TzuVelli Only 1 Week Old And Already Changes

TzuVelli has been open for only one week. All of you who were here on opening day know that it launched only partially completed. I was very embarrassed by this. But, I had little choice in the matter. I had already missed one opening date and I did not want to miss another. There are plenty of reasons for this sad state of affairs. I won’t bore you with the details. Hopefully, it will suffice to say that, the issues that occurred during the three weeks leading up to the blog’s launch were unavoidable. I hope you all will be patient with me as I complete the configurations to the theme, do a few structural reconfigurations, and get into a consistent blogging groove.

Blog Theme Configurations To Complete

• Complete the contact page.
• Complete the advertising page.
• Complete the post footer; with related post section and RSS subscription buttons.
• Add RSS subscription buttons to the footer.
• Add temporary ad graphics to complete the visual aspects of the blog. Let me know what you think about the graphics.
• Convert from using the "AddThis" to using the "ShareThis" plugin for social book marking.
• Complete the basic portion of the "Resource" pages. This should be complete by the end of the week. This is basically a living document. I will be updating this with new resources constantly. So for, now I am only wanting to complete the basic structure.

Blog Structural Changes To Complete

• Add a blog page. Some readers prefer to use a traditional blog style front page and not a magazine style front page. I have completed the structure and PHP necessary to do this. I just need to finish some design aspects. I had meant to have this ready by launch but time got the best of me.
• Convert category pages to section pages. The Revolution Theme by Brian Gardner comes with section pages that enable you to highlight a featured article for a topic area. I think this is a much nicer way to present your categories. My plan is to create a resource post per section and use that as the featured article.
• Reduce the number of categories from 18 to 6. Because, I did not have any pre-launch material developed for several categories I had to delink them. This really got me thinking about how reducing the number of categories will help me stay focused.
• Eliminate categories from the sidebar and place them in a submenu just below the main menu bar.

Completing these changes will put a strain my available time for writing and posting. I will be working on an editorial calendar and posting schedule that will streamline the time it takes me to post. I hope that within the next few weeks I can settle into a good blogging rhythm. Again, thank you for your patience.

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