Blogs

[wulf]

how do you start a blog chaps? been thinking about it for a while, i've kept a diary for over 20 years though i've never actually read any of the old ones which is a bit daft perhaps a blog with pics would be more interesting.

There are a bewildering range of options, which can be narrowed down by your technical competence and how much you are willing to pay.

As a long-term web-geek (and relatively thrifty to boot) I use a system called Blosxom but that does require some work to get things fitted together and I think that it is no longer being developed.

The other system I have experience of is Blogger, now owned by Google. That is also free and provides fairly good facilities. I still have a couple of blogs on there. Others may also be able to point to other options they have used.

Wulf

[red]

how do you start a blog chaps? been thinking about it for a while, i've kept a diary for over 20 years though i've never actually read any of the old ones which is a bit daft perhaps a blog with pics would be more interesting.

cheers, paul

well blogging using a program is much easier and quicker than uploading a webpage.. I have been looking at wordpress and that seems very easy to use. I've been stupidly resistant to blogging, but as I enjoy reading some blogs,,, I'm getting over it!

[Annpan]

I use wordpress and it is relatively simple. You can do quite alot with it, if you have the time to add the links, upload photos, edit, rearrange everything.

I haven't used any other blog site though so I don't know if this is standard.

Wordpress occasionally seems to run really slowly, I guess it's cause everyone up loads to it all the time making it's servers busy.


Someday soon I hope to be in bed with the flu, so that I can polish my blog nicley and then I might not be so embarrased about letting people view it.

- Yes you read that right, I haven't been ill for at least a year and need a good full day in bed to fiddle with blogs and play ceasar 3 (a sim city type computer game) I am sure when I worked full-time and lived in the city I used to be sick at least once a season - damn you fresh country air and more natural lifestyle, damn you!

[eccentric_emma]

i use wordpress too and its one of my favourites. really simple. i also used to use livejournal which is quite user friendly, but its more of a diary and isnt as easy for readers to navigate.

[hamster]

Blogger is so easy even I can use it!

[Wombat]

I can say the same thing about LiveJournal!

Nev

[Karen_D]

Also on Livejournal http://huswyf.livejournal.com which is easy to use and has some useful options - stopping anonymous posting and the ability to create private or "friends only" postings that only other LJ users on your friend list can see.

I also like the community feature on livejournal, there are some good groups for Ishers - I mean, "Compost Wackos", how could I NOT join!

[the.fee.fairy]

I think we might be in the same communities...

I'm on there as:

the_fee_fairy.livejournal.com
and
fee_flower.livejournal.com

Not that i've actually updated on there for a long long time. I tried using it as a blog, but i found that i was writing complete drivel all the time!

[multiveg]

I'm on Wordpress (see signature) but originally started on Blogger. I prefer Wordpress.

[Stonehead]

I tried using it as a blog, but i found that i was writing complete drivel all the time!

Why worry? I write complete drivel on my blog all the time and many people seem to find it entertaining. Either that, or they're just far too tolerant of drivelling, grumpy old gits...

[Tomr]

Please post your blog links, i'm a nosey girl who likes to read other peoples' blogs when i'm bored at work!!

Mine is:

thedailysoup.blogspot.com

Bit late but mine is in my footer. I need to get back into the habit of posting on a semi-regular basis again.

[baldowrie]

Stonehead

grumpy old gits

Nothing wrong with being a grumpy old git...I am of course still practising

[Stonehead]

Nothing wrong with being a grumpy old git...I am of course still practising

Oh, puh-lease... We all know you're working on your PhD (GOG).

[baldowrie]

if your not carefull I shall cut one leg (and one arm) out of the waterproof overalls I have 'acquired' for you

[the.fee.fairy]

I tried using it as a blog, but i found that i was writing complete drivel all the time!

Why worry? I write complete drivel on my blog all the time and many people seem to find it entertaining. Either that, or they're just far too tolerant of drivelling, grumpy old gits...

aaah...but yours is intelligent grumpy old git drivel, mine was mindlessly boring, ridiculously complaining single woman drivel...