Has anyone looked at Blogger?
It seems that for some use cases, Pages could work for both categorized posts as well as collections.
Thoughts?
It seems that for some use cases, Pages could work for both categorized posts as well as collections.
Thoughts?
I mentioned it before (I like the idea). Many here are weary of another Google product among other reasons.
ReplyDeleteSites is another product similar, but without the blogging ability. I believe comments could be utilized on Sites as well (?)
Comments don't work on Google Sites unless the commenter is a member of the GSuite domain. And Gmail free Sites doesn't allow comments at all unless you're the author.
ReplyDeleteedit and you can use the "Announcements" template in Classic sites to simulate a blog.
Also, I've played around with Sites quite a bit (both personally and professionally). Classic Sites is far more customizable than New Sites (though it does have limitations), and given the divergence I would suspect that Google will eventually stop supporting Classic.
ReplyDeletep.s., New Sites blows.
Brad Borland and Andrew Hatchett. There is a work around by combining Awesome Table and Google Forms instead.
ReplyDeleteHere's a tutorial: sites.google.com - 5. Build Document Libraries on the new Google Sites - Google Apps Script Examples
And here's an example of it it use: http://bit.ly/2BuHMRj
Li Gardner
ReplyDeleteGoogle has already said that Classic sites would be closing but that when that decision is announced there will be a 1 year notice beforehandas to theexact date.
I've also experimented quite a bit with Blogger. As a blogging tool it's okay (and free!) and you can edit the HTML directly. But I don't think Pages will work for collections because of limitations in how Pages function (more like a static blog post) and I think there's an upper limit in how many Pages you can have.
ReplyDeletetheedublogger.com - Differences Between Blog Posts and Pages
Scott Scowcroft
ReplyDeleteInteresting workaround for those thta may use Sites. Thanks for sharing.
Li Gardner
ReplyDeleteThere was a limit some years ago but it has been removed.
See support.google.com - Add pages to your blog - Blogger Help
Last line says:
*There is no limit to the number of pages you can have on one blog.*
The plus I will give to Google Classic Sites is that you can make some "Announcements" private by limiting the view to named users (including named users outside your GSuite domain). I don't think you can do that with Blogger posts or pages.
ReplyDeleteWe changed a Google+ page over to a blog on blogger. Seems to work well for our use case, which is keeping contact with some family members that don't live close by.
ReplyDeleteBenny Siegert does your family just subscribe via rss?
ReplyDeleteI've been on Blogger for 9 years. I have Pages and blogs posts. But pages don't function like a Collection.
ReplyDeleteA Page is more like the pinned post, introduction to this collection
https://eefalsebay.blogspot.com/p/hiking.html
Brad Borland mine is RSS, email, or via a FB page - which covers most readers.
ReplyDeleteBrad Borland The more tech-savvy ones do, yes. The others have a bookmark and check the page by hand from time to time.
ReplyDeleteBenny Siegert sounds nice and simple without all the noise. I wish more would do the same.
ReplyDeleteAnyone here ever look at micro.blog?
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