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KingOfKYA · #1 July 6, 2011, 01:05:35 PM

So hear is the deal:
I have setup WordPress and allowed registration. Now for now consider it a beta that may be removed at a later time. However if there is interest it will stay running. I am just trying to gauge the interest in Vblogs. We will also need a few themes done but not quit yet if anyone wants to do that let me know.

Reg here.
vrblog.org

Comments Please.

Edit:
Also you get a URL like
http://kingofkya.vrblog.org/

What is wordpress? Esentally MSword interface for a webpage(s).

From WP

Quote:

Key Features
WordPress Pages — Pages allow you to manage non-blog content easily, so for example you could have a static "About" page that you manage through WordPress. For an idea of how powerful this is, the entire WordPress.org site could be run off WordPress alone. (We don't for technical mirroring reasons.)

WordPress Links -- Links allow you to create, maintain, and update any number of blogrolls through your administration interface. This is much faster than calling an external blogroll manager.

Cross-blog communication tools— WordPress fully supports both the Trackback and Pingback standards, and we are committed to supporting future standards as they develop.

Comments — Visitors to your site can leave comments on individual entries, and through Trackback or Pingback can comment on their own site. You can enable or disable comments on a per-post basis.

Full user registration — WordPress has a built-in user registration system that (if you choose) can allow people to register and maintain profiles and leave authenticated comments on your blog. You can optionally close comments for non-registered users. There are also plugins that hide posts from lower level users.

Password Protected Posts — You can give passwords to individual posts to hide them from the public. You can also have private posts which are viewable only by their author.

Easy installation and upgrades — Installing WordPress and upgrading from previous versions and other software is a piece of cake. Try it and you'll wonder why all web software isn't this easy.

Easy Importing — We currently have importers for Movable Type, Textpattern, Greymatter, Blogger, and b2. Work on importers for Nucleus and pMachine are under way.

XML-RPC interface — WordPress currently supports an extended version of the Blogger API, MetaWeblog API, and finally the MovableType API. You can even use clients designed for other platforms like Zempt.

Workflow — You can have types of users that can only post drafts, not publish to the front page.

Typographical niceties — WordPress uses the Texturize engine to intelligently convert plain ASCII into typographically correct XHTML entities. This includes quotes, apostrophes, ellipses, em and en dashes, multiplication symbols, and ampersands. For information about the proper use of such entities see Peter Sheerin's article The Trouble With Em ’n En.

Intelligent text formatting — If you've dealt with systems that convert new lines to line breaks before you know why they have a bad name: if you have any sort of HTML they butcher it by putting tags after every new line indiscriminately, breaking your formatting and validation. Our function for this intelligently avoids places where you already have breaks and block-level HTML tags, so you can leave it on without worrying about it breaking your code.

Multiple authors — WordPress’ highly advanced user system allows up to 10 levels of users, with different levels having different (and configurable) privileges with regard to publishing, editing, options, and other users.

Bookmarklets — Cross-browser bookmarklets make it easy to publish to your blog or add links to your blogroll with a minimum of effort.

Ping away — WordPress supports pinging Ping-O-Matic, which means maximum exposure for your blog to search engines.
There’s much more, but these are the highlights. If there's something that you really want, submit a request on the support forums and there's a good chance someone will whip it up for you.

isbragg · #2 July 7, 2011, 08:34:25 AM

I've signed up. Will post link when activated.

KingOfKYA · #3 July 7, 2011, 01:46:31 PM

You shoudl get a email which will activate it.

isbragg · #4 July 7, 2011, 02:15:21 PM

I know. It's just that I haven't gotten said email yet. I'm going to sleep now. Will check again when I wake up.

KingOfKYA · #5 July 7, 2011, 07:09:31 PM

You guys can also request secondary blog sites for things like say the "minecraft" crazys, or the vr newsletter.

Might be a good idea for you all to put you blog urls in you sig.

Also added a few theams to play with.

isbragg · #6 July 8, 2011, 02:45:20 AM

Email's still a no-go for me. Yes, I have checked the spam folder. Could it be that WordPress doesn't like comcast.net email? Who knows?

JC · #7 July 8, 2011, 08:13:25 AM

also, can we sort of advertise in the blogs?

KingOfKYA · #8 July 8, 2011, 10:19:36 AM

Until cat overrides me YES.

Also is isbrag i do see a few bounced email. We have tried manny times to get vr server whit-listed but sbcglobal.com (really att&t). However it seams there the only ones who can not get it together. I will manuall create you account and Pm you the login.

Cat333Pokémon · #9 July 8, 2011, 07:20:44 PM

Advertising is allowed on blogs, but your blogs fall under the same stipulation of advertising as per the forum rules: only placing them in your signature or your homepage field.

Edit: For clarification, you may do anything you want on your blogs as long as you aren't doing anything unethical or illegal, and we do reserve the right to close any blog at any time.

Aquablast · #10 July 9, 2011, 09:41:21 AM

I just started my own but I have an question how blogs can one user have?

Cat333Pokémon · #11 July 10, 2011, 05:32:49 AM

I guess you can have multiple. I don't see why not.

KingOfKYA · #12 July 10, 2011, 03:41:55 PM

Also guys you do not need to register multiple time to be able to have multiple site.

Also i may buy a real doamin for vblogs because of this: ( so hold off on linking to mutch stuff to it)
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/10/g...ur-global-mal/

What domain should i buy?

vrblog.org (kya likes this one)

victoryblog.info

blogVR.org

Yoshi648 · #13 July 10, 2011, 03:47:16 PM

so liek, I created an account a few days ago and still haven't gotten a confirmation e-mail.

SK · #14 July 10, 2011, 03:58:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KingOfKYA

Also guys you do not need to register multiple time to be able to have multiple site.

Also i may buy a real doamin for vblogs because of this: ( so hold off on linking to mutch stuff to it)
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/10/g...ur-global-mal/

What domain should i buy?

vrblog.org (kya likes this one)

victoryblog.info

blogVR.org

The one you like, of course.

RK-9 · #15 July 10, 2011, 04:00:55 PM

Choose blogVR.

KingOfKYA · #16 July 10, 2011, 06:56:05 PM

Yoshi check you spam folder. ID not i need to get cox.net white listed,

FreezeWarp · #17 July 10, 2011, 08:11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KingOfKYA

Also guys you do not need to register multiple time to be able to have multiple site.

Also i may buy a real doamin for vblogs because of this: ( so hold off on linking to mutch stuff to it)
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/10/g...ur-global-mal/

What domain should i buy?

vrblog.org (kya likes this one)

victoryblog.info

blogVR.org

Took Google long enough...

vrblog.org is decent I would argue. victoryblogs.net would be my natural pattern choice, though

[Dunno if its available...]

KingOfKYA · #18 July 10, 2011, 09:59:17 PM

emails:
@comcast.com
@sbcglobal.net
DO NOT WORK
They don't work On victoryroad ether.

If you have one of thouse PM to get activation link.

Also vrblog.org is now running.

Also because there is obvious interest in vrblogs

And we're out of beta.
We're releasing on time.
So I'm GLaD. I got burned.
Think of all the things we learned
for the people who are still alive.
Go ahead and leave me.
I think I prefer to stay inside.

Yoshi648 · #19 July 11, 2011, 09:18:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KingOfKYA

Yoshi check you spam folder. ID not i need to get cox.net white listed,

It aint in any spam folders, so do what you got to do so I can rant about whatever in the hopes someone will read it.

FreezeWarp · #20 July 11, 2011, 10:01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoshi648

It aint in any spam folders, so do what you got to do so I can rant about whatever in the hopes someone will read it.

KYA basically said get a new email. Previously VR apparently wasn't blacklisted by the sbcglobal & comcast emails, but now it seems to be, or something like that.

Speaking for myself, ISP emails suck anyway

<-- Has totally never had one, so really doesn't know.

...Actually, really, in terms of mass-mail providers, everything aside from GMail and Windows Mail suck from whatever experience I have.

KingOfKYA · #21 July 11, 2011, 11:20:22 PM

Its because at&t blockes everyone thats not whitlisted. They also have a habbit or removing sites from the whitelist.
wgich is why we have only 2 members with thouse emails

at&a and aol are the only real pain in the DONKEY ones

DashArmy · #22 July 12, 2011, 09:07:37 AM

So the normal rules of VR still apply there?

Edit: Also, Yahoo mail addresses work fine for me, got my email right away.

Shiny · #23 July 12, 2011, 03:38:48 PM

Just created mine.

I'll get to posting on it sometime.

Shadow · #24 July 15, 2011, 01:00:47 PM

Sounds like a pretty cool addition. I'll make a blog when I return from my vacation and hopefully I'll like it.

SK · #25 July 15, 2011, 01:36:27 PM

Er, I'd like to take a poll - do you guys actually read other people's blogs?

JC · #26 July 15, 2011, 03:16:01 PM

I do when I think about it, about once a week more or less.