Blog Status?

I am working on editing the HTML / Blogger script now - the first focus was to steal a template that readily and fully supported the sidebar - I found Rounders 4. The problem was, that Rounders 4 has a really terrible color scheme and some graphics that annoy me. So - after a bit of searching, I decided that I would be unable to find a better template. Thus, I am using the corpse of Rounders 4, and editing.

There are some annoying problems with that approach, too: one must always save the last functioning template, in case the changes DON'T function; but one cannot merely edit that save, nor a copy of that save, for they are xml documents, and want to act when clicked. Not good. Online edit is better, in that one can SEE the code, and change it. However, the Blogger editor is weak - no search - much less, search-and-replace. Now one must save the template as xml, then again as copy-and-paste text, then use an independent editor to find the areas to change, and change them. And after each change, reload that as the new template, and view the blog to find the result - good or bad - and repeat. Slower - MUCH slower - than I wanted, but not such a bad thing, either, for it is forcing me to relearn HTML - once I was GOOD - 15 or so years ago - and could again become at least adequate in this process. And it saves the IWON world from all the recruiting I would be doing, if not this. I am sure everyone breaths a sigh of relief at all those messages and recruitments not received on the profile page, and the ability to play a slots game without having to mute me in order to see the chat.

Once I am fairly well satisfied, I plan to begin pushing the blog at the team members I can reach - first in team messages, then on team profile pages, then in open chat as part of the initial recruitment. Then, participation here will begin to allow the team, I hope, to grow together, to become more cohesive, and to help us figure out how to reach our "Lost Tribes".