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PostSubject: Blogging   Sun May 18, 2008 9:58 pm
I wasn't sure where to put this so if it is in the wrong place, I am sorry.

When you work on your blog, do you write/type in another document or directly into your blog? Do you save a copy on your harddrive for future reference?


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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Sun May 18, 2008 10:24 pm
Both. If it is a short post, I type directly into the blog post. If it's a longer blog, I type into word then copy and paste. I save the file for future reference.
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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Sun May 18, 2008 11:09 pm
Thank you for your input, Shelagh!
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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Mon May 19, 2008 3:56 am
Like a lot of things, we don't always do it the smart, fail-safe way.

But that would be creating it in a file, saving the file, then pasting it in.

There are many advantages to this besides having a backup or not losing work if your web connection breaks.

--you can run full-force spellchecks.

--with some blogs you can include formating from your word processor (tildes, umlauts, accents and other foreign gizmos; copyright symbols and other such special characters)

--you can set it aside and think about it for awhile, then see if you want to alter it before posting.
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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Mon May 19, 2008 4:00 am
Thanks, lin. All good advice!
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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Mon May 19, 2008 3:41 pm
I type directly into the blog; fortunately, most sites allow you to save your work in progress, or else they do it. If I ever type something in Word first, I have a mess because of the invisible codes Word adds that appear when the thing is copied and pasted into a blog.

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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Mon May 19, 2008 4:17 pm
I generally type it in a word doc and then copy and paste it in. I haven't had any problems with pasting it into my blog at all, unless I start to edit it after I have pasted and then all kinds of weird stuff can happen.

But that's okay, because life, after all, is weird. Isn't it? bounce
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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Thu May 22, 2008 7:51 pm
I've had it happen that I was unable to copy and paste into a blog what I've written in Word, so I've copied and pasted from what I've directly written into a blog to a Word document so I have a copy.
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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Thu May 22, 2008 8:10 pm
Thank you, Everyone, for your kind responses. I have gone to just about everyone's blog that responds on these threads and I love them all! Now, to sit down and do mine. *grin*

Thanks again!
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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Sun May 25, 2008 5:26 pm
Sue, just a quick note. Make sure your posts on the Wordpress blog are different then your blogspot posts (at least by 25%) or else one will get "sandwiched" by Google for duplicate content.

Good luck with them.
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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Sun May 25, 2008 7:55 pm
Ooops, Ok, thanks for the advice, Peter!!!!! I will go back and edit them hahaha. I already posted. *giggle*

BTW - Peter, I am going to send you a private message here with a request, so be on the look out for it.
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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Thu May 29, 2008 2:47 pm
Good thought, Peter, I am tring to be more creative on my blogs, and will try to incorporate that into them.
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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Fri May 30, 2008 1:04 pm
I just let blogs fade into outer space, Sue. I do save stuff I intend to sell on a CD, zip and floppy disk. The fact is, once I've written something and sold it I never want to see it again. So far no one has offered to pay me for blogs.

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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Sat May 31, 2008 12:07 am
Thanks, Dick.

I had a thought a few weeks ago about putting blog posts into a book. Don't know if I ever will. Just a thought though.
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PostSubject: Re: Blogging   Sat May 31, 2008 7:59 pm
Sounds like a good thought, Sue.
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