Tuesday, December 9, 2014
What is blog?: Things Bloggers Need to Know
What is blog?: Things Bloggers Need to Know: In addition to understanding how your specific blogging software works, such as WordPress , there are some terms and concepts you need to k...
What is blog?: Archives
What is blog?: Archives: A blog is also a good way to keep track of articles on a site. A lot of blogs feature an archive based on dates (like a monthly or yearly...
Archives
A blog is also a good way to keep track of articles on a site. A lot
of blogs feature an archive based on dates (like a monthly or yearly
archive). The front page of a blog may feature a calendar of dates
linked to daily archives. Archives can also be based on categories
featuring all the articles related to a specific category.
It does not stop there; you can also archive your posts by author or alphabetically. The possibilities are endless. This ability to organize and present articles in a composed fashion is much of what makes blogging a popular personal publishing tool.
It does not stop there; you can also archive your posts by author or alphabetically. The possibilities are endless. This ability to organize and present articles in a composed fashion is much of what makes blogging a popular personal publishing tool.
Things Bloggers Need to Know
In addition to understanding how your specific blogging software works, such as WordPress, there are some terms and concepts you need to know.
The Difference Between a Blog and CMS?
Software that provides a method of managing your website is commonly called a CMS or "Content Management System".
Many blogging software programs are considered a specific type of CMS.
They provide the features required to create and maintain a blog, and
can make publishing on the internet as simple as writing an article,
giving it a title, and organizing it under (one or more) categories.
While some CMS programs offer vast and sophisticated features, a basic
blogging tool provides an interface where you can work in an easy and,
to some degree, intuitive manner while it handles the logistics involved
in making your composition presentable and publicly available. In other
words, you get to focus on what you want to write, and the blogging
tool takes care of the rest of the site management.
WordPress is one such advanced blogging tool and it provides a rich set of features. Through its Administration Panels, you can set options for the behavior and presentation of your weblog. Via these Administration Panels, you can easily compose a blog post, push a button, and be published on the internet, instantly! WordPress goes to great pains to see that your blog posts look good, the text looks beautiful, and the html code it generates conforms to web standards.
If you're just starting out, read Getting Started with WordPress, which contains information on how to get WordPress set up quickly and effectively, as well as information on performing basic tasks within WordPress, like creating new posts or editing existing ones.
WordPress is one such advanced blogging tool and it provides a rich set of features. Through its Administration Panels, you can set options for the behavior and presentation of your weblog. Via these Administration Panels, you can easily compose a blog post, push a button, and be published on the internet, instantly! WordPress goes to great pains to see that your blog posts look good, the text looks beautiful, and the html code it generates conforms to web standards.
If you're just starting out, read Getting Started with WordPress, which contains information on how to get WordPress set up quickly and effectively, as well as information on performing basic tasks within WordPress, like creating new posts or editing existing ones.
Comments
Want an interactive website? Wouldn't it be nice if the readers of a
website could leave comments, tips or impressions about the site or a
specific article? With blogs, they can! Posting comments is one of the
most exciting features of blogs.
Most blogs have a method to allow visitors to leave comments. There are also nifty ways for authors of other blogs to leave comments without even visiting the blog! Called "pingbacks" or "trackbacks", they can inform other bloggers whenever they cite an article from another site in their own articles. All this ensures that online conversations can be maintained painlessly among various site users and websites.
Most blogs have a method to allow visitors to leave comments. There are also nifty ways for authors of other blogs to leave comments without even visiting the blog! Called "pingbacks" or "trackbacks", they can inform other bloggers whenever they cite an article from another site in their own articles. All this ensures that online conversations can be maintained painlessly among various site users and websites.
The Blog Content
Content is the raison d'être
for any website. Retail sites feature a catalog of products. University
sites contain information about their campuses, curriculum, and
faculty. News sites show the latest news stories. For a personal blog,
you might have a bunch of observations, or reviews. Without some sort of
updated content, there is little reason to visit a website more than
once.
On a blog, the content consists of articles (also sometimes called "posts" or "entries") that the author(s) writes. Yes, some blogs have multiple authors, each writing his/her own articles. Typically, blog authors compose their articles in a web-based interface, built into the blogging system itself. Some blogging systems also support the ability to use stand-alone "weblog client" software, which allows authors to write articles offline and upload them at a later time.
On a blog, the content consists of articles (also sometimes called "posts" or "entries") that the author(s) writes. Yes, some blogs have multiple authors, each writing his/her own articles. Typically, blog authors compose their articles in a web-based interface, built into the blogging system itself. Some blogging systems also support the ability to use stand-alone "weblog client" software, which allows authors to write articles offline and upload them at a later time.
Why Do People Blog?
So you may be asking why anyone would want to have their own blog. We
believe the answer lies in the fact that every human has a voice and
wishes their voice to be heard. The Internet is a medium that is
unparalleled in its reach. Never before have average people like you or
me been able to reach a global audience with so little trouble. Bloggers
have the opportunity of reaching hundreds or even thousands of people
each and every day.
There are still many people who like to share the details of their days. They may post twenty or thirty times a day, detailing when they ate lunch and when they headed home from work. On the other hand there are bloggers who give almost no detail about their lives, but write instead about a hobby or interest of theirs. They may dedicate their blog to something they are passionate about.
In fact today the blog websites can provide hair tips, up-to-date news, technical information, celebrity scandal, political rumor, gets people involved in volunteering, advice on investments as well as there being blogs on cooking, health, gardening, sport, blogging blogs and of course many personal blogs and quite a few strange blogs.
There are still many people who like to share the details of their days. They may post twenty or thirty times a day, detailing when they ate lunch and when they headed home from work. On the other hand there are bloggers who give almost no detail about their lives, but write instead about a hobby or interest of theirs. They may dedicate their blog to something they are passionate about.
In fact today the blog websites can provide hair tips, up-to-date news, technical information, celebrity scandal, political rumor, gets people involved in volunteering, advice on investments as well as there being blogs on cooking, health, gardening, sport, blogging blogs and of course many personal blogs and quite a few strange blogs.
Monday, December 8, 2014
So What Is a Blog?
A blog is a frequently updated online personal journal or diary. It is a place to express yourself to the world. A place to share your thoughts and your passions. Really, it’s anything you want it to be. For our purposes we’ll say that a blog is your own website that you are going to update on an ongoing basis. Blog is a short form for the word weblog and the two words are used interchangeably.
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