How do I start a blog for our dream trip?
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Karen & Geoff
With our dream trip around Australia starting as soon as we sell the house, people are asking me to start a blog so they can follow us. Becasue I have never had anything to do with these blog thingy's, but everyone on here seems to have one, I was wondering if someone could sort of point me in the right direction, but dont get to technical as I am certainly no wiz on these push button computer things.
Do I need to pay for a website and have a web page, or can I start a blog page for free, or do you have to pay a yearly subscription to have a page on the net?
Thanks all.
Karen
Reply By: Sir Kev & Darkie - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:17
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:17
Use the blog available to you here as a member
Cheers Kev
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Follow Up By: Karen & Geoff - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:21
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:21
yeah but then what happens if one day we arnt members, can we still use it. I sort of wanted an independant one Kev......
I'm sure the one on here is fine, but I wanted one like others have, where it is just like a web page.
Karen
:-)
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Follow Up By: Sir Kev & Darkie - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:24
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:24
Life time
membership cures the no longer member issue and may even end up being cheaper in the long run. As site may charge an annual fee.
Cheers Kev
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Reply By: equinox - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:22
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:22
Like Kev says, you can use this site.
A Blog on setting up a blog is
HERE.
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Follow Up By: equinox - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:24
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:24
sorry just saw your reply to Kev, dont worry....
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Reply By: Member - Michael O (NSW) - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:27
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:27
Hi K & G
Easy! Let me take the van and the Patrol and I'll write it for you..........
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Follow Up By: Member - Fred B (NT) - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:32
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:32
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Follow Up By: Karen & Geoff - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:34
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:34
Michael, I was hoping someone would give me the easy option and you have done it. But are you going to like cuddling up to Geoff every night. Kissing him wont be a problem you are both 6'5"...............................lmao.
You know how big his hands are...................lol
And apart from that, we have a new Land Cruiser now. We had to buy the bigger 4wd because the van is over 3 tonne.
Will we see you at the quarry on Sunday?
Karen
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Follow Up By: Fred G NSW - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:34
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:34
Look out Karen, I reckon Mick or Josh would love to be in your position LOL.....
and both can certainly get our attention with their
blogs......as I hope you will no doubt do when we get to read yours..
Like Kev says, I reckon the lifetime
membership way here would be your cheapest option.
Why not contact the guru of this site, and speak with him.
Fred.
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Follow Up By: Karen & Geoff - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:36
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:36
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3 guys in a queen size bed..........I would like to see that!
Geoff, Michael & Fred!
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Follow Up By: Fred G NSW - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:38
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:38
"because the van is over 3 tonne."
Karen, show us a pic of what you are towing.
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Follow Up By: Karen & Geoff - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:55
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:55
This is our new 5 week old baby. Still sitting in the driveway waiting for us to move in.............lol
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Follow Up By: Fred G NSW - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 21:07
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 21:07
Karen & Geoff....that is very nice. Off course I won't be showing Christine these pics LOL. (for obvious reasons) :-)))
No wonder your busting to get going. Custom fitout no doubt?
Just needs some explorOz and Karen & Geoff stickers on the back now LOL
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Follow Up By: Karen & Geoff - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 21:21
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 21:21
Thanks Fred, we are very very proud of it. We had to have the roof lifted by 4 inches as Geoff is very tall and didn't want to be ducking his head. We have a full size front loader washing machine and the outside BBQ and Fridge in those little doors you can see between the font and the door. We had extra
water tanks and solar panels put on it as
well, we plan to do a lot of
free camping....
Excited is not the word, it is big, but it is going to be our home for the next how ever many years to come, and we wanted to be comfortable.
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Reply By: Member - Josh (TAS) - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:43
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:43
Hi Karen,
We have used www.webs.com for our trip updates. Have a look here:
http://www.kidsandall.webs.com/
I didn't start till we were
well into the trip but would have been good to have started at the start of our trip. You can setr it uo how you want to.
It is free and a great way for people to keep tabs on what is happening. They can leave messages for you as
well. You do get adds on there but we just put a warning on saying adds aren't part of our site. Has been great for us as we have travelled for the last 2 3/4 years.
Josh
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Follow Up By: Karen & Geoff - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 21:00
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 21:00
Hi Josh, I seen your blog the other night when we were chatting, and it was really good. That is something like I want to do, and I thought I might start it now before we go and have it all setup and ready to go. Thanks heaps for your reply. And I will check out that address you give me for it.
Karen
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Reply By: River Swaggie - Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 22:43
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 22:43
Well Karen and Geoff all i can say is "Hav A Safe Trip U Lucky Buggers"
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Reply By: Fogger - Friday, Oct 23, 2009 at 17:11
Friday, Oct 23, 2009 at 17:11
Try
travelblog.org. It's totally free, and used by people worldwide. I used it last year while cycling through europe. Every time you post it sends emails to your friends and family. They can leave comments which you can answer. And if you want you can order a printed book of your trip including the photos when you're done.
Simon
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Follow Up By: Karen & Geoff - Friday, Oct 23, 2009 at 17:22
Friday, Oct 23, 2009 at 17:22
Thanks Simon, as long as it is user friendly. I want a website which is easy and quick. Josh sent me a good one as
well so I will certainly check them both out.
Thanks heaps
Karen
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