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Wednesday, 7 September 2005

Another WordPress MU Site

by mike @ 21:55. Filed under

I noticed a few people are reporting the new WordPress MU site webloog.com. I’d be interested to know which version of WordPress MU they are running, there is no version string in the normal output.

I also notice that the feature list from wordpress.org is included verbatim. Thus it mentions, Full standards compliance. Unfortunately none of the pages that I’ve tried to validate manage to be standards compliant! In their eagerness to include Google adsense adverts, they didn’t bother to insert them in a compliant way! There are other issues too.

It seems to be run by the same people who are behind Free.TV. You know, the free-set-top-box-but-you-have-to-buy-it-first-and-you-might-get-a-refund people! Hmmm… Proceed with caution.

Update:It turns out the domain owner is Ric Johnson the guy behind OpenDomain.org, and also connected with free.tv, however webloog.com is run by Scott Sykes who really needs to add some contact information to make things clear. Scott is behind some other community sites, including blogsforjesus.com and nationofchrist.com. He also runs a blog at vivablog.com

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Ric Says:
September 7th, 2005 at 22:34
Webloog.Com is NOT run by Free.TV !!!
This is an OpenDomain that is being used by someone else!

Quick summary of OpenDomain:
1) I own a bunch of domains
2) I let people USE them for FREE! No strings attached
3) I am NOT responsible for content

You might know another OpenDomain recently used: http://WordPress.Com ? Yes – I transfered WordPress.Com to Matt to use as part of the OpenDomainProgram (see the link to http://OpenDomain.Org on the front page ?)

Other OpenDomains:
http://Greylisting.Org/about.shtml GreyListing (Anti-SPAM)
http://Xmpp.Org Jabber (Instant Messaging)
http://Xaml.Net Xaml (.Net Markup for Avalon)
http://PhotoMatt.Net/2005/07/26/wordpresscom WordPress.Com (blog software)
http://Bloog.Com Matthew Evans (Radio Producer)
http://GlobalDimming.Com Environment (Global Warming)

Check us out!
mike Says:
September 7th, 2005 at 23:30
Ric,
I reached that conclusion because both the organisation that registered webloog.com and the contact details for free.tv are at the same address. Yours! Also Cedric Johnson (technical contact for webloog.com, and I’m guessing, a relative) has a free.tv email address.

Yes, I do remember wordpress.com, of course, you offered it to me at one point.
Hoover Says:
September 7th, 2005 at 23:47
They are using 1.5.2
Ric Says:
September 8th, 2005 at 01:21
Mike,
Yes, I do own the domains, but the content is up to the Users of the domain. Scott Skyes is using webloog.com – I will ask him to put up a contact page if there are any questions. He does have to abide by the terms, such as no SPAM, but since it seems he is using it for free WordPress blogs, I figured it was a good way to use it.
I did actually transfer WordPress.Com to Matt. Although I could have sold it for a pretty penny, I felt he could support WPMU better than I. Although I am still waiting for my invite!
Donncha O Caoimh Says:
September 8th, 2005 at 01:26
I guess it’s probably a snapshot of WPMU taken at some stage. Hope they keep upgrading because there are new features and bug fixes rolled in on an hourly basis!
OpenDomain.Org Says:
September 8th, 2005 at 03:06
Webloog.Com

We are happy to support another user of the OpenDomain program: http://Webloog.Com
Scott Skyes petitioned to use the domain for a WordPress MultUser site, so anyone can sign up for a free WordPress blog (no invites needed!)
Please note:

OpenDomai…
Footsteps in the Mirror » Wordpress: The Good and The Dodgy Says:
September 8th, 2005 at 06:24
[...] I did check webloog out and they have a pretty dodgy front page to begin with, but I like to give them the benefit of the doubt. Hey, it’s Wordpress anyway, aside from a little compliance standards here and there, how could you go castastrophically wrong? Still…of course, I’m partial towards Wordpress.com. [...]
Jeff Watson Says:
September 28th, 2005 at 00:13
I wasa wondering what wonderful skin you were using for your WordPress blog. It simply looks wonderful. I just started with my blog the other day, and am disappointed by the way it looks, and the lack of responses, as I’m writing to nobody. Please check out my blog and give me any hints you can think of. I will tell you that I’m a bit programming challenged.

Cheers,

Jeff
mike Says:
September 28th, 2005 at 00:56
Hi Jeff,
You can download my theme from http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/ There are three different versions each with a different colour scheme.

Mike

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