Signing up with Bloglines is free and easy - only an email address and password are required. How to Register with Bloglines Go to www.bloglines.com. Click on the Sign up now link. Enter your email address and a password. (Make sure that you type in a correct email address as they will send you an […]
Subscribing to News Feeds Have you ever seen icons but didn’t know what they were all about? These point to XML (Extensible Markup Language), or special Web coding for RSS (Really Simple Syndication) that describes a new type of Web information called a "news feed." Essentially, these feeds contain a summary and links of any […]
One of the most highly touted features of the Web 2.0 era is the rise of blogging. Personal home pages, personal diaries, and personal opinion, have been around since the early days of the web, so what is the fuss all about? RSS Extends Web Page Viewing Away from the Browsers It used to be […]
So what tools and technologies make Web 2.0 possible? With a little bit of help from the Wikipedia, here are the terms and their definitions. Social software Social software enables people to collaborate through computer-mediated communication and to form online communities. It can encompass older media such as mailing lists and Usenet, but more recently […]
RSS (or Really Simple Syndication) feeds, provides the underlying power of blogs - and provides a wealth of marketing benefits. Wikipedia defines RSS as: A family of XML dialects for Web syndication used by (among other things) news websites and weblogs. The abbreviation is used to refer to the following standards: Rich Site Summary (RSS […]
Despite paying for more feature-laden tools or implementing an open source solution, even these blog platforms are can be missing elements. What we'd like to see added in future releases: Offline Editing (since you are not always tethered to he Internet, you might want to generate posts for later upload) Tables (it should be easy […]
While many people build their blogs using the free versions of Blogger, WordPress, or Xanga, businesses who want to develop corporate blogs often find that they a need more robust platform. Which Features Do You Need? At the very least to run a corporate blog you should look for: Custom Design (beyond included, overused templates) […]
Did you know that there were several types of blogs to create? Maybe one of them can fit into your plans. Podcasting – This type of blog provides a web feed of audio files (although, increasingly, people apply this term to any video and other media available for anyone to download). "Blogcasting" "rsscasting," "webcasting," and […]