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waterdog


It's definitely C34 related, but our site isn't really set up for a sailing blog.   If you like, you can view it here:

http://sailblogs.com/member/blackdragon/
Steve Dolling
Former 1988 #804, BlackDragon - Vancouver BC
Now 1999 Manta 40 cat

Ted Pounds

Steve,
I just wrote a memo to the webmaster suggesting he put a link to your blog on the Voyages page.  Great stuff!  Thanks for sharing it.
Ted Pounds
"Molly Rose"
1987 #447

Jon Schneider

And, without divulging too much (for fear of breaking promises), we're planning on housing such content on the c34 site as well.  One way of doing this might be on a not very dramatic improvement to our current homepage... really just a re-fresh.  You can see it here in wiki format: http://www.c34.org/wiki/index.php?title=Test_homepage.  Remember, it's just a test page for now.  The coding is kluge (I can say that since I did it), but it gives room to have individual points of view on a rotating basis (see the top right-hand column "On My Mind").  It could certainly be a place for links to individual blogs.
Jon Schneider
s/v Atlantic Rose #1058 (1990)
Greenport, NY USA

Stu Jackson

#3
Why not just post it to a new wiki page?  I do see though that other respondents log onto the blog, so keeping it here on the C34 website might limit it's "readership."  Nice job, Steve.

keyword: steve dolling blog
Stu Jackson, C34 IA Secretary, #224 1986, "Aquavite"  Cowichan Bay, BC  Maple Bay Marina  SR/FK, M25, Rocna 10 (22#) (NZ model)

"There is no problem so great that it can't be solved."

David Sanner

#4
Keep the posts coming...   that's a nice blog site for cruisers,
complete with google earth tracking.

Blogs are different bird from wikis (and bbs for that matter)
as they are chronological in nature, combine pages/posts
that don't change and include simple discussion.  However...

The wiki is open to anyone who would like to create a page
about a cruise that they did and/or destination pages...
similar to:   http://www.c34.org/voyages/index.html

Or it could even have a page associated with your boat...
similar to the 'Gallery' section.  http://www.c34.org/gallery.html

The nice thing about our wiki is that you could make a page
titled 'Your Boat Name' and put some details about you, your
boat and your cruises.... and of course a cruise could link
to another page  titled 'Cruise Desitnation'  or
'Cruising the ____ coast' ... etc.  You get the idea of
the options/flexibility.

Give it a try... explore our wiki  http://c34.org/wiki/ and
see what's there and what is being added.  If you're
interested in making a page try editing a page or
at least clicking the edit tab of an existing page and
learn a bit of the wiki markup syntax.  (There are also
tutorial links to help guide you through).   For editing
you need to login, just use your same username/pass
as you do for this bbs.





David Sanner, #611 1988, "Queimada" San Francisco Bay

waterdog

#5
Quote from: David Sanner on February 20, 2009, 02:24:40 PM

Keep the posts coming...   that's a nice blog site for cruisers,
complete with google earth tracking.

Though the google position feature was nice, what won the day for us was being able to send in a blog update via email over the single side band.   Speaking of which the single sideband remains a vapour ware item in our cruising arsenal.  Anybody have an Icom 802 with AT 140 tuner that they would like to unload for say $500?   Throw in the Pactor usb modem, I'll gladly pay $700!
Steve Dolling
Former 1988 #804, BlackDragon - Vancouver BC
Now 1999 Manta 40 cat