This is for all you new people. Here on the interwebs machine, we call you “noobs.”
Hi, I’m the Happy Medic. Some of you are arriving here for the first time and might feel a bit overwhelmed. There is indeed a lot going on on this page. I mean look at all the colors, shapes, ads, links…Aaaaaagggghhhh!
Take it easy, we can walk you through this real easy. If this is your first visit, you can peruse the high points without scrolling or looking around too much at all. See those tabs just under that fancy Happy Medic banner up top? The one to the far left is titled “Who is HM?” From here you can read a bit about me and why I’m here on your computer. From there, you can click on the other tabs to learn more about some special elements of the blog, all without using that pesky back button on your browser.
When you’re done reading through the tabs, you can return to the most recent post by clicking on Happy’s smiling face at the top.
All those red words on the left hand side are my blogroll, or a list of sites I read and follow on a daily basis. I’m trying to make it so the most recent title shows under the name of the blog, we’re still working on that.
Those words of varying size on the righthand side are the tag clouds. They are a visual representation of how popular certain subjects are on this blog and the other blogs in the network.
“What network?” You ask…well see that neat logo near the top that says FireEMS blogs? Click on that to learn more about the network.
But for now, if you seem overwhelmed, take it slow, I’ll help you through this. And if you have any questions or comments, you can leave them at the bottom of each post/page or email me at thehappymedic@gmail.com
Happy Surfing,
HM
Also on The Happy Medic…
- Wanna push my buttons? – November 6, 2009
- The power of the Blog – October 3, 2009
- Sunday Fun – Stachetober? – October 18, 2009
- Social Media in EMS – A Tip of the Helmet – October 1, 2009
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Very funny CKemtp, however I thought the name of the instructional video was something like “2 Medics 1 Cup”…..
Please tell me what I have won!
the problem with blogging is that sometimes the posts take on a life of their own… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B-K4NGo2HE
I don't get it….
Something on your page is really slowing down the loading/navigation. I think it might be your twitter widgets… Have you considered switching to the WordPress versions. yeah, I know they don't have scrolling… but they load a lot quicker. Just thought I'd throw that out there!
Thanks 3, and welcome aboard (belatedly)! I've been working on restoring my brand new laptop that fried out 20 days out of the box, just reloaded the factory system and have been using the 7 year old emachines to make minor changes.
I'm not a fan of the twitter bars, but working on it. thanks!
PS – SFFD Medic 3 was the busiest in the US 2 years running not long ago, now it's closed.
I notice that all of our sites lag here on the network. I just thought it was my computer(s). Happy's, and Medic999's do. So does AD's and mine. Does everyone see that?
I like turtles. Man have I driven my wife crazy with that
Thanks! Whats up with your blogroll? It is showing my last post from blogger… not sure whats going on there…
Partially it is the theme/ads. Part of it is too many posts loading, too many widgets, etc.
Going to Settings/reading reducing the number of posts to display helped speed up my load time. Plus, who needs 10 posts on page 1!
OK HM, It's November. When does 999 land in SF?
OK HM, It's November. When does 999 land in SF?
OK HM, It's November. When does 999 land in SF?