Hi andersja,

This is Jian Shuo Wang, the “copier” you mentioned in your blog.

== Firstly, I apologize ==

First of all, I have to admit that I have used your CSS completely and I added category link function as you did on your site. I sincerely apologize for it since it has made your feel uncomfortable.

== But the true is, I did link back ==

You may misunderstand me on linking-back. The truth is, I did link back.

On my first blog at http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm, at the end, in the Acknowledge section, I wrote:

"I also want to thank andersja, the owner of anderrsja's blog. His site on weblog are very well done. I learnt a lot on categories and the pertential usage of MovableType from his site."

Certainly I swear I did it on the day of Sept 11 instead of adding it after you got angry. Geo, my friend at http://russianlegs.com can also confirm it, since he also commented after my blog.

In the acknowledgement part, I mentioned the categories function on your web site. It inspired me a lot and I decided to make my own category links. I finally completed the function on the day before yesterday with the help with MovableType document on http://www.movabletype.org/docs/mtmanual_tags.html#categoryrelated%20tags.

I noticed you may have read this article since you wrote comment for this blog on the same day -- Sept 11, 2002 09:48 PM:

"Thanks for your feedback and congratulations with getting Movable Type running on XP - very cool (I haven't seen it done before :-)

Happy blogging!

Posted by: andersja on September 11, 2002 09:48 PM”

Maybe you didn't notice I linked you back on my first blog.

== More evidence that I did link back ==

On my forth blog at http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020914_odp_not_as_good_as_zealcom.htm, I started my paragraph with

"Inspired by andersja's Optimizing Movable Type (part 3) - get more readers , I sent my blog site to DMOZ.org."

Posted by Jian Shuo Wang at September 14, 2002 09:31 PM | Categories: MovableType

As you can see, as a beginer of blogging (only 6 logs so far), I have read carefully on many of your articles on your site and was trying to follow your steps to setup a blog. This includes registering my blog on DMOZ.org. But after I did, I wrote in my blog to thank andersj for the great inspiration you gave me.

I wrote six blogs so far and two of them mentioned that I am inspired by your site. I didn't put you on a seperate link for your site on the right pane of my first page. The only reason is, I am running this blog for less than one week and there is too much things for me to improve. I am going to do so now.

== The facts ==

I have commented on your site on http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/09/11/trillian_10_trillianpro_also_features_rss_newsreader.html and received your quick reply. This is very helpful for me. Although I have been web developer for many years, it is the first time I setup blog and the first time to play with Perl and MT stuff (as I mentioned at the beginning of my first blog at http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm ). I worked very hard to get some idea from other great site like yours. I was using MT's default CSS template. I just wanted to change the font to Verdana instead of the odd font. At that time, I copied your CSS and made very little modification and used it in my site.

== Anyway, I apologize ==

Again, I admit I did it. I should have mentioned somewhere on my blog, but I haven't yet. That is "not exactly weblog etiquette". I will go back to change it to the default one immediately if this made you uncomfortable.

Please be assured that I am not "fighting back" in this comment. I am still grateful for everything you did on your site, including sharing your setup experience of MT and your tips to optimizing MT. They inspired me a lot. That is the source of my first blog "MovableType Successfully Installed on Windows XP" and later, "Webcam Set Up, Broadcasting Shanghai". I will also continue to share how I created the site and how to make things work as you did. I agree with you weblog etiquette is very important and I am always trying my best to follow. Sometimes I may make mistakes and I will be fully responsible for that.

Please do not hesitate to let me know if any of my content or behavior makes you think I do not respect other people on the net. I'd like to hear and like to improve.

Best wishes
Jian Shuo Wang
The Copier

Don't worry - I'm not angry & all is forgiven :-)

I just want to encourage people to be creative in designing their site and not just copy everything because someone else has done something they like...

To copy from one = plagiarism
To copy from many = inspiration! ;-)

I also went around to get inspiration when designing my site, but I twisted and tweaked what I saw and found into something that I now consider my own :-)

Best regards from andersja

Some advice & places I've checked out for design inspiration when designing my pages:
http://www.movabletype.org/docs/mtmanual_templates.html
http://www.movabletype.org/default_templates.shtml
http://diveintoaccessibility.org/
http://diveintomark.org/ inspired http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/08/06/calendararchives_in_movable_type.html

CSS tips and tricks from a lot of places including
http://www.w3schools.com/css/
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-csssel/?dwzone=web

... and many more. Feel free to add more places people can go for blog-design-inspiration by writing a comment below...

Hi Anders,

I just returned from the Tibetan area and took a lot of pictures. I believe they are the most beautiful scene I have ever seen in my whole life. I cannot help sharing with you. Here is the link:
http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/index.htm

Blogs about the trip:
http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/categories/daocheng.htm

Enjoy the uncomparable pictures in Daocheng, China.

Jian Shuo
P.S. I wanted to find a place to post this message. After read lot of logs, I found maybe following this thread is the most appropriete one.