It is my desire for our family to offer questions and answers to the political and spiritual and moral issues of the day -- especially by pointing out the principle involved in any said issue, where those principles come from and the consequences of any given action. I would hope it would be short, sweet and to the point, although longer 'speeches' can be partly hidden on the website so that people can read more if they wish to do so.
I would hope all of us would be involved in refining the purpose, goals, markets, methods, name, etc. etc....What do you think? Star [my nom de plume for this website]
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
The "Why" of a current issues blog
Well, I think this is a fabulous idea but where is Star's blog? I see it in one place but can't post a comment about it because it is not accepted or actually posted or something like that. So, here was my comment to her attempted blog:
When Star talked to me about this idea she used the phrase "the bottom line" and I like that because I don't thing that people (in general) stop to really think about the why of what goes on in our world. We have the what everywhere we look whether we want it of not but the why eludes most people, I think. It least it eludes me most of the time. B:)
When Star talked to me about this idea she used the phrase "the bottom line" and I like that because I don't thing that people (in general) stop to really think about the why of what goes on in our world. We have the what everywhere we look whether we want it of not but the why eludes most people, I think. It least it eludes me most of the time. B:)
Monday, March 24, 2008
Blog Sample
Dear Family :
This is a Blogger web log. It is a free blogging site that we could use for our commentary project that Stella was talking about.
Please feel free to log in and see what it's all about. The blog can be set up to have several authors, so each of you would sign in with your own access code each time you enter a post. It can be set up to be commented on by a select few, only "blogger" customers, or anyone. There are filters to make sure that you aren't spammed, and you can review them so that you don't get unwanted content in the comments.
You can post pictures... like this:
You can change fonts, colors and sizes. You can make links within a posting.
You can make block quotes:
You can post You-Tube videos, mp3s and other urls, like this:
It has numbering:
and bullets
It has "lables" which categorize each posting. You can list several lables. I would suggest one lable is the author's name and then add a couple for the topic.
The detail we determine is important, becasue too much detail might make the searches ineffective, not enough will do the same. See the bottom of this posting for the lables I entered. If there were several postings, clicking on one lable will bring up all postings with that lable... in date order. A good example of how lables work is in my familiy blog. Click on a lable and see how they come up.
If you want to explore this, email me requesting the password and I will send it to you. Sign in and do a sample posting to see what all is available. We can discuss whether this is the format we want to use for our forum.
It is free, versatile and user friendly. It can be administered by even the least technical among us. We don't have to submit our postings to someone who has the knowledge and time to do all the HTML, uploading and account administration. It is automatically entered into the search engine records, so you don't have to figure out how to apply for that.
To browse the possibilities, look on my blog site with the eye of "what can this do?" I made that site when it was less versitile, so you would also benefit to see my "Yellow Ribbon Club" blog to see what new things are available. Go to the links on the side of lovestheonlyhouse to go to other sites. Some are blogs, some are just links to other sites that I use. Also, click on"View Profile" and see the other blogs I have.
One final thing: we will have to have a web address for it. My personal family web page is http://lovestheonlyhouse.blogspot.com. We will have to have something more descriptive, general and easy to remember and spell than "besherse" for the web address, which is currently http://besherse.blogspot.com This decision will have to be made together, I imagine.
Kim
This is a Blogger web log. It is a free blogging site that we could use for our commentary project that Stella was talking about.
Please feel free to log in and see what it's all about. The blog can be set up to have several authors, so each of you would sign in with your own access code each time you enter a post. It can be set up to be commented on by a select few, only "blogger" customers, or anyone. There are filters to make sure that you aren't spammed, and you can review them so that you don't get unwanted content in the comments.
You can post pictures... like this:
You can change fonts, colors and sizes. You can make links within a posting.
You can make block quotes:
And God told Grandpa Solomon, "You're not lying to a man." That night he went home and spelled himself a verse. By the time I was around, he was reading the Bible completely through every year.
- Larry Besherse
You can post You-Tube videos, mp3s and other urls, like this:
It has numbering:
- blue
- black
- red
and bullets
- orange
- yellow
- white
It has "lables" which categorize each posting. You can list several lables. I would suggest one lable is the author's name and then add a couple for the topic.
Example: Kim, abortion rights, homelessness, absent fathers.
The detail we determine is important, becasue too much detail might make the searches ineffective, not enough will do the same. See the bottom of this posting for the lables I entered. If there were several postings, clicking on one lable will bring up all postings with that lable... in date order. A good example of how lables work is in my familiy blog. Click on a lable and see how they come up.
If you want to explore this, email me requesting the password and I will send it to you. Sign in and do a sample posting to see what all is available. We can discuss whether this is the format we want to use for our forum.
It is free, versatile and user friendly. It can be administered by even the least technical among us. We don't have to submit our postings to someone who has the knowledge and time to do all the HTML, uploading and account administration. It is automatically entered into the search engine records, so you don't have to figure out how to apply for that.
To browse the possibilities, look on my blog site with the eye of "what can this do?" I made that site when it was less versitile, so you would also benefit to see my "Yellow Ribbon Club" blog to see what new things are available. Go to the links on the side of lovestheonlyhouse to go to other sites. Some are blogs, some are just links to other sites that I use. Also, click on"View Profile" and see the other blogs I have.
One final thing: we will have to have a web address for it. My personal family web page is http://lovestheonlyhouse.blogspot.com. We will have to have something more descriptive, general and easy to remember and spell than "besherse" for the web address, which is currently http://besherse.blogspot.com This decision will have to be made together, I imagine.
If you have any questions, email me and let me know!
Kim
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