UPDATE, April 4: the next Blogging 101 will be held on Saturday, April 12, at high noon at the Park-n-Ponder!
Anyone interested in a “Blogging 101″ get-together?
A few folks have asked me about starting their own blog - or tweaking their existing blog. Trying to arrange one-on-one sessions is proving difficult, so how about a “Blogging 101″ session, open to anyone who wants to learn more about it?
Tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 29, around 2:00 pm at the Park-n-Ponder. We could relax over some snacks, coffee, etc, and talk about different types of blogs, software options, hosting choices, and such. And don’t be worried about anything too technical: trust me - if you’re able to type an e-mail, I can have you blogging like a pro in under an hour. If you’re interested, leave a comment here or drop me a line or use the Contact form to send me an e-mail.
March 20th, 2008 at 7:34 am
This is a good idea to help increase the community of Great Falls bloggers! Let me know if you need any resources/assistance.
-Mark
March 20th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Great
I’ll come along so that I can say howdy
March 21st, 2008 at 1:30 pm
I will be there barring blizzard, death etc…. Even tho I am & have been blogging, I still feel that I don’t know a thing! Does the Park & Ponder have wi-fi??
March 21st, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Count me in! Any reason to hang with ReAnn and Dave is a bonus!
March 24th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Does Blogging 101 include how to do a wordpress update, sidebars, ping lists ( http://www.rescuemarketing.com/blog/2008/03/23/look-what-the-easter-bunny-brought-a-ping-list-for-your-blog/ ) & plug ins? Or am I in Blogging 102?
March 27th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
ReAnn,
Im actually working on a series for the blog right now. The ping list was sort of a cutting room floor sort of thing:)
Mark
March 28th, 2008 at 9:43 am
LOLOLOLO - I have to understand exactly what kind of thingy a ping is first!! Vague ideas float thru my head between bouts of tax words like depreciation, qualified joint ventures, Altrernative minimum tax, etc. Just hoping I am not too old & moldy to learn new stuff.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:53 am
ReAnn,
A ping list is geek-speak for “A list of web servers that your blog will send a message to every time there is new content. The message that the blog sends when it pings a server effectively says ‘hey, I have new content, look at me!’
Example: You’ll see technorati.com in the list. When a new post is added to the blog, Wordpress (what I use) sends a message to technorati.com and says (effectively) “I’ve got a new post, please index it”.
Mark
March 28th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Ahhhhh - See, I was sure it was a good thing which is why I wanted to learn about it! It will be a good thing for my blog.
Any chance you are going to come to Great Falls for Blogging 101 (I am sure you could add a lot!) & to meet the Great Falls Bloggers on Saturday? {crossing fingers}
March 28th, 2008 at 10:21 am
I’d like to, but have prior engagements. Sounds like fun.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Too bad! Maybe you could come when David decides to do blogging 102 or 201? (Assuming David will continue to be so good as to do these…{crossing fingers again}) It would be interesting to meet you & I am sure you could certainly add to a class in many ways!