The volunteers’ website features several ways to engage with the online community including a blog and forum. If you’re not a frequent Internet user, it may be difficult to understand the difference between the two.
Why Should I Use the Blog or Forum?
The blog and forum are ways to interact with other Fulham Palace volunteers online. You can write about events on the blog, ask questions on the forum, or share information on both!
What is a Blog?
Like the newsletter, blogs have articles. These can be about any topic, but must be submitted to and reviewed by the communications team before they are put online. Once these are online, readers can make comments.
What is a Forum?
A forum is an online discussion space. If you’d like to ask a question or share information you can write this on the forum. What you write doesn’t need to be submitted to or reviewed by the communications team first. Similar to the blog, readers can make comments, but these comments are meant to be part of an ongoing discussion about the topic.
What’s the Difference?
The main purpose of a blog is to share information via articles. The main purpose of a forum is to initiate a conversation on a particular topic.
How Can I Use a Blog?
- You can ‘like’ a blog post. By liking an article you are demonstrating that you enjoyed the post and perhaps would like to read more on a related topic.
- You can comment on a post you’ve read. You can do this by clicking the ‘comment’ button.
- You can write an article for the blog. If you’re interested in authoring a blog post, check out the articles ‘You’ve Got the Write Stuff’ which has information on how to submit a post and ‘Get Inspired’ for potential story ideas.
How Can I Use the Forum?
You can participate on the forum by starting a new discussion. To do this, click on the ‘Start a new topic’ box. Title your comment/question then elaborate in the section ‘body text.’ You can include pictures by clicking on the camera icon. When you’re done, click the ‘login and post’ button.
Now it’s time to get involved! We hope to see your blog posts, likes, comments, and forum discussions soon!