globalpundit

much appreciated – will rectify that. i’m pretty comp dumb, so i have lots to figger our and consider…thnks again

THANKS heartily to both of you…i’m sure they were right under my nose but i couldnae find them.

perfect and a hearty thanks again. cheers.!!

thanks mang! much appreciated.

re: watermarks – i realize they look sketchy, sadly i’ve had a few major mags (and political parties) avail themselves of my original images.

with the wild west nature of the web, a polite request usually doesn’t get honoured.

thanks again for your help re: video!

sorry – my fault – i was mired in trying to read about 5 things at once.

your question deserved a perfectly simple answer (and I appreciate your trying to help)…SO!…as you asked:

“It really depends on what you want to do with your blog.”

Aside from posting original news/opinion contributions

I want to post original audio interviews, run a podcast (which I will be merging w/ my FM talk show), share original photographs, and original video.

I realize i can just use youtube for posting video:

– it’s the running Podcasts, AND original photos that is a nightmare.

I keep hearing of MANY hassles with Flickr (+ it’s bee recommended that I watermark original news shots).

I have heard about 10 different alternatives to Flickr

I have searched the plugins in the database, but wondered what WP users recommend since there are so many to choose from@

maybe i just need to s l o w down and start at the beginning again. thi is allnew to me.

thanks for trying though, sorry for being a bonehead.

thanks or your response. i’m working on a news emag esentially
(i know – how original…lol) – BUT,
i’m a working reporter/journo and for example i’ll be at the DNC and RNC this summer.

from exp in covering the con’s in 2000 and 2004, i set up brief blogs but this year i want to utilize all the access i have – photos/interviews/reports etc. and want to be able to maximize what I can offer.

the site is kind of sparse now as i am soliciting contributions – but of course once the conventions happen (from experience) the site traffic will rocket – and it will be a shame, as i said, not to take advanatge of all the access to fascinating people as well as the various side conventions.

i am running Adobe Audition and Photoshop of course (for my digital SLR) as well as a basic webcam using (sadly) windows movie maker

listing all this stuff might make it *appear* I know what I am doing, but again, getting use to WP and trying to make the nerface interesting (without having it be cluttered) and trying to select the right plug ins/platforms to share thse things makes me dizzy as I mentioned…

hope that narrows it down a bit!…