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Blogs

Blogs (short for Web Logs) are a form of online information sharing. A blog is often set up to allow a group of people to share their thoughts on a subject. One person creates a main post, and others comment it. In addition, you can use a blog to create an online diary of everyday life.

The relationship between blogs and blog posts resembles folders and content. The blog is the equivalent of a folder, and the posts are like content. Blogs and blog posts have a few unique properties, but they mostly work the same as folders and content.

On your Web site, a blog’s latest post appears at the top. As a result, site visitors can quickly find the most recent entries.

Blogs are made up of multiple elements which allow site visitors to

In addition, if a blog calendar appears on the page, days with blog posts are highlighted.

In the Workarea, blogs look like a content folder but have a distinct icon, as shown below.

This section also contains the following topics.

The Elements of a Blog

Blog Workflow

Adding a Blog

Blog Properties

Blog Subjects

The Blog Roll

Permissions and Approvals

Language Support

Deleting a Blog 

Searching Blogs

Subscribing/Unsubscribing to a Blog

Blog Posts

Blog Comments

Adding or Editing Blog posts with Windows Live Writer

Introduction to Blog Server Controls

Blog Server Control

BlogEntries Server Control

BlogPost Server Control

BlogCalendar Server Control

BlogRoll Server Control

BlogCategories Server Control

BlogRecentPosts Server Control

BlogRSS Server Control

BlogArchive Server Control

The Elements of a Blog

The following table lists elements commonly found in a blog.

Element

Description

More information

Blog Title

The name of your blog as you want it to appear on the site. For example, “My Life Story.”

 

Blog Post

The main entry for each topic. A blog post consists of these elements.

Headline - title of the post

Commentary - details of the post

Comment Link - links to a comments page, where site visitors can view or add comments

TrackBack URL - a URL visitors can use to notify you when they discuss the post on their site

PingBack - Pings back any URLs in the blog post

Images - add images to a blog post. You add images to a blog post the same way you add them to content. See Also: Adding a Library File to Content

Blog Posts

Blog Comments

A Comments link appears at the end of the blog post. The link includes a number in parentheses (for example (3)), which denotes how many comments have been made.

Click this link to move to the comments page, where you can read comments on the post and possibly enter your own.

Blog Comments

Blog Roll

Other blogs that the blog’s creator wants site visitors to view.

The Blog Roll

Blog Subjects

Subjects associated with the blog. If you click a subject, links to all posts associated with the subject appear.

Blog Subjects

Calendar

Indicates when blog posts were made. This lets site visitors navigate your blog by clicking a day that has blog posts.

 

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