Hi everyone!
Yes indeedy, The Braintalk Community Blogs have now been enabled!
I myself have long awaited the time when we could offer this feature to you our members, because I firmly believe this is an extremely important addition to the community. In my opinion, over time, as the blogs are used, they will enrich the community beyond what we have realized from past experience with just the forums and chatrooms. They are a whole new form of expression for this community.
First there are a few things I wanted to make sure everyone was aware of before jumping in.
As it stands, members will need to adjust the settings in their Blog Settings Control Panel to alter this if they wish only members to view/comment, or even further privacy.
This will better explain how the Blog CP works as well as other features of the blogs: Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register....
The current configuration, gives the user the most control over these aspects.
Or, We (Mike) could change it so that only Members can view and post comments, and you are able to go from there.
The bottom line is do you wish The BrainTalk Community Blogs to be viewable to unregistered guests by default, or shall we have them only for members to see?
We are basically asking your opinion on what level of privacy you would prefer in your blogs here, as a community.
Please, I implore members that may not think they will use the feature to consider the issue at hand, and vote.
It is not just an issue that will impact the ones that will immediately use the blogs, but members that do in the future, and the community as a whole. There will be pros and cons to either side.
The results of this poll will carry strong weight in the final decision process.
Thank you in advance for you participation in this poll.
I hope you enjoy exploring and learning the new blog feature.
Yes indeedy, The Braintalk Community Blogs have now been enabled!
I myself have long awaited the time when we could offer this feature to you our members, because I firmly believe this is an extremely important addition to the community. In my opinion, over time, as the blogs are used, they will enrich the community beyond what we have realized from past experience with just the forums and chatrooms. They are a whole new form of expression for this community.
First there are a few things I wanted to make sure everyone was aware of before jumping in.
- Currently the way the blogs are configured requires a little more attention to a couple of details in the individual member's "Blog Settings" than you would when just making regular posts in the forum. Each member sets the privacy level of their blog.
- For example: By default, they are set at the lowest setting, allowing all members and guests to view, but only allowing members to comment.
- No matter what, unregistered guests will never be allowed to comment.
As it stands, members will need to adjust the settings in their Blog Settings Control Panel to alter this if they wish only members to view/comment, or even further privacy.
This will better explain how the Blog CP works as well as other features of the blogs: Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register....
The current configuration, gives the user the most control over these aspects.
Or, We (Mike) could change it so that only Members can view and post comments, and you are able to go from there.
The bottom line is do you wish The BrainTalk Community Blogs to be viewable to unregistered guests by default, or shall we have them only for members to see?
We are basically asking your opinion on what level of privacy you would prefer in your blogs here, as a community.
Please, I implore members that may not think they will use the feature to consider the issue at hand, and vote.
It is not just an issue that will impact the ones that will immediately use the blogs, but members that do in the future, and the community as a whole. There will be pros and cons to either side.
The results of this poll will carry strong weight in the final decision process.
Thank you in advance for you participation in this poll.
I hope you enjoy exploring and learning the new blog feature.
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