exactly like Gmail as it is run on their Google Apps network. I have space for a few users to test this out and see how they like it. The username will be determined by you and it doesn’t have to be the one you use on Onvertigo Bloggers. Let me know in the email you send me. If you are interested, please send me an email or contact me through my contact form on my main site. Only members of the service have this opportunity
In addition, I am setting up users with their own domain name so that they can have their email on Google Apps as well, but they are responsible for setting up their own account. I will do the backend work required though on the domain registrar and server end though! Currently, all users with their own domain has this working as I have already setup all the accounts! It is free to use Google Apps for your email for your domain!