How To Blog?
I want to blog, too
(Star, 15th August 2006)
WANT to be a blogger, too? Here’s how, in four steps:
1 Choose a site to host your blog
Blogger (blogger.com)
Helps you set things up, with pre-set templates which mean no HTML coding knowledge is required. Ideal if you want a low-hassle blog with an easy-to-remember URL (blogspot.com). You can post from your mobile phone.
LiveJournal (livejournal.com)
Equal parts blogging site and social networking site. There’s a “friends” function so you can read all your friends’ LiveJournals at the same time, plus community sites for diverse interests, such as (http://community.livejournal.com/ alittleawkward) and (http://community.live journal. com/sg_dancers).
You can also post from your mobile phone. And you can read your friends’ new posts on one page, instead of clicking from one blog to the next.
Xanga (xanga.com)
Another with a community focus, with functions to “subscribe” to your friends’ sites so you never miss a post, and to join blogrings which link you to other like-minded bloggers. You can also browse by “metres” – geographical areas where people live – to find friends living nearby.
Very popular are its text formatting functions. Xanga users often beautify their posts with pretty fonts and colours.
Diaryland (diaryland.com)
Offers basic functions in an easy-to-navigate site. Its cutesy design – think pastel colours and cartoon characters – is popular among bloggers who still tYpE LiKe THiS. Good for children or adolescents.
Wordpress (wordpress.com)
Despite its basic functions, Wordpress is popular for its clean, classy templates. It is fast gaining ground as a haunt for “underground” bloggers.
Wordpress templates are available through a service called Blogsome (www.blogsome.com)
Yahoo! 360 (360.yahoo.com)
You can check your friends’ Yahoo! 360° updates from Yahoo! Messenger. Just look for the yellow gleams in your Friends List. Create and share lists, reviews and polls. Also post from your mobile phone.
2 Choose a display name Unless you want to be generic and forgettable, choose something unpredictable that leaves an impression. Names we like; Singabloodypore (singabloodypore.blogspot.com) or Kway Teow Man (kwayteowman.blogspot.com).
3 Upload pictures Every blog host can upload pictures – all you need to do is to click on the icon, which allows you to browse your computer’s folders and choose the picture you want.
Use Adobe Photoshop or any other photo-editing software to shrink your pictures before uploading them. Otherwise, your site will be slow. If you’re afraid of people stealing your photos, add a watermark.
4 Join technorati (technorati.com) This blog search engine is the biggest thing now. Join for free and readers from all over the world can read your posts according to how you “tag” or label them. Examples of tags – Hezbollah, for posts on the current Middle East conflict; or Singapore Idol, on the reality show.
Related Stories:
Seniors who blog
Welcome to me.com
(Star, 15th August 2006)
WANT to be a blogger, too? Here’s how, in four steps:
1 Choose a site to host your blog
Blogger (blogger.com)
Helps you set things up, with pre-set templates which mean no HTML coding knowledge is required. Ideal if you want a low-hassle blog with an easy-to-remember URL (blogspot.com). You can post from your mobile phone.
LiveJournal (livejournal.com)
Equal parts blogging site and social networking site. There’s a “friends” function so you can read all your friends’ LiveJournals at the same time, plus community sites for diverse interests, such as (http://community.livejournal.com/ alittleawkward) and (http://community.live journal. com/sg_dancers).
You can also post from your mobile phone. And you can read your friends’ new posts on one page, instead of clicking from one blog to the next.
Xanga (xanga.com)
Another with a community focus, with functions to “subscribe” to your friends’ sites so you never miss a post, and to join blogrings which link you to other like-minded bloggers. You can also browse by “metres” – geographical areas where people live – to find friends living nearby.
Very popular are its text formatting functions. Xanga users often beautify their posts with pretty fonts and colours.
Diaryland (diaryland.com)
Offers basic functions in an easy-to-navigate site. Its cutesy design – think pastel colours and cartoon characters – is popular among bloggers who still tYpE LiKe THiS. Good for children or adolescents.
Wordpress (wordpress.com)
Despite its basic functions, Wordpress is popular for its clean, classy templates. It is fast gaining ground as a haunt for “underground” bloggers.
Wordpress templates are available through a service called Blogsome (www.blogsome.com)
Yahoo! 360 (360.yahoo.com)
You can check your friends’ Yahoo! 360° updates from Yahoo! Messenger. Just look for the yellow gleams in your Friends List. Create and share lists, reviews and polls. Also post from your mobile phone.
2 Choose a display name Unless you want to be generic and forgettable, choose something unpredictable that leaves an impression. Names we like; Singabloodypore (singabloodypore.blogspot.com) or Kway Teow Man (kwayteowman.blogspot.com).
3 Upload pictures Every blog host can upload pictures – all you need to do is to click on the icon, which allows you to browse your computer’s folders and choose the picture you want.
Use Adobe Photoshop or any other photo-editing software to shrink your pictures before uploading them. Otherwise, your site will be slow. If you’re afraid of people stealing your photos, add a watermark.
4 Join technorati (technorati.com) This blog search engine is the biggest thing now. Join for free and readers from all over the world can read your posts according to how you “tag” or label them. Examples of tags – Hezbollah, for posts on the current Middle East conflict; or Singapore Idol, on the reality show.
Related Stories:
Seniors who blog
Welcome to me.com
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