2003-07-10 01:14
- OK.
The definition below was stripped directly from http://www.blogger.com. If you're interested in Blogs, it's worth checking out... but, the conept is so simple, it's easy to setup anywhere. (Blogger is handy for people who don't want to have to set their own stuff up, though.) - BrianDorsey
What is a weblog/blog?
A blog is a web page made up of usually short, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically -- like a what's new page or a journal. The content and purposes of blogs varies greatly -- from links and commentary about other web sites, to news about a company/person/idea, to diaries, photos, poetry, mini-essays, project updates, even fiction.
Blogs posts are like instant messages to the web.
Many blogs are personal, "what's on my mind" type musings. Others are collaborative efforts based on a specific topic or area of mutual interest. Some blogs are for play. Some are for work. Some are both.
Blogs are also excellent team/department/company/family communication tools. They help small groups communicate in a way that is simpler and easier to follow than email or discussion forums. Use a private blog on an intranet to allow team members to post related links, files, quotes, or commentary. Set up a family blog where relatives can share personal news. A blog can help keep everyone in the loop, promote cohesiveness and group culture, and provide an informal "voice" of a project or department to outsiders.
The key to Blogs in my mind is fairly similar to Wikis: make it REALLY easy to add new information.
Blogs tend to have a chronological, diary-like feel and are usually only edited by one person. Wikis are edited all over the place, hopefully by many people. - BrianDorsey
See also: BlogEdit
Another idea is to have a "prepend" weblog page, not unlike many wikis that have AppendOnly pages.
The main weblog page, probably with some form of authentication/authorization, would have a blank entry box at the top as the "new item" to be entered. Fill the box, hit "Save Changes", and a new weblog entry is created. "Edit Page" can still work to edit the whole page, of course.
Bill Seitz' WebSeitz is also very interesting. FrontPage is the same page as RecentChanges, but with a modified format from typical Wikis. Changed pages are listed along the right, but all pages named like 'zYYYY-MM-DD-L' are Inlined. Each of the blog entries is its own Wiki page.
My PRTnews is a primitive editor-only wiki blog. I have one page PrtNews that is the list of main page items, and each item is a seperate Wiki page. For my personal/public blog, I'm thinking of using the Prepend style.
I've uploaded macro/Blog.py which makes any wiki page the root of a blog. It differs from BlogEdit in that 1) it's a macro, not an action, and 2) blog items are seperate wiki pages. - KenMacLeod