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Blogging with OCENS Mail and SailBlogs


Everyone seems to be a part of it 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 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!

Watch OCENSMail & SailBlogs in Action!
Special thanks to OCENS Dealer Tim Hasson, with TechYacht, for putting this together!
Compatible with Mac.
Download Brochure Click Here to read Tim Hasson's first blog!
Click Here to see Jeff's blogs!
Add Blogging to a current order for OCENS Mail
Service is only $17.95 per month
First Month Free when activated with a new OCENS Mail account

This service exists as a module inside of OCENS Mail. You must have an active Blogging account and an active OCENS Mail account for the module to function.
 
Select Plan:
Purchase a domain name
and use it for your blog web-address
(in stead 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.
Purchase Domain Here
Consistent with all of OCENS satellite data services, the new blogging module permits users to submit their blogs while using the bare minimum of satellite connect time. Rather than log onto a site and keep this connection active while you blog, the new OCENS Mail blogging module enables offline blog creation. When ready, you take advantage of the speed and efficiency of OCENS Mail to quickly submit your blog. Whether its over a satellite phone or broadband connection, your blog is on the way to Sailblogs in just seconds.

SailBlogs Pro includes:
  • Your own photo gallery in the SailBlogs gallery
  • Custom Templates
  • No ads or your own advertising (*except in the Gallery)
  • RSS feed capability
  • Additional content-only templates
  • Create private (locked) blogs
  • 300Mb of disk space upgradable to 1.2Gb.
  • Unlimited position reports
  • Advanced mapping & position history
  • Additional Template options
  • Efficient upload to blog via satellite phone, cell phone, or other wireless devices using OCENS.Mail compression engine
  • Simplified administration
  • Account suspension
  • All features that are included in XJSail, VR, and Basic
  • Requires an OCENS.Mail subscription


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.