March 2011

A little while ago SBI right column menus were a hot topic. Site Build It! (SBI) recently released "Right Column Builder " as a new module for it's famous 'Site Central' all in one online business builder. The place where anyone can build their own website that works.

Also known as the new third column because it was something missing from traditional SBI websites. This new cool tool added another 235 pixels of width to about 40,000 top notch websites. AND opened up the door for all kinds of advancements in personal website building.

So I got to thinking that sooner than later this new space is going to revolutionize the way some small business owners do business. The 3rd column will be the new gateway to website navigation. Then it hit me WoW (Way of Working) this is very slick......yikes...... watch out for incoming ideas.

I got so excited the smile was on my face wore out my cheek muscles. :-) Then I started sorting out how to have the best right column menu with all the bells and whistles. I looked and looked ... and looked... for more information and thought.

Expletive deleted... I know how to do this!!

But it turns out I am just a bumpkin from the burbs. I have a plan, I have the information and I have the stuff. I just don't have the skills. Time to let everyone know what I've been doing.

How Tings Have Changed At SBI

Update: It is now Dec 2022, fixin' to be 2023. wondering why I wrote this blog post? When clearly there is NO right column. Right column website templates grew out of style shortly after the initial writing. I deleted the right column on this website in favor of a "stripes" template.

As a matter of fact ALL the templates at SBI changed dramatically in 2010, 2015 and 2018. With the onslaught of Google algorithm changes, Panda & Penguin and others, came design changes. Gone were the old SEO tricks and in came the quality upgrades.

While the right column software is still on SBI it is a legacy function, in lieu of better more advanced templates. We still use the right column on some old pages but only in the archives. That's all for now. Thanks for reading.