May 1 2011

The Key features of a typical blog website

Key features of a blog for owners :

  • Allows multiple user logins
  • Easy for users to write and upload posts and edit them later if needed
  • Allows users to save drafts prior to final posting – so a post doesn’t have to be completed in one go
  • Easy for users to embed images and videos and provide optimised alt text
  • Allows full coding rather than just plain text so that posts can have hyperlinks to other pages in the main website or to other posts, or to another website or blog, etc
  • Looks and works the same in all popular browsers
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May 20 2010

What is a Blog?

Introduction to Blogging

(courtesy of WordPress.org)

What is a “blog”?

“Blog” is an abbreviated version of “weblog,” which is a term used to describe web sites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. A blog is a frequently updated, personal website featuring diary-type commentary and links to articles on other Web sites.

Blogs range from the personal to the political, and can focus on one narrow subject or a whole range of subjects.  Many blogs focus on a particular topic, such as news, web design, travel, sports, or mobile technology.

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