15May/051
New city blogs and sites launch
Dan Gilmor launches a San Francisco-based community journalism/blog called Bayosphere that is “…of, by, and for the Bay area…â€. It’s built using an open-source CMS platform named Drupal, for which they’ve also posted an explanation for why they chose it. Daniel Rubin, a writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer launches Blinq, an Inquirer-backed blog. There’s also a Boston-based portal called Universal Hub.
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May 16th, 2005 - 09:38
Thanks for the link! I’m also using Drupal, as is H2Otown and PhillyFuture. Drupal’s really nice for community sites.