The Large Picture Blog

Introducing The Large Picture Blog. Inspired by The Big Picture, the LPB is also an example of how an individual blog's unique design, theme, character, function, etc. can be incorporated into Field of Science.

In addition to the wider main section to accommodate large pictures, other hacks include a label cloud (which I've placed below the header and will come into its own over time) and a » More Pictures... link which allows for a featured picture to be displayed on the main blog with a full set of pictures to be displayed when the post is selected. I also added a unique favicon which replaces the default fos question mark favicon.

Another note regarding how an FOS blog could differ from a blog on blogspot is the url possibilities. lpb.blogspot.com was not available, so I created LPD at http://largepictureblog.blogspot.com/. Clicking on that url, notice how the blogspot address automatically forwards you to the lpb.fieldofscience.com address (this is what happens when you forward an existing blogspot blog to fieldofscience.com), but also note that unlike blogspot.com, lpb.fieldofscience.com was available. This is the case for all possible domainnames.fieldofscience.com (with the exception of the few already taken: labs., forum., ...). So if you're a science blogger who had to settle for second best in your choice of blogspot.com domain names, your first choice remains available at fieldofscience.com.

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If You Build It,...

Field of Science is a science blog network. FoS is so named because Field of Science is a good, practical name for a website about science, but also--thanks to a certain movie--said name evokes illusions that are, more or less, analogous to what FoS is all about . . . FoS is home to bloggers who are doing actual science and whose blogging is clearly informed by their work. If you are a science blogger and your blog is powered by Blogger (or you wouldn't mind switching over to Blogger), and you are interested in joining FoS , complete an application and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. If you want to know more about the nuts, bolts and actuals, watch this presentation .

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