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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div id="magicdomid56" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span title="Original Text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">+1 for Wordpress.com</span></div><div id="magicdomid57" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div id="magicdomid58" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="b" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Things you can't do</b></span></div><div id="magicdomid59" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span title="Original Text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">No Embed so no embedding primarywall, primarypad, wordle, voki etc. [Excludes youtube and vimeo]</span></div><div id="magicdomid60" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span title="Original Text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">No XMLRPC so no ability to use mobile apps such as classdroid.</span></div><div id="magicdomid61" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span title="Original Text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">You can’t use your own domain IE myschoolblog.com</span></div><div id="magicdomid62" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span title="Original Text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">You can’t heavily modify themes so changing the layout of your blog can be difficult.</span></div><div id="magicdomid63" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span title="Original Text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">No plugin uploads so you can’t access the millions of plugins available in the wordpress Codex.</span></div><div id="magicdomid64" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div id="magicdomid65" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="b" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Things you can..</b></span></div><div id="magicdomid66" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span title="Original Text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">No need to worry about growth, wordpress.com can handle millions of requests per second.</span></div><div id="magicdomid67" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span title="Original Text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">No need to worry about upgrades or updates.</span></div><div id="magicdomid68" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span title="Original Text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">Preview new versions of WordPress.</span></div><div id="magicdomid69" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span title="Original Text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">All of your data is backed up and protected for you.</span></div><div id="magicdomid70" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span title="Original Text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">Comes pre-loaded with a spam filter.</span></div><div id="magicdomid71" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div id="magicdomid72" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span title="Original Text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">Shamelessly stolen from: </span><span class=" url" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;"><a href="http://mclear.co.uk/2011/09/03/wordpress-com-vs-primaryblogger-vs-self-hosted/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer !important;">http://mclear.co.uk/2011/09/03/wordpress-com-vs-primaryblogger-vs-self-hosted/</a></span><span title="Original Text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;"> </span></div><div id="magicdomid73" class="ace-line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><br>John McLear<br>McLear Ltd<br>Etherpad Foundation<br>Primary Technology Ltd<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:30:15 +0100<br>> From: david.carpenter@nornir.co.uk<br>> To: pchcolley@yahoo.co.uk<br>> CC: bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Re: [Bradford] Fw: Website Construction<br>> <br>> My advice would be for them to look at Wordpress.com<br>> <br>> Their current site is not very complicated and would transfer via copy<br>> and paste quickly.<br>> <br>> A domain can be bought easily at an independent supplier, or through<br>> wordpress.com. (it then costs $10 a year to 'map' the domain to<br>> wordpress.com software, otherwise the hosting costs are zero)<br>> <br>> If they out grow the site, they would then be on a portable platform<br>> where they can take it onto their own servers in future.<br>> <br>> Add in something like google calendar for their events and they'd<br>> basically have the BradLIUG site!<br>> <br>> They may need some help to achieve this, and with any project like<br>> this is worth working out what the capacity is within the organisation<br>> to cope with their website, but in my experience Wordpress is picked<br>> up quite quickly be people and is quite easy to look after.<br>> <br>> Cheers<br>> David<br>> <br>> On 10 April 2013 15:29, Paul Colley <pchcolley@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:<br>> > This is what the Society in question has at present<br>> ><br>> > http://www.communigate.co.uk/brad/standrewssocietybradford/<br>> ><br>> > Constructors of Scottish heritage will be looked upon favourably, I imagine.<br>> ><br>> > P.<br>> ><br>> > ________________________________<br>> > From: Paul Colley <pchcolley@yahoo.co.uk><br>> > To: John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com><br>> > Cc: BradLUG <bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>> > Sent: Wednesday, 10 April 2013, 14:26<br>> ><br>> > Subject: Re: [Bradford] Fw: Website Construction<br>> ><br>> > Here is the response:<br>> ><br>> > Do they want help:<br>> > · to obtain a domain name Yes<br>> > · to host a website No<br>> > · to set up their own website Yes<br>> > · to create a website from scratch Preferably<br>> > · to create a website using templates Possibly<br>> > · to create a website using a content management system ??<br>> > · primarily to provide information Yes<br>> > · primarily to interact with people, whether their own volunteers or<br>> > the wider community? Eventually yes<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > We only need ball park figures initially and maybe a look at someone’s<br>> > previous work.<br>> ><br>> > Don't know how helpful that is but it's a start.<br>> ><br>> > If anyone is interested in throwing their hat in the ring (or recommending<br>> > someone) please let me know asap.<br>> ><br>> > P.<br>> ><br>> > ________________________________<br>> > From: John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com><br>> > To: Paul Colley <pchcolley@yahoo.co.uk><br>> > Cc: BradLUG <bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>> > Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 21:19<br>> > Subject: Re: [Bradford] Fw: Website Construction<br>> ><br>> > Some thoughts.<br>> ><br>> > Do they want help:<br>> > to obtain a domain name<br>> > to host a website<br>> > to set up their own website<br>> > to create a website from scratch<br>> > to create a website using templates<br>> > to create a website using a content management system<br>> > primarily to provide information<br>> > primarily to interact with people, whether their own volunteers or the<br>> > wider community?<br>> ><br>> > John<br>> > --<br>> > On Tue, 2013-04-09 at 20:48 +0100, Paul Colley wrote:<br>> >> Hi all<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> Received the following enquiry from a colleague today.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> I’m involved with a local Society that is looking to create a new<br>> >> website and domain. Can you recommend any people that might be able<br>> >> to undertake this – we are looking to get quotes?<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> Said I certainly can recommend or signpost - but that it will be<br>> >> difficult to quote without further info.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> Anybody potentially interested? Anyone willing to suggest basic<br>> >> questions that would need to be answered in order to come up with an<br>> >> offer?<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> Paul<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> Bradford mailing list<br>> >> Bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Bradford mailing list<br>> > Bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Bradford mailing list<br>> > Bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford<br>> ><br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Bradford mailing list<br>> Bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford<br></div> </div></body>
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