Monday 27 April 2009

What is a Blog?

‘A blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts,” “posts” or “entries”. A person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”. A blog comprises text, hypertext, images, and links (to other web pages and to video, audio and other files). Blogs use a conversational style of documentation. Often blogs focus on a particular “area of interest”, such as Washington, D.C.’s political goings-on. Some blogs discuss personal experiences. Blogs are usually (but not always) written by one person and are updated pretty regularly. Blogs are often (but not always) written on a particular topic - there are blogs on virtually any topic you can think of. From photography, to spirituality, to recipes, to personal diaries to hobbies - blogging has as many applications and varieties as you can imagine. Whole blog communities have sprung up around some of these topics putting people into contact with each other in relationships where they can learn, share ideas, make friends with and even do business with people with similar interests from around the world. Blogs usually have a few features that are useful to know about if you want to get the most out of them as a reader.

How to create a Blog?
To create a blog you first need to register your user details and sign up at www.blogger.com. Then log in to your blogger once you logged in just click on dashboard to manage your blog. To post your task click on new post by clicking on the new post a window will pop up. Then you can title your blog and write your task. And with blogger you can upload your pictures and documents by clicking on upload ‘images and document’ on the right hand side of the new blogger window.

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