As the kids say, OMG!!!!!!!!

I've been waiting for this one ever since I started using Blogmeister
five years ago!

I have always liked the simple interface of BM and the fact that the
kids CAN't customize too much. (BM's stability as compared to other
free school blogging platforms, this user group, and David himself
are the other major reasons that keep me a loyal user.) As Robert and
Terry and others have said, I'd rather their work stand out for the
lack of colors, lack of widgets, etc.

BUT THE "LINK TO" FEATURE THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO LINK TO ANOTHER
WEBPAGE (AND MAKE IT OPEN AS A NEW WINDOW!)!! YOWZA! The lack of that
single feature has been the only reason I was always playing around
with other programs to replace my use of BM. Now I 'ain't goin'
anywhere!

Yeah, and maybe they will learn to use the other font features to add
text features in meaningful ways (instead of only using all caps to
add emphasis!).

Thanks, David!

Putting that end-of-the-year paypal contribution on my To-Do list.

Thanks,

Gordon
http://mrbrune.org

--- In classblogmeister@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Ahlness"
<mahlness@...> wrote:
>
> David - wow!! Thanks!!
>
> I just put up a test post from Lincoln, who is actually my cat, but
is part
> of my blogmeister classroom blog at http://roomtwelve.com
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6n9uez
>
> Worked great! As for browser issues, I posted using IE on windows
XP, and
> have viewed as well on Firefox - all working well.
>
> One issue is article approval for the teacher - what the teacher
sees right
> now is html code. A quick way to check it out would be from the
class
> roster. Check "approve article", and then "View blog". If it looks
ok,
> you're all set. If not, simply uncheck "Publish?" and "submit
blog", which
> should get it off the blog.... oops, I just tried this, and it did
not
> "unpublish". Oh well, the can of worms has been opened - David
thanks again
> so much!
>
> Ps - people should note you cannot upload images to blogmeister,
but you can
> easily reference them from another site, like flickr - or any web
page
>
> Mark Ahlness
>
> mahlness@...
> http://ahlness.com
> http://roomtwelve.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: classblogmeister@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:classblogmeister@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David
Warlick
> > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 8:22 AM
> > To: classblogmeister@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [classblogmeister] Help with Hitchikr
> >
> > 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&b
> > log_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/
> > 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/
> >
> >
> > 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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