Boy, have I got a long way to go.
Submitted by hollyristau on Fri, 2007-01-26 01:32.
So tonight I tried to post a blog about how uncomfortable I am about blogging and somewhere between the preview and submit, the blog was lost in space, twice. I'll give up, now and just hit submit to see if that works. Perhaps I should write my blogs on a word processor first and just paste it in so it's not lost? Kindof takes the spontanaity out of it, doesn't it? (Geez, one of my complaints about blogs in the two lost blogs was that so many people use them for whining, and here I am whining!!!)
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Hah! No worries. Believe me,
Hah! No worries. Believe me, you are not the first person who has lost a post. Sometimes I do write mine in a word processing program. The one thing I don't like about Drupal is that they don't have a "save and continue editing" feature. If you use something like Wordpress (which is better designed for individual blogging) you can click the save button periodically and it will save your post. You can even come back to your draft days later and it will still be there. But Drupal is really the perfect thing for a group blog/Website like this.
Definitely don't feel uncomfortable about blogging. You're in good company here and I think the majority of the participants are just as new to blogging as you are. This is all about reflecting on what you're learning and considering how it could be used in your library. Blogs are great for reflective learning and the fact that you can comment on other people's blogs and they can comment on yours makes it more of a dialog.
Good luck on your next blog post!
Yep, happens all the time. I
Yep, happens all the time. I usually compose blog posts (even long blog comments) in a text editor first, then cut-n-paste. Watch out for Word, as it can do goofy things with formatting, characters, etc. Better to use a simple text editor like Notepad or TextEdit.
Just wanted to add my two
Just wanted to add my two cents and say: even people who have been blogging for a long time will compose in a text editor first because of technology issues that can arise. I like to use Word becuase I really need the spell check function. I then cut and paste into Notepad and then into the blog box.
Of course, if you are using Firefox 2.0 as your browser it has a built in spell checker which has changed my life!