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Cryxan	Date: March 29, 2008 @ 4:11 PM I've been scouring blogging sites with specific criteria in mind: - You can create a closed group or community - Each member has their own blog - There's a forum and/or a bulletin space for the group - You can view a list of all the members The closets thing I've found is tribe.net, unfortunately it's extremely ad saturated and doesn't seem very stable. I'd appreciate any suggestions. I'm also on the lookout for sites that list or review blog site--some of those are actually useful. Thank ye
Cryxan	Date: March 29, 2008 @ 4:12 PM closets. heh. Of course I meant closest
Woof	Date: March 29, 2008 @ 5:38 PM I didn't have time to see how these features compare with WordPress, but this seems to have the capabilities you're looking for, as long as your community is 15 people or less: http://docs.communityserver.org/wiki/page.aspx/38/blog-features/ The freeware version can be downloaded here: http://get.communityserver.org/Express.aspx The only drawback, is that you have to have it hosted, and install it yourself. I've had pretty good luck with one web hosting company in particular, and they give you plenty of space, MySQL Databases, run on the Windows platform, and you get your own REAL .com domain registered as part of the package, for around $50/year. I'd have to check to make sure they meet the requirements, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be a problem. Note me if you need their url. Hope this helps...
Cryxan	Date: March 29, 2008 @ 7:22 PM Thanks, Woof! I'm looking to start with a free web utility, but eventually we'll move to something server based. It does look like Community Server can support more than 15 people.
FraDonaghy	Date: March 30, 2008 @ 1:45 AM On 29th Mar 2008, Cryxan said: The closest thing I've found is tribe.net, unfortunately it's extremely ad saturated Which browser do you use? I have firefox with the "adblocker plus" add on, and barely any ads get through. (and any that do.. you can zap 'em yourself.) Might that make that tribe place seem more palatable?
Woof	Date: March 30, 2008 @ 7:00 AM Community Server can indeed support more than 15 people, but at a price. The package I directed you to is free. Their next step up, with additional capacity, is $2,000. They do look to have a solid listing of first rate clients that are using the paid versions, though, so maybe it's worth that much. Personally, I can't even see spending $2k for a car haha. Most of the top bloggers use WordPress if they install it themselves, or blogspot if they want a subscription based service. Personally, those are the two that I'd recommend looking at first, because they're the standard, which means that their people are pretty much on top of any issues that users might experience at any given time. I don't know if either of those has the feature set you need, but with WordPress especially, being open source, there are usually new features being developed all the time. I have to think that one of these options MUST at least come close enough to get you started. WordPress: http://wordpress.org/ BlogSpot: https://www.blogger.com/
NickSawyer	Date: March 30, 2008 @ 10:43 AM Google groups is kind of like what you want, though it's not really bloggy.
Cryxan	Date: March 30, 2008 @ 12:23 PM Hi Fra, I use FF and the ads aren't an issue for me, but this is going to be for a group of people, some of which are barely computer literate. But thanks CS... yeah 2 grand is a bit steep at the moment. Although not entirely out of the question. If it looks like the blog thing is something the group is into, we'll go for something like that and host it ourselves. blogger.com is clean and supports up to 100 authors and might be the way to go. Hi Nick, Google Groups isn't very pretty but thanks for the suggestion.
Veracohr	Date: March 30, 2008 @ 6:45 PM I've found myself at tribe.net more than once in searches for psytrance shows in my region, and for the life of me I can't figure that place out. It seems like one of the most chaotic, hard to understand sites I've ever seen.
Distilled1	Date: March 30, 2008 @ 9:58 PM http://chronicskronski.spruz.com/profile.asp check this out this is Shadowselfs web site - You can create a closed group or community yes through registration - Each member has their own blog yes and a page as well you have to add the blog to your profile page, very easy one click - There's a forum and/or a bulletin space for the group[b] Yes there is a customizable forum [b] - You can view a list of all the members [b] yep can do that as well[b] I don't remember the cost but I don't think it was to much... its not a blog site per say but more a private community
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Cryxan	Date: March 30, 2008 @ 10:50 PM Ooooh that's an interesting one. Shoot I might end up using that for my own website..
Distilled1	Date: March 31, 2008 @ 1:11 AM Yes I really like it I only belong to Shadowselfs page, and I think I may see how hard it is and make one for my DJ gig for MY fans but then I can see what all you can control in the templates