Does Yahoo have free blogs for quilt guilds?

Question

Our local quilt guild would like to have a web page or blog to get the word out about our quilt shows, club meetings, etc. We aren't sure where to start. Any advice on what we should do? We are not very computer savy, but can do basic things and are willing to learn.

Answer 1

KayJay, Use this link. You can set up a website just by following a fill-in-the-blanks type wizard. (I did it for my guild!) You can also create a blog if you like. I created a webpage for my guild. I update it periodically if there is an event, but for the most part this is the information we are presenting to the rest of the world.

http://geocities.yahoo.com/gcp/

Once you have a Yahoo! ID you can use it for your guild's email address. Then make sure that the email gets checked regularly!

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

we have a quilt group on yahoo, it's not a guild. We ended up going by invitation only-i.e you ask people to join, or people ask to join and they have to be approved. Before it was invitation only there was a certain international address that would post pornography, so we went to invitation only. Quilters find us and join us. If you go that route, have two moderators so someone will stay on top of messages, invitations, etc. On the home page you can put current info on it so anyone who stumbles across your site will be able access that without joining. Plus you can post a photo there also-like your quild logo. From what I understand, yahoo will 'walk' you through starting your own group. I hope this helps.

Answer 3

I would say that a blog *might* be a better way to go than a mailing list (like yahoogroups).

The main reason I'm thinking of is that blogs can function a little more like a regular websites than mailing lists in various ways, and they can have photos posted in messages which would be especially good for quilting topics.

Many can also do other things like allow a blog to be a "team blog," allow videos to be embedded in messages (for how-to's, etc.), have permanent lists of links, allow comments, and allow each "entry" to be a single link ("permalink"), etc. And they're kind of the wave of the future for things like groups, though mailing lists and message boards still have their places.

At blogs, text space is often unlimited, but the amount of free storage space for photos varies (you'll often get a lot though, for example at Blogger) --if you run out of photo space, you can always create a second blog as "part two" of your blog, and some blogs also have a *paid* version which allows even more photo storage.

Here's some info on one of the larger blogs, Google's Blogger (at blogspot.com):

(info) http://help.blogger.com
(create a blog) https://www.blogger.com/start

You can also read a bit more about blogs in general, and what they can and can't do, on this page of my website:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/groups--online2.htm
(... click on BLOGS...)
And maybe a bit more on blogs (and photosharing) here:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/MISC.htm
(... click on Websites For Sharing Your Photos > BLOGS)


HTH,

Diane B.

Answer 4

Do you only recommend a interior reach group? Then what you opt for is to sell interior the interior reach paper/library, or by employing employing your national quilters' guild. Get someone-friendly middle of folk to fulfill and communicate the place, whilst, how in lots of circumstances. in case you ought to employ a room then you definately will choose subs and a Treasurer. once you're a small group, then somebody with a eating/pastime room can host conferences. in case you ought to make for donating to charities, then American blocks are without end a chortle, yet you will ought to club jointly to purchase components, wadding, backing and postage for sending to the charity. an extremely super group ought to need occasional exterior audio equipment (intense priced).

Answer 5

A Yahoo group can be a good choice because they have a calendar that will email your members one week before an event, or one day before, or whatever they sign up for. The only thing I don't like about yahoo groups is you can't put pictures of your work right in your posts.
http://groups.yahoo.com
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Answer 6

I'm sure they'd let you set one up. I belong to three Yahoo Quilting Groups, and there is always something going on - swaps, retreats, block-of-the-month, etc.