What happens when team blogs switch to the new version of Blogger?

A team blog will only switch to the new version of Blogger when the original owner moves his or her account over.

Team members who have not yet switched to the new version will still see the blog on their dashboards, but it will be grayed out and inaccessible. Once those members move their own accounts to the new version of Blogger, they will be able to access the blog as before. If they can't yet switch, or don't wish to, they can ask the owner of the blog for a new invitation to join the blog on the new version. They can then accept that invitation by logging in to or creating a Google Account to post to that blog. (Later on, when they do switch their Blogger account to the new version, they'll have an option to merge it with this account.)

If a team member of a blog switches their account to the new version of Blogger before the blog owner does, then the team blog is not converted. It will appear on the team member's converted dashboard, but clicking on it will lead back to the old version of Blogger. Thus, the blog will still be usable, but without the new features of Blogger (e.g. Labels, Layouts, etc.).

Special case for blogs that have been moved to different accounts: In the previous version of Blogger, the team member who originally created a blog could be removed from the team. This is not possible in the new version of Blogger, where each blog must have an owner who cannot be removed. Thus, a new owner is assigned to these blogs.

Where there is only one admin member on the blog, that person becomes the new owner of the blog after they switch to the new version of Blogger. If there are multiple admins, then the last person to switch becomes the new owner. The other members will still have admin rights, but the new owner will be the permanent member and owner of the blog. So if you have a team blog that fits this description (i.e. the original creator is no longer part of the blog) you can coordinate among your members to decide who will take ownership of it.

We Have Switched to the NEW BLOGGER!

Congratulations! Your move to the new Blogger is complete.

You can now access your dashboard at http://www.blogger.com/ using your Google Account and start using the new features right away.

Happy blogging,
The Blogger Team

We have made the move to the NEW Blogger since it is out of beta already!

To see what’s new take a look here - http://www.blogger.com/beta-tour.g

I had just recently blogged about this in this post - http://vintage74.blogspot.com/2006/12/new-blogger.html that one of the incentive for the move is security or privacy. I'll implement this once everyone has gotten the hang of the "New Blogger". I'll need to change the template as well to take advantage of the new features.

Another reason is that we can not labels our posts so that it would be easier to search for old posts. I’ll be setting up the labels (or categories) such as Reunions/Gatherings, Kuching Stuff, Food, Travels, Personal, etc. You'll see this at the bottom of the Create Post window. I'll label this post as under "Our Blog".

Create a private blog

Want to share your thoughts with just family and friends, not the whole world? The new Permissions tab in Settings makes it easy to control who can view and contribute to your blog.

Add authors so multiple people can post to your blog.

Choose who can view your blog just by adding their email address.

Our blog may be in a bit of a mess now due to the switch but I’ll take advantage of the Christmas holidays to spend some time to sort it out! I hope you can be patient and will bear with us over this period! Cheers!

New Blogger

I'm eagerly awaiting the new version of "Blogger" which is still currently under "Beta"; particularly of this feature which a few of you are quite concerned about ...

I'll make the switch at the opportune time and inform you all accordingly. Okay? Hopefully with this privacy in place, we can look forward to more postings from our 'shy' ex-schoolmates!

Private blogs

Create a blog visible to just your friends and family, not the whole world.

Do You Have Any Privacy Left?

Meow Meow!

If NOT, I'm gonna take a nap ...

and now a word from your friendly administrator ...

Geese @ Kg Tringgus

For those of you who'd not received their invitations to join this blog as contributors - please accept my apologies (and lousy excuse!); I'll get round to it soon enough. Perhaps you can drop me a line via email francish2o@gmail.com or leave a message at the 'chatbox'.

I'm also exploring other blogging platforms that has 'security measures' in place by way of requirement for username and password to log in. Blogger which we are using now is the most popular and user friendly blog to use. But it does not have this feature. Some of the other blogging platforms may have but they are really not that user friendly. So it is a trade off. I personally prefer user-friendliness as my life is quite full and busy as it is and who has time to learn things that does seem to go with the natural flow of how human think.

I had been blogging for slightly over a year now and so far I'd never really had any problems whatsoever despite my name, vocation, handphone number, email, etc being in the public domain! So I really do not feel that it is really an issue.

When my blog started becoming "femes" or well known; I did received some nasty remarks in my chatbox about my "shady past" and other crap. You cannot stop jealous people or those with malicious intent. However on the other hand I had received numerous kind and heartwarming emails from people all over the world who enjoyed my photos, thoughts and experience. Sadly there are not enough positive bogs out there.

We would appreciate your comments on how "private" and "secure" we want our blog to be. So let's hear it!

A Word (or 2) from the Blog Administrator (shamelessly self-appointed)

Hi Fellow School and Classmates!

Its great to see that quite a number of you are taking to Our Blog by checking up on it, registering as members so that you can post to it, commenting to the post and 'chatting' at the chat/message box. I can also see from the site counter that the blog had been browsed over 170 times since it was 'hastily' put up on Friday evening, Kuching time.

Since it was rather 'hastily' put up, please bear in mind the following:-

• Although I'd volunteered to set up this blog; it is NOT my blog - it is OURS! Mine blog is here. So this is our domain and eventually will take on its 'character' and 'personality' based on all our inputs, postings and contributions.
• I'm using FireFox 1.5 as my browser of choice. Those of you who are tech-savy would agree that in terms of speed and security, it is superior in everyway to Microsoft defacto Internet Explorer. But of course the choice is up to you. There are also other browsers around that are superior to I.E such as Opera or Safari if you are fortuately enough to be able to affford Apple Computers. The point of this is that this blog would appear 'normal' in virtually all the browsers EXCEPT Internet Explorer! *sigh* I'll get around to fix this page so that it would look normal in I.E.
  
• I had already sent out invitations to most of you to join as members to this blog. I'll get around to sending it out to ALL. If you had not received your invitation yet, please bear with me while I sort this out. It would be a great help if you can email me directly at francish2o@gmail.com if you are not invited yet so that I can shoot off an invitation to you asap. Please accept my apologies for the delay. I owe you laksa and/or luicha!
• For those of you who valued their privacy or simply need or prefer to stay private in the public domain; please feel free to use alias when you register. Just let us know by email who you are so that your name would not be indexed in google. For those of you who may be new to the internet(!); everything you typed in would be indexed! For example if you googled my name 'francis ho kuching'; you'll find everything that has ever been written about this character 'francis ho' in kuching on the internet! Good thing that I'm not on the run or harbouring any dark secrets ...
• Please let us know what you think about the name, layout and design of this blog. Suggestions for areas that need improvements would be greatly appreciated.
• I had added in a counter which display in real time the country that the person who is currently reading the blog is in. This is to alow you to know who is also online at the same time so that you can feel free to chat to him or her if you so wish. Some of us are already doing that! Eva was the first person who chatted with me. This being in the public domain, there is bound to be other visitors who do not 'belong' to the forum but may happen to chance on our blog. But thats cool.
  
• Since this Our Blog, please feel free to experiment with your postings. Just go ahead and try posting - it would not 'crash' the blog. If something does goes wrong or if you need some help, please do not hesistate to call or email me. I'll see what I can do. But please bear in mind that I'm an architect not an IT or web expert.

I think that's it for the moment. I'll stop ranting now. So go ahead and post something!

Cheers!
Francis Ho
Kuching

'Ying-Yang' our dog lazing on the timber deck

Hello & Welcome to OUR BLOG!

Congratulations and a Warm Welcome to the Blog of the Class of '74!

This blog is set up to allow the 'class of 74 to keep in touch with each other from around the world and for us to share with each other snippets of our (wonderful) lives!

Everyone will in due course be sent an email invitation to register as a member of this blog to enable you to be able to post their entries here. A picture is worth a thousand words (or more) but please reduce the size to 640 x 480 or smaller before posting. It would be easier to post and faster for the page(s) to load. I understand that a number of you would be new to 'blogging' and it may take a little while for some of you to get up to speed. But the blogger platform that I had chosen is the easiest and most user friendly. We therefore look forward to your posting(s). If you have any difficulties, please feel free to email me and I can help with the postings. We are all smart monkeys and should be able to master this in no time. Nearing or having passed the half-century mark, we should be able to show those punks and our kids that the uncles and aunties can still swing with the best of 'em! Blogging or being 'cool' is not the exclusive domain of the young! We can kick butts too! But we'd better not!

Anyway I have the 'honour' and priviledge of posting our first entry here as I'd volunteered to set up this blog; as I felt the 'flying' emails were getting a little bit 'unwieldly' and I think that a blog is a more convenient and more organised way to manage the various postings. It is more readily accessible to anyone at anytime with acess to the internet.

So as the song goes - "let's get started in here!"


Cheers and be well!
Francis Ho Khee Ngee
Form 6 Science I or II (I'm not even sure!)



Info on photo : Me on my Folbot Folding Kayak, the 'Cooper' on the Sarawak River '05. I'm most peaceful and happiest when I'm on the waters. If anyone of you wants to try your hand at kayaking or take one of my trips, please do not hesistate to contact me! See you on the waters!