[stylist] [stylistblogging

Tue Jul 23 02:21:10 UTC 2013

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] [stylistblogging


> Lynda,
> Do you have to use gmail to use blogger?
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Lynda Lambert
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 6:41 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] [stylistblogging
>
> Phyllis it is sooo easy. And, what I like about it is that no one has to 
> be
> a "member" to get into your blog. A couple of other sites I know of and
> checked out require a reader to be "registered" with them in order to be
> able to read or leave messages on your blog. That is not so good, because
> sometimes a person does not want to be registered, they just want to have 
> a
> look at your blog without the hassle.
>
> Here is where to go to see it:
>
> http://www.blogger.com
>
> It is BLOGGER, and then after you have a blog there, it is at "blogspot 
> dot
> com" that is the end of your blog address. But, you go to blogger dot com 
> to
> write your blog, edit it or whatever you want to do. That is where your
> "Dashboard" is.  Yes, Phyllis, you definitely can get a lot more attention
> to your books by writing a blog. I love doing it.
>
> Lynda.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "P. Campbell" <pcampbell16 at verizon.net>
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 3:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] [stylistblogging
>
>
>> Could you please give more information about Blog Spot?  I'm told 
>> repeatedly that I should have a BLOG, and although my husband's illness 
>> and death did prevent me from giving it any time or energy, I no longer 
>> have that as a reason.  Excuse?  I fear the time has come, and I'm 
>> clueless.
>>
>> Thanks heaps.
>>
>> Phyllis
>>
>> Yes, like Bridgit, I do my blog writing in MS Word. I even do the photos 
>> in
>> the text with word rather than doing them after the piece is copied and
>> pasted into the blog.  By doing it this way, I get it exactly as I want 
>> it
>> BEFORE It is put into the blog page. It works perfectly well.
>> For interest, you really do need visuals in your blog posts if you want a
>> wide audience.  Bridgit has a great idea to get a sighted person to help 
>> out
>> with that - it makes the site more appealing to most readers. You can 
>> look
>> at my blog for an example of what I do with MS Word - and I do my blog
>> through Google's Blogger as it is so easy even I can do it;  I am not 
>> very
>> technologically skilled, for sure.
>>
>> http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>>
>> Lynda
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
>> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 11:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] introducing myself, and blogging with JAWS
>>
>>
>>> Henry,
>>>
>>> Hello, mate, smile. Welcome.
>>>
>>> I've not done a personal blog, but for a couple of years, I was a
>>> blogger for a local website. I wrote my blogs in a MS Word document,
>>> edited it, then copied and pasted it on the website via WordPress. It
>>> was fairly accessible at the time, though I didn't do much exploring
>>> with it. I know several people here have a personal blog though, and I'm
>>> sure they can help you and answer questions.
>>>
>>> As for a visual presentation, you should have someone sighted assist you
>>> with this. In particular, someone who has a knack for visual
>>> presentation. Any graphics, pictures and even the actual lay-out of your
>>> blog, you may want to run by someone sighted.
>>>
>>> Welcome, again, and look forward to seeing more of you.
>>>
>>> Bridgit
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Henry
>>> Macphillamy
>>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 6:16 AM
>>> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [stylist] introducing myself, and blogging with JAWS
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> My name is Henry, and I'm a Braille and JAWS user from Australia. I was
>>> googling for resources on blind writers, and this list was one of the
>>> first hits that popped up. I've been writing a blog at:
>>> http://www.macphillamysmusings.wordpress.com
>>> I know absolutely nothing about editing html, and have been writing my
>>> entries on my Braille Sense, or with Microsoft Word, and then copying
>>> and pasting when I think they're publishable. I'm wondering if there are
>>> any bloggers out there who use JAWS, and if so, how on earth do you do
>>> it? which blogging sites are most accessible? and how do you deal with
>>> the presentation side of things... bulleted lists, embedding links, etc
>>> etc. any tips, advice and or other resources would be very much
>>> appreciated. I would really like to make my entries more professional
>>> looking, as well as embed links to other posts, articles and such. If
>>> you want to contact me off list, my email is:
>>> henry.macphillamy at gmail.com Cheers, Henry
>>>
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