vBulletin Blog Add-On

[SaraAriel]

We have been reviewing different add-ons for vBulletin and would like your opinion on whether or not you would like to see them here at Savvy.

vBulletin Blog

vBulletin Blog is a fully featured blogging add-on that enables community members to create their very own online blogs within vBulletin. vBulletin Blog makes it simple for community members to create their own space within the community. Getting started is as simple as posting the first message (using the same familiar vBulletin editor). There is no lengthy setup process - blog owners are free to personalize their blog at any time by defining a title and a description that will appear at the top of every blog post.

Member blogs are integrated with the vBulletin profile system – profile information is displayed alongside blog posts, and existing profile pages are enhanced with information about blog activity.

Available via a single click from any vBulletin page, the blog home page aggregates activity from all member blogs into a single page – with information about the most recent and highest rated blog posts, recent comments, a featured blog post (selected by the administrator or at random), full support for browsing posts by date and overall blogging statistics.


The blogs would not show up in the New posts/Today's posts sections. To view blogs, you would need to click on the Blogs link, just as you currently have to click the User Page link to view User pages.

If we were to purchase this add-on, it would most likely replace the User Pages as the Blogs could hold all of the same information that is held in the User Pages. A bonus to this is that the Blogs would retain information whereas now the User Pages lose their information once they are updated. For example, The Voodoo Dolls Crew completes a monthly newsletter. With User Pages, we lose the prior month's newsletter. With the Blog, we would be able to view all of the prior month's that were posted within the Blog.


Please give us your feedback on if you think this would be something that you would utilize. We want to purchase add-ons for the site that our members will use

[Demeter]

While this sounds like a fun idea, I don't think I would use it. However, I do enjoy reading different blogs. So I guess my answer is yes and no, which isn't an option in the poll.

[DreadPirateFee]

I personally would not use it, so my answer would be no. For others though it might be what they like..................Fee

[Mazquerade]

I voted "No, it's totally not my thing." even though I do blog every now and then. I remember the question had been posed before by Shua and since I personally would not use it here, my answer remains the same.

http://www.savvypirates.com/forum/sh...62&postcount=8
"While it's nice to have all these extra features, when I blog, I either blog for myself or for friends and family. No doubt a lot of you here are my friends and even considered family, but I'd much rather keep my blogs in one place which I already do and are accessible to more people who are not here at Savvy..."

I can't answer for the rest of the Voodoo Dolls. If it's decided that vBulletin Blog is added and the other Dolls want to use it for and future Newsletters, I have no objection.

[bobrichmond]

I do not currently blog anywhere and I can not see starting soon. However I do read blogs and like to sometimes look back in them. So I guess my answer would be I will happily go along with what the majority here want.

[SaraAriel]

Originally Posted by Mazquerade

I remember the question had been posed before by Shua and since I personally would not use it here, my answer remains the same.

http://www.savvypirates.com/forum/sh...62&postcount=8

Thanks Maze for pointing this out. We are aware that it was previously discussed a year ago and since we have many new members since then, we wanted to revisit the topic to see if there was any renewed interest.

[Sharky]

From a personal standpoint, I doubt I would use a blog feature.. guess I don't have that much to say about myself, hehe

[Mazquerade]

Originally Posted by SaraAriel

Thanks Maze for pointing this out. We are aware that it was previously discussed a year ago and since we have many new members since then, we wanted to revisit the topic to see if there was any renewed interest.

I apologize Ariel. I didn't mean to sound as if I was pointing out that the topic was discussed before, but more remembering that I had previously posted on it before.

[CaliDreamin]

I agree with Maze and feel the same way. I would not blog but I would read others blogs if they chose to but it does not seem that anyone will so my vote is a NO.