This is mostly of use for those who didn’t complete the Design Studio subject – but is worth glancing over for everybody.
Blog Checklist:
Does your blog have each of these elements? (wordpress help)
- An about page on your sidebar? ( Or about text – using the text widget )
- An altered tagline ( ie it should not say the default ‘Just another wordpress blog’ )
- Have you successfully inserted an image into a blog post?
- Do you have your own custom header graphic?
- Do you have at least 5 links to others, in your sidebar? ( Why do this? )
- Have you edited / deleted the initial default ‘Hello World’ post?
- Is your blog included in the Yahoo Pipes compiled list of class blogs?
( If not, email your blog address to get added ( sean.healy -at- rmit.ed.au )
And for those new to blogging, some thoughts about writing for the web:
Why should you include links? Writing link text. More about writing link text. Kottke on writing vs editing. How to be a good ‘linkblogger‘. yourhtmlsource – on writing for the web. And yet another article titled writing for the web..
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