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What Is A Weblog?

This document discusses blogging and blogs. It defines a blog as an online journal that individuals can continuously update with their own words, ideas, and thoughts, requiring no knowledge of HTML or FTP. It notes that blogs allow text, pictures, links to other pages and sites, videos, and interactive comments from readers. The document outlines different types of blogs by administrator, genre, media, and device, and discusses their roles in politics, business, and education. It provides steps for creating a blog and lists several free and commercial blogging software options.

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What Is A Weblog?

This document discusses blogging and blogs. It defines a blog as an online journal that individuals can continuously update with their own words, ideas, and thoughts, requiring no knowledge of HTML or FTP. It notes that blogs allow text, pictures, links to other pages and sites, videos, and interactive comments from readers. The document outlines different types of blogs by administrator, genre, media, and device, and discusses their roles in politics, business, and education. It provides steps for creating a blog and lists several free and commercial blogging software options.

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BLOGGING

By: Nur Hidayat


In Academic Speaking
Presentation
What is a blog?
 Etymologically Blog is derived from web and
log (weblog)
 An online journal
 An individual can continuously update with
his or her own words, ideas, and thoughts
 Requires no knowledge of HTML or FTP
 Anyone who can type, copy, and paste can
create and maintain a weblog.
What is in the Weblog?

 Text
 Picture
 Link with other weblog/page
 Link with software
 Link with video
How is weblog different from
homepage?

 A weblog is interactive, in the sense that


readers can respond to any given entry with
a comment and even threaded discussions
can take place depending on the software
chosen.
Types of blogs
 By Admin:
– Personal, Corporate and Organization
 By Genre:
– Political, Education, Fashion, Family and Diary
 By Media:
– Vlog, linklog, photoblog, tumbleblog
 By Device:
– Blog made in or compatible with PDA or mobile phone is
called moblog
What is the role of Blog?

 In some countries blogs have already


become a power tool in the Democratic
presidential nomination battle.
 In business blogs have become promotional
and advertising devices.
 In education blogs have been employed in
distance learning.
How to create blog?

 The blog provider has design the steps that


can easily be followed by the blogger.
 You only need 3 or 4 steps to make a blog.
Blogging software
 Free blogging software and hosting without commercial advertising
– http://www.diaryland.com/
– http://www.pitas.com/
– http://www.upsaid.com/
– http://www.webcrimson.com/
 Freeware that can be installed on your own web server:
– http://www.raelity.org/apps/blosxom/
– http://www.noahgrey.com/greysoft/ (Greymatter)
– http://phpnuke.org/
 Commercial software:
– 'Blogger' comes from Pyra Labs, Inc.:
http://www.blogger.com
– Knowledge Management software called 'Manila' comes from Userland: http://
www.userland.com/ It costs $299 for an educational license.
 To learn more about other weblog software and the companies providing it, please visit the
resource page from Blogroots.com:
http://www.blogroots.com/resources.blog
or read this article from Microcontent News:
http://www.microcontentnews.com/articles/blogware.htm

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