Comments on: HELP WANTED, Inquire within.

By: Tim Formica [Room335]

Tim Formica [Room335] — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:38:40 +0000

UPDATE:

Bart has set up a system where we can add contributors. I'm still working on the guidelines for you and will try to have them ready for those who expressed and interest in writing by Monday

Tim

By: artistic_kelly

artistic_kelly — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:36:48 +0000

I can write an article on using the Decimate feature. I utilized this feature with a high polygon "christmas tree" to facilitate decorating a tree with lights. Using the Decimate feature, I was able to create halo textures assigned to vertices left over after a decimate. I repeated this process for differing color of lights. Any interest in an article?

By: ArtIsLight

ArtIsLight — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:28:12 +0000

@Tim: where do we host our article thumbnail images? We can't upload to BlenderNation.com till we have an author account/privileges. Use DeviantART?

By: AD-Edge

AD-Edge — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:11:34 +0000

I’ve been interested in helping out here and becoming a writer for BlenderNation for a while, but haven’t had the time until now.

I finished close to the top of my English class last year (which was the highest level English class available), and I could see this as a good application of everything I’ve learnt.
And of course Blender has been a very important part of my life for years now!

So if you need a new writer I'd be very happy to help, feel free to add me to the list and/or email me at AD-Edge@hotmail.com

Regards, Alex

By: ArtIsLight

ArtIsLight — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:43:48 +0000

btw, thanks for the info on how the article should be written. ;D It was helpful.

By: ArtIsLight

ArtIsLight — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:41:11 +0000

I am definitely interested in becoming a writer. I have submitted an article, but it was mostly links to videos. I can try to lessen the link list and add a better description, but overall it was pretty good. (except the video selections weren't supreme.) Am I on that list of writers? ;D If not, please put me on it.

By: Tim F

Tim F — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:35:37 +0000

Socceroos,

Yes, this sounds promising as well as the other similar suggestions. The main thing we need to keep in mind is that we don't want to lose past articles which are in the Wordpress database. So any suggestion about compatibility would be appreciated and Bart and I will review them.

Thanks to all for your suggestions and keep them coming!

By: AD-Edge

AD-Edge — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:31:00 +0000

I’ve been interested in helping out here for a while, but haven’t had the time until now.

I finished close to the top of my English class last year (which was the highest level English class available), and I could see this as a good application of everything I’ve learnt.

Plus Blender has been a very important part of my life for years now!

So if you need a new writer id be very happy to help, feel free to add me to the list and email me at AD-Edge@hotmail.com

Regards, Alex

By: Socceroos

Socceroos — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:58:43 +0000

Regarding the suggestions about having users be able to submit articles and have a moderator approve them and publish them, I think that would be a great idea.

I'm not sure what the backend that blendernation.com runs on, but I certainly know that a CMS like Joomla or Drupal (both open source and free) could very easily give you the ability to have users post articles and moderators approve and publish them. I have set this up before and I would be happy to help in this area if any assistance is needed.

Also, a CMS like Joomla has a very nice templating system, so making it look like BlenderNation is now is very viable/doable.

Kind regards,

Socceroos

By: Dennis G. Jerz

Dennis G. Jerz — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:43:17 +0000

I'll be introducing a small class of "new media journalism" majors to Blender3D this fall. For most of them, it will be their first experience with any kind of 3D tool, and they are writers rather than designers, so the experience will likely be memorable for them. If you'd like some personal accounts from newbies, they would probably welcome the opportunity to be published. Let me know if you're interested.