Blogging with OCENS Mail and SailBlogs

Everyone seems to be blogging these days. Political pundits, sports authorities, musicians, investment advisors, real estate brokers, movie stars and more. People are blogging from football games, rock concerts, chili cook-offs, political rallies and town council meetings. Not to mention the family room, office desk or coffee shop.

So why not blog while sailing, cruising or fishing?

Why not indeed! OCENS Mail new Blogging module removes the obstacles to blogging while you play or work at-sea. In collaboration with Sailblogs, the premier blogging solution provider for the marine community, OCENS has added a blogging module within its popular satellite email package, OCENS Mail. With the release of OCENS Mail version 3, bloggers can now easily chronicle their pictures, thoughts, perspectives, and adventures. Even enter your position in your blog and have friends and family track you on a Google Earth map that appears on your personal website!

Special thanks to OCENS Dealer Tim Hasson, with TechYacht, for putting this together!

Compatible with Mac.

This service exists as a module inside of OCENS Mail. You must have an active OCENS Mail account for the module to function. If you already have an active SailBlogs account and want to add service via OCENS Mail you will need to purchase service here then contact SailBlogs to merge your previous account with this one.
Add Blogging to your existing OCENS Mail account, Only $17.95 per month ($30 activation fee applies)	Select Plan: 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months
Add Blogging to a new OCENS Mail account. Service is only $17.95 per month (Activation is waived) First Month Free when activated with a new OCENS Mail account	Select Plan: 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months

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Purchase a domain name and use it for your blog web-address (instead of "www.sailblogs.com/member/username" you can have "www.myboat.com") OCENS has set up a partnership with a domain name registrar to make it easy for your purchase and manage a domain name. Support for this service is managed by the registrar and not by OCENS directly.

Post journal entries and photos to your journal via email, as well as including video clips ,including sound, in your blog.

When you post a journal entry  you'll have the option of including a corresponding lat/long pair. When a lat/long is added to a post, your map will automatically update to show the most current position. In addition, your map will also show a history of position points that are "hot clickable" allowing your visitors to click on the map and view the corresponding journal entry..

Position points can be added at any time with any date through the web administration, allowing you to add historical points and fill in older parts of the journal. Maps can be customized to show the name of your boat or title of your blog.

Personal Google Earth
In addition to having a map right in your blog, SailBlogs supports Google Earth, allowing you to provide a "feed" of your blog to GE users. This enables visitors to follow your progress, see your journal entries and photos, and combine with other information all right in Google Earth. There is no special configuration for you, the GE feed gets its information directly from the XPlot engine. You simply enable the feed, and SailBlogs does the rest.

XPlot map tracking and Google Earth support by SailBlogs together add a whole new dimension to your journal and greatly enhances your journal's value to friends and family.