Basic concepts about weblogs
Before we start with some examples and exercises, let's review some common terms used in the blogging arena:
|
Term |
Definition |
Tip |
|---|---|---|
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Weblog |
A website that shows text entries, or posts in a chronological order. |
The terms blog and weblog are interchangeable; you can use a weblog as a personal diary, as a journal to record your activities during working hours, to share photos from your last family vacation, and so on. |
|
Post |
An individual entry of a weblog. |
In a post, you can include text, images, sounds and videos, links to other posts/websites, and so on. A post always includes the date and time of its creation. |
|
Comment |
A text-based response to a post. |
Comments are very useful both for bloggers and blog visitors. They help to establish a two-way communication. |
|
Newsfeed (or Feed) |
A collection of the most recent posts and comments from a weblog in XML format (RSS or Atom feeds). |
Newsfeeds can help you receive the latest information from any blog through RSS or Atom feeds. And you can offer these newsfeeds from your blog, too. |
|
Newsfeed Reader |
An application used to read one or more RSS or Atom feeds. |
A feed reader gets you the latest information from one or more blogs, without even having to visit them! |
These are just some of the terms we're going to use extensively in this chapter.
