Wednesday, July 28, 2004

The Template Wars

I've been trying to convince "new kid on the blog" (geddit?) Badou Inc. to pick another template for his raunchy blog because it's identical to mine and could risk getting us mixed up... or shut down at the rate he's going! He says it's just a coincidence that we both have "cool taste", and doesn't want to change it. I recommended he use the template shown here, which is practically identical but with different colours.



I'm usually an accomodating type of guy, and I would change mine in a second to this new look just avoid the conflict and mix-up, but in this case I've added some customization to my template that I'm really not in the mood to do all over again.

So... please head on over to Badou Inc. and try to - politely - reason with our new friend and convince him to apply the new template shown here. All it takes is one click!

16 comments:

  1. Zaydoun has blogrolled us! How exciting!
    I was playing around with blogroll and with trial and error managed to add a "Blogroll us!" link on Quixotic Q80 Quacks!, and then my comrade-in-arms, the spectacular CiCi, notified me of our newfound fame and fortune. However, not all is well in QQQ land, for the link to us doesn't, well, link to us!

    I don't know why. The first URL I gave blogroll was www.qcubed.blogspot.com, so now I've deleted that and am trying http://qcubed.blogspot.com. Hopefully if someone tries to blogroll us now the link will work.

    Anyway Z., I've been to badou-inc. and rest assured, no-one will mix you guys up :D. But I'm sure I wouldn't like it either if another Kuwaiti blogger used an identical template as QQQ :/

    Gigi, empathetically

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  2. Sentiments: well, with these templates i think u have half blogger user using them so it aint easy to convinc him as much as its not easy to confuse yr blogs cummon!!

    'new kid on the blog'! hehe!

    http://sentiments.blog-city.com

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  3. The fact that we're both Kuwaiti blogs, and Kuwait being so small, will definitely cause some confusion

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  4. It's hardly been a few days for me to have visited your blog and I can say this with certainty that visitor's to your blog will easily be able to distinguish this one from Badou Inc. I doubt if any regulars even mind the similar templates. Both the blogs may be apparently twins but have a persona of their own. :-)
    Since the recent spate of anonymous comments on this blog, I kind of feel a little awkward maintaining my anonymous identity. I feel to a certain degree even you would not want too many anonymous people hovering around, it would make it difficult to identify one from the other.
    I'd say don't btoehr.

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  5. Hi,
    If you have access to today's Rai Al Aam, check the half-paged ad on page 4. It might tick you off and end up on you blog.
    I'm already teasing all the tamimis I know :)

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  6. Zaydoun..... you got me thinking now...

    A few weeks ago, I returned to blogging and changed my template and stuff. Then I restarted visiting blogs... and through your blog I found Pink This... who has the same blog as mine... I thought of changing mine...not so people wont get confused, coz I rather be different... I just couldnt bother going back and changing... I really couldnt...

    Dont worry no one will get u guys confused... the "new kid on the blog" seems like a jerk with nothing to say... big difference between u guys

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  8. Now lets not go calling him names, OK? He's entitled to express himself any way he likes ON HIS BLOG

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  9. No PSS ....... like i told u b4... gr8 minds think alike :P

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  10. Reason does not work, just smack him.

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  11. lol
    Good one, Pink.
    And now there's another Kuwaiti blog (xtc_q8) with the same template..
    Have a nice Friday, everyone

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  12. Yes, I agree wrong choice of words, judging by the blog entries on his site.

    Off with his head.

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  13. Zaydoun

    I think it safe to say there is NO possibility of anyone mixing up your two blogs.

    However, if you did think it worthwhile to change your colour-scheme to make them different then it should be relatively straightforward to do it by going into the template code and change the relevant parameters. I you decide to do this you should, to be safe, copy the template code into a file in a text editor (e.g. Word) on your PC in case something goes wrong when you try to save the template after making any adjustments - this has happened to me once or twice (occasional fault in Blogger software is what Blogger help told me).

    Rather than doing the change 'live' on your current blog, you could start a second blog to experiment on. Choose any template you like, then simply replace the template code (copy/paste) with the existing code from your current blog. When you achieve the look you like, simply copy that code back into your 'live' blog template. I'd advise you to save a copy of the latest versions of both blog templates in a Word file (or other text editor) on your PC, for back-up purposes. No-one else needs to know the URL or your 2nd blog - I do this myself so I can experiment with changes before putting them onto my 'live' blog page.

    Good luck! I read your blog from time to time to get an idea about developments in Kuwait.

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  14. Thanks Bill... but I'll stick to this one until I get bored with it, or until Blogger comes up with some cool new ones.. whichever comes first :-)

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  15. Allright..I think i'll just give up. You indeed were here first and now, I'v come to realize with 8 kuwaiti blogs out there, its the only right thing to do. Grr.. Anyway.. As for Mrs. PinkSuedeShoes.. I do have the right to express myself anyway I wish, if you dont enjoy reading my blog, Then take it off your Favorites and never visit it again. I certainly am not a pervert. I simply like to be sexual at times, especially on MY blog.

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  16. I already posted this once, and it didnt show.. So Here I am..Possibly Twice. Allright, I give up. I'v decided that, since you were here first, and there are after all about only 8 kuwaiti bloggers. I should change the template. I'v already done it but without that same color I guess its not the same anymore, i'll be changing to a totally different template design soon. And as for you PinkSuide Shoes.posting this as your first comment on my site "In order to write a "Kuwaiti Sex Blog" you'd have to have sex first." Is in fact childish. Rampurple and PinkSuedeShoes..I dont know what your deals are, but If you dont like my Blog, Just dont visit it, and get it off your favorits list. I do afterall, have the right to express myself anyway I wish. I am not a pervert. I'm just more sexual on my blog. It seems you ladies are getting old or something..Where are your open minded, free and loving sides?

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