Blogger

It's an oh-so-basic blog feature that's been missing from Blogger since the beginning of time.  Finally, they caught up with the rest of the world and announced they now support static pages.  Until now, poor Blogger users had to hack their templates half to death to build static pages and even then, they would still pop up in your blog's feed and other odd places.

I’ve just finished co-teaching an online course on blogging for writers through Writers.com with veteran travel/adventure writer Amanda Castleman.  She handles the writing critiques (and most of the lectures) and I provide the tech perspective.  It’s been a good combo and we’ve gotten positive feedback so far.

After going through the final Q&A, it seems there are many similar requests.  The Blogger platform has many advantages, but there are a few glaring holes in their offerings.  Over the next few weeks I’ll outline some patches for those holes.  First up: using jQuery to create a collapsible/expandable blogroll.  Next week I’ll make a simple addition that lets you do this for any widget on your blog.