Tucows has consolidated the end user and Reseller blogs into a single blog accessible at http://blog.blogware.com/.

All information (development news, sales and marketing, support and admin, hints and tips and news and trends) will now be posted on http://blog.blogware.com/. Tucows will make use of the privacy features of Blogware to restrict presentation of some information only for Blogware Resellers. Restricted content will be visible once you login as of 17 January. Please take a moment to update your bookmarks. After 17 January 2005 reseller.blogware.com will no longer be updated.

Links to resources in resellers.blogware.com will remain intact and will automatically reroute to their new location on blog.blogware.com.

A new and important category, "Downloads", will be added to the consolidated blog on 17 January 2005. The Downloads category is an environment where Resellers can contribute and share the Blogware components they have created to share with other Resellers.

This blog will be linked from the new blogware.com site that will go live on 19 January.

On 19 January 2005, Tucows will be launching a new Blogware website.

The purpose of the redesigned site is to clearly communicate the value of blogs and Blogware to potential users, Resellers and members of the media.

The new site will include:
* A retail referral tool for end users who would like to purchase a Blogware blog;
* An explanation of Blogware features, FAQ's and end user help;
* A link to the new and improved Blogware blog;
* An explanation of Tucows Reseller model and how end users purchase a Blogware blog through a Retailer; and
* Recruiting information for new Resellers wanting to retail Blogware.

To have your Blogware-based service included in the Reseller referral tool for the launch date of 19 January, please provide the following information by 17 January:

**OpenSRS Username
**Country
**Logo URL (not to exceed a maximum of 10k in size and must be hosted on the Reseller site)
**Brief overview of your service (not to exceed 200 characters)

Send your information to Tanja at tzelko@tucows.com

MarketingProfs.com
by: Debbie Weil

Newsletters or ezines are still the e-vehicle of choice for most marketers. But blogs are being slowly adopted as a channel for business communication.

Read more...

The holiday season is quickly approaching. Why not run a holiday retail promotion to make the most of the buying season?

We've put together a list of banner ad, email campaign and promotional suggestions to help you out. You will find it posted on the RRC or you can just download the attachment!

itbusiness.ca
3/12/04

HP, IBM and Sun execs are journaling away online, but is it mindshare or marketing? Bloggers from Microsoft Canada, Databeacon, Tucows and others tell us where they draw the line.

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Blogs have made it to Jeopardy as a category! Check it out on this blog.

Based on consumer look-ups on Merriam Webster's online dictionary, blog is the #1 word of the year.

Their official definition:
Blog noun [short for Weblog] (1999) : a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer

Learn how a word gets into a Merriam Webster dictionary.

Web of Influence

November/December 2004

Every day, millions of online diarists, or “bloggers,” share their opinions with a global audience. Drawing upon the content of the international media and the World Wide Web, they weave together an elaborate network with agenda-setting power on issues ranging from human rights in China to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. What began as a hobby is evolving into a new medium that is changing the landscape for journalists and policymakers alike. Read more...

John Taylor
webpronews.com

"I personally have used the "Moveable Type" stand-alone script and although quite complex to install, I found it very easy to use. My recommended choice of hosted blogging service would have to be the Blog4Cash.com system that includes a wide variety of high quality features and has a built in two tier
affiliate scheme that enables you to generate a recurring income from all your referrals."

Read more...

I am pleased to announce that we have updated the flash demos for Blogware which reflect the new interface.

We have also created a 4th demo which demonstrates how to switch your current blog to Blogware.

They can be found on the RRC (you will need your user name and password) or you can use these links:

How to Post
How to Pick the Colour and Layout
How to Track Your Statistics
How to Import Your Blog

Welcome to the Tucows Blogware reseller & developer network center. In the form of a blog, this resource brings together all of the various tools, contracts, tips and guides that Tucows and other resellers have made available.

There is nothing here for end-users, sorry.

In order to access all of the resources available through this web site, you must be logged in using your designated account. You can designate an authorized account through your reseller control panel and modifying the "Reselller Blog Access" settings.

This weblog is specifically for active Blogware resellers. In order to gain access to its content, which is available only if you log in with a specified Blogware account. You specify this account in your Reseller Control Panel.

To specify a Blogware account, log into the Reseller Control Panel and go to the Settings page (which you do by clicking on the Settings tab in the Navigation Bar, as shown below):

You will be taken to the Settings page. The section we're interested in is marked Reseller Blog Access, located at the top of the right column:

In this section, you will provide a user ID and password in order to specify an account with which you will access the reseller weblog. Note that this cannot be your reseller account, but an account that you use to either admnister a weblog or read weblogs. If you don't have such an account, you can create a reader account using the User Signup page.

Enter the user ID of the account you wish to use to log into the Blogware site into the Blogware User ID field, and the password of the account into the Blogware Password field. Click the Save changes button at the bottom of the page. If you entered the user ID and password for a valid Blogware account, you will be taken back to the main page and shown this graphic:



Once you've specified the account with which to view the Blogware Reseller Blog, you can log into it using that account. Go to this blog and enter the user ID and password into the Login form, located in the left sidebar:



After this step, you will be logged in and will see all the resellers-only content.

If you have any questions, please feel free to drop us a note.