I was going to object to this type of interface because of the
difficulty with the coding (java) that adds an overlay of complexity
to the blog engine. I had (until now) never seen one that worked
consistently across different interfaces and platforms.

I was also going to say that I think the emphasis should be on the
writing and not the size or color of the font. I have always suggested
to my students that the time spent on making it look pretty would be
better spent on ensuring the quality was there. However, my age is
probably showing and I might be way off base with the current
generation of young writers. I would still hold out for quality over
prettiness but if it gets kids to write, who am I to object.

Bob

On Jun 1, 2008, at 8:21 AM, David Warlick wrote:
> You're going to love this -- and if you live north of the equator,
> your
> going to hate me for waiting until now. Thanks to some urging from my
> Catalan friend, Dolors Permanyer, I've done a little research and I
> found an open source code script that will help us use a more
> graphical
> user interface in your blog writing. Another term for it is WYSIWYG
> --
> or What You See Is What You Get. This means that you'll have an
> option
> of getting a more word processor way of writing blog entries using
> Class
> Blogmeister. See here:
>
> Image of WYSIWYG Interface
>
> And here's how it works. The next time you go to write or edit a blog
> article, you will see, just above where you normally set the text
> size,
> the following text:
>
> [Text] / Graphical
>
<http://classblogmeister.com/popout.php?userid=8&edit=articles&mode=edit&blog_id\
=537716&switch=graphical
> >
> (wysiwyg)
>
> Notice brackets around "Text." This means that you are currently in
> text mode. If you click "Graphical," the page will reload into the
> graphical mode, with the brackets appearing around that word.
>
> If you run into problems, then just switch back to the text mode, and
> I'll fix the problem when I get back from North Dakota.
>
> I've hesitated doing this, because making this much use of Java (and
> probably some Ajax) runs into browser compatibility issues. I'm
> hoping
> things have gotten to the point where this is not so much of a
> problem.
>
> Good luck to you all!
>
> -- dave --
>
> David F. Warlick
> The Landmark Project
> 919-571-3292
> For Teachers: http://landmark-project.com/
> For Clients & the Curious: http://davidwarlick.com/
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>
>
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> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
>
>
> Dolors Permanyer wrote:
>> Hello David, how are you?? I am going to give a training course
>> about ICT
>> for the English class, and I am going to use your blog as a basis
>> from which
>> incorporate other tools as slideshare, podcasts, treasure hunts,
>> etc... As
>> you can see, I really like your blog and use it a lot. But before
>> doing the
>> course I have two questions for you..
>> 1. Can I give the same school code you gave me to the teachers
>> attending the
>> course? (ismohe) There may be about 20 students.
>>
>> 2. You know I like the blog and all its tools, like the approval
>> tool, etc.
>> But there is still one thing I don't like. Some other times I
>> mentioned it
>> to you. I imagine it is something very difficult to do, but seeing
>> what you
>> are able to do... I am talking about the editing tool. All other
>> blogs have
>> editing facilities which makes writing more enjoyable. When
>> teachers or
>> students write they can easily change the colour or the size of the
>> text,
>> add smileys, add likns, images, tables, etc. Why is this not
>> possible with
>> blogmeister?? Most of the students don't know anything about html
>> and it is
>> difficult for them to use it in their articles. As a result,
>> articles look
>> .. let's say... boring. I know that this is not the most important,
>> as
>> contents is the most important.... but... I am sure it would make
>> blogmesiter the "best" platform for blogging!!
>>
>> It's just a suggestion which would facilitate my job very much
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Warlick" <david.warlick@...>
>> To: <classblogmeister@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 4:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: [classblogmeister] Help with Hitchikr
>>
>>
>>
>>> Allanah,
>>>
>>> So sorry for the delay. I've fixed the problem. It was a missing
>>> comma
>>> in the code. I registered the conference for you and switched it
>>> over
>>> to your name so that you can edit it.
>>>
>>> Again, my apologies...
>>>
>>> -- dave --
>>>
>>> David F. Warlick
>>> The Landmark Project
>>> 919-571-3292
>>> For Teachers: http://landmark-project.com/
>>> For Clients & the Curious: http://davidwarlick.com/
>>> Blog • http://2cents.davidwarlick.com/
>>> Podcast • http://connectlearning.davidwarlick.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> (cc) 2007 by David Warlick • Some Rights Reserved •
>>> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
>>>
>>>
>>> Allanah K wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am trying to register New Zealand's Time4Innovation conference
>>>> with
>>>> Hitchikr but even after doing it three times there is no where to
>>>> go
>>>> SAVE or OK to finalise things and nothing gets set.
>>>>
>>>> I have attached a screen shot of the last page???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts???
>>>>
>>>> Allanah
>>>>
>>>> allanahk@...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> To: classblogmeister@yahoogroups.com
>>>>> From: david.warlick@...
>>>>> Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 08:44:04 -0400
>>>>> Subject: Re: [classblogmeister] Name change took, but old name
>>>>>
>>>> appears on the student entries side.
>>>>
>>>>> I reset the names. That may have solved the problem, but I have
>>>>> not
>>>>>
>> way
>>
>>>>> of knowing. Please double check.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- dave --
>>>>>
>>>>> David F. Warlick
>>>>> The Landmark Project
>>>>> 919-571-3292
>>>>> For Teachers: http://landmark-project.com/
>>>>> For Clients & the Curious: http://davidwarlick.com/
>>>>> Blog • http://2cents.davidwarlick.com/
>>>>> Podcast • http://connectlearning.davidwarlick.com/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (cc) 2007 by David Warlick • Some Rights Reserved •
>>>>> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Kathy Rice wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> A colleague has a strange thing happening. She originally created
>>>>>>
>> all
>>
>>>>>> student accounts with their first and last names. She displayed
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> names as first and last initials only. Since working with this,
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> parent concerns have come up and she switched the last names to a
>>>>>> different initial.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All appeared to work well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However when student work was approved by the teacher, the
>>>>>> original
>>>>>> first and last initials were displaying on the left hand side for
>>>>>> 'Student Entries' despite having the name changed. This is
>>>>>> occurring
>>>>>> for all students even with articles that have been created
>>>>>> after the
>>>>>> name switch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Her blog is listed below, and we have removed all the student
>>>>>>
>> entries
>>
>>>>>> until we can get this figured out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=183734
>>>>>> <http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=183734>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can anyone help?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Kathy
>>>>>> http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=167360
>>>>>> <http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=167360>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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