Web Blogs

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Web Blogs
by Ulan YRYSBAEV

Contents

What is a Web Blog?

Type of Web Blogs

Web Blog Software comparison and Features

Methods of Blogging

Useful Sources and References

Conclusion and Demo

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Definitions
What is a Web Blog?

“ A blog is a website in which items are posted on a
regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order.
The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log.
Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an
article to an existing blog is called “blogging”.
Blogs use conventional style of documentation.
Often blogs focus on a particular area of interest
”
while some blogs discuss personal experience.

- Wikipedia


Definitions
What is a Web Blog?

“ „Blog‟ is an abbreviated version of quot;weblog,quot; which
is a term used to describe web sites that maintain an ongoing
chronicle of information.
A blog is a frequently updated, personal website
featuring diary-type commentary and links to articles on
other Web sites.
Blogs range from the personal to the political, and
can focus on one narrow subject or a whole range of
”
subjects.

- Wordpress


Definitions
What is a Web Blog?

“ Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves
as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual or
as a communication tool for businesses.
Regularly updated, blogs often reflect the personality
of the author.
Postings are arranged in reverse chronological order
– meaning the most recently added article appears first,
followed by the second most recently added article and so
”
on.

- Blogware


Blog Types

By Media Type

oVlog is a blog comprising VIDEOS

oLinklog is a blog comprising LINKS

oSketchblog is a blog containing a PORTFOLIO of SKETCHES.

oPhotoblog is a blog comprising Photos

oTumblelogs is a blogs with shorter posts and mixed media types


Blog Types

By Devices

Blogs can also be defined by which type of
device is used to compose it. A blog written
by a mobile device like a mobile phone or
PDA is called a MOBLOG.


Blog Types

By Genre

Some blogs focus on a particular subject,
such as Political blogs, Travel blogs,
Fashion blogs, Project blogs or Dream
blogs etc.

While not a legitimate type of blog, one
used for the sole purpose of spamming is
known as a SPLOG.


Blog Types

By Legal Status

A blog can be private, as in most cases, or
it can be for business purposes.

Blogs, either used internally to enhance the
communication and culture in a corporation
or externally for marketing, branding
purposes are called CORPORATE Blogs.


Web Blog Softwares

There are a lots of ready both commercial
and free Web Blog softwares. Most of them
are open source softwares which means it
is available to configure and enhance
according to your needs. Even their
community welcome people willing to
contribute in code development and willing
to contribute in financial aspect.
B2evolution, Wordpress and Serendipity
are examples for these Web Blog softwares


What is on Offer?

There are two types of packages you can
use:

• The Hosted service
• The Self-hosted packages


What is on Offer?
The Hosted service:

If you would like to start publishing on the
Web, but you don't have any Web hosting, you
may want to look into a hosted service for your
needs. Ex: Blogger, TypePad etc.

All of these services are managed for you, so
you never have to worry about technical
maintenance of your Weblog: instead, you can
focus on your blog's content and appearance.


What is on Offer?
The Self-Hosted service:

If you have Web hosting available (or are
willing to purchase hosting) and feel that the
benefits will outweigh the drawbacks of
maintaining your own blog installation, you'll
want to consider a self-hosted package. F.e.
Movable Type, WordPress,Textpattern etc.
Some hosting companies have made the
installation process a little easier, allowing
one-click installation from a browser-based
control panel.

Let’s go through the Scenario

Let’s go
through the
comparison
chart


Features of Web Blogs

Cost: Web blog software can be open source
or/and commercial.

Minimum Requirements:This indicates the
minimum requirements of the server on which
the software is to be installed.



Localization: This indicates the languages
supported by the administration interface of the
system.

Multilingual: This indicates whether the
system's administrative interface is localized
based on individual user settings.



Multilanguage support of Blogs

Most of the Blogs have Multilanguage feature
which enables Web Blogs to be published in
different languages.

In general, terms Internationalization (i18n) and
Localizations (l10n) are used to cover all issues
related to Multilanguage feature.



Multilanguage support of Blogs

For easy use Internationalization and
Localizations, i18n and l10n are used:

i18n = I (nternationalizatio) n
l10n = l (ocalizatio) n


Multilanguage support of Blogs using
GNU Gettext Utility

GNU Gettext Utility is the mostly used technique
used by open source softwares to support
Multilanguage feature.
If a blog software you want to use does not
support a language you desired than you can
translate it quickly using Rosetta, if the
Multilanguage feature is based on GNU’s
Gettext utility. www.launchpad.net


Web Blog Translation using Rosetta



Data Storage: This indicates the type of the
Data Storage of the Web Blog Software.

•Flat File
•Data File
•Database



Max. Weblogs: This number indicates the
maximum number of weblogs (channel of
postings) that the system can manage through
a single installed administrative interface.

Mutiple Sites: This indicates whether the
system can manage weblogs across multiple
sites.



Post Ordering: This indicates the available
methods for ordering the display of posts on the
site.

•Descending
•Ascending
•Alphabetical
•Category



Categories: This indicates whether the system
allows posts to be classified by categories.

•No
•Single
•Multiple

Subcategories: This indicates whether a
system allows subcategories to be created in a
hierarchy.



Keywords: This indicates whether the system
allows keywords to be associated by a post.

Post Editor: This indicates the type of editor
used to edit the primary post field.

•Textarea
•HTML
•Java
•Plugin Based



Draft Mode: This indicates whether the system
supports submitting unpublished drafts of posts.
‘Yes+’ indicates that there are additional post
statuses beyond published and draft.

Post API Support: This indicates which
blogging APIs the system supports.
•Blogger
•MetaWeblog
•MovableType
•b2
•Atom


Post Moderation: This indicates whether it is
possible to require editor- or administrative-level
approval of a post before it is published to the
site.

Post Pings: This indicates whether the system
will quot;pingquot; any number of pre-designated URLs
using XMLRPC to indicate that a new post has
been published to the site.



PINGING – Update other web sites, search
engines that your blog updated.

Recommendation

http://pingomatic.com

Ping-O-Matic is a service to update different
search engines that your blog has updated.
We regularly check downstream services to
make sure that they're legit and still work.


RSS Output: RSS the system will produce for
syndication, if any.

Atom Output: Atom output another technology
that is used for syndication. It is provided and
consumed by most Blog Softwares.



Comment Spam: This indicates the methods
available to prevent comment spam.

Login, Filtering, Captcha, Duplicate,
Ipban, Userban, Moderate, Blacklistdelay,
Shutoff, Redirection, Linkcount, Massedit



Templates : Web Blogs can be presented
differently based on Templates.

Template Storage: Templates are stored and
retrieved in format of:

•Flat File
•PHP File
•Database



User Security: This indicates the method used
to differentiate the permissions of different
users.

•Numeric levels
•Permission groups
•Single user
•User permissions



RSS Aggregator: This indicates the extent to
which the system can consume RSS from other
sites.

Plugins/Extensions: This indiates the method
most acceptable by the developers by which
additional functionality can be added to the
base system.

•Drop-in
•Push-button


Imports From: Blog Softwares can import
content from another Blog Resource. Importing
from quot;RSS Feedsquot; indicates that the system can
import from an existing RSS feed, rather than
importing the data natively. This allows
importing from any system that suports RSS
output, but may not import things such as user
accounts, comments, and other unpublished
data.



User Profiles: This indicates the detail allowed
in user profiles for the system.

•No
•Simple
•Custom



Skin Switch: Blog softwares can provide Admin
interface that allows to switch the template of
Web Blog to new one by one-two clicks.

Cross-post: If Web Blog system support cross
post then a user can apply a single post to more
than one weblog simultaneously.

Password Posts: With this featore posts can
be protected so that only those visitors that
know the correct password may read them.


Blog By Email: Users can add new posts to the
Blog by sending email to the email address
defined previously.

Blogging by SMS: Users can post a Post to
their Web blog using SMS.

Recommendation:

http://letmeparty.com (free)


Blogging by Microsoft Word 2007: Users can
post a Post to their Web blog using Microsoft
Word 2007.


Useful sources for Web Bloggers

Comparison of Web Blog Softwares
http://www.weblogmatrix.org

Demo site for almost all web blog softwares
http://www.opensourcecms.com

Translator for GNU Gettext based softwares - Rosetta
http://launchpad.net

Blogging using SMS - LetMeParty
http://letmeparty.com

Registering your Web blog for Blog Search Engines – Pingomatic
http://pingomatic.com


References

http://www.weblogmatrix.org
http://www.opensourcecms.com

Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org
Blogware: http://www.blogware.org
Wordpress: http://www.wordpress.org
Asymptomatic: http://www.asymptomatic.net


Conclusion

During the presentation Web Blogs are defined using definitions of
well known companies. The general types and features of Web
blogs also explained by comparing four major Web Blog softwares.
Applications, web sites that are thought to be useful for blogger are
also introduces generally.


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