I learned a lot. It is appreciated. I know I am a work in progress – and the day I stop learning I will close up shop.
johnt001says
Here’s John Bowes doing Netroots 101:
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p>I had another shot from the session but the camera didn’t store it correctly – I probably should have changed the batteries, d’oh!
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p>Thanks to everyone who attended, you made all our efforts worthwhile. I hope you got a lot out of it, and please do get in touch if you need anything, my info is on the resource sheet.
Bloggers blogging about their talk about blogging. A blogger’s favorite activity. I like to set up a full length mirror while I blog and imagine that the other me is blogging about watching me blog. đŸ™‚
cadmiumsays
at least you did set up your own blog—I have been talking about starting one for 2 yrs. Someone does not want me to do it because everytime I am ready to start computer has to go the shop.
I was at the first hour of this session. I don’t have my own blog, but you’ll often find me at Universal Hub and Davis Square LiveJournal (a hyper-local community blog for Somerville). I occasionally pop in here at BlueMassGroup as well.
Here a link to the Somerville Voices blog I spoke about. Also, the blog I started to advocate for Instant Runoff Voting for Somerville is in my signature.
cadmiumsays
I went to the advanced because I am not new to blog (DU nd BMG) but pretty primitive in skills and time-challenged for learning new stuff. I will make use of the 101 info.
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p>Do you mind if I use this thread for some trial and error (after reading it first of course)?
The free account has 100 megs of storage – once you’ve uploaded your pictures, you can add notes, keywords, descriptions, etc. The system automatically saves several sizes of the picture – to see these, go to your photostream, click the thumbnail of the pic you want, then click the “all sizes” link along the top of the photo. For blogs, I choose the size that’s closest to 500 in width – they give you a text box with some code in it for embedding into a post. Just copy and paste the code into your comment and you’re all set! That’s how I did those photos above.
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p>Video is even easier – sign up for a YouTube account, upload your video, then copy the code they give you in the “embed” text box and paste that into your blog post. Some blogs will filter that code, so you may need to select “full html” from the filter options when publishing your post, depending on the software in use where you’re posting.
cadmiumsays
cadmiumsays
johnt001says
Enclose the quote with the blockquote tag, like this:
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cadmiumsays
Let’s see if I have any better luck than last time I tried.
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[Oil-Price Surge Stymies Leaders
BY STEPHEN POWER IN WASHINGTON, GUY CHAZAN IN LONDON AND SHAI OSTER IN BEIJING
Word Count: 1,574 | Companies Featured in This Article: Chevron, Exxon Mobil
Soaring oil prices are battering businesses and consumers around the world, but political leaders from Washington to Beijing appear unwilling or unable to respond with effective new energy strategies anytime soon.
Western leaders have little ability to increase global oil supply or temper demand. Most of the rise in world demand is coming not from the rich world, where fuel consumption is in fact falling, but from emerging economies like India and China, where governments are reluctant to raise relatively low fuel prices for fear of social and economic turmoil.]
I used the brackets just to show where the quote goes, they’re not part of the tags.
realitybasedsays
Riddle me this, when does a <blockquote> tag not cause the text to turn into a blockquote?
johnt001says
But I’m not certain – I’m self taught with HTML, PHP, Perl and MySQL, so I just fly by the seat of my pants. Often I use Google to find out how to do something – “HTML tutorial” is a great place to start!
johnt001says
…keep this site’s software from interpreting the tag? You need to use the ampersand commands (remove the spaces):
It was great meeting many of you at the roundtable. You can catch my take on issues in Northern Worcester County (most specifically Sterling, Clinton Lancaster, and Leominster) and the rest of the state at No Drumlins.
p>I have the powerpoint presentations posted on BlogLeft Mass, in the file section. I think people will have to join the group to get access to the files, but all you need is a yahoo account.
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p>There’s a general overview on blogging, as well as my “tech stuff” presentation – which includes detailed instructions on creating a free podcast, and on various tools to make your blog even better. As time goes by, I’ll improve the Tech Stuff presentation to include even more detailed instructions on how to do certain things, but for now if there’s something on there anyone needs help with, just send me an email. Finally, we’ll get the Netroots 101 presentation up there as well.
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p>To get a yahoo account.
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p>Go to yahoo.com
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p>Press “sign in” on the right-hand side of the page.
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p>It’ll take you to the sign-in page. Below where it says sign it, it says “Don’t have a Yahoo ID? Signing up is easy.” Click the “Sign Up” button.
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p>Fill out the page, then click “create account.”
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p>You’ll get a confirmation email to your primary email account that you have to open up and press “Important. Click here to activate your new account.”
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p>Then, to sign up to BlogLeft Mass, just click on the link at the top of this page and press “Join this Group” and fill out that page, then press “Join.”
jonksays
Because I was blocking cookies I was having trouble logging on, but I’m here now thanks to the friendly tech support of BlueMass Group. I really enjoyed and learned quite a bit from the seminar on blogging at the convention. I’ll be visiting this site and maybe even posting once I’ve learned the customs and folkways here. In the meantime, got inspired and posted my first comment on Daily Kos (re: Joe Lieberman and his Senate chairmanship). Anyway, thanks for showing me how to get into the blogosphere.
I learned a lot. It is appreciated. I know I am a work in progress – and the day I stop learning I will close up shop.
Here’s John Bowes doing Netroots 101:
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p>
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p>And here’s the Blogger’s Round Table:
<
p>
<
p>I had another shot from the session but the camera didn’t store it correctly – I probably should have changed the batteries, d’oh!
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p>Thanks to everyone who attended, you made all our efforts worthwhile. I hope you got a lot out of it, and please do get in touch if you need anything, my info is on the resource sheet.
Bloggers blogging about their talk about blogging. A blogger’s favorite activity. I like to set up a full length mirror while I blog and imagine that the other me is blogging about watching me blog. đŸ™‚
at least you did set up your own blog—I have been talking about starting one for 2 yrs. Someone does not want me to do it because everytime I am ready to start computer has to go the shop.
Kate Donaghue here. People can reach me at KateDonaghue@aol.com. I blog here at BMG and run the Democratic Dispatch You can subscribe to the Democratic Dispatch by sending an e-mail to DDemDispatch-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or you can e-mail me directly if you have trouble. Thanks again to all who took part. You can also read Blogger Track and Open Thread.
I was at the first hour of this session. I don’t have my own blog, but you’ll often find me at Universal Hub and Davis Square LiveJournal (a hyper-local community blog for Somerville). I occasionally pop in here at BlueMassGroup as well.
Here a link to the Somerville Voices blog I spoke about. Also, the blog I started to advocate for Instant Runoff Voting for Somerville is in my signature.
I went to the advanced because I am not new to blog (DU nd BMG) but pretty primitive in skills and time-challenged for learning new stuff. I will make use of the 101 info.
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p>Do you mind if I use this thread for some trial and error (after reading it first of course)?
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p> http://vps28478.inmotionhosting.com/~bluema24/s…
Anyone willing to post a primer on that?
The free account has 100 megs of storage – once you’ve uploaded your pictures, you can add notes, keywords, descriptions, etc. The system automatically saves several sizes of the picture – to see these, go to your photostream, click the thumbnail of the pic you want, then click the “all sizes” link along the top of the photo. For blogs, I choose the size that’s closest to 500 in width – they give you a text box with some code in it for embedding into a post. Just copy and paste the code into your comment and you’re all set! That’s how I did those photos above.
<
p>Video is even easier – sign up for a YouTube account, upload your video, then copy the code they give you in the “embed” text box and paste that into your blog post. Some blogs will filter that code, so you may need to select “full html” from the filter options when publishing your post, depending on the software in use where you’re posting.
Enclose the quote with the blockquote tag, like this:
<
p><blockquote>[quote goes here]</blockquote>
Let’s see if I have any better luck than last time I tried.
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p>
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p>http://online.wsj.com/article/…
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I used the brackets just to show where the quote goes, they’re not part of the tags.
Riddle me this, when does a <blockquote> tag not cause the text to turn into a blockquote?
But I’m not certain – I’m self taught with HTML, PHP, Perl and MySQL, so I just fly by the seat of my pants. Often I use Google to find out how to do something – “HTML tutorial” is a great place to start!
…keep this site’s software from interpreting the tag? You need to use the ampersand commands (remove the spaces):
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p>”& lt ;” = “<”
“& gt ;” = “>”
It was great meeting many of you at the roundtable. You can catch my take on issues in Northern Worcester County (most specifically Sterling, Clinton Lancaster, and Leominster) and the rest of the state at No Drumlins.
I’m going to copy/paste this:
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p>I have the powerpoint presentations posted on BlogLeft Mass, in the file section. I think people will have to join the group to get access to the files, but all you need is a yahoo account.
<
p>There’s a general overview on blogging, as well as my “tech stuff” presentation – which includes detailed instructions on creating a free podcast, and on various tools to make your blog even better. As time goes by, I’ll improve the Tech Stuff presentation to include even more detailed instructions on how to do certain things, but for now if there’s something on there anyone needs help with, just send me an email. Finally, we’ll get the Netroots 101 presentation up there as well.
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p>To get a yahoo account.
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p>Go to yahoo.com
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p>Press “sign in” on the right-hand side of the page.
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p>It’ll take you to the sign-in page. Below where it says sign it, it says “Don’t have a Yahoo ID? Signing up is easy.” Click the “Sign Up” button.
<
p>Fill out the page, then click “create account.”
<
p>You’ll get a confirmation email to your primary email account that you have to open up and press “Important. Click here to activate your new account.”
<
p>Then, to sign up to BlogLeft Mass, just click on the link at the top of this page and press “Join this Group” and fill out that page, then press “Join.”
Because I was blocking cookies I was having trouble logging on, but I’m here now thanks to the friendly tech support of BlueMass Group. I really enjoyed and learned quite a bit from the seminar on blogging at the convention. I’ll be visiting this site and maybe even posting once I’ve learned the customs and folkways here. In the meantime, got inspired and posted my first comment on Daily Kos (re: Joe Lieberman and his Senate chairmanship). Anyway, thanks for showing me how to get into the blogosphere.