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The recent explosion of popular community based network services like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Linkedin has changed the dynamics behind how we use the web to interact with people. Putting up a website is not the primary means for getting a service club online anymore. Now it is a mix of different different social networks that can connect us to the correct group of people that becomes important. It is not just about content, but equally on how we deliver that content and who we direct it at.
The Revamped Blogger Admin Panel
On another but related related tangent ... recently the Blogger development team revamped the administrative panel in draft.blogger.com. The admin panel is where the work is done to create a website/blog. The impact is rather dramatic ... all of the screen shot graphics that are currently in the online lessons are no longer valid. While most of the procedures remain similar, there may be differences in the steps to complete most tasks.
While the older admin panel is still available, it would mean writing a parallel series of lessons for creating a Blogger blog and website. Sine the new panel will eventually be implemented as the default, the lesson content at clubsonlinewithblogger.blogspot.com would no longer correct and it will take a significant amount of time to modify that content. Additionally, with the advent of social networks as a dominant tool for clubs, we believe that the interest and focus needs to be realigned to better discuss all of the online options.
The Revamped Blogger Admin Panel
On another but related related tangent ... recently the Blogger development team revamped the administrative panel in draft.blogger.com. The admin panel is where the work is done to create a website/blog. The impact is rather dramatic ... all of the screen shot graphics that are currently in the online lessons are no longer valid. While most of the procedures remain similar, there may be differences in the steps to complete most tasks.
While the older admin panel is still available, it would mean writing a parallel series of lessons for creating a Blogger blog and website. Sine the new panel will eventually be implemented as the default, the lesson content at clubsonlinewithblogger.blogspot.com would no longer correct and it will take a significant amount of time to modify that content. Additionally, with the advent of social networks as a dominant tool for clubs, we believe that the interest and focus needs to be realigned to better discuss all of the online options.
"Clubs Online with Blogger" is no more ...
We have decided to make some radical changes with our website/blog:
- First, we have rebranded the site as "Put your club online" and changed the URL to be putyourclubonline.blogspot.com;
- The website/blog will be reworked to focus on the multiple different online venues that are available for hosting service clubs online;
- Blog posts will focus on specific topics related to online services, including reviews of available services and software;
- More in-depth self-help learning content will be made available in PDF and Web help formats; and
- The inclusion of some training videos.
Of course this will result in an immediate removal of the existing content. The intent it to reproduce it in a set of PDF guides that will be made available for download. We don't want to leave our readers hanging, so we will be working on a PDF guide for creating a club online presence using Facebook in the very near future.
We ask that all of our readers be patient with us as we progress through this transition.
Respectfully submitted,
Optimist Gord
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