Love it! I am an old school black and white print newspaper reader trying to find his way in this new age media age...a true dinasour!
But...I enjoy sharing my thoughts and connecting with others so want to keep at it...I'm in...will try and download that program you mention this weekend as I have a blog article all written on MS Word I was going to get ready with a few pictures...
Hey thanks, @bobreedo! Haha, no worries - I'm not getting any younger myself!!
I'm glad you dropped by because I am setting up two ways to make this happen right now. The first will be the Etherpad.org way that I mentioned in the post. The Second: Google Docs is another way that @finnian mentioned to me and will also be a viable alternative for anyone who would prefer to work online, rather than downloading the etherpad software.
If you would prefer to use Google Docs we can do that - I've got a doc set up now and you can access that at this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WJlpmj32w3JvfpsLNAFdmxP-OKzOUjJC8ORVHhXYh7s/edit?usp=sharing
Anyone with the link can see it (and it is public), so if you would like to use Google Docs instead, simply do the following:
โข click the document link above
โข once you open the document, you will not be able to edit the document - you simply need to leave a comment. {{I'm testing this, but if you are a google user / have gmail then once I see your comment, I should be able to add permission for you to edit. }}
โข I will be notified when you comment and set up permissions for you to edit the doc.
โข Leave a message on this post prior to pasting text into the doc - to ensure that I can be in the editor and keep you from waiting on me.
I'm still trying to iron out some logistics, but I really hope to make this happen and do what I enjoy so that others can enjoy what they do. I can help you with uploading the photos as well, just hurl questions my way and I'll try to hurl answers back ๐
We will get you formatted and customized in no time! Thanks again for a bold early bird
Plan on sending an article over today...do I add pictures to it or let you know what thoughts I had?
Great! I'm on EST time here, 12:44 pm - so we can get started on that as soon as you'd like.
If you have photos you'd like to use here's how to add them:
For photos, here's a simple way to get what we need:
โข click the POST button and open a new post box
โข drag the images you would like to use
โข copy the text in the box and paste it into the document we are working on together.
If you would like me to suggest some photos for you, I can do that as well.
You may browse copyright free/open license images at Pexels.com which are free to download and use without attribution.
That will give us the images, already hosted & ready to go. You can paste in the article text before or after you paste the photo links and we will work from there.
If you run into any issues, just shoot me a message!
I pasted article and some pictures into something...confused on "comments"...not sure what is where...let me know...may not have much time rest of today...thanks for efforts...I'm on EST as well...
I had to step out for a bit, but I'm going to have a look now. Sorry for the confusion, but we will certainly get this process refined - thank you for your patience and participation.
I will leave some helpful notes along with some formatting in the doc. Enjoy your evening
No sweat...you are helping me!
I assume I click on link above to get back to it...I assume its formatted and pictures put in...I didn't see notes? If I click on comments I see a few other people mentioning stuff...not sure if you or others? Am I able to do a print preview to see how looks with the pictures?
I know it is very confusing, sorry for that. I'm actually refining this and going to switch to another tool that was brought to my attention.
I did some minor text formatting and added images so far, but the rest is personal preferences. If you would like me to run the text through a program that does all of the grammar/punctuation I can do that. I sort of like the way you broke up your thoughts and I'm not one to worry much about the 'grammar rules' because those rules are meant to be broken..haha
If you copy everything in the document box and paste it into your Steemit POST box, you will see a Preview below it.
If there is anything you'd like to change or enhance just feel free to say the words - I'll make it happen.
Thanks again for being a patient participant, just let me know what ya need, buddy!