Another blog thread!
Hi guys, I wanted to ask you all about blogs. And yes I know that there's been several threads in the past about blogs, but I wanted mine in the Kitchen Sink forum just because that's my favourite forum - all the blog threads were in What's New Pussycat, but I don't usually visit there.
Anyways, enough wittering on from me, time to ask my questions!
I know there's several sites where one can set up a free blog - is there really much difference between them all, or is it just a case of choose one and that will do?
The main reason I want to set up a blog is because I think the next year or 2 in my life are going to be pretty exciting and I want to share it with people, especially family and friends. So how easy is it to set up a blog, make it look pretty, add photos, etc.?
And how time consuming do they end up being? I know that's gonna depend on how much I want to add, but I mean how time consuming to make it look nice, upload photo's and that sort of shite. I am planning on starting my blog in the new year and posting (or is it called blogging?!) every week or every 2 weeks.
And if I want to share it with other people, I just send them a link to my blog, yes?
Sorry if these are dumb questions, but I really don't know anything about the whole blog thing. Like I said I just want to be able to share my life with my loved ones, and think a blog will be the easiest way - that is how they work isn't it? :-\
Thanks in advance,
A much confused Shelloid <3
Blogs are generally easier/less time consuming if you know some basic html.
a couple sights are:
livejournal.com
xanga.com
Most blog sights allow for pre-set color themes and what not, but also html entry, so I'd just check them out and see which one you prefer.
hey Shell, we did this while we were away in Europe last year too, rather than sending long group-emails to people who may or may not be interested, we just gave all friends/ family the blog address and they could check it if they wanted to know what we were up to.
I'm not all that flash with technology either, but I used a gmail blog
It's super easy to set up, you can customise your colours etc, easy to add photos, and yup, just send people the link and they access it from there : ) Good luck!
I use blogger.com (blogspot).
I think most people who blog have moved there.. even the people who use to myspace blog have moved there.
they have a lot of cool options - you can write a blog now and set it to not post for.. well, until you want it to.
it's pretty cool. more user friendly and easy to keep track of.
and blogging is fun. I do it instead of writing in my journal now haha.
I like wordpress a lot. They allow for delayed posting, as well.
I mostly post to livejournal, though, because I find I get more interaction there.
I thought I would share my new blog with you all. :) I just started it so there is not a lot of content but I plan to add a lot to it. It is so much fun.
http://avegangoddess.blogspot.com/
**I am sorry if this posts falls under self promotion...someone tell me if it does and I delete it.
yeah, looks good thhf! I'm following it, so the posts better be good!!
If anyone's interested in my blog it's: http://shelloid.blogspot.com
not too many posts yet, and mostly about my life (ie not vegan specific) but should be more frequent soon.
eta: how did you get the pic behind the title. When I tried to do that the pic came out small and distorted the text.
yeah, looks good thhf! I'm following it, so the posts better be good!!
If anyone's interested in my blog it's: http://shelloid.blogspot.com
not too many posts yet, and mostly about my life (ie not vegan specific) but should be more frequent soon.
eta: how did you get the pic behind the title. When I tried to do that the pic came out small and distorted the text.
hang on and let me go check. I am adding you to my list of people I follow!
Yay - I'll be your first and you can be mine....ooer missus!!
eta: allready realised that oww is now following me....she's doing a very good job of stalking me!
I did not check "behind title and description"
check "instead of "title and description"
I made mine and had already added the font anyway.
oh, I want her too.
I thought I would share my new blog with you all. :) I just started it so there is not a lot of content but I plan to add a lot to it. It is so much fun.
http://avegangoddess.blogspot.com/
**I am sorry if this posts falls under self promotion...someone tell me if it does and I delete it.
beautiful i'm following yours <3
shameless self promotion: www.veganluvies.blogspot.com
Shell are you gonna be posting about recipes/ cooking? Once u get settled and all?
I thought I would share my new blog with you all. :) I just started it so there is not a lot of content but I plan to add a lot to it. It is so much fun.
http://avegangoddess.blogspot.com/
**I am sorry if this posts falls under self promotion...someone tell me if it does and I delete it.
beautiful i'm following yours <3
shameless self promotion: www.veganluvies.blogspot.com
I added you too!
Another thing to take up my time besides vw and facebook! lol ;D
Shell are you gonna be posting about recipes/ cooking? Once u get settled and all?
tbh, probably not too much. It's mostly so my family/friends in the UK can follow what's happening with us in NZ.....and so oww can stalk me more ::)
There will probably be some veganness mentioned just coz that's me, but it's not the focus of my blog.
hey! I'm not that crazy!
I like reading about what's going on with people : )
and yeah, thhf, once you get into reading blogs, your whoooole day can slip away without you even realising it! haha, let the procrastination begin! : D
hey, you are crazy...I'm still trying to figure out how you knew we were going via LAX!
THHF: I know seriously... A new thing for me to look at besides VW... Love it
hey, you are crazy...I'm still trying to figure out how you knew we were going via LAX!
because you told us ! : )
oh did I? I really don't remember...there's been so much going on recently and so much alcohol
I put the linky to your comments about the flight path you were going to have to take in the slanty thread in my post above.
But I fully understand the busy-ness and drinky-ness prior to leaving the country!
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