If you’re a regular visitor to this blog, you may have noticed that the guest author list and the blogroll have disappeared from my sidebar. They were OK when I only had a few Villagers and only followed a few blogs. But as I added more guest authors and discovered more blogs I began tot feel that neither list was doing anyone much good.
Both lists now have their own individual pages so that I can include more information for the guest authors, and more blogs.
The new space in the sidebar means I have room for a tag cloud and a list of categories. Hopefully these will make it easier for visitors to find posts in subjects of interest. I’ve also added a “popular posts” feature, which seems to be doing a decent job of bringing oldies but goodies out of the archive.
The whole point behind these changes is to do a better job of highlighting the content shared by my guest authors, and to do a better job of introducing great blogs related to teaching English as a foreign language and to English language teaching, as a profession. Please let me know if you think these changes accomplish this goal, and if not, suggestions about how I could do a better job–I’m always learning more about how the interior bits of a blog work 
The new pages can be reached from the top navigation tabs, or if you’re reading this as an RSS feed, you can click here: Villagers or Blogs.
If you have a blog that falls under one of the categories listed, please let me know so I can add you. If I’ve listed you in one category, and you think your blog better suits a different category, let me know and I’ll move you.
Thanks for your feedback as I continue to learn!
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Hi Barb,
I like the new touches!
Leahn
Thanks, Leahn!
I did that awhile back with my blog, putting the roll on a separate page and still want to make more changes like guest authors on separate page! Great idea! I think new design helps people navigate to their interests
Yes, I love the way you did your blogroll with the Reader bundles! I’m glad you like the guest author page. Thanks for the feedback
Barb,
That’s how things get done – by people like yourself contributing and doing all the small stuff and leg work. Thank you!
I’m in the midst of setting up a collaborative blog (for EnglishCentral) and I have learned from what you’ve been doing. It’s an invaluable thing – this type of crowdsharing. Kudos and we’ve all benefited and grown through your own work behind the scenes.
David
Thanks, David! I’ve learned tons from all of you, too.
Now that I’m going back in and fixing things, I think about how it would have been much more efficient to have learned to do it all properly from the start. But then, I remember, I don’t seem to learn things that way
Looking forward to seeing your new blog!