CB Calendar For Birthdays & Gotcha Days
One of the things we miss about the new CB is not having Cat Birthdays & Gotcha Days posted on a daily basis.
There is the Cat Blogosphere Calendar which has these days listed as a resource, but we know that not everyone wants to check that link on a daily basis.
One idea we had was to post the up-coming Birthdays & Gotcha Days in the Weekly News Roundup, for the coming week. Another was to have them posted daily, with the daily Linkies post. We’ve gotten feedback that not everyone likes many posts per day, so perhaps a separate Birthdays & Gotcha Days post would be too much, but what about combining it with the Linkies posts, that go up daily?
Give us your feedback, which would YOU like to see: a weekly list in the Weekly News Roundup, a separate daily Birthdays & Gotcha Days post, or Birthdays & Gotcha Days combined with the daily Linkies post?
Also, if you can check the Birthdays & Gotcha Days for your cats on the Calendar page, to make sure they’re right, we’d appreciate it. This applies to corrections, additions, and deletions to the Calendar.
You can leave any corrections here in a comment, because we receive the comments as emails. That way we can respond to the comment when we get the correction made. Thanks!
I kind of like the idea of having the birthdays and gotcha days on the linkies post… if that is not too much work for you! Because a lot of us check the linkies daily so that would be convenient all around, to have both in one.
I just checked my birthday – I totally forgot I shared it with Derry and Chica, and with a couple of the Royals! Awesome! I have a few months to think about it, but I am considering permanently making my birthday Cat World Domination Day.
I also like having the birthdays and gotcha days on the linkies post. I want to see them on the day they occur and most of us list our linky daily, so we’d be able to see the birthdays and gotcha days at the same time. We’ll check our dates.
We think having the birthdays and gotcha days on the linkies post is a great idea!
We checked the calendar and our dates are on there and correct. Thanks!!
We would rather see a single post listing the basic news of the day (birfdays, gotcha days, losses, purrs-needed, parties, etc) in one post rather than many per day…
Great idea ! As I am a recent member, my birthday doesn’t appear yet : mine is on April 28th, and the birthday of my young furrfriend Zorro, who arrived home last Sunday, is on August 15th. I do not have any preference whether you make a single post for birthdays or you combine it with the linkies.
Thanks Loupi, we have yours & Zorro’s birthdays added to the calendar!
I like the idea of putting the birthdays and gotcha days with the daily linkies posts. I always check those
I checked the calendar, and Carmine, Milita, and Jewel’s birthdays are all on there and correct
Thanks, Mo!!
We think everybody looks at the Friday linkies post. Alternatively, you could put it in list view into a little frame in the sidebar. I know that you don’t have a lot of control over anything but frame size if you do that, so it might not appeal aesthetically with the new design, but it’s an option besides having to add it to the linkies that would make it more prominent.
Thanks for all of your hard work on the CB!!
We’d like a separate daily post with the celebration days.
We think the new site design is great, btw. Kudos for all your hard work!
separate daily Birthdays & Gotcha Days post,with links to the cats blog.
We would like to add Micah. Don’t know his birthday so his Gotcha Day is Sept 24.
Our Cotton is died last year so she’s now “Angel” Cotton. Her birthday is listed on the calendar June 23.
Forgot to count but think all the others are on the calendar correctly.
Thank you.
Thanks Jan, we updated the calendar with those dates.
Just wondering – wouldn’t the birthday and gotcha day posts already be on the linky list? For instance, if I did a post for Grr, Midnight & Cocoa’s 8th birthday this May, I’d list it on the linky list with the title, like “Grr, Midnight & Cocoa – Happy Birthday To Us!” or something like that. If I didn’t make a special post, I’d probably not want it announced because then I’d feel bad about having done it, but that’s just me.
Karen
Argh. I hate typos – especially mine!
I’d feel bad about NOT having done it. NOT. Where did my NOT go? I meant to type it…
Karen
I like the idea of a posting with the daily linkies. We’re sure we’ve missed some birthdays and gotcha days because we forget to look at the calendar. Hey, Mom almost missed one of OURS until she saw it posted on the CB!
The Florida Furkids
Pee ess – Tamir (Feb 4) is now Angel Tamir
Thanks, Florida Furkids – we have updated it.
I’d like to add my birthday since I see moms get their birthdays listed too
Mom Sierra – April 3.
Thanks, Mo and Little Isis! <3
Hi Fur Everywhere,
We have added Mom Sierra’s birthday to the CB Calendar. Thanks!
We would love to see the birthday and gotcha days posted as either a separate post or a linkie to all fo them. Whatever works! We love everything you are doing on this new site! purrrrrrrrrrr
Hi Cory – thank you for the feedback! We have decided right now to do Birthdays & Gotcha Days as part of the daily Linkies post. We will include a link to the blogs for the Birthday & Gotcha Days celebrants if we have them. Thanks!
Hey, Today is Feb 27th, and our she-devil’s (aka Mooch) 1st GOTCHA day anniversary!! I’m letting her enjoy this ONE day!
xxxooo
Noir