Blogging 101
Blogging 101 is mostly
about the blogging
vocabulary. To understand
blogs, you need to know
the terms blog, platform,
domain, and web host.
Once you have mastered
these key elements of
blogging, you can enter any
conversation about
blogging with confidence.
After you know what
exactly a blog is, you will
be on your way to
passing the final exam of
blogging 101.
Blog is short for
weblog, which simply means a
series of online posts
presented in reverse
chronological order. That's
all! Most blogs are text,
but there are also photo
blogs and video blogs. The
rest of blogging 101 has to
do with the technical
side of things. If you are
setting up a blog, you will
need a platform, a web
host, and a domain. A
blogging platform is a
computer software program
that allows you to write
posts and to update your
blog. Your platform is also
what you use to design
the look of your blog, from
color scheme to font
size. The web host is sort
of like the virtual file
cabinet where your blog is
stored. Your computer
communicates with the host
when you upload or
edit a post. The domain is
the online address of
your blog, and usually ends
in dot com'. Now that
you know what a blog is,
what a platform is, and
what domains and hosts are,
congratulate yourself!
You have passed blogging
101.
