DISQUS

Ollie Bray · 3 years ago

Great post Robert – Like you I wish a new about all of these things when I started blogging. I was thinking that maybe we should make a resource section on the exc-el site? We could include on-line handouts like this, copies of presentation screencasts etc.. What do you think?

jonesieboy · 3 years ago

Cheers Ollie. Great idea. I'll keep going with this nascent series of posts, and we can talk to David and Ewan about putting something together on Exc-el.

David Gilmour · 3 years ago

This is a timely idea. Now that we're forming ideas of where the gaps are, it's feedback from early-adopters like you that will help us get it right. I'd appreciate a note of where you think the problems areas are.

BTW, if you've read Robert's post, and you want to subscribe to the RSS feed from any of the Exc-el WordPress blogs, there are two feeds for each, one for Posts, one for Comments.

They're always of the same form:
Posts: http://exc-el.org.uk/blogs//feed
Comments: http://exc-el.org.uk/blogs//comments/feed

Guineapig Mum · 3 years ago

Thank you; this is just what I need! New to this blogging lark & I've been mentally compiling a list of questions. Posting was straightforward enough but as I've ventured into the whole new world of the blog universe that I never knew existed I've been wondering - how do I know if someone's put new posts on their blog? Commented on mine? Get lists of blogs I'm looking at on my blog? WHere was that interesting blog I came across by chance? What's Flickr & how do I use it? Why do I get spammed when I try to comment on someone else's blog? And a whole heap more besides.

jonesieboy · 3 years ago

Glad you found this useful GM!

I'll be talking about CoComments in my next post - it helps you to keep track of all the comments you post on other blogs.

Tess Watson · 3 years ago

Excellent post Robert.

Tess :)

jim · 3 years ago

Good Evening.

I was just reading Ewan McIntosh's blog and that led to you. I love your blog and learned a lot of little things that filled in the gaps I had about blogging. I do have a question for you. I really like the way your blog is set up. I looked but couldn't figure out what site you are using to host your blog? jim

jonesieboy · 3 years ago

Cheers Tess. Looks like snowboarding is still ahead, BTW ;)

I'm glad you have found this useful Jim. I'm hosting this myself, and am using Wordpress with a modified version of the 3K2 theme. Security concerns prevent me going into any more details about the hosting in public, but if you email me - jonesieboy at gm@1l.c0m - I'll tell all!

Bill Stephen · 3 years ago

Great advice here. Im still fairly new to it and have lots of knowledege gaps. Im using one of the templates (wordpress) and cant seem to get plug ins to work. It would be great if there was an easy Q and A post by ex-cel perhaps.

The stuff on blog lines is great I will get started on that soon.

jonesieboy · 3 years ago

Hi Bill - I hadn't noticed your blog - rest assured that it's now in my Bloglines :)

A lot of the plugins work as sidebar widgets, so you'll need to switch to the 3k2 theme (template), and enable the sidebar widgets plugin.

Liz O'Neill · 3 years ago

Blogging is fun! Thanks for being willing to take your readers through the basics like this. It helps a lot.
Can you say something about what sort of posts work best, and length of posts and comments?

jonesieboy · 3 years ago

It's a pleasure LIz :)

I'm not sure if I have answers to your very sensible questions... I'll do my best to answer them in the next post in this series, which I'll try to write tonight.

Barry Smith · 3 years ago

Excellent series of posts. Has helped me understand things in the blogosphere and also gives food for thought. Keep it up!

Wendy · 2 years ago

This is EXACTLY what I need. A huge thank you. :)

jonesieboy · 2 years ago

It's a pleasure :)

If you want a quick view of who is saying what across Scotland, check out the front page of Scotedublogs.org.uk - oh I just noticed that your blog is already stored in the system, so I guess you know about it already :)