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The web
www
Analyse
22.
Take a class survey. How
much experience do you
have of creating and
managing a blog?
Apply
23.
Work in groups. Create
a blog about your next
classroomproject. Share the
web address of your blog
on a social networking site.
Analyse
24.
Imagine you are going
to create a blog. In your
notebook, make a list of
topics that you couldwrite
about. Which ones would
attract more readers?
Uploading a web page to a server
If you are not using an online hosting service, you will need to upload your
CMS
program or your web page to the server.
You can use
FTP
(File Transfer Protocol) programs to upload your web page to
the server. Filezilla and CuteFTP are two popular examples.
These programs manage the transfer of web page files from your computer’s hard
drive to a server. We call this uploading. FTP programs also work in the opposite
direction, so you can download content from a server to your computer. After you
have completed your web page, you may want to update the content.
Completing and updating a web page
Remember that if the content is always up to date, people will continue visiting
your web page.
5.2.
Blogs
Weblogs
or
blogs
are a special type of web page. They were originally used as
online diaries for people to share their personal experiences. However, nowadays
many blogs are ‘opinion generators’ about a variety of other topics, including art,
culture, sports, technology, education and politics.
Bloggers publish entries or posts in chronological order, with newer posts appearing
at the top of the list. The people who read these posts can also write their own
comments about them.
Blogs have other characteristics which made them interesting:
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The same blog can be shared by various bloggers working together as a team.
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Blogs can include hyperlinks to photos, audio recordings or videos (in the case of
video blogs
or
vlogs
).
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We can use blogs to make daily reports about a project and receive helpful
feedback from other people.
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Businesses can use blogs to improve their customer service, by quickly responding
to questions or complaints about their products. They can also post manuals,
videos and up-to-date information for their customers.
Some of the most popular blogging services are
Blogger
,
Wordpress
and
Tumblr
.
Screen capture from FileZilla. Files are uploaded by dragging them from window A (your hard
drive) to window B (the server).
A
B
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