The new BlogHer site is up. It was fantastically conceived by BlogHer founding mama Lisa Stone and truly knocked out of the park in development and design by Laura Scott of PingV.
She adds:
Blogher is doing a bang-up job at being the preeminent women bloggers metanetwork on the web.
Her own network, built on Drupal-powered CivicSpace, also promotes women's voices.
Jason at Google's Blogger Buzz takes note:
BlogHer, the fine folks behind the conference of the same name, now have a community site.
(Okay, it's just a mention. But it is Google.)
Last night I had the pleasure of meeting many bloghers and other fine folk at a shin-dig at The Thirsty Bear in San Francisco.
The purpose of the get-together was to celebrate the launch of the BlogHer website, which has been re-vamped and now includes a number of zippy features not existing on the old site (which will remain intact online).
And Nancy White points to....
"Where the women bloggers are" The new BlogHer site is up. Looks impressive. It's hard to imagine how this won't end up being a force online.
The shiny new BlogHer.org is Drupaltastic ! BlogHer's like a fairy godmother mafia; everyone is just so darned supportive (and smart)! Check out the bajillion blogs written by women and organized by topic.
...and Queen of West Procrastination:
I am in love with the Research and Academia section of BlogHer. Leslie Madsen Brooks (aka the lovely and amazing Trillwing, who sometimes stops over here, scaring me with her former carpet mushrooms) heads up the R&A discussion, and she's doing a good job of it. Check it out, along with the rest of BlogHer!
I am the last one to claim credit for what really is the success of the BlogHers and other members on the site. This is their triumph. This is one site chock full of incredible women. Just check out the online mentions of BlogHer and see who's being talked about. I truly wonder if any site anywhere has ever pulled together such a critical mass of blogging talent on one domain.
It's all about the community, the content, the conversations. And all are A+ on this site.
Still, I confess I certain glowing feeling seeing a site I personally spent so much time building doing well. Now we only have to iron out some bugs and add a few more features, and the site will officially launch and hopefully deserve the high praise and expectations.
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