{"id":16661,"date":"2020-08-22T13:14:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T20:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=16661"},"modified":"2020-08-22T13:14:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T20:14:47","slug":"whotube-two-challenges-for-bloodhoundblogs-contributors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/16661\/whotube-two-challenges-for-bloodhoundblogs-contributors\/","title":{"rendered":"Whotube? Two challenges for BloodhoundBlog\u2019s contributors."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This site has 69 contributors, surely a propitious number. We got a lot of new software this week, including <a href=\"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/support\/shortcode-embeds\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">shortcodes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/support\/markdown\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Markdown markup language<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Markdown is an EZ way to get to formatted text, emulating in many ways longstanding Usenet markup conventions. Chances are, if you work in it, you will have to learn nothing of the underlying nuts-and-bolts. The list below was written simply with asterisks, typewriter style:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easy to use.<\/li>\n<li>Hard to confuse.<\/li>\n<li>Aaron Swartz, the inventor, was hounded to death by the Deep State. His productivity lives on in you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shortcodes are easy ways to effect big jobs. Witness Mister Jack White:<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N-lvW6eYQSM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nThe code for that was precisely this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-22-at-12.40.52-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"25\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-22-at-12.40.52-PM.png 421w, https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-22-at-12.40.52-PM-300x18.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The word &#8216;youtube&#8217; in brackets with the link to the video. Easy-peasy, and the theme will manage every sort of screen size on its own \u2013 desktop, tablet, smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>The link above summarizes all of the available shortcodes, but the docs that matter are here: <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/support\/videos\/youtube\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Extending the Youtube shortcode<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So the first challenge to our contributors is simply to post.<\/strong> Could not be easier to post amazing content.<\/p>\n<p>The second challenge is harder: <strong>Forecast the future.<\/strong> Pandemic, protests, politics: What are they doing where you are, and what portents will the future bring? Our contributors are all over the country. There is much they can teach us.<\/p>\n<p>There are two challenges to making a blog work: Content and conversations. The latter are caused by the former.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This site has 69 contributors, surely a propitious number. We got a lot of new software this week, including shortcodes and the Markdown markup language. Markdown is an EZ way to get to formatted text, emulating in many ways longstanding Usenet markup conventions. Chances are, if you work in it, you will have to learn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-real-estate","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1464,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1464\/on-the-nordstrom-analogy\/","url_meta":{"origin":16661,"position":0},"title":"On the NORDSTROM Analogy","author":"Jeff Kempe","date":"May 23, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Apropos of pretty much nothing: my two daughters -- for whom I live -- drove down from Seattle last weekend and threw me a surprise birthday party. The appropriate aphorism: \"A good time was had by all.\" I just found two party hats in the freezer. Which provides a seriously\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1293,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1293\/an-insanely-great-hyper-local-real-estate-weblogging-strategy-be-the-community\/","url_meta":{"origin":16661,"position":1},"title":"An insanely great hyper-local real estate weblogging strategy: Be the community","author":"Greg Swann","date":"April 12, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"In January, I told y'all that I have an insanely great idea for making a local real estate weblog successful. I actually had the idea last Summer, and I worked out all the details and software then. But we have been busy with other things, so I've just been sitting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1419,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1419\/peeing-on-your-own-tree-with-bloodhound-enriched-googlejuice\/","url_meta":{"origin":16661,"position":2},"title":"Peeing on your own tree with Bloodhound-enriched Googlejuice","author":"Greg Swann","date":"May 12, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Cathy brought this up this morning, so I thought I would look into it. A version of this went out as email to BloodhoundBlog contributors earlier today. Cathy's question: What is the Google impact of being a BloodhoundBlog contributor? 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