How to Blog

How to blog Ontogenesis: blogging a book Dr. Duncan Hull, Software engineer, EBI Chemoinformatics and Metabolism

What is a blog? Ontogenesis 05.02.10 A blog (a contraction of “ web log ”) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse- chronological order . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

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1. Regular / frequent updates ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Ontogenesis 05.02.10

2. This works because of Feeds Ontogenesis 05.02.10 ,[object Object],[object Object],RSS ATOM Allows a) subscription and b) syndication

For example…http://knowledgeblog.org Ontogenesis 05.02.10 This site is available as a feed

e.g. In http://www.google.com/reader Ontogenesis 05.02.10 subscribe

2. (a) Subscribers are notified of updates Ontogenesis 05.02.10 Notification of update e.g. like email / subscribing to a Table of Contents of a journal

2. (b) Feeds also allow Syndication ,[object Object],[object Object],Ontogenesis 05.02.10

3. Peer-review (sort of) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Ontogenesis 05.02.10 Automatically inform author(s) when another site has linked to theirs

4. Accessible statistics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Ontogenesis 05.02.10

5. Personal / Informal Style ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Ontogenesis 05.02.10 ,[object Object],[object Object]

How to blog ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Ontogenesis 05.02.10

How to blog with wordpress ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Ontogenesis 05.02.10

Once logged in you’ll see this Ontogenesis 05.02.10

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Happy blogging, any questions? Ontogenesis 05.02.10

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