PF Blog - Interest Survey: Are You In?

[jma2001]

ohh, so it is about personal opinions. Ok, did not realize that. I thought is was going to be about science.

Think about the difference between CNN, and Rush Limbaugh. CNN is just supposed to report the news, as objectively as they can. Rush Limbaugh reports the news and then comments on it, usually in a controversial manner. Whether you agree with him or not, you listen because you find it entertaining, or because you love to hate him. A science blog is about science in the same way that Limbaugh's radio show is about politics.

 

[jma2001]

Here are two examples of science bloggers who are controversial in an intelligent way: Peter Woit and Lubos Motl. Their blogs are mainly about string theory -- Lubos is a supporter, Peter is a critic (kind of like "Crossfire" for physics). I find them entertaining reads even though I don't understand half of what they are talking about!

Peter Woit:
http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/blog/

Lubos Motl:
http://motls.blogspot.com/

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

For those of you who have registered you can login and submit a blog post here: https://www.physicsforums.com/blog/wp-admin

 

[dextercioby]

Greg,why didn't you do an escape to the forum main page ?From the Blog's main page,there's no link on that page to www.physicsforums.com.

Daniel.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Greg,why didn't you do an escape to the forum main page ?From the Blog's main page,there's no link on that page to www.physicsforums.com.

Daniel.

I'll add one tonight

 

[robphy]

Okay... I registered and logged in. But I don't know where to go. (I never blogged before.)
When I click on any link in the "Latest Activity" box, I get "You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page."

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I will promote you to author in a few minutes. You can login at:https://www.physicsforums.com/blog/wp-admin

 

[imabug]

So how does the posting process work? I've never used WP, but it looks easy enough. Once something is written and saved as a draft, does it go into an approval queue to await blessing before being published? Should it be saved as private first? Does one need special author privileges to make a publishable post?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

So how does the posting process work? I've never used WP, but it looks easy enough. Once something is written and saved as a draft, does it go into an approval queue to await blessing before being published? Should it be saved as private first? Does one need special author privileges to make a publishable post?

Yeah it gets sent to a moderation queue to be approved. Everyone that registers has the ability to post, but that doesn't mean we'll approve every post.

 

[Moonbear]

I'm glad someone mentioned the registration thing. I didn't even see that. Greg, if you want people to register there, especially while it's new and you want to boost registration, moving the registration link up near the top would make it more easily found/noticed (right now, I have to scroll down to even notice it's there), or maybe make it a different color so it stands out.

Also, now that I'm registered, can others view my profile? I don't know if that's for your information or if it will be publicly viewable somewhere. I don't see any place for people to view profiles, but if that's a feature somewhere, it's going to make a difference what I include or don't include there (i.e., I don't mind the admins contacting me by email, but I don't want every reader to have my email addy accessible; the way it's set up here that people can send an email if the member allows it but they don't actually see the address is the way I like it best).

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Also, now that I'm registered, can others view my profile? I don't know if that's for your information or if it will be publicly viewable somewhere. I don't see any place for people to view profiles, but if that's a feature somewhere, it's going to make a difference what I include or don't include there (i.e., I don't mind the admins contacting me by email, but I don't want every reader to have my email addy accessible).

There are no profiles, no worries, only I can spam you

 

[robphy]

So... after writing, to submit... just save as Draft? or save as Private?
If a post is declined, is there any indication (other than it not showing up)?

Is there a manual?
(What's a discussion ping? What are these advanced options?)

Sorry about all the questions. This is all new to me.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

So... after writing, to submit... just save as Draft? or save as Private?
If a post is declined, is there any indication (other than it not showing up)?

Is there a manual?
(What's a discussion ping? What are these advanced options?)

Sorry about all the questions. This is all new to me.

Save as draft, I check daily and will set posts to publish. No manual, just try things out, you did perfect in your first post

ps, we are seventh on good for "physics blog" already:
http://www.google.com/search?biw=1900&hl=en&q=physics+blog

Also don't forget we can use latex in the blog just like on the forums

 

[zeronem]

Hello, I like the idea of the Blog and was wondering if it was okay to write Articles on Mathematics too.

So does the blog accept Articles on Mathematics too?

 

[Nicool005]

That's cool, great idea Greg!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Hello, I like the idea of the Blog and was wondering if it was okay to write Articles on Mathematics too.

So does the blog accept Articles on Mathematics too?

Absolutely, the blog supports LaTeX too the same way on these forums.

 

[robphy]

On googling: physics blog or "physics blog"
https://www.physicsforums.com/blog/ now googles-in at number 3 (number 2, if you count webservers).

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

On googling: physics blog or "physics blog"
https://www.physicsforums.com/blog/ now googles-in at number 3 (number 2, if you count webservers).

Slick!

Rob try googling "physics videos" and your post is on the first page and getting lots of hits!

 

[marcus]

... Again if you want to be a blogger let me know asap. ...

I would like to be a blogger, Greg. So I registered and am logged in.
What happens next?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I would like to be a blogger, Greg. So I registered and am logged in.
What happens next?

I promoted you to writer, I also sent you a PM.

 

[marcus]

I promoted you to writer, I also sent you a PM.

great. that was easy. thanks Greg!
having a blog connected to PF featuring its excellent science staff in several disciplines
(and non-staff others) seems like a good idea. looking forward to seeing
how it turns out. I hope it turns out to be not only popular on the web
with lively discussions but also to an appropriate degree focused, factual, referenced. regardless, however, it'll likely be fun.

 

[Locrian]

I check the blog regularly btw, I think it's a great idea.

 

[Gokul43201]

The blog is now result #2 at Google : http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=physics+blog&btnG=Google+Search

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Still lookng for active writers, let me know.

 

[robphy]

Absolutely, the blog supports LaTeX too the same way on these forums.

I think LaTeX is broken on the blog
...for example, the last sentence in https://www.physicsforums.com/blog/2005/09/26/58/

(I noticed this when I tried to use "\pi" in the "Pi day" blog entry.)

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I think LaTeX is broken on the blog
...for example, the last sentence in https://www.physicsforums.com/blog/2005/09/26/58/

(I noticed this when I tried to use "\pi" in the "Pi day" blog entry.)

ok I'll look into it

 

[Dawguard]

Do you plan on including all the topics that are in PF, or just those directly related to science? I realize stuff like GD or PWA wouldn't work, but what about philosophy or social sciences?

 

[ZapperZ]

It seems that I'm leaving my trail all over the 'net, sometime without knowing it.

Recently, someone brought to my attention that one of my posts here on PF became a blog entry:

http://pitofbabel.org/blog/?p=200

I certainly don't mind that at all since this person cited the source of the post. However, it would have been better if it appeared on our PF Blog itself. So Greg, my question here is, would you mind if some of our posts here on PF are copied to be a PF Blog entry? I can see a situation here where someone would ask why we would repeat the same thing that has appeared on PF itself.

But hey, if someone obviously thinks a post on PF can become a useful blog entry, then why not?

:)

Zz.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

It seems that I'm leaving my trail all over the 'net, sometime without knowing it.

Recently, someone brought to my attention that one of my posts here on PF became a blog entry:

http://pitofbabel.org/blog/?p=200

I certainly don't mind that at all since this person cited the source of the post. However, it would have been better if it appeared on our PF Blog itself. So Greg, my question here is, would you mind if some of our posts here on PF are copied to be a PF Blog entry? I can see a situation here where someone would ask why we would repeat the same thing that has appeared on PF itself.

But hey, if someone obviously thinks a post on PF can become a useful blog entry, then why not?

:)

Zz.

wow, your a popular man zz! I certainly would not have a problem transfering some posts into blog entries.

 

[robphy]

By the way, the blog seems to have a little problem (3/29, 1:34pm EST).

addlatex(/var/www/physicsforums.com/htdocs/www/blog/latexrender/latex.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/physicsf/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/latexrender-plugin.php on line 12

Warning: addlatex(): Failed opening '/var/www/physicsforums.com/htdocs/www/blog/latexrender/latex.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/physicsf/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/latexrender-plugin.php on line 12

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: latex_content() in /home/physicsf/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/latexrender-plugin.php on line 13