Blogging : Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content

by Stone, Biz

• ISBN13: 9780735712997
• ISBN10: 0735712999
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-11
• Publisher: New Riders

Summary

Turn your home page into a microportal with fresh content that will keep readers coming back. The first hands-on book on building blogs, this is an excellent tutorial for new bloggers, and includes many advanced techniques for veteran bloggers. Simply put, web logging, known as blogging, is an easy way of updating a web page via a browser without the hassle of launching an FTP client or HTML editor. With all the templates, add-ons, and extra features associated with building this microportal, the blog is a new take on the home page. The blog brings the voice of its creator to the surface, builds it into the design, and keeps the content fresh and meaningful. This book features hands-on tutorials for building a blog, adding a user based commenting system, adding team members, syndicating with JavaScript, adding searches to a site, and much more. This is the book for creative web-enthusiasts looking for the "next thing" and it's the first book of new ideas and advanced tutorials for bloggers already numbering in the hundreds of thousands.

Author Biography

Writer and designerBiz Stone made the leap from print to web design in the late '90s. Shortly thereafter, he signed on as creative director of a dot-com startup Xanga.com, which featured web logging and other community tools. Since then, he has become obsessed with personal publishing and all it has to offer. Biz has written dozens of articles about web development for Web Review and Web Techniques, among others. More information about Biz can be found at Bizstone.com.

Table of Contents

Basic Blogging	p. 1
The Blog Phenomenon	p. 3
Quick Start to Creating Your First Blog	p. 21
Overview of the Major Blog Providers	p. 39
A Blogger's Guide to Simple HTML	p. 59
Blog Design 101	p. 81
So, You Already Know How to Blog?	p. 93
Blogging with Style	p. 95
Blogging for Dollars	p. 109
Working with Blogger Archives	p. 127
Group Blogging	p. 147
Corporate Blogging	p. 157
Adding Dynamic Features	p. 167
Better Blogging	p. 179
Increasing Traffic on Your Blog	p. 193
Power Blogging	p. 203
Syndicating Your Blog	p. 205
Sideblogs, Email Blogging, and Alternative Blogging Interfaces	p. 217
Beyond the Blog	p. 225
Building a Blog-Related Application: Bloglet	p. 233
Blog Goodies	p. 247
Appendix	p. 263
Blog Web Links	p. 265
Index	p. 287
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