Introduction to
Blog
Web-based publication that comprises of periodic
articles is termed as blog. The term blog is a combination of
web and log. Blogging refers to authoring blog, maintaining
blog and addition of more articles to an existing blog. If
there are individual articles on a blog, they are known as
blog posts or entries. Blogger is a person, who posts these
entries.
In earlier times, web logs were updated
manually. These blogs became accessible to a larger population
due to the tools that are meant for the maintenance of these
sites, along with the browser-based softwares. Blogs are
usually hosted by the blog hosting services, whereas blog
software is meant for running them on web hosting services.
Blogs function in the same manner as of media. They
mainly concentrate on a specific topic, such as education,
culture and food etc, and serve the purpose of online diaries
too. Blog usually encompasses text, images, web pages and
links to other blogs. A typical blog entry has four parts.
They are title, body, permalink and postdate. The title is the
headline or main title of the post and the main content of the
post is referred as the body. The URL of a complete as well as
individual article is the permalink. Finally, the publishing
date, as also the time of the post is post date.
A
blog entry may also contain comments, categories and track
back. Readers usually add comments. Categories are also
referred as tags. They are usually subjects that are being
discussed by the entry. Finally, you may also opt for track
back. Track backs are links to other sites that refer to the
entry. Entries are updated regularly in a blog site. However,
the lists of links or blogrolls are not updated at regular
intervals.
People often get confused between blog and
standard web page. A few features distinguish a blog from a
standard web page. New pages can be created easily in a blog.
New data can be entered in the simplest form, i.e. in the form
of title, category and content or body of article. Automated
templates allow the addition of articles to the homepage. They
create a full page for the article, followed by addition of
the article to the appropriate date. If you are preparing for
presentations then you may also filter out contents in
accordance with date, author and category etc. The
administrator is also allowed to invite and add various other
authors.
Forums or newsgroups are quite different from
a blog. In a blog, only the author or authoring group is
allowed creation of new subjects meant for discussion. A
network of blogs usually works as a forum.
Blogs have
a great future both in terms of creative writing and earning
money.
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