Blogs

[Lady Willow]

Are there any blog "experts" out there?

I'm interested in having a blog, but don't know how to set one up! Can one get free blog space (or whatever it's called!)

Any advice or info gratefully received

[mrsflibble]

Can I get in on this too please? not for me but for my hubby.

[Lady Willow]

Can I get in on this too please? not for me but for my hubby.

yeah, that's what they all say!!

[mrsflibble]

no, seriously. he's hacked off with the country and wants to basically make the systems change by insighting riot I think.

[Ellendra]

blogspot.com lets people have blogs for free. I have one but I've only posted there once. My mom has one she uses to share family pictures with far-away relatives.

[Lady Willow]

no, seriously. he's hacked off with the country and wants to basically make the systems change by insighting riot I think.

awwww, that's what I was gonna do!

[mrsflibble]

hahaha!! I'll post a link when he's finished.

[hamster]

Wordpress offer free blog space too. I used Blogger for a long time and just switched cos I find Wordpress more intuitive, but they're both pretty easy to use.

[Super.Niki]

I use livejournal and blogger.com (blogger I'm under FOAF... (Friend of a Friend) where I can rant about my housemates without being caught...) live journal is nice, use it in conjunction with photobucket to add pics of my garden... which now has a pea!

would say Blogger is probably easier for the beginner... but I know they're both pretty simple...

[EDIT:] just to mention, I've never used any others... so out of those 2 Blogger... perhaps there's an easier one? No idea really!

[mrsflibble]

my hubby is very beginner. he only just knows how to get the computer on and start the interweb running, let alone much else. oh what a difference 5 years makes in education terms, I had IT shoved down my throat to the point of buursting when I was at senior school, yet hubby got hardly any experience of computers till he hit uni.

[Mainer in Exile]

I've used several so far, including blogspot, Xanga, Livejournal, Greatest journal, wordpress, yahoo 360, myspace, and a couple more I've forgotten.

Livejournal and Xanga seem to be the easiest to use, and Xanga has a pretty good log to monitor hits.

[mrsflibble]

my tech-head brother says "try www.tumblr.com"

[starchild]

I've used quite a few platforms and find wordpress to be the best. But I would agree that for a complete novice Blogger is probably the easiest to manage. it's nice too because you tend to get a lot of people visiting your blog quite quickly with blogger.

enjoy, but beware; it can be an obsessive hobby once you get going ;)

[The Riff-Raff Element]

I've used quite a few platforms and find wordpress to be the best. But I would agree that for a complete novice Blogger is probably the easiest to manage. it's nice too because you tend to get a lot of people visiting your blog quite quickly with blogger.

enjoy, but beware; it can be an obsessive hobby once you get going ;)

I'd agree about Wordpress - it is very good, but not obvious to set up if you're a complete muppet like me. But if you've got someone IT savvy to help.

[mrsflibble]

it can be an obsessive hobby once you get going ;)

oh dear. my hubby get's like a dog with a bone over things that REALLY interest him (or annoy him) for example, he is at work and today I shall be getting down to the CAB in the town centre, with two year old in tow (thank goodness it's in the same building as the library i can get her some new books out) to see if there's a chance of appealing over his driving conviction... *slaps forehead*.