Thursday 19 June 2008

So the Islington Friends of Yibna begins!

Welcome to you all as you come on board. This is a blog and it is probably the easiest form of web presence there is. You can do almost everything with this format that you could do with a web site and it is free. I have taken the liberty of making a start and am happy to assist you all through the teething stage after which you will take control yourself.

The first thing will be to decide who is going to be your administrator for your blog. This is not a difficult or complex task. It will suit someone who is on the internet for a couple of hours a day as a matter of course. The amount of time and energy required is minimal and there is no reason why you cannot have more than one administrator. This is actually very useful because you can share the workload and ensure your blog is always covered despite holidays, illness etc. I am happy to provide a quick training session to whoever wants to be an administrator. This will be quick because there is not a lot to learn and it is very simple.

All of the group can be authors on this blog, which means you can write articles but I would strongly advise that the authors agree a protocol. If this does not happen you can end up with chaos and management difficulties that you just don't need.

You can attract comments from outsiders and you can moderate these comments so that you don't publish any of the flak you are going to receive. You are in fact in full editorial control.

At the moment I hold the administrator position so do not be worried, please experiment with posting articles and posting comments, just have a go, there is nothing you can do that I can't undo if it is a mistake. In fact making mistakes is the best way because then I can guide you all on line.

Best
Jack.

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