Welcome to the sample blog template I created for the sanctuary. I experimented with Wordpress and Blogger. Wordpress seemed to charge for just about any extra option. Blogger provides more options for free. This sample blog was made on Blogger. Posts would be listed on the left hand side of the page, in reverse chronological order. They would also be listed by category. We can change/add elements on the left of the page, if you like. The layout is fairly customizable.
I resolved the problem of the sample blog being tied to my personal e-mail account by creating a new google account for the sanctuary and transferring administration of the blog to that account. I will send you the google login information, if you want to continue with this blog format.
For $10.00 US per year, you can change the URL to a custom domain name, such as "aspenvalleyblog.org", but I think the free internet address (http://aspenvalleywild.blogspot.ca/) is probably good. It matches the sanctuary's Twitter account name and includes ".ca", which identifies the blog as being from Canada.
Articles from Cottage Country Now can be inserted into the blog using a large thumbnail that links to the article on the CCN server, like this:
Read our June 14, 2013 article in Cottage Country Now by clicking on the image below:
Let me know what you think of the sample blog. If you like the way it is set up now, then it is good to go! All I need to do is send e-mail invitations to anyone you'd like to author posts for the page. Authoring and uploading posts will be easy for anyone, with a finalized blog template already in place. It might be nice to have a welcome message from Julie, to kick things off. I am happy to upload the weekly CCN articles to the blog, as per above, if you would like.
Cheers,
Margaret Black
