Thoughts on teaching, technology, learning and life in an era of change.
 
Blogrolls ~ Google Reader shifts the goal posts
December 9th, 2007

I have been attempting to categorise the various blogs that I read or scan through every day or so. I use Google Reader. Anyway, one aspect of Google Reader that I was quite fond of was its ability to generate a blogroll script that you could copy and paste into any web page. The script can be reformatted to fit in with the style of your site.

Well, as you may have guessed, Google has altered the script and the blogrolls now appear in cute little boxes. One cannot readily alter their appearance other than the colour scheme. It is frustrating. There was also a link to an OPML file which allowed readers to easily download your blogroll and inport it into their own reader. That feature is also lost.

My blogrolls previously would be neatly accommodated into my site’s right sidebar but no longer. My solution is to create a dedicated blogrolls page with the six embedded blogrolls.

If you disagree with the category for a particular blog(s), especially if it is your own, please drop me a line. I seek and would appreciate any feedback.

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