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Create a blog - How and where?
I am not computer literate at all, but I would like to have a blog of my preparation of my trip and to be able to update whilst I am on the road.
I see people use HU for RR, but I was thinking of making a blog with a website address and all. Have you done one in the past and what have you used? I would like it free or very cheap (as everyone does) and with the ability to have pics. I guess bandwith will be the pb for free hey! lol Any tips? |
Pretty easy to do, I use blogspot - www.blogspot.com but there are many other you could use.
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I've just moved mine to Posterous.
http://posterous.com/ Nice user interface, handles images really well, allows static (non-blog, eg 'About me', etc) pages. Very easy to point your own domain name at it, and the only cost is registering the domain name (very cheap). |
Hi,
You need a provider with unlimited traffic and some basic HTML/PHP/CSS/Javascript knowladge SELFHTML then you can use Google Adsense to keep the kosts down. Diashow: Die Welt da draussen ist auch HD - Einladungen willkommen Have fun, Tobi |
thanks guys. lots of cool pointers. Tobi, you are on the ball. Quick reply to my ignorant and beginner traveller posts! I like!
Where about in Germany are you then? I am coming to Berlin in September for the Marathon. |
Hi Man
Haha well of course you can also use one of the blogs mentioned above and hide it with frames behind a real URL but to have something special (what you call "and all") allways takes a bit of extra work ;) Im from Stuttgart and you are more then wellcome if you want to visit the beautifull Schwarzwald or so :) cu around, Tobi |
You could also take a look at http://www.everytrail.com
I have been playing about with it using old data... Passau to Mumbia 2007 - Motorcycling trip | EveryTrail Depends what sort of writing/photo ration you want. John |
Wordpress.
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Buy domain. Enter Posterous IP into domain resellers web interface Enter web address into Posterous web interface. Total time, about 5 minutes. Total cost, about £10 every couple of years for the domain name. I see no reason for someone who describes themself as 'not computer literate at all" to be getting involved with HTML/CSS, let alone PHP or Javascript, just for the sake of running a blog with a few static pages and a custom URL. I also see no reason for someone to require dedicated (far less 'unlimited) hosting bandwidth for a relatively simple site which (let's be honest) is going to be read by friends, family, and a few people on here. If the OP is planning on creating something like HU, then you have a point. But I don't think he is. I've been-there-done-that with paying for web-space, self-hosting (and updating) blog software, coding html/css/php pages for the static parts of the site, etc, etc. I've decided my time is better spent riding, writing content, and taking photos. |
Hihi your right i was just joking. If your Server ever gets attacked with 160 GB/h while only having 10 GB per month or if your page get linked from another page with lots of visitors like a tv station you will know why i recoment to check the allowed traffic ;)
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thanks for all the info.
Started a blog on Posterous. Haven't got around to forward my domain name to the blog yet but i am in no hurry. So here it is: http://frogwheels.posterous.com/ |
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