Blogging for kids
It's happened. My geek of a daughter (all of 8, with her own digital camera and my old laptop) asked to have her own website, which I assume means she wants to post pictures and write a blog. Now, now, stop what you're thinking. I have no intention of this going to the outside world, and that means I need to set it up on my Debian server in the basement so she can do whatever she wants. I need to have it local so I can monitor the content and who gets access to it, but I don't know what blogging software is out there that kids can easily understand and use. I imagine some of you have run into this in the past. What did you do? -Mark ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Blogging for kids
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:05:15 -0400, Mark Komarinski mkomarin...@wayga.org wrote: Now, now, stop what you're thinking. I have no intention of this going to the outside world, and that means I need to set it up on my Debian server in the basement so she can do whatever she wants. I need to have it local so I can monitor the content and who gets access to it, but I don't know what blogging software is out there that kids can easily understand and use. I'm not sure what not going to the outside world means if you are restricting access. You and she can read it but not the rest of your family? The dog? I think if you are both monitoring and restricting, accessing over the Internet shouldn't be a problem. In fact, EITHER monitoring OR restricting would probably be sufficient. In any case, you can do both things without serving the pages yourself. I've got a host (webhostingbuzz, but any will work) and I'm running WordPress on it. WP is pretty simple to use, especially if you set it up and show her how to do the basics. I set up the domain so that if/when my kids want to have a site they can do it under their own names as http://firstname.lastname.org;. They already have firstn...@lastname.org email addresses. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Blogging for kids
On 06/07/2011 08:27 AM, David Rysdam wrote: I'm not sure what not going to the outside world means if you are restricting access. You and she can read it but not the rest of your family? The dog? I think if you are both monitoring and restricting, accessing over the Internet shouldn't be a problem. In fact, EITHER monitoring OR restricting would probably be sufficient. At this age, I'd rather do both. I don't want any of the content she puts up to wind up on Fark, or (worse) 4chan. I don't want it on a cloud (be it Google or anyone else) so I can independently monitor the content. Sound controlling? Sure, but she's 8. In any case, you can do both things without serving the pages yourself. I've got a host (webhostingbuzz, but any will work) and I'm running WordPress on it. WP is pretty simple to use, especially if you set it up and show her how to do the basics. I set up the domain so that if/when my kids want to have a site they can do it under their own names as http://firstname.lastname.org;. They already have firstn...@lastname.org email addresses. The domain and e-mails aren't the problem as I already have all those. I'll take another look at Wordpress. Maybe I should update my Gallery install while I'm at it... -Mark ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Blogging for kids
Mark Komarinski mkomarin...@wayga.org writes: It's happened. My geek of a daughter (all of 8, with her own digital camera and my old laptop) asked to have her own website, which I assume means she wants to post pictures and write a blog. Now, now, stop what you're thinking. I have no intention of this going to the outside world, and that means I need to set it up on my Debian server in the basement so she can do whatever she wants. I need to have it local so I can monitor the content and who gets access to it, but I don't know what blogging software is out there that kids can easily understand and use. I imagine some of you have run into this in the past. What did you do? My child isn't quite old enough for any of this (despite what pictures of him with my NanoNote would seem to indicate...), so this is largely conjectural, but(t) my first inclination would be to try PyBlosxom w/ Markdown, which is what I gave to my non-tech wife to use for blogging: it's basically a smooth transition from `writing text in files' to `writing a weblog'-- the only real difference between the two is that she synchs her `weblog files' up the the server with unison-gtk. Of course, the other reason (maybe the real reason...) that I gave her PyBlosxom to work with is the `Suzuki method of blog education': I use it myself, so I'm well-equipped to address whatever questions she has--even ones to which I don't yet know the answer, because there's a basis for an honest investigative dialogue. -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Do one thing well...
Since Flash sucked still does No need to specify the system or the timeframe - most Flash sites I've found could be programmed with HTML only and be just as good. With HTML5, no need for Flash (IMHO). jeff ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Mailing list addresses (was: Linux reference on subs)
Thanks. I'll have to wipe that from my contacts list. jeff On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Jeffry Smith jsm...@alum.mit.edu wrote: bounced for some reason - It appears you first tried posting to gnh...@gnhlug.org, before trying gnhlug-disc...@gnhlug.org. The canonical mailing list address is gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org. gnhlug-disc...@gnhlug.org works because the same server hosts mail for both gnhlug.org. and mail.gnhlug.org., and it hasn't been configured to make a distinction. This could probably be construed as a feature. gnh...@gnhlug.org was an explicit alias many moons ago. It was removed for some reason -- deliberately, IIRC. I have forgotten why. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Do one thing well...
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Jeffry Smith jsm...@alum.mit.edu wrote: Since Flash sucked still does No need to specify the system or the timeframe ... Indeed. Flash is basically a browser crash that also plays videos. ... most Flash sites I've found could be programmed with HTML only and be just as good. If not better. I also sarcasm level=drippinglove/sarcasm sites that use JavaScript instead of A HREF= tags for links. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Do one thing well... (Flash)
One Year Later: Adobe Abandons 64-bit Linux Again: http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2011/06/one-year-later-adobe-abandons.html ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
