Online forum for Pastors' Wives

I know there are LOTS of resources out there for Pastors' Wives. Well... maybe not LOTS, but there are some good ones. I'm not touting any one as better than another as I am not personally familiar with most of them. But there is one I can vouch for and say that I just LOVE the community there, and the ladies are GREAT!

Pastors' Wives Forum Online is a great place to just hang out and be yourself. There are multiple categories - places where you can share about your favorite book, posts to 'vent' about the happenings at your church, even a category for crafters and weight loss issues, among many others.

I've met some fantastic women through that forum, and best of all, it's a SAFE place for us to be ourselves. We don't have to preface anything by saying, "OK, I know that I shouldn't feel this way, but..." or "Please keep this in confidence..." or anything like that.

The forum is very easy to get around, and you can change your settings so that you get updates anytime someone comments on the threads you are interested in following - that way it's easy to stay part of a conversation you get into. It's also easy to turn all those e-mail notifications OFF, if you so choose.

So, come and check it out over at the Pastors' Wives Forum. We'd love to have you join us there!

Drop Down BlogRoll

Many of you have requested a Drop Down BlogRoll for your blogs. These save space while still allowing you to be able to include the blogroll in your sidebar. I have found one solution for this, and will continue to search for others, possibly with the ability to scroll through the list rather than just a drop down list.

Using flooble, I've been able to generate this expandable box:

League of Pastors' Wives Blogroll

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It shows up wider here than it will be on your sidebar. It will fill the space wherever you put it (here it's a large space so it's a large box!).


There are two parts to including this on your blog:

Step 1:
Copy and paste the following code into the top of your page (either right after the "BODY" tag, or inside of the "HEAD" ... "/HEAD" tag). {Look for <> instead of "" around those words.} Do this only once per page, even if you are putting more than one box with expandable content onto that page.

<!-- flooble Expandable Content header start --><br /><script language="javascript"><br />// Expandable content script from flooble.com.<br />// For more information please visit:<br />// http://www.flooble.com/scripts/expand.php<br />// Copyright 2002 Animus Pactum Consulting Inc.<br />//----------------------------------------------<br />var ie4 = false; if(document.all) { ie4 = true; }<br />function getObject(id) { if (ie4) { return document.all[id]; } else { return document.getElementById(id); } }<br />function toggle(link, divId) { var lText = link.innerHTML; var d = getObject(divId);<br /> if (lText == '+') { link.innerHTML = '−'; d.style.display = 'block'; }<br /> else { link.innerHTML = '+'; d.style.display = 'none'; } }<br /></script><br /><!-- flooble Expandable Content header end -->

Step 2:
Copy and paste the following code into the place on your page where you want the content to appear. Note that you can have more than one box with expandable content on your page. Also note, that the box will take up 100% of the width of whatever space it's in, so if you want the box to be narrower than it is normally, you need to simply put it into a table of the width you want.

<!-- flooble Expandable Content box start --><br /><div style="border: 2px dashed #0080FF; padding: 0px; background: #E6E6E6; "><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF; color: #0080FF; "><tr><td>League of Pastors' Wives Blogroll</td><td align="right"><br />[<a title="show/hide" id="exp1222108371_link" href="javascript: void(0);" onclick="toggle(this, 'exp1222108371');" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0080FF; ">−</a>]</td></tr></table><br /><div id="exp1222108371" style="padding: 3px;"><script language="javascript" src="http://rpc.blogrolling.com/display.php?r=a467517e6355336821b5fcfb141eab62" type="text/javascript"></script></div><br /></div><noscript><a href="http://www.flooble.com/scripts/expand.php">this expanable content box is made using a <br />free javascript from flooble</a> | <a href="http://www.blackjack-primer.com">Blackjack Guide</a><br /></noscript><br /><script language="javascript">toggle(getObject('exp1222108371_link'), 'exp1222108371');</script><br /><!-- flooble Expandable Content box end -->


I've tried to match the colors to the LOPW Blog here, and they may not match your blog. If you understand code at all, you may be able to fiddle with the color values in the above code to adjust things for your blog, if you like. I'm not able to customize too much from here.

Stay tuned for more options as I find them. This is a good start!

New Space for League of Pastors' Wives

We're NOT quite sure what happened to our original space over at leagueofpastorswives.blogspot.com, but we're up and running here at http://league-of-pastors-wives.blogspot.com. If you have the old link on your blog, please update it so that we can stay connected.

If you're wondering, I do have permission from Nancy to update this info. Sometimes a collaborative effort is helpful, and Nancy has handed some of this off to me. I'm looking forward to helping us with this resource space.

We've also got our blogroll updated (there were a few links that were broken and outdated) and the code made available for you to put on your own blogs. Please replace the League of Pastors' Wives blogrolls on your blogs with the new one. Using the code rather than making your own list will ensure that when I update the list all the lists will be updated. I will do my best to keep up with this blogroll and blog.

Welcome to our New Space - and if you need any help, don't hesitate to e-mail me or leave a comment! Thanks for joining us!!

LOPW Buttons for your Blog

Let other Pastors' Wives know that we have this group by adding a button to your blog. As of right now, we have 2 versions (that I know of) that you can choose from:

<a href="http://league-of-pastors-wives.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee92/sweetmummyof3/LOPWbuttonrose1.jpg" border="0" alt="League of Pastors' Wives" /></a>

<a href="http://league-of-pastors-wives.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee92/sweetmummyof3/LOPWButton.jpg" border="0" alt="League of Pastors' Wives" /></a>

UPDATED: NEW BUTTON
Thanks, NAN!

<a href="http://league-of-pastors-wives.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee92/sweetmummyof3/LOPWbuttonNEW.jpg" border="0" alt="League of Pastors' Wives" /></a>

Copy the code for the button of your choice from one of the form fields above and paste it into your blog wherever you'd like the button to appear. You may need to adjust the width to best fit your space. I'm no expert on coding, so I'm not sure I can be of much help if you have trouble with this, but leave a comment and I'll give it a shot.

If you've got other buttons, or have made a button that you'd like to share with us, please let me know and I can add it to these options.

Go on - show off our group! We love company - the more the merrier!

Code to Add BlogRoll to Your Blog

If you'd like to add this updated BlogRoll of other pastors' wives to your blog, copy and paste the code from the form field below into your blog where you want your blogroll to be. Using the code on your blog, rather than listing out all the blogs in a list form yourself, should keep the blogroll updated.

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://rpc.blogrolling.com/display.php?r=a467517e6355336821b5fcfb141eab62"></script>

If you'd like a DropDown version of this BlogRoll, please click over to this post here for the code to do that.

Add me, add me!!!

If you are not already listed on the blogroll and you would like to be added, leave me a comment here and I will get you on the list as soon as I am able. We LOVE having new ladies join us, and we're so glad that you're here!

Be sure to grab the code for a button or the blogroll (or both) and add them to your site!

Welcome aboard! We hope you are blessed by sharing ministry life together with us.