What makes a good Sponsor Hosted RSS Feed

papagmp · 2008-08-27, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by walrus

Can I have the top of my head back now

Sure, but after reading all that.....

twice

I think I need my head back...

Great feedback - If I can even get 1/2 of it right, I should have a pretty decent feed.

Useless · 2008-08-27, 09:57 AM

The only formatting that I like is the image being aligned either left or right WITHIN the post text. An image hovering above the entire body of the post looks sloppy and amateurish to me.

Like Walrus, I prefer that the images do not go above 400px. Gallery thumbs are often too small, but if the image gets too large, not only does it endanger your layout, it also begins to look too splog-ish to me.

I prefer that the thumb, and perhaps one text link within the post, be linked to a gallery - not the tour. I usually don't like links to a sponsor blog because the blog itself tends be where the affiliate ID gets lost. I know I've bitched about this before, but bloggers don't seem to notice that a great many feeds have links which don't carry their aff. ID and sponsor-hosted blogs are often riddled with traffic leaks.

I HATE feed posts written in the first person for the same reason that I hate first person free site and gallery descriptions. My readers are reading from my point of view, not a porn star's or a camera man's. The post should be a semi-honest account of what will be seen on the gallery and not too fantastical. If they open the gallery after reading the post and wonder what the hell you were talking about, the illusion/fantasy is dead.

Morphing makes everyone sound retarded and it is COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.

RedCherry · 2008-08-27, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

Morphing makes everyone sound retarded and it is COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.

What is morphing? Sorry, still learning about blogs.

2008-08-27, 09:57 AM	#2
Useless Certified Nice Person Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Dirty Undies, NY Posts: 11,268	The only formatting that I like is the image being aligned either left or right WITHIN the post text. An image hovering above the entire body of the post looks sloppy and amateurish to me. Like Walrus, I prefer that the images do not go above 400px. Gallery thumbs are often too small, but if the image gets too large, not only does it endanger your layout, it also begins to look too splog-ish to me. I prefer that the thumb, and perhaps one text link within the post, be linked to a gallery - not the tour. I usually don't like links to a sponsor blog because the blog itself tends be where the affiliate ID gets lost. I know I've bitched about this before, but bloggers don't seem to notice that a great many feeds have links which don't carry their aff. ID and sponsor-hosted blogs are often riddled with traffic leaks. I HATE feed posts written in the first person for the same reason that I hate first person free site and gallery descriptions. My readers are reading from my point of view, not a porn star's or a camera man's. The post should be a semi-honest account of what will be seen on the gallery and not too fantastical. If they open the gallery after reading the post and wonder what the hell you were talking about, the illusion/fantasy is dead. Morphing makes everyone sound retarded and it is COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. __________________ Click here to purchase a bridge I'm selling. Last edited by Useless; 2008-08-27 at 10:00 AM..