While I was trying to set up the archives for the “Past Thoughts” I was having issues with getting more posts to show per page, and also have the navigation on the bottom work as well. My default posts per page (which is set up in the “settings”) is 5, but for my “Past Thoughts” archive, I wanted 10. I was using the: “<?php $posts = query_posts(‘showposts=10);?>” But all that did was grab my most recent 10 posts (even though it’s in a category specific template). I did not want to add the code to specify what category to grab the posts from because for what ever reason, it messes up the “thought bubble at the top (which I will look into later) and messed up the “navigation” on the bottom. (if you hit “next page” it just showed the same 10 posts again” After a few mins of internet search, I learned it’s because ... …

I few hours ago, while adding in the Roller Coaster list to my own site, I decided instead of having one giant, single column list, I wanted to split the list evenly between two columns. However, this presented the age old hassle of trying to find the midway point, and physically moving the bottom half to the next column. Instead of just plugging along, and making a table, I thought, if this exists in word processor programs (like MS Word) that you can change the layout, this function would exist in the HTML world. I looked through all the options in Dreamweaver, visited all the “help” sites and after a hour of searching, was surprised I couldn’t find this option. Now normally, most people would just give up, but I refused. I know I would be up-dating this list often, and it’s a huge pet-peeve of mine to have to do ... …