It appears that having too much text on the front page is a turn off… they want pictures! So I considered using a text box widget to create and advertisement for the content of the blog!  I am going to give it a shot here first.. and if it works I will try it on the main blog.

OK…. this can be done but the size of the image is important… thumbnails are advised… first attempt is HUGE!!!

I made the mistake of just copying the image URL into the text box… it is important to add the code otherwise the picture wil not show….. <img src=”http;//yourimageurl……….“>

There is some poor frustrated person out there who is obviously searching for a fix of his favourite tease given the search link that was quoted as having been the reason he has come to my blog…. What was his search criteria?   ” Bound in Bed”  ……. we can guess, quite accurately I would think, that he was looking for a little something “tied up and tasty” with which to pass the evening.

What did he get from me?  Not what he was hoping for…..instead he was pointed at my post entitled Bed Bound…which was all to do with being sick and miserable. How stimulating would he have found that?

The irony of it is he knows not how close he came to finding just the thing he was looking for!  Should I tell him I have another blog that would suit his tastes right down to the ground? Should I perhaps suggest trying Google images? ……. there are thousands of “interesting” examples of bed bound lovelies to suit all tastes and styles.  Nah…. that would spoil all the fun!

As I rarely ever operate outside the closed network at home base, I have my computer configured for ease of personal access.  I don’t use other people’s machines, internet cafes or the like to access my personal sites.  I certainly would never consider accessing any of my financial institutions on a public terminal.

I read with interest about ticking the right boxes in the following WordPress Announcement in order to protect your blog from hackers.

Only last week a friend had his site (a WordPress upgraded number) hacked and effectively destroyed by someone who was deliberately targeting him.  He missed that security notice…. I wonder how many others have as well.

It seems I dared to ponder out loud (well, in writing anyway!) the spam filter system that is part of the WordPress set up.  Someone called Dave has entered that system’s name into a search facility and bingo!  my post appears.  Seems he thought it worthy enough to place a link to it in his report about the spam filter (to which he gives the thumbs up!)

Thanks for the link, Dave…. I wonder what difference it will make to my blog traffic now?  I wonder whether my offers for home insurance and blackjack/texasholdall/poker will now sky rocket as a result!  Yes folks, for all the good reports the system receives, it still thinks I should be gambling!

The rest of the blogs seems to be safe from attention.  I am curious as to what the most recent views are looking for….like me, are they wondering about the efficiency of the spam filtering learninjg process?  It appears to me that it seems to take its time.

Sadly, tagging my posts has generated more traffic on my “under the radar” blog.  I have had no time for playing about with other features yet.  One observation that I must make, however, is that I am far more impressed with WordPress than I am with eBlogger.

I have two blogs ‘over there’ – I don’t get any spam filtering built in, nor do I get any stats….pictures need to loaded one at a time – no gallery feature that I have been able to find.  And the range of templates?  Not as good as here…. so thumbs up, WordPress!