Blogs are Soaring

One feature of Soul Source that slowly ticks away in the background is the Members Blogs. The whole system was updated a few months ago and as it features regular fresh content the time is right for a highlight

The latest blog update is from Dave Rimmer who's regular entries about his travels has made it of the most read/commented on here.
You can view his latest entry which involves a trip to the just gone Marrs Bar Allnighter at the link below
"What does a seagull taste like ..."
http://www.soul-source.co.uk/forum/blog/dave_rimmer/

The full list of all the members blogs on Soul Source can be browsed at the link below. There's a wide varied range of subjects and styles, from the obvious soul related types to the not so obvious real world view ones.

http://www.soul-source.co.uk/forum/index.php?autocom=blog

All members can quickly get their own up and running, and can be used for all sorts of things with a lot of features
As it uses the same engine as the forum  it means that its a no-brainer to get one going

Some of the features

Style

Blog sysytem has been overhauled with a fresh new style, one which feels more like a traditional blog.


Content Block Plugin System

Drag and drop no fuss method of arranging where they show
Included new content blocks in this release: Twitter, MyBlogLog, Google Reader, Friends Blogs, and Recent Visitors.

Social Bookmarks

Del.icio.us, Digg, Facebook, Mixx, Reddit, and Stumbleupon submit added

Media Integration

The new [blogmedia] tag allows you to automatically convert various media types into a more useable format. For example, [ blogmedia ]http://www.test.com/somemp3.mp3[/ blogmedia] would be converted into a mp3 player for the specified file. You can define any media type you like in the Media Tag manager, by default included are: Flickr Image Set, GameTrailers, Google Video, MP3 Player, MySpace Video, Veoh, and YouTube.

Feedburner Integration

Users can now override the default rss syndication and use FeedBurner.

Favourites

Blogs chosen as favourites will show at the top of the listing page when you view

Just a quick highlight of some of the features. As said all members can quickly get their own blog going - if find that you do need any help or assistance then just shout up in the feedback forum.

http://www.soul-source.co.uk/forum/index.php?autocom=blog