Or how Scoble laments about his latest blog widget install.
Robert recently install the Google Friend Connect tool on his blog. It’s a widget I’ve installed some time back. I don’t recall struggling with it as much as he did. It’s because some of us still know the old tech side of things.
I don’t blame Robert for his struggles; I’m on his side. In this day and age, when blog plug-ins are near universally one-click installs, why does Google require FTP, copy/paste, and some other geekiness to get it’s Friend Connect in.
Of course, there are easy to use FTP tools these days, such as Cyberduck for Mac. The tools make it easy to do the FTP, but finding out the right place isn’t easy. Oh, the directory might be easy enough to determine, but how many of you know the FTP site for your blog host?
When you signed up, you likely received an email with the FTP information. If not, it’s going to be on the host site’s FAQ.
But back to the point, why is it that all plug-ins aren’t easier. Some of them still require manipulating the actual script string or hardcoding things into the blog files. This sort of change is just out of scope for the average blog user. Folks like me are the exception I’ve found.
In the mean time, until Google and others catch up to today in tech, help out your friends by demonstrating the installs for them. Go hands on if you can, but if not, give a hint or three in a blog post.
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Tags: Blogging, Cyberduck, Friend Connect, Google, install, Scoble
