Welcome back 2007 bloggers and scribes joining us in 2008! 
Here is the low down on how to contribute to this blog.
Previous Bloggers
Go to the Typepad log-in page and enter the name and password you received when you responded to the invitation to join. Typepad will send you a reminder if you have forgotten. Log in and you will have access to the publishing area.
Newcomers
If you indicated you wanted blog access when you registered your name will be sent to me and I will generate an invitation for you to join the blog. I may not add you right away (I have a day job!)
An overview of the blog
- When you make a post, you will have an option to select one or multiple categories for the post. Currently there are categories created for each conference track, keynote and general conference info. Categories are determined at an administrative level so please if you think we need a new one.
- The author's name follows posts when they are on the main page. Eventually I hope to adjust the the template so author names appear on the archive pages.
- Feed: At the top left you will see Feedburner subscription badges. Both link to an RSS feed for the blog, the blue one shows the number of subscribers.
- Wiki: The next item displays recent changes made to the conferene wiki.
- Tag Cloud: Below the feed is a tag cloud from Del.icio.us social bookmark service. This collection of bookmarks began with the 2006 conference. Anyone with a del.icio.us account can bookmark web pages and tag them "for:odcecon" to forward them to the "odcecon" account where they will be queued for approval. Saved bookmarks should be relevant to the tracks and presentations at the 2008 conference. See the Del.icio.us web site to set up an account, install a bookmarklet in your web browser, and add "odcecon" to your network.
- Who's Blogging? This is an aggregated feed of several blogs from our ODCE community. This includes the feeds from bloggers who blogged ODCE 2006 plus others who listed their blogs on the wiki. Add your blog info to the wiki and you will be added to the feed.
- Tagging: When posting about the conference on your blog or identifying resources in other services such as YouTube or Flickr, use the tag "ODCE." It is a relatively unused tag that will help us share resources. (See the Flickr badge in the sidebar and "ODCETV" on the wiki. Next is space for a feed of posts tagged with the Technorati tag of "ODCE07."
Using the Blog
See the 2007 welcome post for some ideas about using blogs with conferences.
Technorati Tags: ODCE07, OLN, Ohio, conferenceblogging
