Ideas for Shadowdark.org - by Brad on 15:29 30 Jan 2003
CR's post galvinzed me into getting your feedback on this. I've been thinking about it fro a couple of weeks.
I have been messing with the idea of using part of Shadowdark.org as a sort of blogging host/portal thing for genre and rpg related blogs. Mini-sites which would be hosted for others.
If you look at the way Blogger works we are not talking about something that takes up huge webspace. Most of the archives are held on Blogger.com servers. I'm not sure if Webcrimson works the same way or not.
My thought is that there is a lot of strength in having expert guides to parts of the web that that expert guide is interested in. Sort of like a continuously updating genre About.com.
I'm open to any ideas and brainstorming. My thoughts are only half formed on the subject. I suspect you guys know much more about blogging than I do.
CR's post galvinzed me into getting your feedback on this. I've been thinking about it fro a couple of weeks.
I have been messing with the idea of using part of Shadowdark.org as a sort of blogging host/portal thing for genre and rpg related blogs. Mini-sites which would be hosted for others.
If you look at the way Blogger works we are not talking about something that takes up huge webspace. Most of the archives are held on Blogger.com servers. I'm not sure if Webcrimson works the same way or not.
My thought is that there is a lot of strength in having expert guides to parts of the web that that expert guide is interested in. Sort of like a continuously updating genre About.com.
I'm open to any ideas and brainstorming. My thoughts are only half formed on the subject. I suspect you guys know much more about blogging than I do.
Ideas for Shadowdark.org - by CorellianRogue on 00:57 31 Jan 2003
I like the way you're going with this.
I like the way you're going with this.
Ideas for Shadowdark.org - by Arislyn on 19:45 31 Jan 2003
I agree! I think that sounds like a neat idea.
I agree! I think that sounds like a neat idea.
Ideas for Shadowdark.org - by Brad on 21:37 31 Jan 2003
I was thinking about this some more today while I was avoiding writing my fortnightly newsletter.
I like the analogy that blogs are like a radio program.
Brainstorming off the top of my head.
1. Each site would be the property of the blogger.
2. Free to have the look and feel, design be whatever they want.
3. Can have their own affiliate links.
4. Each account would have no advertising imposed by me other than requiring a link to these forums.
5. People really look to the personality of the blogger to act as a guide, so I don't want to impose to many rules. Each blog should be about genre stuff and/or rpg stuff. Thats the theme. I'll let each blogger decide what their blog is about. That gives the leeway for it to be original fiction writing, to a guide blog and commentary, to -- whatever. It just has to be genre contentwise.
6. About 5MB per site with ftp access. That should be enough for a few pages. The actual blog like Blogger really takes up no space.
7. Needs to be updated regularly.
8. I would make some sort of directory of resident blogs.
9. URL would be like shadowdark.org/sitename/
10. Has to be a blog. But blogs are used for a lot of things.
I wanted to clarify things because the About.com example I used might have left the impression of cookiecutter rigidity.
Dunno what am I missing or going wrong on?
I was thinking about this some more today while I was avoiding writing my fortnightly newsletter.
I like the analogy that blogs are like a radio program.
Brainstorming off the top of my head.
1. Each site would be the property of the blogger.
2. Free to have the look and feel, design be whatever they want.
3. Can have their own affiliate links.
4. Each account would have no advertising imposed by me other than requiring a link to these forums.
5. People really look to the personality of the blogger to act as a guide, so I don't want to impose to many rules. Each blog should be about genre stuff and/or rpg stuff. Thats the theme. I'll let each blogger decide what their blog is about. That gives the leeway for it to be original fiction writing, to a guide blog and commentary, to -- whatever. It just has to be genre contentwise.
6. About 5MB per site with ftp access. That should be enough for a few pages. The actual blog like Blogger really takes up no space.
7. Needs to be updated regularly.
8. I would make some sort of directory of resident blogs.
9. URL would be like shadowdark.org/sitename/
10. Has to be a blog. But blogs are used for a lot of things.
I wanted to clarify things because the About.com example I used might have left the impression of cookiecutter rigidity.
Dunno what am I missing or going wrong on?
Ideas for Shadowdark.org - by Brad on 17:54 01 Feb 2003
Doing some research. There are several systems by three companies that should work. The only one I'm sure will work is Blogger
1. http://www.webcrimson.com/ has either the Blog or the Zine model. These seem to have powerful features.
2. http://www.bigblogtool.com/ - charges a modest fee.
3. http://www.blogger.com/ - both the free blogger and the Blogger Pro would work.
Really, you could use one of these on either one of the sites they provide or even on a free hosted site like Tripod. I guess the only advantage I would be offering is a community based around a subject: speculative fiction.
Doing some research. There are several systems by three companies that should work. The only one I'm sure will work is Blogger
1. http://www.webcrimson.com/ has either the Blog or the Zine model. These seem to have powerful features.
2. http://www.bigblogtool.com/ - charges a modest fee.
3. http://www.blogger.com/ - both the free blogger and the Blogger Pro would work.
Really, you could use one of these on either one of the sites they provide or even on a free hosted site like Tripod. I guess the only advantage I would be offering is a community based around a subject: speculative fiction.
Ideas for Shadowdark.org - by Arislyn on 11:56 03 Feb 2003
Having a community is a good thing.
You could even make it sort of a one-stop-shop....set everything up so that you can get to PD, Unified and Sci-fi Matter as well. So, that way, they can get all of their hosting needs in one place instead of having to shop around for various and sundry providers. It's always nice to deal with a single entity rather than have to deal with two or three.
Having a community is a good thing.
You could even make it sort of a one-stop-shop....set everything up so that you can get to PD, Unified and Sci-fi Matter as well. So, that way, they can get all of their hosting needs in one place instead of having to shop around for various and sundry providers. It's always nice to deal with a single entity rather than have to deal with two or three.
Ideas for Shadowdark.org - by Brad on 14:28 03 Feb 2003
Communities have a lot of strengths and can lend mutual support.
Communities have a lot of strengths and can lend mutual support.