Blog guidelines & tips

All registered users of Blog for Oregon are invited to post blog entries on our site.

If you're already logged in, click here to start your blog.

If you aren't logged in, please use the log-in block on the left-hand side of the page, or click here. If you aren't registered yet, click here to create a new user account.

Unless you are currently logged in, you will be unable to post content to our site other than comments.

Please note: posting blog entries, comments, etc. that are obviously spam (such as those with ads for Viagra or whatever in the middle of the text) will cause your user account to be banned.

The best blog entries are your own words: your thoughts, opinions, analysis, ranting or rhetoric on topics of the day. (While impassioned prose is more than welcome, please do not post your subject/message in all caps or with long strings of exclamation marks--no need to yell, we can hear you just fine!)

We especially need postings about your thoughts on local, state, or national political news, progressive organization events and activities, letters to the editor, and more.

In addition to political commentary, blog entries that are very likely to get "promoted" to the front page are your first-hand reports from political actions you are involved in: rallies, meetings, projects, community organizing, etc. Photos are great!

Share your work, and tell readers how they can get involved.

Note: If you attach a small picture of your face (60x60 maximum size) to your profile (click on the update profile link in the left-hand column), it will show up next to your blog postings. Inappropriate pictures will be removed.

One caveat: Please try to avoid blog entries that are nothing more than a pasted-in copy of entire articles or content from other sources. Not only are pasted-in articles less interesting than hearing your personal take on an issue, it violates copyright law and netiquette to copy articles in their entirety.

It's fine to copy in a paragraph or two to give the flavor, but then tell us YOUR take on the issue. Also be sure to include a link to the full story.

Questions? Email dems (-a-t-) nu-look dot net. We look forward to reading your blog!

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