So, if I wanted to start a blog, and I want it to be easy to update from my phone or ipad (since it'll be a travel blog, and I'll be...traveling), what would y'all recommend?
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meara - Oct 28, 2013 8:10:50 pm PDT #23240 of 25496
omnis_audis - Oct 28, 2013 9:35:08 pm PDT #23241 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I like it, but even with my phone volume turned all the way up and the app volume turned all the way up, it's hard to hear the commands when I'm on the highway.
I have it going through the radio and play music from the itunes app. Waze will pause the music, say "Turn right onto Walnut Ave...." then resume the music. I think in "audiobook" mode, it pauses, and out of that mode, it just ducks the volume of the music.
Theodosia - Oct 29, 2013 2:18:07 am PDT #23242 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
That's a good question, meara. I know that Wordpress.org offers free hosting for basic blogs, fwiw.
Jessica - Oct 29, 2013 3:14:35 am PDT #23243 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have it going through the radio and play music from the itunes app. Waze will pause the music, say "Turn right onto Walnut Ave...." then resume the music. I think in "audiobook" mode, it pauses, and out of that mode, it just ducks the volume of the music.
This is what I have too - if I'm driving and listening to the radio, I'm probably somewhere I know well enough not to need the voice navigation.
Gudanov - Oct 29, 2013 4:54:47 am PDT #23244 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping
Wordpress has an app that can update a blog, but I don't remember it working very well. Been quite awhile since I tried, though.
§ ita § - Oct 29, 2013 5:46:21 am PDT #23245 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tumblr's very trendy right now. I don't like their mobile app, but I don't know if the iPad one is the same as Android. Anyway, I just use the web browser even on my phone.
amych - Oct 29, 2013 5:57:32 am PDT #23246 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I know that Wordpress.org offers free hosting for basic blogs, fwiw.
wordpress.com is the hosted service -- wordpress.org is the free software you install on your own hosting. The mobile apps work equally well whether you host with them or on your own.
Either way, second the WP recommendation (but note that I might be a bit biased).
Jessica - Oct 29, 2013 7:19:03 am PDT #23247 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hahahaha, IT sits at the table behind me, and one of the IT guys just got a GS4 to test after being a long-time iPhone user. Now he's asking Android and Siri competing questions and making them fight. So far, Siri is a lot sassier than the Android voice search.
Ginger - Oct 29, 2013 7:22:12 am PDT #23248 of 25496
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
amych, can you recommend any online resources for WordPress? I'm just learning and I'm finding my knowledge of HTML to be a handicap, in that I just want to do it my way. I have some sites I'd like to move to WordPress and teach someone else how to update them.
Dana - Oct 29, 2013 7:28:48 am PDT #23249 of 25496
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Not amych, but the Wordpress Codex was useful to me when I was putting a site into WP. I had very specific goals, though, so I could search on how to change the Category page so it sorted by two critera. There are still some general pages that explain how the PHP files are structured that will probably help.