Jul 19
Why are blogs limited to just text? Most people’s blogs i read are just text - certainly the blogging apps i’ve seen are. Perhaps a little chunk of prettied code here and there but on the whole, plain old boring text.
As part of my ongoing site improvement I’ve now got functionality that allows me to add attachments to blog entries - images get displayed in the entry (suitably thumbnailed by cfx_image) whilst other files get displayed as a link to download. Attachments are supported by both visiting the site to add new entries and my new mobile blogging route using email on my cell phone - which means that when cell phone camera’s get decent i’ll be able to make use of it!
Hmmm, what next to play with?
July 20th, 2004 at 1:02 am
John: " Why are blogs limited to just text? Most people’s blogs i read are just text - certainly the blogging apps i’ve seen are."
Photos are out there… JournURL, TypePad, and I think Blogware have supported attachments and mo/photoblogging for a year now. One reason you don’t see it everywhere: making photoblogging work with systems like Sprint demands a not-insignificant amount of work.
My random life stuff blog with photos: http://admin.living.journurl.com/
And don’t short-change your phone’s camera! Yeah, most of the phonecams sold in the States and Europe aren’t great, but they open up the possibilities of blogging. Random stuff that I’d like to share but don’t have the time to write about can be photographed and posted within a few seconds, right on the spot. Once you get into the habit of pulling out the camera to document things, you’ll start to wonder what you did without the capability.