Fixing time zones in Blogger.com
Some fellow bloggers have been complaining about how their time zones in blogger.com are “messed up”, “wacky” or maybe even “funky”. Wrong time zone information could cause problems when the blog is published through a news aggregator like safat. The aggregator recognize the post with the false date as the newest entry and keeps it on top and whatever actual “new entries” by other blogs with the correct time zone information will be under that post.
I think it’s unfair for the rest of the blogs to be down the list of the updated blogs on safat, especially when some bloggers intentionally change their publishing date (two days in advance?) or the time zone information. A new trick even involved changing the date and then waiting for safat to include it and then changing the time back to the correct date and pretend to be all innocent and clueless for what just happened.
We have told some of those bloggers about what they’re doing and their abusive practices are affecting safat. We got all kind of excuses from people claiming their computer clock is wacky to people who had “personal reasons” for doing that, and people who thought simply “it’s not my brobrem”.
Whatever your excuse my friend, we will help you set the time zone right (one thing to start with). I expect EVERYBODY to check their time zone, even if you think it’s correct. Keep in mind, bloggers with “wacky” time zones WILL BE DELETED from safat’s database in the very near future if they continue to do what they are doing.
Go to your dashboard, click the name of the blog you want to fix its time zone information.
Click “Settings” tab and then click the “Formatting” sub-tab.
There, you see that? The red word … yes, that’s how we spell the name of the country we are in, not “France” not “America” (no, it doesn’t count even if you studied there). “Kuwait” was that so hard?
Click the “Save Settings” orange button down the page and republish your blog.
Thanks, now your blog is published in the local kuwaiti time.
October 20th, 2005 19:03
shouldn’t this be on kuwaitblog ?
also someone should remind the new people of long post
October 20th, 2005 19:10
Tata, YOU DA MAN!!!
“Whatever your excuse my friend, we will help you set the time zone right”
“Keep in mind, bloggers with “wacky†time zones WILL BE DELETED”
HAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA to7fa walla to7fa HAHAHAHAHAHA
Gigi, convulsively
October 20th, 2005 19:49
I knew Gigi would be the first to comment
October 20th, 2005 19:56
finally some action is being taken. thanks!
October 20th, 2005 20:03
I hope you are getting paid for your services.
October 20th, 2005 21:59
It won’t work dude, believe me, enba7 sooty wana agolehom :r So good luck with trying to fix them ;r
October 21st, 2005 03:35
Forzaq8, no it shouldn’t there are some personal opinions in there that might not represent kuwatblogs.com. about long posts, baby steps … baby steps.
Gigi, no you da man :p
Paillona, you bet … but for some wacky reason she’s not the first anymore, weird.
purg, I do it for the love of safat … your salad ROCKED my stomach. (yes, it’s a good thing)
Jackie, don’t worry sister … it will work once they don’t see their blogs on safat anymore.
October 21st, 2005 06:39
Guys I wasn’t the first to comment forzaq’s comment was already up there when I was typing mine.
Gigi, secondly
Tata: hahahahaha no you da man
October 21st, 2005 10:12
Very well done.
A good walkthrough about the long post issue would be awesome for your next post
October 22nd, 2005 09:44
LOL…this post screams out Jazz Central! Thanks alot. hope it will solve the problem.
October 22nd, 2005 18:15
McArabian, Might do that
Dear Jazzy, I really didn’t mean anybody specifically but some people have never adjusted teh time zone to kuwait ever since they started blogging.