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Hi there,

My name is Eric, the product manager here at VICTECH responsible for developing and running the Colog service.
In this post, I would like to give you an introduction about Colog and how it can be used in a variety of ways.

Without further ago, let's go! 😎

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Colog is a free-to-use communication app in a form of message board.


You can use Colog for any purpose - from personal archive to business collaboration, or even for a commercial purpose. If Slack is a communicative app in an IRC format, Colog is the one in a message board format, meaning you can write posts, leave comments or make multiple posts a threaded message.

We also took a look at these problems.
· If you ever encountered a situation where running a website / community required an expensive hosting fee with its functions too difficult to use or tweak.
· Or had some negative experience of closing your website / community because of the service's unstable contents policy.
· Or even if you did not have such experiences, you have that fear in some day you will be facing at least one of these problems while running your own website.

Colog is our answer to solve these problems.


If you are looking for a service where you can easily build and manage your own website / community / forum that lets you speak your voice without any intervention by service provider AND without a single dollar spent on hosting, we present you Colog as the perfect fit.

So then, how easy is it to use Colog?
· Takes 5 seconds to create a new message board
· Takes a second to turn your message board or post into a shareable URL
· Takes less than 5 seconds to sign up for Colog service or to any community built and powered by Colog.

Isn't that marvelous indeed? What's more surprising is that you are also free to customize everything about your community with Colog, such as its title, header images, themes, layouts, button colors and community rules, without using a complicated commands or whatever. What you need to do instead is to touch the options we provide and... baam!! You're done with customizing your community. It's that quick and easy 😍😍

Ah, and I have to mention this too. Colog supports both mobile and desktop experiences, featured by its app and website that runs smoothly on mobile and desktop browsers. At your need, you can switch your device to continue experiencing Colog anytime, anywhere.

Download app (Google Play Store)

Download app (Apple App Store)




What can I do with Colog?




With Colog, anything is possible.

It can be your personal board for note-taking, a to-do list, or a daily check list for shopping or exercising. It can also be a visual medium to show a bunch of images at once; for instance, a family photo album, a travel log, your work portfolio or a mood board, etc.. It is also possible to use Colog as your personal or business file archives, or a small to large sized community / forum on any topic. There is no complicated rules we built to set up your own community unless it does not break our social norms.

Colog supports three view layouts that are most commonly seen on communities and social media around the world, namely [List, Feed, and Gallery] types. You can switch the layout any time to give your community members the best experience using your community.



When did Colog launched?


We are currently at our closed beta phase started early April 2022. 🐣🐣

So there are not many features yet (obviously), and our team is very ambitious to make Colog better by introducing new features. And for this, we take your feedback very seriously; your honest and genuine feedback on Colog experience. If you ever came across with any question, suggestion, or bug report, please do not hesitate to contact us to our Bug reports & Suggestion forum. We promise you we will take your voice very seriously. 🙆‍♂️🙆‍♀️



What restrictions are there to use Colog?


Our team wants Colog to be used by everyone with a least set of rules and regulations in uploading of contents. See our content policy for details.

So the baseline is that it is entirely up to you, the user of Colog (or Cologger), to fill out the space left blank for your creativity and freedom of speech. By only banning the contents that are socially inappropriate, the Colog team will let everyone speak his/her own voice using Colog. 🤞🤞

And to give you a full power to manage your own community, we want you to be remained anonymous by NOT asking your personal information. For signing up Colog, we only ask your email address. No other personal information is required. If you're looking for something easier as in signing up or logging in process, we also provide Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Line and Kakao login options, which allow you a single touch of a button with still only an email address being the only source we get from you 🙆‍♂️🙆‍♀️



OK! Then let's conclude with Colog features at a glance


· Free for personal & commercial use
· Supports mobile & desktop experiences
· Everything can be customized
· Your community, your rules
· Three view layouts (List, Feed, Gallery)
· A powerful security without storing your personal data
· All boards and posts can be shareable with URL

I hope this gave you a better understanding about Colog, its service direction and the team's philosophy.
For any inquiry, suggestion, or bug report on our service, we are ready to listen to your voice at our Bug reports & Suggestion forum.

Well then, hope to see you in another post with more good news! Thanks for reading 😁

Yours sincerely,


Eric from Colog Team.


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Q. What is Colog?
A. Colog is a free-to-use communication app in a form of message board. See our service introduction post for more details.

Q. Is Colog free to use?
A. Yes. For both personal and commercial use.

Q. Does Colog support multiple languages?
A. Yes. As of April 2022, Colog officially supports English and Korean language. As we expand our service countries, we will be supporting more languages in future.

Q. Is there an age limit?
A. Colog follows the App Store policy, which states that most of community service and social networks are allowed for those aged 17 years or older. However, as long as the content is not considered harmful or socially inappropriate, Colog is opened for those under 17 years old too. Please keep in mind that there may be an age restriction to join a particular community, according to their topics and level of expression. Colog team is solely responsible for the product itself, not the content created and circulated by it. In other word, Colog team is not a contents provider and the team prefers to respect the contents provider's freedom. In terms of contents rating, we set a minimum 'blacklist' rule where everything is acceptable unless it is socially inappropriate or inadequate. Please see our content policy for more details.

Q. How many communities can I make per account?
A. You can create up to three(3) right after the signing up. This number increases to ten(10) after 24 hours.

Q. How many communities can I join as a member?
A. As many as you want. There is no limit to join other communities.

Q. How do I invite people to be my community member?
A. You can invite people by sharing the link on your community, using [Share] button. Colog team is working very hard to provide better experience in inviting people to be the next Cologger. Please stay tuned. 🙏

Q. How do I customize my community (it's rules, functions and visuals)?
A. If you are a founder, the administrator of your community, you can go to [Board settings by Admin] menu and try everything. This includes a change in membership rules, writing/reading permissions, transferring the board ownership or even a delete option.

Q. Can I delete my community?
A. Yes. It is possible to delete your community, but only with some conditions provided. If there are no members or posts left in your community, you can delete it immediately. If not, it will take some time until it is completely deleted. Keep in mind that ① during this time you can undo the deletion process and if the time is over, ② you will not be able to retrieve any of your data stored in your deleted community.

Q. How do I report any questions, suggestions, or bugs?
A. There are two ways.
(1) Send us an email: help@colog.us, or
(2) Via our Bug reports & Suggestions forum
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※ Updated: 2022. 04. 29, Friday, 12:40 (KST)



Web (v0.10.0)


[New Features]
· Social login: now available using your Facebook, Twitter, LINE and Kakao accounts
· Custom profile & header images: set your own profile pictures (of Colog account and of each board you joined / created) and board header image by uploading photos yourself
· Shortened URLs for board: available at [Board Settings by admin > Shared Link] option
· Link post: click the title will open a link as you set (※ Only available for board admins for now)
· Pin / Unpin a post: available up to 10 posts per board  (※ Only available for board admins for now)
· Board privacy settings: you can make your board as either public or private
· Board storage request: we added a button in [Board Settings by admin > Storage] so that you can apply for more storage of your board
· Board description: available to add / change at [Board Settings by admin > Title & Color] option

[Designs & Layouts]
· Sign up and Login buttons are now shown right on top of our landing page now
· Improvements made on [Board Settings by admin] UX
· Added [Back button] left to the post title

[Etc]
· You can now see reports on deleted members and posts
· Minor bug fixes and improvements


App (v.1.0.29)


[New Features]
· Social login: now available using your Facebook, Twitter, LINE and Kakao accounts
· Board privacy settings: you can make your board as either public or private
· Board description: available to add / change at [Board Settings by admin > Title & Color] option

[Etc]
· You can now see reports on deleted members and posts