YotBlog was originallly set up in March 2005 as a free blogging platform offering yachties and other people with boaty lives an opportunity to record their cruising logs and let friends know how they are getting on, to record the progress of their nautical projects, training or whatever . . .
It was a good system, but it was sold by the creators to a dodgy bunch called Splashpress Media who failed to keep it the software platform up to date. As a result it became vulnerable to hackers and it was decided to shut it down. It still exists at http://www.yotblog.co.uk but will disappear later this year.
Now at the beginning of 2011 we have set up this WordPress multi-user site which offers much better, more secure blogging facilities on a plaform that is going to continue to be supported. There are no automatic user sign-ups – if you want to request a blog then please e-mail me or PM me from the BlueMoment Forum and I will set one up for you.
In addition to your blog the site will allow you to create any number of static pages. Editing is straightforward and you can add photo galleries. Total space is currently limited to 10MB, but this can be increased on request.
Details of how to migrate your existing posts will be supplied to anyone with an existing blog, and as much help as you need will be given to help you get started. Blogs will only be set up for people who we believe will provide an interesting and entertaining read for the BlueMoment community, and no commercial use will be tolerated.
Could I have a new blog please, Nick?
When I backed up the old one a year ago I created a series of Word documents which include links to pictures. These work well and are correctly formatted (having manually changed some of the funny characters produced either by the backing up progress or a previous software change – can’t remember now). I thought that I could have a go at copying these and, if it doesn’t work, do it as per your recommendation.
DaveS
Dave,
This is not the best way of attracting my attention . . . only just noticed it, sorry.Have emailed you. Let me know what you want your new blog called and I will set it up.