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Blogs

Definition

 Blogs in Plain English video

Blogs are sites that contain multiple posts on a page sorted with the most recent posts appear at the top of the page.  Most tools that support blogging allow site visitors to comment on individual blog posts which are attached to the end of the post.  For more information check on the Blogs in Plain English video or see: LIS Wiki > Blogs

Blogs in Plain English

This video is part of an series developed by CommonCraft that attempt to explain new technologies in simple terms.

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WordPress

WordPress is a popular blogging application.  Anyone in the Middlebury community can use our instance of WordPress to create a blog. 

To create a blog in WordPress see:

  1. Log in to WordPress
  2. Click here to create a new blog.

WordPress is definitely the application to use if you just want to blog.  WordPress at Middlebury also has a number of useful plugins and is excellent for public blogs.

For more information on using WordPress, see: LIS Wiki > WordPressMU

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