Advice on blog posting software

Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 8 months ago to Technology

I have a lot of new students in my research group. Managing them is going to be a challenge. I would like to set up a framework for organizing their ideas much like I did for the Planning Atlantis exercise, and I need the students to be able to post to their ideas much like we are.

What software is Galt's Gulch Online based on?

Are there any other blog software programs that do the job effectively without breaking my bank?

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Posted by Susanne 9 years, 8 months ago

We used blackboard, tried canvas, switched to notepad, adopted whiteboard, and realized that we still hadn't put anything on line yet. --giggles--

Sorry, I just can't resist sometimes...

Seriously, I like the Gulch format - seems to work well. Our phpBB sites are so holey they should call them Ganesha-Buddha 8.0... every time we put a patch in, the spammers attack around it.

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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 8 months ago
  
  I like the Gulch's format, too. That's why I asked this group. It is very well organized. I have done a little HTML coding, but never anything like the Gulch Online.
  
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    Posted by jbaker 9 years, 8 months ago
    
    I have a few suggestions. I'm also happy to offer further thoughts or answer any questions after you see this.
    To answer a question above ... GaltsGulchOnline.com is custom built. It is not based on publicly available blog or cms software.
    
    My 3 suggestions based on what you said you need are:
    1. Wordpress - using the hosting at wordpress.com. I believe they have a free tier.
    2. Weebly - or some other similar service
    3. Jekyll - in conjunction with some hosting like GitHub pages. Jekyll is a markup language and so this gives you some more flexibility in some ways.
    
    For the comments. You can ~probably~ plug in Disqus comments on whatever you do and that would likely work just fine for what you need. There are many advantages of going that route not the least of which is the fact that they support a wide range of authentication providers. This would allow your students to get engaged with very little getting in their way.
    
    Again, I'm happy to follow up with more detail or other ideas if you like.
    
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      Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 8 months ago
      
      Thanks for responding, jbaker, and it's nice to meet you. I started looking at Wordpress last night. This is totally a new thing for me. You have given me some good direction. Thanks.
      
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    Posted by khalling 9 years, 8 months ago
    
    have you asked jbaker yet?
    
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      Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 8 months ago
      
      I've never heard of jbaker. Thanks for the lead.
      
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Posted by robgambrill 9 years, 8 months ago

Maybe custom . http://www.whatcms.org says it can't detect which one the site is using. The olark stuff and habla chat stuff make me think it might be some form of joomla.

You guys don't have blackboard? I just take college courses evening when I can spare the cash but the Missouri schools use that. http://www.blackboard.com

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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 8 months ago
  
  We used Blackboard a number of years ago, switched to something else, and this semester, we are switching to Canvas. I have always just used e-mail for communication and put my content onto a password-protected web site rather than keep up with the constant switching of software. Thanks for the tip. An answer was staring me in the face, and I didn't even think of it.
  
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    Posted by robgambrill 9 years, 8 months ago
    
    B.T.W. Have you ever heard of Buckminster Fuller's World Game? Students try to solve the worlds problems with the resource's available on planet earth.
    
    I came across it while doing war game stuff in the early 80's. I think the World Game is online now.
    
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      Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 8 months ago
      
      No, this is new to me, although buckminsterfullerene is very well known to me.
      
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        Posted by robgambrill 9 years, 8 months ago
        
        https://bfi.org/about-fuller/big-ideas/w...
        
        Fuller was rather eccentric. His books were kinda odd; He used his own vocabulary. But he had enough success to acquire a name for himself. Major claim to fame was the Geodesic Dome.
        
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Posted by robgambrill 9 years, 8 months ago

Just for the record, at the bottom of the log-in page it says...
Powered by Olark Live Chat.
... I knew I saw that somewhere.

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  Posted by jbaker 9 years, 8 months ago
  
  That is just for the "Contact Us" function. Just FYI.
  
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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 8 months ago
  
  Thanks, robgambrill.
  
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Posted by Robbie53024 9 years, 8 months ago

Depending on what exactly you are looking to do - whether it is just a place to post notes, or if you're looking to have a repository for files, schedules, etc. you might look into a SharePoint site. It takes some set-up (what doesn't) but is pretty stable.

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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 8 months ago
  
  Thanks, Robbie.
  
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Posted by khalling 9 years, 8 months ago

j, pm Euda

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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 8 months ago
  
  Thanks for the tip, khalling.
  
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