Book description
Anyone can run a blog (an online journal). From personal diaries to political commentary and technology observations, bloggers are making their voices heard around the world. Essential Blogging helps you select the right blogging software for your needs and show how to get your blog up and running. You'll learn the ingredients of a successful blog, and then 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, set-up, 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:
the important components of a blog and a blog post
installing and configuring the tools
a survey of desktop blogging clients
advice and experience from real-world bloggers
hosted blogging with Blogger and Blogger Pro
desktop blogging with Radio Userland
server blogging with Movable Type
posting, editing, and deleting blog entries
adding pictures to blog entries
syndicating your stories with RSS
consuming RSS feeds with Radio Userland
customizing the appearance of your blog with templates
managing and customizing archives of blog entries
adding comments to your blog
self-hosting your blog vs using a blog-hosting service
going under the hood with the Blosxom blogging system
Written by prominent bloggers and authors of blogging tools, Essential Blogging is a no-nonsense guide to the technology of blogging.
Table of contents
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Essential Blogging
- Preface
- 1. Introduction to Blogging
- 2. Desktop Clients
- 3. Hosted Blogging with Blogger
- 4. Desktop Blogging withRadio UserLand
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5. Server Blogging with Movable Type
- Why Use a Server-Based Solution?
- Installing Movable Type
- Using Movable Type
- Creating a New Entry
- Comments
- Adding a New Author
- Uploading an Image
- Syndication
- The Future of Movable Type
- 6. Advanced Blogger
- 7. Advanced Radio UserLand
- 8. Advanced Movable Type
- 9. Minimalist Blogging with Blosxom
- 10. Blogging Voices
- Index
- Colophon
Product information
- Title: Essential Blogging
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2002
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596003883
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