Robotics: The Blog

[ahmed]

Originally Posted by Rickertsen2

We need something like a blog portal, with links to everyones "subblogs" and a latest entries etc.

If i weren't so overloaded already i would definately work on this.

yeah, that's basically what the MM Blog Aggregator is about, that's why i brought it up in first place

[Rickertsen2]

Originally Posted by ahmed

yeah, that's basically what the MM Blog Aggregator is about, that's why i brought it up in first place

Alrighty hook us up then.

[ahmed]

I have my own development server ( www.syntheticorange.com ) and I'm most comfortable working on it, so we dont need to worry about hosting at the moment I guess, what we need to think about is the deployment server

As fas as the name is concerned, i think really simple and descriptive like FIRST Blog Portal would do

cheers!

[UngsFree]

Originally Posted by ahmed

I have my own development server ( www.syntheticorange.com ) and I'm most comfortable working on it, so we dont need to worry about hosting at the moment I guess, what we need to think about is the deployment server

As fas as the name is concerned, i think really simple and descriptive like FIRST Blog Portal would do

cheers!

Alright sounds well, i also have my own developement server too, so if a need arises we can use it to www.ungsfreelance.com (currently restoring the files thats why theres a coming soon page there ).

as for deployement server, yes this along with a domain name should be a concern.

aslo ahmed, when can you email me the files?

[Aignam]

FIRSTblog. Something simple. ::shrugs::

[BandChick]

Originally Posted by Aignam

FIRSTblog. Something simple. ::shrugs::

oy, anthony, you remind me of me, i woke up this morning thinking about this thread and said "hey, why not have the site be www.firstblog.com or something..."

and lo and behold, anthony beat me to it (guess that's cuz he spends more time here lately than i do)

[UngsFree]

Site Name: firstBLOG or FIRSTblog (spelled either way )
Site Motto: umm, anyone got ideas for this?


Plans for when fully ready and released publicly
1. Get Domain Names: firstblog.com/.net/.org whichever one is agreed on.
2. Hosting: Anyone got any good, cheap hosting companies they know of?

Plans for Betas/Alphas:
1. Use Ahmed's and my servers for test production.
2. Developement Discussion Boards
3. Subdomains (probably firstblog.testservername.com)
4. Find Testers
5. Create Plans (paid and free?)
6. Ready for Official Launch

As for the Developement Discussion site, it should be available shortly.

Regards,
UngsFree (Mike Unger 272)

[IMDWalrus]

I know this isn't really my thread (anymore ), but a quick update on my blog: The dot tk address isn't always working...so here's the actual address:

http://home.comcast.net/~pwebb86/roboblog/roboblog.html

Remember: RoboBlog is now the first FIRSTblog!

[pauluffel]

I'd say firstblog.net, as this will be just a large network of people, and I think charging people would be very valid for extra storage space and so forth, but I think it would be best to keep it free and offer a mb or two to each account for storing personal stuff (pictures and so forth, text would not fall into this) or just letting each personal account store one photo at a time and have anyone who wants more rely on something else (at least until this becomes incredibly popular and we can have people donate more things when we need them just because everyone will love the site so much).

As to team blogs, the only thing I can think of to do differently would have multiple people allowed to contribute to it and one "admin" per team who would be given ultimate control over their team page (and possibly a different layout, like multiple columns, so different people could post on the same horizontal position).

[Aignam]

FIRSTblog.com - It's a commercial site.

I think individual member accounts as opposed to a singular team account would be much more...better..er. (efficient?) Perhaps an icon in a corner of a members blog would indicate the team he is on. The icons could be designed by the FIRSTblog.com webmasters such that they fit the color scheme of the website and it looks professional and unified.

[swando]

i would very much like to forcibly thrust myself into this endeavor if possible...

i dabble graphic/logo/interface design, changing my blog backend weekly, and taking innocent ideas way too far.

as far as the current ideas go, you certainly cant count on team-based blogs. i dont think you can find too many individuals to moderate their teams blogs, not to mention trying to organize who gets to be admin etc.. team divisions should be limited to the ability to categorize blogs by team and a site for each team to display info and 1 picture (robot, team), nothing more.

im more in favor of blog.FIRST than FIRSTblog. blog.FIRST just sounds more like blogging about FIRST, FIRSTblog sounds like FIRST is blogging, which its not. sorry if this is minute semantics, just audibly more fun for me (and blog.FIRST.org, .net are available (since it really wouldnt be a company, more of an organization or network))

as far as ideas of my own, i would suggest that since this could become a major team resource, databases of logos, team stats, etc. we could finally have a resource that relates to the superflous aspects of FIRST rather than the super-duper technical stuff. the human aspect of FIRST. (not that chiefdelphi isnt already THE resource for this kind of stuff. )

i would be more than happy to help administrate, develop, test this concept if at all desired, as i have oodles of free time and a passion for FIRST.

i also have a development server, banzaimedia.net with sql, php, cgi, and (technically) backend access.

[Aignam]

Originally Posted by swando

(since it really wouldnt be a company, more of an organization or network))

A group handling significant amounts of money from other people and offering a service in return is, for all intensive purposes, a company.

[swando]

well, firstblog.com isnt available either, is it?
and com sounds so big and cold.
org is warm and cozy.

[UngsFree]

okay, i set us up some web discussion boards.

either usfirst.ungsfreelance.com/forums/ or ungsfreelance.com/usfirst/forums should work. the subdomain may take a little longer while the DNS sets it up. Hopefully we can get developement underway soon!

regards,
UngsFree

[ahmed]

Originally Posted by UngsFree

okay, i set us up some web discussion boards.

either usfirst.ungsfreelance.com/forums/ or ungsfreelance.com/usfirst/forums should work. the subdomain may take a little longer while the DNS sets it up. Hopefully we can get developement underway soon!

regards,
UngsFree

So shall we continue our discussions there?

Oh, and, can someone set a date by which the Portal should be up?