BlogHer - Introducing: From the 'hood - Comments

the hood

Dorotheaa — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:18:48 -0500

I think it sound fantastic. And I'm hoping it launches soon. Great sharing of exposure for all of us and it doesn't surprise me at all. That's what we do..help each other get more popular...

Think you have something here..go for it.

Dorothy from grammology

remember to call your gram

www.grammology.com

So am I!

Denise — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:43:56 -0500

I also look forward to community feedback once we launch, so I hope you'll be back to tell us what you think.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Good questions

Denise — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:37:37 -0500

1) A few times a week, for now. If we feel like these are really popular, we may expand that.

2) The From the 'hood editor will be looking for great posts, posts that she thinks the community would be interested in, posts that meet our community guidelines and she'll be following a futures calendar and publishing schedule (as all of our editors do.)

3) There will be a complete teaser.

Keep the questions coming!

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Love It!

Sue Walsh — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:53:04 -0500

What a great idea! I'm looking forward to discovering lots of amazing new blogs!

Sue Walsh

Wedding Tips

I love it! And a few questions

Vered — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:43:44 -0500

1. How often will you publish these teasers?

2. Any criteria or is the editor free to choose?

3. Will it be a complete teaser - just "from the 'hood" title and not the title of the post itself?

Vered DeLeeuw
www.momgrind.com

Introducing: From the 'hood

Denise — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:56:46 -0500

We're really excited about a brand new feature being launched on BlogHer called "From the 'hood" and we're looking forward to hearing your feedback on this new idea. But before we launch, we want to give you a little background so you won't be confused.

The "From the 'hood" editor will be searching the bloghersphere for great blog posts by women and when she finds one she thinks you'll love, she'll head back to BlogHer and label her post "From the 'hood:" The teaser will land on the BlogHer homepage, just like any other editor's post and it will look identical to an editor's post. The magic comes when you click on the title of that "From the 'hood" post...

When you click, you'll see the featured blog with a BlogHer.com navigation bar at the top of the page. Like this (you can click to enlarge the image):

You can navigate around the featured blog, even leaving a comment if you like (and we hope you will.)

Here are some things to know about the navigational frame on the left side of the page.

* If you click the BlogHer text logo, you'll land back on the BlogHer home page.

* Run the cursor over the word "related" and you'll be able to click on links to related BlogHer topics.

* In the center of the navigation bar, you'll find a link to leave a comment on the From the 'hood post

* Go back takes you back to the page you were on before you clicked into this page.

* Close frame will re-open the featured blog without the BlogHer navigational frame.