[MCN-L] Tools for posting stories and images

[Perian Sully]

I agree with Elizabeth - Wordpress is a great choice and it is very easy
to use. You might need to take a look at the user permissions -
different user groups may not have the ability to upload, so you would
have to make some adjustments there.

Another solution is Blogspot, which does offer user uploads, if I
recall.

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA


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Elizabeth Bruton
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Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Tools for posting stories and images

Actually, Wordpress does allow users to upload multimedia (including
images) and
attach them to a blog post, or in your case a story.  It would also be a
solution I would recommend, as it is very easy to setup and has a very
user-friendly admininstration.

Elizabeth Bruton

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Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> writes:
> Do you know of any free or nearly free tools that allow users to
upload
> stories and optional images?  We would like to make a blog where users
> could upload stories about a mentor and if they have it, a photo of
them
> with their mentor. Blog toolkits like Wordpress don't seem to let
users
> add images and sites like Flickr would not be a good place for people
> with stories but no images to upload their mentor stories. We also
need
> a very simple interface for our users because many of them are
elderly.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for your help! 
> 
>  
> 
> Allison Farber 
> Museum Educator for New Media
> Museum of Jewish Heritage 
> A Living Memorial to the Holocaust  
> 
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