Anyone want to make a LC blog??

cailin_donn

Hi,

I'm looking for a few volunteers to help me with a leaving cert blog. I know there's a few different sites, and that it's a bit late in the year but it's something i've always wanted to try... anyone interested? or any advice from current bloggers?

Jako8

Sounds interesting.

cailin_donn

wow you were quick!!

ok... so where would we do it? LJ?? any other blog sites.... and it'd probably be better if we got a few people on board..?

Jako8

cailin_donn wrote: »

wow you were quick!!

ok... so where would we do it? LJ?? any other blog sites.... and it'd probably be better if we got a few people on board..?

I'm sure there'll be more interest in this thread.

We could do it on any of the hundreds of blogging sites.

Crow92

I'd be willing if more info is givin..
How often would you want us to blog?
Do you want only 'fantastic' students?
Do you want it solely school and acedemia related or general how the year is going coupled with friends,work,stress and all the other joys of life?

cailin_donn

I know theres loads of blogging sites but I'd say LJ, Blogger or irishblogs are probably the safer ones? more user friendly for people like me lol

Crow92:
blog as often as you like, but at least once every.... 2 weeks maybe? month? i dont mind as long as youre not inactive
"fantastic" students.... oh God no, I'm hoping to get a real site out there that students can identify with and for the next Q, you can concentrate solely on school if you want but id prefer a more all-rounded blog... to show what life as a LC is really like..

RexMundi

http://www.theleaving.org

The guy who runs that might be interested in more bloggers.

Crow92

I'll do it so i dont know anything about blogging but yea you set it and i'll write......(whilst im supposed to be studying :P)

Lawliet

RexMundi wrote: »

http://www.theleaving.org

The guy who runs that might be interested in more bloggers.

He's not, I asked a while back.

cailin_donn: I'm in if you'll have me.

cailin_donn

wow i didnt think it would be this easy! haha

and ya crow92, im with you there... im supposed to be studying Home Ec at the moment -_-

so... will i set up an account somewhere and give ye the details??

Jako8

cailin_donn wrote: »

wow i didnt think it would be this easy! haha

and ya crow92, im with you there... im supposed to be studying Home Ec at the moment -_-

so... will i set up an account somewhere and give ye the details??

Sounds grand

cailin_donn

ok... im trying out different servers at the mo.,.. anyone know any server that lets a few different users do the one blog? kind of like the layout they have a leaving-cert.net??

Lawliet

I believe https://www.blogger.com/ does

cailin_donn

thanks a mill, ok i have one set up both on there and LJ... not too sure which is better... i'll PM all of ye the details!

SarcasticFairy

You're probably better off going with http://wordpress.com, tbh. Blogger tends to just generally be awkward (I did blog the LC on blogger, but having switched over to WP, it's much, much better!), and I don't know very many people that would choose livejournal...

I blogged the LC on my own - you could do that too. You don't need to be in a group (though you can update less individually if you are!) leaving-cert.net got a lot of traffic, but if you comment around, and maybe advertise in your sig, you do get a reasonable amount of traffic (but unless you're a fantastic writer, and whore the crap out of your blog, in this amount of time, it won't really get all that big...).

GO'S

how about you combine a junior cert and leaving cert one?

LOIfootball

Ill write for it if you want.I can send you some stuff I've done for other websites I could show you if you'd like?

Healium

RexMundi wrote: »

http://www.theleaving.org

The guy who runs that might be interested in more bloggers.

Lawliet wrote: »

He's not, I asked a while back.

cailin_donn: I'm in if you'll have me.

That's me! Send me a DM, Lawliet. Always looking to expand into different areas! Would love people to do a podcast or video-blog

Enid.

Hey,

I have an LC blog on http://leaving-cert.net/ (my journal name = Valerie.)It's just getting off the ground right now so there isn't much to go on yet, but we have a team of 6 bloggers so hopefully by next month there'll be a good bit of reading in it!

Hope you don't mind the plug

Lawliet

Like your site needs a plug :rolleyes:

Healium

Touché :cool: