Saint John the Evangelist (Lockport, IL)

Monday, January 24, 2005

A minister ponders what blogging can mean for a church.

At 4:53 PM, Mark said...: Generally in the "rest of the blogosphere", one establishes credibility over time and by wherever possible attibuting/backing up your statement with links to the source material. On a blog, one can also read through the current (and archived posts) written by that individual. This is the same as in the published world.

It is considered unethical amongst bloggers to revise text (except for typographical errors) after posting. Highlight with Update any revisions or retractions.

Just so you know, in the java applet "editor" that blogger provides to create your post, highlight some text and click the little "link" (the chain) gadget. That brings up a dialog requesting a URL. The text highlighted will then become a link. Also, be wary of line breaks inside of paragraphs. They are interpreted as hard line breaks or new paragraphs in the HTML code and make your text more difficult to read. If you are pasting the text in from another source, you may have to remove line breaks from within paragraphs manually. If the text is available elswhere on the web, use a link instead where possible for brevity. Just quote selected passages if you wish to bring more immediate attention to the text in question.