Eden Bloggers - January 27, 2011 at 7pm: Blogger's Club

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Eden Bloggers - January 27, 2011 at 7pm: Blogger's Club

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Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Gary
Hello everyone!

Anyone know if there is a difference between ctrl + F5, & F5?
ctr + F5 is for Mac?
01/27/2011
Contributor: Gary Gary
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Originally posted by Jul!a
ctr + F5 is for Mac?
Macs have a ctrl button?
01/27/2011
Contributor: UrNaughtyaAngel UrNaughtyaAngel
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Originally posted by Alys
Hi, I don't have a blog yet, and am not entirely sure how to start one, as I am fairly technologically incompetent. I am interested in figuring out how to start one, so I thought that this would be a good discussion to listen in on and ask some ... more
Hey sweetie I too am thinking of starting a blog, have no idea how to start one and technologically incompetent and here to learn.
01/27/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Gary
Macs have a ctrl button?
Oh, right, that would be apple wouldn't it, lol.
01/27/2011
Contributor: Kayla Kayla
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Originally posted by UrNaughtyaAngel
I do not have a blog. When I first joined twitter I was approached by few toy companies about giving me toys to review if I had a blog at the time I was only on twitter to have fun, since then I had learned a lot about sexuality and realized their ... more
I've never gone through steps to copyright my material honestly. You can use a CreativeCommons license which is what most creative people use. (link) However, even then, it's near-impossible to keep people from stealing content. You could nicely ask them to remove it, but if they don't, then you're left with legal action as your recourse. And paying money for a court is really not worth it for blog content (honestly).

That's my thoughts on it. I'm not 100% sure though. So don't quote me. I've never copyrighted anything.

Your best bet to fight stealing would be to run your content through CopyScape.com once in awhile.
01/27/2011
Contributor: mllebeauty mllebeauty
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Originally posted by Gary
Macs have a ctrl button?
They sure do but we don't use them the same.
01/27/2011
Contributor: Kayla Kayla
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Originally posted by Nicky
Here's my link. I'm here to maybe share some blogging knowledge I have and learn from others. I could also use some help with blogging prompts.
Oooh. Blogging prompts! Great idea. I hadn't thought of that!
01/27/2011
Contributor: Kayla Kayla
This month, we're going to keep it simple. We're just going to chat about the different hosts you use to host your blog and also what issues those can cause you if you are a sex blogger.

There are free blogger hosts as well as paid blogger hosts. Each has its own pros and cons. What blogging host do you use? How did you make the decision between going for paid hosting or free hosting?
01/27/2011
Contributor: Gary Gary
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Originally posted by mllebeauty
They sure do but we don't use them the same.
Once or twice a year I will help a friend out with something and he has all Mac computers. I have gotten a little used to the apple button, but the one button mouse is an impenetrable barrier for me.
01/27/2011
Contributor: BexvanKoot BexvanKoot
Hey all! I'm Bex, and this is my blog, Get Sex Savvy. I've been blogging off and on for about 10 years so I'm here to share some knowledge and info, links, etc.

I'd really like to get a comment round-up going here too!
01/27/2011
Contributor: xxpollypocket xxpollypocket
hi! i made it yay
01/27/2011
Contributor: UrNaughtyaAngel UrNaughtyaAngel
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Originally posted by Kayla
I've never gone through steps to copyright my material honestly. You can use a CreativeCommons license which is what most creative people use. (link) However, even then, it's near-impossible to keep people from stealing content. You could ... more
I never heard of Creative Commons or CopyScape.com just the copy right office and the writers guild ( I have a short story I wrote and was told to register it with them but its a very short naughty story) THANKS Kayla for your advice I will look into it
01/27/2011
Contributor: Nicky Nicky
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Originally posted by Kayla
Oooh. Blogging prompts! Great idea. I hadn't thought of that!
Yeah, I've seen a few sex blogs with weekly prompts. I'm not creative enough to think up any on my own, but I would like to have more than just reviews on my site.
01/27/2011
Contributor: Lady Venus Lady Venus
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Originally posted by xxpollypocket
hi! i made it yay
Yay!
01/27/2011
Contributor: BexvanKoot BexvanKoot
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Originally posted by Kayla
This month, we're going to keep it simple. We're just going to chat about the different hosts you use to host your blog and also what issues those can cause you if you are a sex blogger.

There are free blogger hosts as well as paid ... more
I started with Blogger, as they allow adult content, and find them easy to use and get noticed by Google.

Now I use GoDaddy for my webhost. I have also used Dreamhost for website hosting and they also allow adult content. Both providers have decent "one click installs" for Wordpress, which is my favourite blog platform.
01/27/2011
Contributor: M121212 M121212
Hi everybody,

My name's Silvi. I've had a personal blog on livejournal for more than a decade. It's still.... kind of breathing.... a little.

More recently, I started a food blog with my sister. We live in different cities, and use the blog to share recipes for the food we cook with eachother and our friends. It's called Big Sis Little Dish. We're on wordpress, and LOVE it. They have so many neat tools for tracking how many people are visiting your site, saving drafts, allowing people to subscribe, etc.

I am curious about sex blogs... that is why I'm here I wonder about how to promote a sex blog. If I had one I would not want to share it with everyone in my social life... To those who have a sex blog, do you promote it completely separately from your Facebook friends list, for example?
01/27/2011
Contributor: UrNaughtyaAngel UrNaughtyaAngel
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Originally posted by BexvanKoot
Hey all! I'm Bex, and this is my blog, Get Sex Savvy. I've been blogging off and on for about 10 years so I'm here to share some knowledge and info, links, etc.

I'd really like to get a comment round-up going here too! ... more
Hi Bex, Ooh I want to Get Sex Savvy I have learned a lot fom EF and some from tweeps on twitter. I look forward to reading your blog.
01/27/2011
Contributor: Nicky Nicky
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Originally posted by Kayla
This month, we're going to keep it simple. We're just going to chat about the different hosts you use to host your blog and also what issues those can cause you if you are a sex blogger.

There are free blogger hosts as well as paid ... more
I started out using Blogger, but I just couldn't get used to it. I run my personal blog on self-hosted WordPress, so I moved my site on its own domain a couple months after I started it. My blog is hosted with CrashWithMe.Org. They are very cheap and have no problem with my blog being of an adult nature.
01/27/2011
Contributor: VieuxCarre VieuxCarre
I use wordpress and the thing that worries me with wordpress is that they can delete posts that they find inappropriate if they're reported without letting the blog owner know. Also, they can delete an entire blog if they don't like the content.

It kind of worries me, so I back everything up on my harddrive just to be safe.
01/27/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Gary
Once or twice a year I will help a friend out with something and he has all Mac computers. I have gotten a little used to the apple button, but the one button mouse is an impenetrable barrier for me.
Ha! Me too! I keep trying to right click on things and it's always a giant fail for me
01/27/2011
Contributor: M121212 M121212
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Originally posted by Gary
Once or twice a year I will help a friend out with something and he has all Mac computers. I have gotten a little used to the apple button, but the one button mouse is an impenetrable barrier for me.
You can set up the mouse to have a right and left click option in system preferences.
01/27/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Kayla
This month, we're going to keep it simple. We're just going to chat about the different hosts you use to host your blog and also what issues those can cause you if you are a sex blogger.

There are free blogger hosts as well as paid ... more
I use blogger, simply for the ease of use. They seem to be very beginner friendly and I really like it.
01/27/2011
Contributor: BexvanKoot BexvanKoot
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Originally posted by VieuxCarre
I use wordpress and the thing that worries me with wordpress is that they can delete posts that they find inappropriate if they're reported without letting the blog owner know. Also, they can delete an entire blog if they don't like the ... more
For those who are new to blogs, Wordpress is both web-hosting blogging software as well as a site, similar to Blogger.com, which hosts blogs. If you are using the self-hosted software, you are free to do as you please with it, but they are a bit adult-unfriendly on their regular site, if someone were to complain.
01/27/2011
Contributor: Kayla Kayla
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Originally posted by VieuxCarre
I use wordpress and the thing that worries me with wordpress is that they can delete posts that they find inappropriate if they're reported without letting the blog owner know. Also, they can delete an entire blog if they don't like the ... more
Have you considered moving onto paid hosts?
01/27/2011
Contributor: Just A Girl Just A Girl
My blogs have all been self-hosted using the Wordpress platform for several years now. I've found that there is much more flexibility by going to a self-hosted blog rather than the free set ups.

For me it's really all about design and freedom to make whatever changes I want. I'm a code geek so when I started you needed to know a lot of code to tweak things but now I barely need to touch code to get things the way I want 'em.
01/27/2011
Contributor: Gary Gary
My Blog is Tales from the Porn Store.

I use GoDaddy.com for domain names, and Dreamhost.com for space.

I have built sites and was using the myspace blog since 2002. Then 2 years ago I noticed that Dreamhost had a pre-installed Wordpress. So I took advantage of that and set up a real blog.

That's how I got into the game.
01/27/2011
Contributor: xxpollypocket xxpollypocket
i've always done wordpress. then when i got my own domain I just had it all transferred over. my friend hosts me on her domain..she uses surpass
01/27/2011
Contributor: Diabolical Kitty Diabolical Kitty
I use livejournal now and Blogger. I'm not too fond of wordpress myself.
01/27/2011
Contributor: Kayla Kayla
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Originally posted by Just A Girl
My blogs have all been self-hosted using the Wordpress platform for several years now. I've found that there is much more flexibility by going to a self-hosted blog rather than the free set ups.

For me it's really all about design and ... more
I could use a code geek sometimes. I'm absolutely horrible at coding for Wordpress. It never works how I want. Do you enjoy changing your layouts often, or do they tend to stick around for awhile?
01/27/2011
Contributor: UrNaughtyaAngel UrNaughtyaAngel
How much does having your own blog cost? And that sucks that wordpress can delete your entire blog with out letting you know does blogger.com do the same?
01/27/2011