Travel Map theme for Wordpress

A few months back, I spent a few hours putting together a travel map template for Blogger, and mentioned it here. Much to my surprise, people started downloading and using it. Doing a quick search today, I see almost 500 sites running that theme now.

Cool!

So I figured I'd do the same for Wordpress users. Here is a screenshot of the Theme in action:

As you can see, it's a pretty clean look, with a Map up top that you can customize to show where you've been and where you're going. Try it out and let me know what you think!

Get a free Travel Map theme for Wordpress from Blogabond.com!

Travel Map template for Blogger

Blogabond has been growing steadily this year, and one thing that has really taken off is the Travel Map Widget that lets you embed an itinerary map into your blog.

At first, it might seem strange that a blogging site like Blogabond should offer tools to help people blogging elsewhere. After all, why not just force people to migrate their stuff over to Blogabond if they want to get a little map up on top of their blog?

But there's the rub. Forcing people to do things is BAD. People hate being told what to do. In this case, they've got a perfectly good blog going already, thank you very much, and all they want is a stinking map to put on it. Personally, I'll take a little goodwill over a new user any day, so it makes a lot of sense to just give these little freebies away.

In that spirit, you can now download an entire Blogger template that will give you the best of all possible worlds. Here's what it will look like if you install it on your blog:

So yeah, go nuts and try it out for yourself.

Get a free Travel Map template for Blogger from Blogabond.com!

New stuff at Blogabond

Just pushed a few new features to Blogabond today. Most visible is the ability to embed your maps into external web sites, blogs, and wherever else you might want to stick a map of your travels:

Groovy, eh? You can try it out on your own blog by running through the Trip Builder, and copying out the code it gives you when you're done. Along the way you'll need to sign up for an account and name your trip, but it's still pretty quick to get a map up and running on your own site.

For the curious, here is the code you'd need to drop onto your page to display the map above:

<script src="http://www.blogabond.com/BlogMap.aspx?tripID=34&width=500&height=300">

Enjoy!