WAYS TO CREATE A BLOG
Following are three ways to create a blog.
- Use an Online Blog Service
- Create a Blog Website
- Add a Blog to an Existing Website
USE AN ONLINE BLOG SERVICE
This is the easiest way to create a blog and it requires no web design or programming knowledge. About the only disadvantage to this method is you don't have as much design control as you would have by using your own website. Following are several free online services that allow you to create blog postings.
CREATE A BLOG WEBSITE
You can create a new website and use it for your blog postings. The cost to do this can be less than $50 a year and is not a difficult task. This website (www.doawebsite.com) includes an easy to follow step-by-step procedure for creating a website. You will need to include an rss.xml file in home directory (one with your index.html file).
ADD A BLOG TO AN EXISTING WEBSITE
You can add a blog to an existing website. The blog pages are created just like for a regular website with a unique index.html page for the blog home page. A new folder for the blog must be created under the main website folder.This can be done with ftp software (see links page). The blog index.html and all other blog pages are uploaded to the blog folder.
The folder address (URL) can be used to access the blog (e.g., joeblow.com/blog) or you can register a blog domain name so it can be accessed directly (e.g., joesblog.com). To do this you must chose an available domain name (see register page). If you want to do this you should use a registration service like www.godaddy.com that allows you to purchase a domain name for less than $10 a year. After the domain name has been registered you can set it to be forwarded to your website blog folder.
How to Create Blogs
