Deciding on a blogging tool
Submitted by jinierrichetti on Fri, 2007-02-16 03:19.
I took the leap, after completing some readings and activities from class. I started a blog. I thought I would like edublog, I guess the “edu” part made me feel it’s more legitimate and I thought I would like to join the “largest educational blogging site on the web”. But as soon as I signed up, I was totally confused. I went into Blogger and signed up there and found it much easier, but I still really don’t know what I’m doing. I tried to put up a picture using Hello and couldn’t figure that out either, although I did manage to insert a picture. I noticed other blogs had hyperlinks-how do you do that? Help! In my district I am one of the most technological savvy people employed. With you people, I feel like a five year old. I am familiar with FrontPage, I’m webmaster of 3 websites….Anyway, Blogger seems to be a favorite with a lot of people and it’s the one I hear the most about. Probably not the best reason to choose a blogging tool but a good enough reason for a beginner. Although now I’m starting to think about Wordpress. Like any good librarian, I have to do more research! But it will have to wait until Monday as I am going away for the weekend. Have a good one.
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To add links, you [probably]
To add links, you [probably] need to look for a "chain" icon (there will probably be a broken chain next to it). It will be shadowed out until you select some text in your document to put the link.
When you select the text and click the chain a window will come up asking you to put in the link URL (and a few other things -- the URL is the most important). Add the address of the link destination there.
The link should work fine! Hope this helps!
I use blogger as my main
I use blogger as my main blogging tool. I've taken a picture of the button you need and put it up on my flickr site for you here.
Jini Errichetti Thanks,
Jini Errichetti
Thanks, Ryan. I got it!
Hi Jini! I answered your
Hi Jini! I answered your question about links and other formatting issues in my most recent post. Believe me, when I hang out with people like Dorothea and Karen, I feel like a five year old (in terms of tech knowledge) so I understand how you feel. There will always be someone who knows more and someone who knows less.
Definitely give Wordpress a try before you make a commitment. I am really fond of it and it has a WYSIWYG interface just like this one in Drupal.
Edublogs is Wordpress, as
Edublogs is Wordpress, as far as my understanding goes.
Here's a 15-page pdf handout on Blogging in Wordpress. It covers a lot of the basics. Once you get the hang of it, which doesn't take long, edublogs works well.
That handout is fab! I
That handout is fab! I wish I would have seen it about 5 months ago! I hope other people see that link! Was it posted in a blog earlier? I might have missed it. I already bookmarked it in delicious... :)
Hiya, Thanks for giving
Hiya,
Thanks for giving edublogs a try - it can be a bit confusing first up and I'm working on some new tutorials to help out new users. I promise once you get going it makes a lot more sense :)
For the moment some of these videos might help:
Intro: http://www.archive.org/download/WP_1.1_intro/wpintro1.1.swf
Posting: http://www.archive.org/download/Wordpress_Posting_Video_1/wpposting1.1.swf
Sidebar links: http://www.archive.org/download/Wp_1.1_links/wplinks1.1.swf
Sorting out themes: http://www.archive.org/download/WP1.1._Presentation_2/wppres1.1.swf
Cheers, James