[pct-l] journals

[Craig Stanton]

For independant and tech-savvy writers I highly recommend getting a WordPress blog set up. It's written in PHP and offers plenty of customisation. Check out the working elevation profile/distance graph on the front page of my site (http://pct2007.org of course I've finished now so the little figure has reached the far end and stopped), or the map page with markers for everynight's camp spot. It did require my dad (transcriber and grammar coach) to enter a lat, long and distance for each entry, but the presentation was all automatic.
As for embedded videos I was going to claim prior art, but I see yours on April 10th beats mine by 9 days. Curse you Pink Gumby. curse you!


~Craig



 
On Thursday, March 13, 2008, at 02:16PM, "Bill Batchelor" <billbatch at cox.net> wrote:
>Can you embed videos into the journals yet?  With the explosion of youtube,
>that is becoming common practice on blogs of all sorts.  I really enjoyed
>that feature on trailjournals.com   The Postholer site (yours), is very
>progressive when it comes to embracing where technology is going.  The video
>from the field trend is only going to expand.
>
>I am pleased to be the first journaler (2007) to embed video clips right
>into the journal.  I have received many nice comments as a result. As for
>implementation, I prefer to have the video clips right IN the content and
>not on some related link.  This helps to keep the content cohesive.  Links
>to other locations can work, but it is a bit like having a news paper where
>the related pictures are all on the back page and you need to flip back and
>forth.
>
>My thoughts -  
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
>On Behalf Of Postholer
>Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:36 PM
>To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] journals
>
>> How are most people typing their journals? Is everyone still using 
>> pocketmail? Has anyone tried using a cell phone/pda with internet 
>> service?
>
>Yes, we had several folks last year using the email update feature at
>postholer journals, using pocketmail and cell enabled pda. With more this
>year on the AT as well as the PCT. Check out the Journals at Postholer.Com
>demo:
>http://postholer.com/journal/demo.html
>
>We are especially proud of our new integrated journal entry/map feature as
>well as our add/update your journal by email feature.
>
>Postholer is a reliable, feature packed service unequaled by any other trail
>journaling service, period. We've worked long and hard to make this
>everything you could need and we're planning more exciting things. The site
>is free, no ads, no banners and we don't ask for donations. Here are the
>highlights:
>
>+ Complete add, edit, delete control over your journal Add journal 
>+ entries/photos by EMail, Pocketmail, Blackberry, whatever!
>+ Google trail map of your entrys! View map of journal entrys Embed your 
>+ journal in your website!
>+ Option to make your journal private, does not appear in searches 
>+ Multiple journal handling that will blow your mind!
>+ Download your entire journal in text format Guestbook for your 
>+ visitors, with your comments Gear List, spreadsheet like Trip Planner, 
>+ spreadsheet like Training Log, spreadsheet like Photo Manager Slide 
>+ Show Extended journal information Spell Checker Integrated journal & 
>+ forum accounts Automatic bookmarks for readers - up to 200 journals 
>+ RSS support for timely notification of journal updates Journal support 
>+ forum. We listen!
>
>We hope to see you there!
>
>-postholer
>
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