It is rare that you will find that Mike and I contradicting each other, (Really, I just talked to him on the phone, so this is best described as a joint reiteration of the above post.)
As far as content is concerned,
Of course the policies regarding the selling of products and services will remain the same. Just like the Forums, BrainTalk Communitiy Blogs are not to be used for advertising or spam. Blog topics should not be centered on politics or religion either. BrainTalk Communities is basically a "health and wellness" online community, focusing on neurology. While blog topics need not be based entirely on neurology or health, we ask that you do not swerve into areas that are inappropriate for this community. Politics and Religion as main topics do tend to be subjects that people can have extremely strong and emotional viewpoints.
But as far as the controversial, in the history of medicine, what wasn't "controversial" until society as a whole accepted it, or even proved to the church it wasn't witchcraft? How about penicillin? Wow! That surely must have been controversial! At one time, infection was even regarded as a necessary part of the healing process! Even induced by doctors of that era. Medicine would still be in the dark ages without the "controversial".
Anyone here may post about the controversial and its relevance to healthcare. This includes blogs, comments, forums, anywhere. Just don't go overboard, use good judgement, and respect each other.
So, what you can take from this is the ToS still applies.
It appears Mike didn't know all about the How To's for the Blogs as of yet, fortunately I have already done a bit of investigating, testing & playing around over the past few days. I have made (and deleted) a number of test blog posts, categories, and sub-categories. I am still familiarizing myself will all the nuances, so I am sure there is more for me to master.
Blog Categories
Categories are controlled and set by the user in the Blog CP.
To do this:
In this way you may define different categories (and sub-categories) for your blogs, and their order you wish to display them.
Blog Moderation
Since these are your blogs, you actually get to choose to have the responsibility of a certain level of moderation of them.
You are allowed the choice of moderating the comments before they are visible. In this way you can choose which comments are allowed to be posted.
These are also controlled in the user's Blog CP, under Privacy settings, and can be set when posting each blog post.
In this way, the blogs become in a sense, the users' own little forum for them to control. They (the members) define and establish the topics they wish to discuss. Through the comments they can nurture and control the discussion.
But no, we have not yet established any moderation of the BrainTalk Community Blogs.
We may set up a team of volunteers to moderate or help blogs as time goes by if and when a need or interest arises.
The blogs are in a Beta stage here at BrainTalk Communities. Changes may take place in configurations depending on user input and other criteria.
Thanks for your cooperation and support,
As far as content is concerned,
Of course the policies regarding the selling of products and services will remain the same. Just like the Forums, BrainTalk Communitiy Blogs are not to be used for advertising or spam. Blog topics should not be centered on politics or religion either. BrainTalk Communities is basically a "health and wellness" online community, focusing on neurology. While blog topics need not be based entirely on neurology or health, we ask that you do not swerve into areas that are inappropriate for this community. Politics and Religion as main topics do tend to be subjects that people can have extremely strong and emotional viewpoints.
But as far as the controversial, in the history of medicine, what wasn't "controversial" until society as a whole accepted it, or even proved to the church it wasn't witchcraft? How about penicillin? Wow! That surely must have been controversial! At one time, infection was even regarded as a necessary part of the healing process! Even induced by doctors of that era. Medicine would still be in the dark ages without the "controversial".
Anyone here may post about the controversial and its relevance to healthcare. This includes blogs, comments, forums, anywhere. Just don't go overboard, use good judgement, and respect each other.
So, what you can take from this is the ToS still applies.
It appears Mike didn't know all about the How To's for the Blogs as of yet, fortunately I have already done a bit of investigating, testing & playing around over the past few days. I have made (and deleted) a number of test blog posts, categories, and sub-categories. I am still familiarizing myself will all the nuances, so I am sure there is more for me to master.
Blog Categories
Categories are controlled and set by the user in the Blog CP.
To do this:
- Click on the Blog tab in the Menu Bar.
- Then under this you should see a submenu, the last option being Blog Settings. Click on this.
- Then on the right side there will be a box containing the User Blog Control Panel. Find "Manage Categories" and click on this.
- By clicking on the "Add New Blog Category" you can then add categories and their descriptions for your blogs.
In this way you may define different categories (and sub-categories) for your blogs, and their order you wish to display them.
Blog Moderation
Since these are your blogs, you actually get to choose to have the responsibility of a certain level of moderation of them.
You are allowed the choice of moderating the comments before they are visible. In this way you can choose which comments are allowed to be posted.
These are also controlled in the user's Blog CP, under Privacy settings, and can be set when posting each blog post.
In this way, the blogs become in a sense, the users' own little forum for them to control. They (the members) define and establish the topics they wish to discuss. Through the comments they can nurture and control the discussion.
But no, we have not yet established any moderation of the BrainTalk Community Blogs.
We may set up a team of volunteers to moderate or help blogs as time goes by if and when a need or interest arises.
The blogs are in a Beta stage here at BrainTalk Communities. Changes may take place in configurations depending on user input and other criteria.
Thanks for your cooperation and support,
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