Site Log

Contact: joshlind@gmail.com

June:               
                        – Set up default Blogger template settings
            – Created custom page headers and footers
                                    – Modified template code to stretch element sections past header
                        – Created poll
                        – Added followers element
                                    – Added custom border to element
                        – Added subscription links elements
                        – Received link from S19 Hockey Thoughts (http://sens19-hockeytalk.blogspot.com/)
– Coded RSS and ATOM feed links
                        – Added social bookmarks element
                        – Received link from Big Will’s Senators Page (http://bigwillsens.blogspot.com)
                        – Coded table to contain RSS, ATOM, and Bookmarks elements


July:                
                        – Added ESPN News and Standings elements
– Added NHL Frozen Moments element
– Coded link lists
– Added ratings element
            – Modified rating element to appear after each post  
– Added Hockey Music element
– Coded NHL and team logo clickable-link image map
– Added images to posts
August:           
                        – Coded Newer and Next Post links
                                    – Coded navigation under element sections
– Received link from The Aussie on Hockey (http://aussiehoppy.blogspot.com)     
– Joined Twitter for exposure and quick updates
– Wrote metadata into the template’s code
– Used Google’s Webmaster Tools to canonize www and non-www URLs
– Submitted site to Blogz 3.0
– Submitted site to FuelMyBlog
– Received link from Puck Update (http://www.puckupdate.com)
– Submitted site to Digg
– Submitted site to Delicious (http://delicious.com/joshlind)
– Coded and installed custom twitter applet to display tweets in sidebar
– Further improved Subscription and Feeds section aesthetics
– Began tracking with Stat-Counter
– Coded and installed Digg buttons in post footers
                                    – Wrote script to open Digg submissions in new tabs/windows
                        – Improved metadata for SEO
– Received link from Down Goes Brown (http://www.downgoesbrown.com)
            – Approved on BlogCatalog (http://www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/the-lind-hockey-file.html)
– Redesigned site to feature expandable post summaries
            – Coded shaded background to differentiate between posts
            – Coded Read More buttons into post summaries
                                    – Recoded Digg submission buttons to only appear after full posts
                        – Optimized image alt text
                        – Received link from The Sens Forum (http://www.thesensforum.com)
                        – Made post images link to full posts
                        – Submitted site to Syndic8
                        – Submitted site to 9Rules
                        – Created facebook blog network (http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/the_lind_hockey_file)
                       
– Added labels to all posts
                                    
Coded Label Cloud
                        
– Coded social bookmark buttons for Delicious, Facebook, StumbleUpon, Technorati, and Twitter
                       
– Fixed label cloud to only show specific labels
                       
Created Lind Hockey File Fantasy Pool (http://games.espn.go.com/fhl/leagueoffice?leagueId=4575&seasonId=2010)
                        
– Coded embedded contact form

Septemeber:               
                        – Set up Wibya Toolbar


- Joshua Lind

The Lind Hockey File