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May 14th 2008 07:48
We've done Film and Gaming so far -- the next big push is for Music Bloggers.

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So if you know anyone who may be interesting in writing a music blog, grab them by the collar, sit them down in front of a computer, and sign them up

Or if you would like to write a music blog yourself, have a look at the domains below and see if you like any.

From the lastest inactive blog list (which is now sorted into channels) we have:


punkrawknews.net
onlyrocknroll.net
rocknflicks.com
musiczone.net.au
recordreviews.net
reggae.net.au
punkc.com


Here are some music domains which don't have blogs on them yet but have been registered:

musicstripe.com
musicpeach.com
musicfour.com
musicten.com
soundfans.com
boxingsound.com
sounddaily.com
noisefanatic.com
noisemad.com
noisepets.com
noiseocean.com
soundr.com
prettynoise.com
qnoise.com
reviewsound.com
finenoise.com
ablerock.com
rockvoyage.com
musictoes.com
musicpretty.com
soundauthor.com
noisevoyage.com
noisefashion.com
punkbeats.com
prettybeats.com
headbeats.com
ripbeats.com
beatsreview.com
metalbeats.com
beatsdoctor.com
peachbeats.com
feverbeats.com
sixbeats.com
ablebeats.com
weekendbeats.com


If you would like any of these domains please either leave a comment below or send me a PM.

Thanks,
Jon.


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OrbleCon June 2008

May 14th 2008 07:31
Well not really a convention, more of a get-together!

Many of your favourite Sydney Orblers will be meeting on Sunday the 15th of June at the Dolphin Hotel in Surry Hills from 3pm.

It's always lots of fun. Seeing Bryn and John Doe talk about films is truly a wonder of verbal dexterity!

Orble Meetup
A few Bloggers at the last OrbleCon


See you all there.

PS. We usually all meet upstairs and should be pretty easy to spot.

Jon.
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New 1000px wide format

May 7th 2008 09:31
Many websites are now moving to a 1000px wide format as most people have monitors wide enough to accommodate them.

So I've introduced a 1000px double column format for the Orble blogs.

You can see an example on this ZCars post.

This format will also load more quickly in Internet Explorer because I've redone some of the HTML code to cater to brain-dead microsoft programmers. It's still in beta, however if no bugs appear in the near future I will make it the default for new Orble blogs and create equivalent wide versions of the other formats.

To choose this shiny new format go to your blog's Modify page and under the Format section choose the Ads in Text - Wide Double Col Blog format.

If you do notice any bugs please let me know.

Thanks,
Jon.
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Family Friendly Setting

April 28th 2008 11:46
There is a new setting with which you can specify if a post is "family friendly" or not on the post creation and editing pages. As a guideline, if you would not like the post to be shown to your 7 year old nephew, please specify it as not family friendly.

Ads will still be shown on non-family-friendly posts as usual and they will appear on the Orble home page. The only difference is that they will not be listed in the popular Orble posts section in the menus of blogs which specify that they do not wish them to be displayed


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Menu Thumb Images

April 28th 2008 11:32
You will have probably noticed the new post thumb images in the menu columns of each blog. If you don't want these thumb images to be displayed you can now remove them.

Go to the "Settings" page for your blog and at the bottom select "No" for "Show Post Thumb Images In Menus". Click on "Change Settings" and the thumb images will bot be displayed


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New FAQ

April 18th 2008 01:03
I've created a new FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page.

I've put most of the questions I get asked often on there


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Format Experiment

April 3rd 2008 11:26
Over the next 48 hours I'll be experimenting with changes to the blog formats and the ads so you may notice a few differences. Any feedback appreciated and I'll let you know the results.

Jon.
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New Inactive Blog List

March 25th 2008 05:38
The latest inactive blog list is out. You can find it here.

Also below is the latest unused domain list


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Orble Channels

March 24th 2008 23:54
I've done some reorganising to the Orble Channels which I'm sure most people would have noticed by now. I'm wondering what everyone thinks of the changes?

Does anyone want any channels added which are not there? Remember that we want to keep the number of channels to a minimum to keep things simple and to avoid having them overlap (to make it easy for readers to find material) so we can't just add an infinite number of random channels. However I'm sure there are many topics which it would make sense to add


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Free Stuff

March 18th 2008 02:20
Harry over at Sydney DiaryStar has some competitions running giving away free double passes to see either Drillbit Taylor or The Eye at any cinema in Oz.

If you leave a funny comment you could also will a set of Walkie Talkie watches!
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