click on links?

Hi--I'm a new member. I have an embarrassingly basic question. How do I have click-on links in the body of my post. For instance, if I'm referring to another blog or website, i'd like the reader to be able to click on the name to visit said blog or site. Any help?


This post was written by Sam from Food Blog Scool

Cooking the Old-Fashioned Way - 2nd Edition

Just a reminder - Cooking the Old-Fashioned Way - second edition is coming up January 29, 2006. Hope to see your insights to share with others and be sure and look for Mrs. D's next installment of Flu Journal.


This post was written by Carolyn from 18thC Cuisine

[Photography] Very Low-tech Light Box

If the light box mentioned a few days ago wasn't low-tech enough, then this one definitely is. Plus there's a beginner's primer for cleaning up photos with PhotoShop. (Maybe I'll even open the PhotoShop box that's been on the credenza for months.)

This post was written by Alanna from A Veggie Venture.

IMBB Announcement January 2006

It's baaack!

Come join in the first Is My Blog Burning of 2006, IMBB 22 Use Your Noodle. Here is the permalink, for your convenience.

This post was written by Amy from Cooking with Amy

Slow Pig Blogging Weekend

From Kate Hill's French Cooking Adventures.

Check out the details here.




This post was written by Sam from Becks & Posh

Experiment with ads - less than stellar

A few days ago I posted about an ad network.

I gave it a try (as well as retrying others that I already had accounts with) and I have decided that they are just not worth the trouble. It might be useful for blogs that get millions of visitors but I found that I would get one click through for like every 10,000 or so (blows your mind huh?). Maybe I am doing it wrong, maybe its just not the mode people are in when they are surfing food porn, I dont know.

I prefer clean web pages like Nordjlus and Seven Spoons and am looking for an easy-peasy template to go there (maybe I need to go off of blogger but the thought of that gives me a migrane) but in the mean time, I am cleaning up things and going ad-free.

Has any of us here made an ad program work for them?


This post was written by Nika from Nika's Culinaria

[Photography] How to build a light box

There's an amateur (but impressive) photographer from here in St Louis who has written a tutorial on how to build a light box, specifying everything from materials to lightbulbs. It might be of interest to anyone wanting to kick up their photographs ...


This post was written by Alanna from A Veggie Venture.

HAY HAY ITS DONNA DAY AGAIN

Check out our latest Donna Hay Event for weekend 22nd January at this months host
http://glutton-island.blogspot.com/2006/01/hay-hay-its-donna-day-2-macaroons.html
This post was written by Barbara from www.winosandfoodies.typepad.com

2006 Bloggies

Don't forget to nominate your own and your favourite blogs in the 2006 Bloggies Awards.
There is a food blog section so you should all be good.
Additionally, many of you can enter yourselves for specific countries and continents, or the new blogs section.

And then - it just occurred to me - there is nothing to stop all of us submitting our very own Food Blog S'cool for the Best Community Weblog. This blog is more about Community than any other I have come across. So if you are filling in the form anyway, why not give Food Blog S'cool a shout at the same time?

PS - Please welcome our first batch of Food Blog S'cool Members for the 2006 term.
Hello to all the class of Oregano!

This post was written by Sam from Becks & Posh

Sugar High Friday Announcement Jan 2006

In case you missed it, get the LOW-down on Sugar friday which was announced last week.
Post day is Friday January 27th.




This post was written by Sam from Becks & Posh

Picture in Background problem-Os

Hey guys, Happy New Year food blogging friends.
I promise, I tried to find a previous post that could help me with my picture problems but nothing seemed to help me.
As you can see on my site, the picture in the background of my header has totally been mutilated by I don't know what. It's chopped into what appears to be 4 pieces from a perfectly beautiful skyline pic from my flickr account.
I don't know what to do.
If anyone could assist me it would be greatly appreciated!
Happy Friday to most, and Saturday to some:)

Mona of Mona's Apple.

[Syndication] Standard feed icon

Whilst playing around with Feedburner the other day I discovered that, according to them, there is a new standard icon for RSS and XML feeds that looks like this:



Further info on the standard logo can be found here.

Firefox uses this logo to signify websites that have a live feed that can be updated, but I haven't as yet seen it actually on any websites.

I'm interested to know whether any food bloggers have seen it or use it? I've tried to rationalise all the subscription buttons on my blog and replacing them with this makes sense, but only if people know what it is. If however no one has a clue what it represents, I might need to keep all my old buttons on the site, until this is widely recognised.

This post was written by Silverbrow from Silverbrow on Food

[Blog Ethics] Can I Ethically Take This Freebie?

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I wrote a recipe recently including an ingredient I really love and would happily promote. Last week got an email from a sincerely nice person who imports a different version of that product that I have never had, with the offer of a free batch to try out. I checked out their site and the recipes had me totally salivating, and Im pretty sure wouldn't work with the version of the ingredient I usually buy.

I wrote back and said I couldn't possibly take a free sample, but if they let me know where I could find some locally, I would buy some and check it out. (Those recipes have my mind swimming. I have GOT to try some!) Only trouble...they aren't available to the public. The company only imports them for restaurants and some individuals who buy them directly.

So I looked around in some markets to see if anyone sells this version of this product, and to my knowledge its really not available anywhere.

I am intrigued by the offer, but do not think it is appropriate to tell my readers about something none of them can actually get. On the OTHER hand, there is something to be said for creating buzz, because buzz = demand.

Obviously, this person came to me for PR. While my site hardly garners enough interest to do them much good, I am a huge fan of helping out the little guy and want to find a way to resolve this so everyone wins. (As soon as I make sure they are environmentally friendly, not using child labor, gmo free, etc. Hey, I have to have some standards!)

And yes, I'm not mentioning it on purpose, since I don't want to be unethical or, whatever. But frankly, I really want the darned stuff! It sounds just too good to be true.

What would you do?

Smooches,
Rachael


This post was written with treacly love by Rachael of Fresh Approach Cooking

[Blogger] Coding Help - Any Chance One of You is Online

Trying to add a piece to my site, and it include two links in a drop down menu. For some reason, the links aren't working, even though, character-for-character, it's set up the same exact way as my recipe drop-down menu. Anyone online for 5 minutes of troubleshooting?

I hate to have it up if it's not working, but don't want to take it down and have to start over... argh!

This post was written by Sweetnicks from Sweetnicks

Those Sneaky Spammers

Spammers are getting ever sneakier with their attempts to build page rank for their prn sites. Here's a lovely trick I discovered today, thought I would give you all a heads up on this so you can recognize it on your own blog.

The following comment was left on a Toad in the Hole entry on my site:

I long did not do(make) " Toad in the hole " as has overlooked(forgotten) as to do(make) the first recipe. Now I know, already did(made) also to me it is pleasant... And in general I adore is tasty to prepare.

The question to the author is possible? Which flour(torment) it is necessary (you see from it the taste depends) and what else it is possible to use sausages?

The warning to me was that the email address given was a .ru account. I've never encountered a single legitimate email or comment from a .ru account. The URL given was www.eaglepasslite.com. The website looks perfectly boring, but legit. However, if you do a "view source" from the browser, what is revealed is a lot of hidden text, all links to prn sites.

The lesson? Check the websites of your commenters. If they look completely benign, they just may not be.

And, if you care about the Google page rank of your own site, be extra vigilant, as Google will penalize your site if it links to known spam pages.


This post was written by Elise from Simply Recipes

Lawyer Attacks Food Blogger, News at 11

via eGullet...

DC Chef Carol Greenwood, known for her fine cooking and inflexibility, has sic'd her lawyers on blogger DC Foodie, for taking and publishing pictures of his dinner. "You are hereby notified that should you show any of the said pictures on your website, an action will be brought against you immediately for specific damages, together with the court costs and attorneys fees in the said action."

DC Foodie's blog entry here.

eGullet discussion here.

This post was written by McAuliflower from Brownie Points Blog

(EVENT) ARF/5-A-Day Tuesdays

I started a new weekly food blogging event ... kick-off is tomorrow and I'm hoping y'all join in the fun. In the spirit of healthier eating in 2006 (particularly to offset things like Pepperoni Pie we had yesterday and Earthquake Cake for tomorrow!), I started ARF/5-A-Day Tuesdays. Food bloggers who make a recipe featuring an ARF (Antioxidant Rich Food) or fruits or veggies can send me their permalink via e-mail by 9:30 pm Tuesday to be included in a round-up. Weekly event. Hope to see you there!

This post was written by Sweetnicks from Sweetnicks

[Publishing] Changing domains?

Has anyone ever switched from blogger to their own domain? Is it easy to do? I am so scared to lose something in the transfer process. Would love to hear any experiences with this.

Michele from Chef Michele's Adventures

Hi everyone - just a reminder that the Paper Chef is going to start Friday - stop by before Thursday to nominate an ingredient or two...

This post was written by Owen from Tomatilla!

Is this for real?

Happy New Year Everyone.

Has anyone else gotten an email from this outfit: XB90
I got a kind of generic "this is not spam" email from them claiming they have syndicated my blog and looking from some kind of reply.

Anybody have any insight into this?

Thanks for your help.

Faith of Blog Appetit