Monday, June 25, 2007

How To Publish a "Blog" and why you should. part 3

That's it! You have an account and a Blog setup. There are other settings to explore. You can set "Ping Weblogs" to YES in the Settings/Publishing option to notify Weblogs whenever you publish. You can also set "Show Title Field" and "Email" options to provide Titles to your Blog Entries and email a copy of your entries to you. Everything else is OK at as it is.With your Blog at BlogSpot and your Google Toolbar installedGo to --> http:/ oolbar.google.com <-just set the Blogger function in the Toolbar Options and then click the `B` button in the Toolbar intself. There you have it - one instant Blog entry.How To Use Your RSS FeedIf you left the Blog settings as standard your RSS feed is at your BlogSpot Address as atom.xml - the number of entries depends on your settings in Blogger, but it's usually a weeks worth. Although the Atom feed doesn't hold *every* entry the end user's client software stores all entries as they come in. Your website Blog has complete on-line archives.Instruct your readers to download an RSS Reader and to use that address to receive your Blog updates. Below I've included a quick tutorial that you can cut-out and send to your own Blog readers, just change the Blog Address. Stuart Reid publishes Netpreneur News and it's Blog. Visit the main site to join the Email Ezine or to view the Blog at:http://www.netpreneurnow.comMore articles available from:http://www.netpreneurnow.com/mini.shtmlABOUT THE AUTHOR Stuart Reid maintains NetpreneurNow.Com and it's Blog and Ezine. To join for fr'ee visit:http://www.netpreneurnow.comAnd get access to a packed Members Site!