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greyeyes · 05-19-2008, 02:50 PM

I'm going to Guam for a few months to work at a resort and I really want to let people keep up to date on my shenanigans. I've done an Email list in the past but someone recently suggested writing my own blog. I thought this could be fun but I have no idea where to go for this. I mean, I could google it but I'd like some opinions on which blogsites are the best for hosting and stuff. I dont write code and the easier the site navigation is the better! Thanks in advance!!

Martian · 05-19-2008, 03:41 PM

If it's for people here, you can click on Journals at the top and start your own.

Otherwise I guess Livejournal or Blogger are the most popular. Facebook and, err.. that other social networking site whose name escapes me at the moment both have blog features as well, I believe.

Shauk · 05-19-2008, 05:13 PM

myspace.com

RetroGunslinger · 05-19-2008, 05:52 PM

I suggest wordpress.com, that's what I use. I've used blogspot.com in the past, but I enjoy wordpress much more.

Martian · 05-19-2008, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Shauk

myspace.com

That's the one.

yellowmac · 05-19-2008, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroGunslinger

I suggest wordpress.com, that's what I use. I've used blogspot.com in the past, but I enjoy wordpress much more.

I second wordpress.com. I'm much more impressed with their software and website compared with other blogging services.

Hain · 05-20-2008, 02:26 AM

Are there any Blogging sites with a TFP feel to it:

You know, posting and hiding text feature.

little_tippler · 05-20-2008, 02:40 AM

wordpress is what I prefer

speshul-k · 05-20-2008, 05:54 AM

Wordpress is by far one of the more superior blogging engines out there. On top of that they will also host your blog for you if you don't have your own hosting etc

www.wordpress.com and www.wordpress.org will be explain to in more detail.

Cynthetiq · 05-20-2008, 08:14 AM

augi:
most blogging sites have a break command that allows one to put in a break point for the front page, and then click to see more for the full article.

snowy · 05-20-2008, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq

augi:
most blogging sites have a break command that allows one to put in a break point for the front page, and then click to see more for the full article.

On LiveJournal, it's called a cut, and most communities on LJ require posting with a cut.

Hain · 05-20-2008, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq

augi:
most blogging sites have a break command that allows one to put in a break point for the front page, and then click to see more for the full article.

Hmmmm?

I'll look into that. Turns out my Gmail account automatically subscribes me to Blogger so I will give that a try

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I don't think I like Blogger. I don't have a hide feature for my host-esque blogs, and I don't think I can insert the HTML code to make that feature work either.

@host: I completely understand why you do what you do

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@ Those of you using WordPress:
Where are the blogs? Is it a private community?

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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl

On LiveJournal, it's called a cut, and most communities on LJ require posting with a cut.

I have been trying to use this cut feature and it does nothing. Every time I select text to be "cut", it always shows up, nothing is hidden.

snowy · 05-20-2008, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Hain

I have been trying to use this cut feature and it does nothing. Every time I select text to be "cut", it always shows up, nothing is hidden.

If you switch over to rich text mode while posting on LJ, there's a button in the top bar that will set up the cut for you.

Hain · 05-20-2008, 12:48 PM

For those of you as curious as I am:

LiveJournal's editor is behaving improperly for me, but then again, when don't I have technical problems? The problem is that the lj-cut tags are being implemented properly. Instead of lj-cut text="...", I receive lj-cut without an abstract and then the whole article shows up. Bizarre, and only I am the only person in the world experiencing it.

greyeyes · 05-22-2008, 07:36 AM

So, why is the consensus that wordpress is a better blogging site? Any good reasons or should I just figure it out for myself?

Cynthetiq · 05-22-2008, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by greyeyes

So, why is the consensus that wordpress is a better blogging site? Any good reasons or should I just figure it out for myself?

I believe that wordpress is the best site because you can use their site, or if you really want better configurations you can use their software and host it on your own server.

there are many plugins and themes available for wordpress.

greyeyes · 05-22-2008, 03:42 PM

I think I might have missed it on the site, but how much space do I have available through wordpress?

05-19-2008, 02:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
greyeyes ham on rye would be nice Location: I don't even know anymore	Blogging I'm going to Guam for a few months to work at a resort and I really want to let people keep up to date on my shenanigans. I've done an Email list in the past but someone recently suggested writing my own blog. I thought this could be fun but I have no idea where to go for this. I mean, I could google it but I'd like some opinions on which blogsites are the best for hosting and stuff. I dont write code and the easier the site navigation is the better! Thanks in advance!! __________________ I'm kind of jealous of the life I'm supposedly leading. - Zach Braff

05-19-2008, 03:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	If it's for people here, you can click on Journals at the top and start your own. Otherwise I guess Livejournal or Blogger are the most popular. Facebook and, err.. that other social networking site whose name escapes me at the moment both have blog features as well, I believe. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

05-19-2008, 05:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
RetroGunslinger eats puppies and shits rainbows Location: An Area of Space Occupied by a Population, SC, USA	I suggest wordpress.com, that's what I use. I've used blogspot.com in the past, but I enjoy wordpress much more. __________________ It's a rare pleasure in this world to get your mind fucked. Usually it's just foreplay. M.B. Keene

05-20-2008, 02:26 AM	#7 (permalink)
Hain has a plan Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere	Are there any Blogging sites with a TFP feel to it: You know, posting and hiding text feature. __________________ ////\\// IRONSKY.NET \\//\\\\

05-20-2008, 02:40 AM	#8 (permalink)
little_tippler Leaning against the -Sun- Super Moderator Location: on the other side	wordpress is what I prefer __________________ Whether we write or speak or do but look We are ever unapparent. What we are Cannot be transfused into word or book. Our soul from us is infinitely far. However much we give our thoughts the will To be our soul and gesture it abroad, Our hearts are incommunicable still. In what we show ourselves we are ignored. The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged By any skill of thought or trick of seeming. Unto our very selves we are abridged When we would utter to our thought our being. We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams, And each to each other dreams of others' dreams. Fernando Pessoa, 1918

05-19-2008, 05:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Shauk Confused Adult Location: Spokane, WA	myspace.com

05-20-2008, 05:54 AM	#9 (permalink)
speshul-k Insane	Wordpress is by far one of the more superior blogging engines out there. On top of that they will also host your blog for you if you don't have your own hosting etc www.wordpress.com and www.wordpress.org will be explain to in more detail.

05-20-2008, 08:14 AM	#10 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	augi: most blogging sites have a break command that allows one to put in a break point for the front page, and then click to see more for the full article. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

05-20-2008, 12:48 PM	#14 (permalink)
Hain has a plan Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere	For those of you as curious as I am: LiveJournal's editor is behaving improperly for me, but then again, when don't I have technical problems? The problem is that the lj-cut tags are being implemented properly. Instead of lj-cut text="...", I receive lj-cut without an abstract and then the whole article shows up. Bizarre, and only I am the only person in the world experiencing it. __________________ ////\\// IRONSKY.NET \\//\\\\

05-22-2008, 07:36 AM	#15 (permalink)
greyeyes ham on rye would be nice Location: I don't even know anymore	So, why is the consensus that wordpress is a better blogging site? Any good reasons or should I just figure it out for myself? __________________ I'm kind of jealous of the life I'm supposedly leading. - Zach Braff

05-22-2008, 03:42 PM	#17 (permalink)
greyeyes ham on rye would be nice Location: I don't even know anymore	I think I might have missed it on the site, but how much space do I have available through wordpress? __________________ I'm kind of jealous of the life I'm supposedly leading. - Zach Braff