Stupid IT question

Rich158

Bear with me, this question has a tenuous link to cycling.

I've signed up for the Fred Whitton Challenge this year and want to set up a blog/something on facebook, to document my training and give friends and familly somewhere to sponsor me through Paypal or a similar service.

Given the collective wisdom of you all on here could anyone suggest the best way to go about achieving this? Whilst I have some computer literacy blogs, facebook, and anything generally used by my kids is usually beyond my comprehension, so please keep it simple :roll:

Thanks in advance

robmanic1

Try this one, not used it myself but have donated on it before.

[urlhttp://justgiving.com/[/url]

roger_merriman

facebook is kinda of a blog any how. (the wall)

for a cleaner though more techy blog wordpress is reasonbly easy.

robmanic1

Note to self "read messages properly before trying to be Mr Clever Trousers", apologies I'm a moron.

cee

I personally do not like facefart...... sorry facebook.

try blogger.com (a google blogging tool), or simply search for blog in your search engine of choice.

They are very easy to set up and use, and if you have any difficulties, get your kids involved and get them to help you.

woodford2barbican

What was it I read the other day......something like......"blogs are what people do when they are not masturbating"......I think that was it.....:)

girv73

Go to wordpress.com and sign up for a free blog. You can get an easily installed plugin for Wordpress to allow PayPal donations, but you will need a PayPal account first I guess.

sarajoy

I recommend Blogger, nice & easy to use. And JustGiving works well too - Though does JustGiving let you have a page where you can post updates? Would be good to have 2-in-1!

Otherwise in Blogger it's pretty easy to add bits to a column, for example a box with a big SPONSOR ME HERE! link to JustGiving in it

biondino

Justgiving expires your page a few weeks after the event, so you'd lose any updates you included unless you copied them elsewhere. I'd go for Wordpress or Blogger linked to a Justgiving page.

girv73

Alternatively, just tell me your bank account details, passwords and PINs and I'll set it all up for you