Blogging 101
Blogging 101 is mostly about the
blogging
vocabulary. To understand blogs, you need to
know
the terms blog, platform, domain, and web
host.
Once you have mastered these key elements
of
blogging, you can enter any conversation
about
blogging with confidence. After you know
what
exactly a blog is, you will be on your way
to
passing the final exam of blogging 101.
Blog is
short for weblog, which simply means a
series of online
posts presented in reverse
chronological order. That's all!
Most blogs are text,
but there are also photo blogs and
video blogs. The
rest of blogging 101 has to do with the
technical
side of things. If you are setting up a blog, you
will
need a platform, a web host, and a domain.
A
blogging platform is a computer software program
that
allows you to write posts and to update your
blog. Your
platform is also what you use to design
the look of your
blog, from color scheme to font
size. The web host is sort
of like the virtual file
cabinet where your blog is stored.
Your computer
communicates with the host when you upload
or
edit a post. The domain is the online address of
your
blog, and usually ends in ‘dot com'. Now that
you know what
a blog is, what a platform is, and
what domains and hosts
are, congratulate yourself!
You have passed blogging 101.
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