vfor Smart PeopleBlogging
By Jason Gaylord
Let’s Learn ~ Here are today‘s goals:1. Common Blogging Terms2. Blogging Platforms (or Content Management Systems)3. Setting up a Blog
1) Common Blogging Terms
Blog
A blog is short for web log, or online diary Earliest blogs were known as “zine”
Post
A blog post is a new entry for your online blog
Tag/Category
Sometimes, blog posts have tags or categories which allow similar posts to be grouped by some common theme
RSS
RSS is an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format for your blog posts to be shared with other online resources or with an RSS reader such as Google Reader
RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication (most common)
Sometimes RSS is referred to as a feed Atom is another format for blog post syndication
CMS
A CMS allows administrators or users with proper permissions to modify content of a website that may include blog posts, images, and overall layout
CMS is an acronym for Content Management System Many CMS solutions offer inline WYSIWYG (what you see is
what you get) editors that simulate document editing such as Microsoft Word
2) Blogging Platforms and CMS
Wordpress
Wordpress is by far the most popular CMS and blog engine
Wordpress has a lot of capabilities that can be extended if hosted away from Wordpress or if you pay for premium services
Wordpress now hosts Microsoft Windows Live Spaces Wordpress has both pay and free versions
Blogger
Blogger.com is now owned by Google Blogspot is now part of Blogger.com Integrates with Google+ (Google’s version of Facebook) Limited theme support and lack of overall customization Blogger is known as a blog engine and not a CMS
system Blogger is a free blog engine
TypePad
TypePad is gaining momentum as one of the more popular blog platforms
One of the top reasons bloggers use TypePad is for the theme customization
TypePad only has pay models
Movable Type
Movable Type was once the second most popular blog engine
Since 2003, only 2 major versions of the application have been developed
Movable Type has help influenced other former software titles from Six Apart including TypePad (3) and LiveJournal (5)
Movable Type has both a free Open Source version and Premium versions
LiveJournal
LiveJournal is only available online LiveJournal contains a “friends” list capability that
allows users to syndicate other feeds on their journal Although over 50% of the traffic of LiveJournal is from
the US, almost 20% is from Russia
Other CMS/Blog Engines
3) Setting up Your
What is tumblr?
tumblr. is a micro-blogging system that allows its members to blog
tumblr.com
DEMO
How can we post to tumblr?
Website Mobile Apps
iPhone Android Windows Phone 8 and BlackBerry 10 ~ TBA
Email Phone
For More Info
Next Sessions: HTML 101 - for the techies SEO 101 - for those looking to improve their blog rank
Other Events: .NET Valley – NEPA Technology User Group (dotnetvalley.com)
TECHbash 2013 – Spring 2013 (techbash.com) Pennsylvania Conference for Women – October 2nd, 2012 BlogWorldExpo – NYC Summer 2013 (blogworldexpo.com)
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