Anyone can run a
blog, a web site offering running
commentary that can range from personal diary entries to
political analysis to technology observations. From
everyday people to Elvis Costello and RuPaul, bloggers are
making their voices heard around the world.
Essential
Blogging helps you select the right
blogging software
for your needs and shows you how to get your
blog up and
running.You'll learn the ingredients of a successful blog
and get detailed installation, configuration, and operation
instructions for the leading blogging software:
Blogger,
Radio Userland, Movable Type, and Blosxom. After showing
you how to acquire, setup, and run these leading software
packages,
Essential Blogging takes you through the
more
advanced features, so that by the time you finish,
you'll be up and blogging with the best of
them.
Essential Blogging covers:
- A survey of desktop blogging clients and a discussion
of the pros and cons of self-hosting your blog versus using
a blog-hosting service
- The important components of a blog and a blog post
- Hosted blogging with Blogger
- Desktop blogging with Radio Userland
- Server blogging with Movable Type
- Posting, editing, deleting, and adding pictures to blog
entries
- Advanced features, such as customizing the appearance
of your blog with templates, managing archives of blog
entries, and adding comments to your blog
- Syndicating your stories with RSS
- Advice and experience from real-world bloggers
Written by prominent bloggers and authors of blogging
tools,
Essential Blogging is a no-nonsense guide to
the technology of blogging.
Contents
- Introduction to Blogging
- Desktop Clients
- Hosted Blogging with Blogger
- Desktop Blogging with Radio UserLand
- Server Blogging with Movable Type
- Advanced Blogger
- Advanced Radio UserLand
- Advanced Movable Type
- Minimalist Blogging with Blosxom
- Blogging Voices