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I wanna start up a new blog. Kind of a daily/weekly journal type thing. Just something to document my thoughts and life lessons, as i begin my journey through my transition.

Ive had a blogger account before, but it wasnt really what i was lookin for. So i googled it, ( cool.gif )

all sorts of blogging platforms and services popped up.

Xanga, Tumblr, WordPress, LiveJournal, Blogger, and a lot more.

I kinda like the way Tumblr works, but i was wonderin what bloggin sites do yall think works well.

Or if there is one more highly recommended than another.

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I wanna start up a new blog. Kind of a daily/weekly journal type thing. Just something to document my thoughts and life lessons, as i begin my journey through my transition.

Ive had a blogger account before, but it wasnt really what i was lookin for. So i googled it, ( cool.gif )

all sorts of blogging platforms and services popped up.

Xanga, Tumblr, WordPress, LiveJournal, Blogger, and a lot more.

I kinda like the way Tumblr works, but i was wonderin what bloggin sites do yall think works well.

Or if there is one more highly recommended than another.

Almost all of my friends use LiveJournal or Tumblr ^ ^

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Almost all of my friends use LiveJournal or Tumblr ^ ^

I like tumblr a lot.

only thing i dont really like is the themes.

But i know HTML and im pretty sure i could set up my own.

I set up a typepad account on the micro service, just to see how it works

but tumblr is actually more of what i was wantin.

(dang i hate decisions.)

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I like tumblr a lot.

only thing i dont really like is the themes.

But i know HTML and im pretty sure i could set up my own.

I set up a typepad account on the micro service, just to see how it works

but tumblr is actually more of what i was wantin.

(dang i hate decisions.)

Wow, I wish I knew HTML o.o I'm horrible with that stuff, it's why I gave up on Myspace xD

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I used to use LiveJournal way back when, but now I don't really... lots of ads these days, even if it is a free site, it's kind of awful. While it's useful to have an account to say... comment on things like fanfiction, I don't use it otherwise.

Dreamwidth is a lot like LiveJournal, but with less users and way less ads. You can also set it up to post to LJ and DW at once. I've never updated my DW, because I learned long ago from LJ I'm just not good at updating journals, but I follow a few people on there, and I like the formatting and such. It's good for text, if you plan on writing out long stories or perhaps just simple pictures.

I just recently made a Tumblr, and I'm really liking it. It's a great site for sharing pictures, vids, links, and quotes. And smaller amounts of text. I follow a few cool communities like "genderqueer" and a few interesting people and am highly entertained. But I don't update there either. I did however edit my theme... many of the themes allow you to change colors or options, and beyond that it's fairly easy to change the html code. My theme wanted everything to be lowercase so I just deleted those bits of codes.

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Am I the only one that has never blogged anything before? I have no clue what you all are even talking about.

Nope, I've never blogged before either, I just know lots of people who do. =P

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I used to use LiveJournal way back when, but now I don't really... lots of ads these days, even if it is a free site, it's kind of awful. While it's useful to have an account to say... comment on things like fanfiction, I don't use it otherwise.

Yea the ads are what really turned me away from LJ. Tumblr is what i will probably end up with.

If i ever feel like makin it. Im kinda havin a down week. sad.gif

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Aww, sorry to hear that Cowboy. I dislike bad weeks so much - they happen to me often.

I use Zymic and registered a sub-domain name, used FTP (Filezilla) to put up Wordpress content management system and then when and found what layout I wanted and used it as a quick blogging site - even has mobile support :D . It's a lot more work, but I think it's fun. I had a LiveJournal before, but really never used it past the first month. I've tried Blogger and Windows Livespaces, but I'm not fond of either. Never tried Tumblr though.

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One thing you could do, since you know HTML, is get a cheap domain, and set up your own page however you want it as a blog. I'm running 2 websites right now, and I only get charged $9.95 monthly for the 2 domains. There is also a $6.95 package at my host that would probably work great if you're ust wanting to blog. Just an idea.

Rachael

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Yeah, if you know HTML (you'll want to know CSS too), why not make it yourself? If you have some skills with graphics and design, you'll have a lot more freedom than using one of these packages. And you'll have more fun if programming and building things is something you like. But otherwise, I would vote for WordPress.

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Yeah, if you know HTML (you'll want to know CSS too), why not make it yourself? If you have some skills with graphics and design, you'll have a lot more freedom than using one of these packages. And you'll have more fun if programming and building things is something you like. But otherwise, I would vote for WordPress.

Guess that is true and always an option. (i know some CSS and currently workin on my associates in web design). I guess i just wanted somethin where everything was pre-configured and all i had to do was write and post stuff since i already have alot of stuff to work on with school and finding a job. But its always an option. smile.gif

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Out of all the major blogging sites, I liked WordPress the most. I think that you can customize the layout you choose in Blogspot, so you could think about that one, too. Same thing on LJ, but I don't really like it.

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