Thursday, April 23, 2009

How Does a Blog Work?

It has come to my attention that not everybody understands how a "blog" works. Let's see if we can help clarify this confusion. A blog is simply a series of articles, separated by topic or date. In the case of palzot it is both. Think of a blog as a "column" in an ongoing periodical. The newest one is always on top and the older ones scroll to the bottom. Eventually some scroll right off the list. But they are not gone forever, rather they are stored in a place called the Blog Archive. I keep 15 posts active before it goes into the archive.

At the end of each individual blog post is a place for you to add your observation or opinion. This interaction is encouraged. You can e-mail me, but then no one else gets to share your wisdom. Post a comment, then all get to read it and add their comment. A separate window will pop up, just type your comment and click "post".

The right-hand side contains the sidebar, a collection of notices and links always available for your use. The top one is a slide show. You can click on the slides to pause and enlarge any given image. The handouts section is a collection of viewable and printable flyers, checklists, etc. I have used these in classes and workshops I have conducted. View, download, print, edit, or do whatever you want with these.

Palzot Albums are web albums (collections of photos stored at Google's Web Albums), usually based on one of my more recent experiments. Click on one of these and look around. You can build these web albums for yourself too, we'll talk about that some day-blog.

The Daily Photo Tip is a service provided by Mark Raymond Manson. They are short, easy to read, and informative. We thank Mark for this service.

Then there are the YouTube videos. You have to see the alligator one.

The Blog Archive contains all the blogs even those past their time. Look around here if you would like to explore or are trying to find some tidbit from the past.

Finally, we have links to other sites. This is mostly based on what I am interested in at the moment, but I hope to some day add you and the link to your collection of web photographs.

Now that you know all this, go ahead make a comment.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the explanations, now I get it- very helpful.