Come and "like" suckmylolly.com on Facebook!

Want this teal-ish version of the "Forever & Ever" template?

Yeah, it's free!

Come and "like" the Facebook page for Suck my Lolly (yeah I know you already like me, but come "Like" me!) and it's yours! It's normally $25 on suckmylolly.com - available in green and pink, but this exclusive teal version is for Facebook likers :)

If you are already a liker, you can download it from the "FREE TEMPLATE" tab in the left hand side.

ABOUT THE TEMPLATE:

• This template comes with a plain text header, so there's no need to make your own header image like you usually do on Suck my Lolly templates.  Easy-peasy!
  
• The 'pages' links will be in the header, above the title of your blog.  See above preview.
  You just have to drag the pages widget to the top of your blog.
• As per usual, this is not to be shared, re-sold or re-distributed in any way.  It's for personal use.
  Any questions, let me know.

This will be for a limited time, so come and grab it now!

Disqus Comment Users: keep your comments synced!

If you are using Disqus comments, you really should ensure you are keeping your comments 'synced' with Blogger.

What does this even mean?

It means, to put it plainly, that your comments are being published via Disqus but are also being "backed up" to Blogger.

Why should I do this?

You should do this because if you ever take your Disqus comments away, you will have your Blogger comments there behind-the-scenes as backup.  

Who knows, maybe Blogger will get their act together and introduce some awesome comment system and you'll want to go back.  If you ever decide you don't want to use Disqus any more, you obviously don't want to lose your comments now do you??

Let me answer that for you: NO!

(This is why I do not like Intense Debate.  You do not have that option! Use Intense Debate and wish to return to Blogger? SORRY, but your comments are a goner)

So if you have Disqus all installed and working well, here is how to make sure that your comments are and stay synced. 

STEP 1:

Log into Disqus and click on your site.

STEP 2: 

Make your way to the TOOLS and then IMPORT/EXPORT area and click on "Blogger" (see below)

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*** EXTREME EMAIL WARNING: BEFORE PROCEEDING READ THIS!! ***

When you sync your Disqus comments, you may receive emails from Blogger saying you have a new comment - this is normal and just means the comments are coming over.  This means (as far as I know!) that if you have 1000 comments to sync, you are going to get 1000 emails! WOWSERS!

My advice is to therefore to turn off email notification on your comments from within Blogger until this is complete! Don't say I didn't warn you! ;)




STEP 3: You now want to click on "Enable" in the 'Keep new comments synced' area (see below)

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This is where things got interesting for me.  I had 29 comments to sync and it got stuck on number 16.  I clicked the link to re-sync remaining comments but I went around in a big circle and it would not sync them. I waited a day or so and tried again and it was fine (must have been a Disqus glitch at the time). See the orange highlighted bit below.....

You can always contact Disqus for help if this happens to you too and I believe they can fix it.

Obviously if you have a lot of comments it may take a long time. You can check the status of it in this area.

Stripes and Stuff

Chevron stripes seem to be everywhere these days (they are the "bunting" of 2011!) and I think they are ok.  Sometimes they can hurt your eyes! Anyway, I like the look of light grey and white chevrons and made this template.  I have included the blank header image, so if you want to go to town and make a fancier header - do it!

Enjoy!

PS: Have used the "Sansita One" font in this template (from Google Fonts).  I am just so in love with Google fonts right now. xx

(click above for a live demo)

• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

Dotty & Spotty

I was feeling a bit retro-ish today (like most days when I have time to sit down and pick a mood) and this was a template I had in the wings from a couple of years ago that never quite got finished.
It's a dark backgrounded template - which is not something I usually do - but I love the yellow dots, the brown background and the blue highlights.  I hope you like it too! <3

(click above for a live demo)

• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

Ivy and the Beanstalk

I wanted to do something kind of simple but elegant and this template came together.  It's not too flashy and it's gentle (well, I think so!).  Subtle.  I like it.

Apologies for not being around much lately - I really have not had a lot of free time :(

Hope you are all well! <3

(click above for a live demo)

• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here