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progaardvark
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Posted: May 13 2024 at 15:29 |
So, I'm toying with the idea of starting a blog. It's not going to be a dedicated prog blog, though I may occasionally post something about prog. I'd like to write about a wide range of subjects just to share my thoughts with the wider world, maybe 2-4 posts a month. Topics might include how I built shelving in my garage, baseball card collecting, astronomy, dogs and dog shows, plants, history, genealogy, etc. Basically anything I can think of that I want to say something about. I imagine some posts will be brief, but I anticipate having some rather lengthy ones (like the average length of a non-fiction book chapter).
For those of you who make blogs (whether prog or not), which platform do you like the most? Any pros or cons? Do you recommend using the hosting service the blog is available on? Or would it be better to self-host it? I have my own domain name and I currently have a Joomla-designed website hosted by HostGator that I rarely update. I am familiar with HTML coding, but I would rather not have to do that. I just want to write stuff and not spend too much time on design. About the only media I anticipate loading are photos if necessary for the topic. If I need to post a video, I can embed a YouTube link (already have two YouTube channels of my own - one for my music and one for collecting baseball cards - so I know how this works) Thanks for any feedback you can provide.
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lazland
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I use Squarespace, which slightly restricts what you can do in terms of their design, but means you do not have to bother with all the code stuff, which would instantly lose me. I like its layout and it is user-friendly. I know others use Wordpress, but I don’t particularly like the layout.
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progaardvark
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^Thanks Steve. I appreciate your taking the time to comment. Squarespace is in my list of possible candidates.
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Easy Money
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Good luck getting this going. I'd like to see some of your baseball cards, I used to have a nice collection, 1950s to mid 70s.
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progaardvark
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^Thanks. Those were some great years for collecting. I started in 1979 when I was 10 years old. I stopped collecting in 1991 due to college expenses, bought a few things in the mid-1990s, then took a hiatus. I returned to the hobby in 2021, like a lot former collectors did during the pandemic and dug out all the boxes sitting in a spare bedroom closet. I don't have very many 1960s cards, even less from the 1950s, but mostly from the 1970s and 1980s, with scattered stuff between 1990 and 2021, and quite a bunch since 2022.
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moshkito
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Hi,
I'm thinking less of the "blogging" thing than I am with the podcasting idea. The advantage is that the blogging thing usually has a record of previous shows (Guy Guden's on Blogspot a good example) ... which can be nice and fun. But in terms of podcasting ... now it's different discussion, or is it not? I haven't made any decisions either way, although a podcast like thing is more like me.
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twitter, blogger or instagram
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