Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Rough draft on a blog

This is a first cut at creating a blog for CPSE. Here's a few things about it...

  • You can post either from within the blog editor or by sending an email to the blog.
  • I can add people as editors so they can have the ability to post from within the blog editor.
  • Anyone can post to the blog via email if they know the site's email address.
  • The picture in the background is just a placeholder for now, that can be easily modified.
  • The blog is a responsive design so it will change based on what device you are using.
  • You can include images in an email and it will show up in the blog.
  • For videos, if you post via email with a link to a video, only the link shows up
  • If you post from within the editor, a playable video will appear in the blog
  • It is possible to add what are called "gadgets" to the page to do a number of different functions. I have kept it pretty simple for now.
  • I have turned turned off comments. Only members of the blog can post comments and they are moderated before going live. We can adjust the settings on comments.
Feedback? Please drop me an email at ecomeau@writer-tech.com...and thanks!

Gaining Insight From What We Don't Know

Here's an excellent article on LinkedIn by Wendy Korotkin who's the Program Manager/BI Analyst for the Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services.


This is Test #6

Trying again with a video. The previous one just shows up as a static picture, not one that can play. This one I'm posting from "my videos" on YouTube.

This is Test #5

Now I am posting from within the blog editor and I'm going to try and post a video.


This is Test #4

I'm now trying it via email with a link to a YouTube video...


This is Test #3

I'm testing now by uploading a picture via email. This picture is 1.1 mb, I'm wondering if it resizes it for the post.

This is Test #2

I'm posting this one by sending it via email. I'm leaving in the signature block just to see what it looks like.

This is Test #1

This is the first blog post, a simple one using text.