[Web4lib] Blog Software

[Rochelle Mazar]

You can always use a system like blogger without using blogspot; just 
FTP the file over to your own server through blogger (pretty easy to 
do!) and thus keep your library's url intact. That way you can use the 
blogger interface, and no one but you even needs to know what FTP 
means.

I really don't think it's a bad idea at all. If you don't have the 
support to install a CMS on your server, blogger is an excellent 
option.

Rochelle Mazar
Instructional Technology Liaison
University of Toronto at Mississauga


On Jun 20, 2005, at 9:40 AM, Catherine Lemmer wrote:

> I am redoing the website for the small/rural public library
> at which I work. I have limited web skills (HTML and
> Dreamweaver) and wanted to add a blog for adding immediacy
> for staff who do not have web skills etc.  The comments
> indicate that Web Press is used.  My question is how hard is
> it to load and maintain these blog software options--little
> tech support in this area at my library.  Has anyone used
> the public sites like blogger.com--would that be a suicidal
> thing to do?  what about LisHost? Any comments welcome.
>
> Catherine A. Lemmer
> Reference
> Galesburg Public Library
> 40 East Simmons
> Galesburg, IL 61401
> (309)343-6118
> catherinel at galesburglibrary.org
> (character following catherine is the letter "l" and not the
> number "1")
> lemmer at uiuc.edu
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