Put A Notice, To Your Followers, On Your Blog
Monday, February 1, 2016
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Thanks to the Followers rewrite - in addition to the Followers database cleanup - this weblog has lost over 500 Followers.
Blogger Support suggests that we should position out a break to our Followers, letting them know what is going on - in addition to why to a greater extent than or less mightiness endure no longer Following.
The notice, if published every bit a post, volition become out to everybody subscribed to the posts newsfeed.
People who were affected yesteryear the Followers cleanup weren't subscribed to the newsfeed, using the Reading List - in addition to did non lose a newsfeed subscription (nor did nosotros lose a subscriber).
If they are subscribed, they volition endure using a 3rd political party newsfeed display - in addition to whatsoever 3rd political party display won't endure affected yesteryear the cleanup. Basically, the solely affair that your weblog (or mine) lost is somebody's photo, on our blogs.
Any ex Follower should encounter the notice, at the acme of the page.
If an ex Follower was subscribed to a weblog using a 3rd political party newsfeed display, that subscription nevertheless exists. If they thought the blog, every bit a normal reader, the break at the acme of the weblog should grab their eye. You tin usage the same, on your blog.
Look at the acme of the page, here. Do you lot encounter the gadget, conduct nether the header?
"If you lot did non role a Blogger / Google trouble organisation human relationship when you lot Followed this blog, years ago, you lot are belike non Following now."
I intend that says enough.
That is but a Featured Posts gadget, displaying my post from Jan 2016, Dear Followers Of This Blog ....
The break is but a Featured Posts gadget, displaying terminal week's post.
When I installed my Featured Posts gadget, I positioned it at the acme of the posts column ("Main"). Having selected "Dear Followers Of This Blog ..." every bit my Featured Post for the near hereafter (probably the side yesteryear side calendar month or so, anyway), I renamed the gadget to "AN IMPORTANT UPDATE".
And that's all that I had to do. I genuinely installed the Featured Posts gadget several weeks ago, soon afterward Blogger Engineering released it. I had been changing it daily - in addition to showing a unlike older post, each day.
Until the Followers rewrite is finished, in addition to my "missing" Followers commencement returning, I'll belike exit that featured post inwards place.
You tin usage something similar, amongst your blog.
You tin usage something similar amongst your blog, if you lot like. Just note, every bit I did yesteryear experimenting, that the post content, every bit displayed inwards the gadget, has a express length. You'll usage best amongst a brusk in addition to carefully phrased opening sentence.
Oh Yes, I did tweak the gadget Title line!
.widget .post-summary h3 {
font-size: 28px;
font-weight: normal;
}
I'll belike become dorsum to "22px" afterward this episode is over - but for correct now, "28px" makes the championship "Dear Followers Of This Blog ..." stand upwards out a bit. Hopefully, to a greater extent than or less old Followers volition encounter in addition to react.
You could usage the same, amongst a Text gadget, if you lot wishing - though again, using a post puts the break into the posts newsfeed - every bit this post volition go. I precisely works life the Featured Posts gadget to endure the natural medium for an advice to my (former) Followers. As ever - YMMV.
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Thanks to the #Blogger Followers gadget cleanup / rewrite, this weblog (and many others) bring lost a pregnant amount of Followers. It's possible that the people who were dropped may re Follow - if they are aware that they quest to in addition to therefore so.
You may break my advice, at the acme of my weblog page, "AN IMPORTANT UPDATE". Hopefully, to a greater extent than or less people who are directly non Following volition read the advice, either on the blog, or inwards their newsfeed reader.
Blogger Support suggests that we should position out a break to our Followers, letting them know what is going on - in addition to why to a greater extent than or less mightiness endure no longer Following.
The notice, if published every bit a post, volition become out to everybody subscribed to the posts newsfeed.
People who were affected yesteryear the Followers cleanup weren't subscribed to the newsfeed, using the Reading List - in addition to did non lose a newsfeed subscription (nor did nosotros lose a subscriber).
If they are subscribed, they volition endure using a 3rd political party newsfeed display - in addition to whatsoever 3rd political party display won't endure affected yesteryear the cleanup. Basically, the solely affair that your weblog (or mine) lost is somebody's photo, on our blogs.
Any ex Follower should encounter the notice, at the acme of the page.
If an ex Follower was subscribed to a weblog using a 3rd political party newsfeed display, that subscription nevertheless exists. If they thought the blog, every bit a normal reader, the break at the acme of the weblog should grab their eye. You tin usage the same, on your blog.
Look at the acme of the page, here. Do you lot encounter the gadget, conduct nether the header?
Dear Followers Of This Blog ...
"If you lot did non role a Blogger / Google trouble organisation human relationship when you lot Followed this blog, years ago, you lot are belike non Following now."
I intend that says enough.
That is but a Featured Posts gadget, displaying my post from Jan 2016, Dear Followers Of This Blog ....
The break is but a Featured Posts gadget, displaying terminal week's post.
When I installed my Featured Posts gadget, I positioned it at the acme of the posts column ("Main"). Having selected "Dear Followers Of This Blog ..." every bit my Featured Post for the near hereafter (probably the side yesteryear side calendar month or so, anyway), I renamed the gadget to "AN IMPORTANT UPDATE".
And that's all that I had to do. I genuinely installed the Featured Posts gadget several weeks ago, soon afterward Blogger Engineering released it. I had been changing it daily - in addition to showing a unlike older post, each day.
Until the Followers rewrite is finished, in addition to my "missing" Followers commencement returning, I'll belike exit that featured post inwards place.
You tin usage something similar, amongst your blog.
You tin usage something similar amongst your blog, if you lot like. Just note, every bit I did yesteryear experimenting, that the post content, every bit displayed inwards the gadget, has a express length. You'll usage best amongst a brusk in addition to carefully phrased opening sentence.
Oh Yes, I did tweak the gadget Title line!
Related:
.widget .post-summary h3 {
font-size: 28px;
font-weight: normal;
}
I'll belike become dorsum to "22px" afterward this episode is over - but for correct now, "28px" makes the championship "Dear Followers Of This Blog ..." stand upwards out a bit. Hopefully, to a greater extent than or less old Followers volition encounter in addition to react.
You could usage the same, amongst a Text gadget, if you lot wishing - though again, using a post puts the break into the posts newsfeed - every bit this post volition go. I precisely works life the Featured Posts gadget to endure the natural medium for an advice to my (former) Followers. As ever - YMMV.
---
Thanks to the #Blogger Followers gadget cleanup / rewrite, this weblog (and many others) bring lost a pregnant amount of Followers. It's possible that the people who were dropped may re Follow - if they are aware that they quest to in addition to therefore so.
You may break my advice, at the acme of my weblog page, "AN IMPORTANT UPDATE". Hopefully, to a greater extent than or less people who are directly non Following volition read the advice, either on the blog, or inwards their newsfeed reader.
