I tried sdrive and I dont like it. I am a poor simple that only uses VSD... I added a stream and it took over the page.

BETA maybe, maybe later

Jeff you can customize your stream to a smaller size. There are a few built in adjustments that affect how it displays but if your really looking for some adventure you can dig into the hardcore mode and override the whole look of your stream. After you change the code you can see the results without committing to the change. The results don't become permanent until you hit save. CC is working to make more options available to users that don't want to dig into the code. Have fun with your stream.

I'm hoping the option to have pictures and text positioned side by side is coming real soon to Power Post For one thing, it would shorten the physical length of a post, so the Stream might not need to be on an extra-long page.

Tuksedo - Keep in mind, if you have a younger market, they'll be more likely to be browsing with mobile devices rather than tied to a desk-top. Many of those phones and pads do not support Flash, so they'll see an empty space rather than your blog. More features (making it easier to customise) are being added to the Streams, so maybe give it another try I've found getting it positioned can be a bit tricky (takes some back and forth between VSD and browser previews), but it's worth it.

Eric - I think you've put a Stream in an Iframe before? Do you know if that would that work for a full-page theme? I'd like to use the Disqus feature, but there's no way to link back to my site from the full-page themes

I've been hacking a full page theme with Disqus enabled to make it the size of an embedded one and it fits in my Iframe now. Some of the interior CSS elements need to be down size yet as there holding my width. I only hacked on it for about 15 minutes so probably another 15 and I can get some of the margins and padding's adjusted to make it look right.

Cool! Any advice you want to pass on will be much appreciated