Blogging basics

blogging getting blogging with the basics

BASICS PHOTO BY LADY MADONNA - HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/DZKNR

A blog is a Web page (usually) written in a programming language where the content of the site is stored in a metadata-rich format, and the presentation of the content is (usually) in a reverse chronological format. Each piece of content is (usually) the product of a single author, and the content is updated regularly. The page in question (usually) has some form of social component, whether through comments, trackback, or other mechanism of communicating content or feedback.

FORM VS CODE

MICROBLOGGING AKA THE TWITTER EFFECT

SOLVE A PROBLEM PHOTO BY TAROP - HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/FPWDC

FIRST HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY PHOTO BY MEXICANWAVE - HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/4EW9KA

blogs are for....

blogs are for.... easy updates time sensitive information multiple authors easy reuse of content (rss) mediacasting whatever you need

who does it well

who does it well Skokie Public Topeka University Laboratory High School Blogging Libraries Wiki

hosted vs local

software

Drupal (PHP) LifeType (PHP) Nucleus CMS (PHP) software Apache Roller (Java-based) DotNetNuke (VB.NET/ASP.NET) Joomla! (PHP) Frog CMS (PHP) Habari (PHP) Livejournal (Perl) Movable Type (Perl) Slash (Perl) Sandbox (PHP) PivotX (PHP) Dotclear (PHP) blosxom (Perl) Serendipity (PHP) Elgg (PHP) Subtext (C#/ASP.NET) Jaws (PHP) Pebble (Java-based) Textpattern (PHP/MySQL) WordPress (PHP) Thingamablog (Static web page) b2evolution (PHP/MySQL) Typo (Ruby on Rails)

drupal

drupal full cms multiple blogs ﬂexible do anything

wordpress.org

wordpress.org most popular ﬂexible plugins light cms functionality

hosted

blogger

blogger google custom URL lots of control fast & easy

wordpress.com

wordpress.com hosted WP ﬂexible plugins light cms functionality

tumblr

tumblr 2nd easiest setup Pages Great tools Best for Media

posterous

posterous Easiest setup in existence Statistics Branding (image burner) Email Subscriptions

ebublogs

edublogs WPMU Used by hundreds of schools Cost Support

conclusion identify need choose the tool solve the problem serve your patrons

PEOPLE CARE ABOUT STORIES PHOTO BY VASTA - HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/CJBVA

Thank You

Jason Griffey Email: griffey@gmail.com Site: jasongriffey.net gVoice: 423-443-4770 Twitter: @griffey Other: Perpetual Beta TechSource Head of Library Information Technology HTTP://DELICIOUS.COM/GRIFFEY/BLOGGING University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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