editor Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 A few weeks ago I threw out the idea of starting a section for Houston Architecture Blogs. About 12 people posted here or sent me e-mails saying they would love to blog. Well, I spent a week putting the code together and it finally works. So, where are you guys? I sent you each an e-mail explaining how to access the authoring system, but no one has taken advantage of it. What gives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bachanon Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 ok, i submitted my first blog and i have ERRORS! can i edit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 At this time I haven't created a way to edit the blog entries. But I'll be sure to add that feature soon. In the meantime, be sure to proofread your stuff very closely.I've also fixed a little bug, so that pictures posted that are larger than 300 pixels will be scaled down so they don't distort the screen.Also, remember that when you're creating blog entries, you're essentially writing in HTML, so if you want a space between paragraphs, you have to use <br><br> to insert two line breaks. Some people like to indent their paragraphs, and that's problematic. There has never been a standard created in HTML for indenting text that works in all cases. Ideally, you'd make a space between paragraph instead with <br><br>. But if you REALLY want to indent, there is a thing called "Â ", which means "Non-Breaking SPace." If you were to enter the text:Â Â Â Â Â This is a blog entry.It will insert five non-breaking spaces and in most browsers you would get This is a blog entry.Except with a few spaces at the head. As you can see, indents don't even work in the forum, and this forum software is pretty sophisticated.Maybe instead of an "edit" feature, I should put together a "Preview" function first until we all get used to the computer. I'm sorry I can't make it more user friendly, I'm pretty much at the limit of my programming skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 If I can offer a suggestion....Create your Blog in a WYSIWYG editor (I believe word has the ability as well, I forgot) and simply cut and paste. Ricco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 If I can offer a suggestion....Create your Blog in a WYSIWYG editor (I believe word has the ability as well, I forgot) and simply cut and paste. RiccoAn excellent suggestion. In fact, that's what I do with the Chicago blog when I'm not writing it in my Palm Pilot. I write it in DreamWeaver, and then just cut and paste the HTML is generates. This allows me to see things as they will appear on the screen, including bold and italics, and best of all -- it checks my spelling.I'm not suggesting everyone drop $500 on Dreamweaver. But there's a few free ones out there.Another alternative is to create your blog entry in a word processor that will allow you to save your document as a web file. But I just tried this in Microsoft Word, and it doesn't work very well. MS adds a crapload of bloat and unnecessary commands to the document that will surely screw it up when it appears on the blog. Anyone have any suggestions of text editors that might accomplish the task at hand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 There are a number of programs available on Tucows.com or downloads.com are either shareware or freeware. There are too many to list and I'm not familiar with all of them. God Bless Dreamweaver. it IS a kickin' program. Ricco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Montrose1100 Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 could you speak in idiot computer term?blog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted February 19, 2005 Author Share Posted February 19, 2005 could you speak in idiot computer term?blog?Blog as in Houston Architecture Blogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 could you speak in idiot computer term?blog?blog=web log. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 Sign me up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Just wondering, I am not sure when I am going to do it but how do you submit a blog? I have some stuff I have written just for the sake of writing it. I probably wouldn't submit them, but if I decided to write something else I would like to know how to put it on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted July 8, 2005 Author Share Posted July 8, 2005 There is a special web site that allows blog authors to automatically post their material. But for the first few times, it's easier just to e-mail or PM it to me. That's how most people have done it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 There is a special web site that allows blog authors to automatically post their material. But for the first few times, it's easier just to e-mail or PM it to me. That's how most people have done it.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ok thanks, I may start working on some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Are you still looking for bloggers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted July 9, 2005 Author Share Posted July 9, 2005 All the time. Put something together, and I'll post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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