In part one of How To Blog 103, I discussed what a blog is and how a blog differs from a standard or regular web site.

You learned that a blog and a web site are similar because they generally appear to be the same in form. They both allow you put content on the Internet in the form of a web page using HTML and read with a web browser.

But you also learned that blogs are distinctly different from a standard web site in several different ways. You learned about some features that are unique to blogs and make blogs an ideal tool for publishing content to the web.

In this second and final part to How To Blog 103 I'll discuss specific blog software tools, and I will conclud with a link to my growing list ...   more »

In How To Blog 102 , the previous installment of this series you learned some basic essentials for planning your blog.

You learned about a few different types of bloggers plus different types of blogging styles. You learned a few pros and cons as well about the blog I.R.S factors.

I want to now discuss how to choose the right blog software tools for your blogging efforts. This lesson will be a two-part lesson because I want to cover some features that set blogs apart for regular web sites. Then I'll cover the remaining topic of evaluating blog software tools.

Blog Software Defined
Blog software is any software that allows you to blog. Now that may a bit like over stating the obvious but let's examine this for a minute. There are certainly characteristics that are unique to blogs and some features that some would ...   more »