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CREATING AND PUBLISHING WEB PAGES (BLOG)
BLOG stands for weblog is a website used as an online journal or discussion platform where users from technical or
non-technical background can create their content and post it for others to read or share, just like an online personal
diary.
Earlier when blogs were new on the internet, people used them mainly to share their personal lives, including their
experiences and interests. Now, blogs have become an essential online marketing strategy for businesses and one of
the most profitable career choices for individuals. Blog can be used to share content or thoughts on a subject and get
reviews, or can be used to share messages or announcements of the events or news, or for promotion of your Products
or Business, etc.
The author of the blog who writes and maintains the blog content is called a blogger. The process of writing and
maintaining a blog is called blogging.
The posts on a blog are displayed in reverse chronological order. It means the most recent post appears first at the top
and the old posts at the bottom of the web page.
Blog as a web page can be displayed on a web browser and hence needs an internet connection. The blog can be
designed using an Offline Blog Software which can later be published as a blog webpage only with an active internet
connection.
There are multiple websites that offer free blogging services. Some of the popular ones are:
• Wix (www.wix.com) • Ghost (www.ghost.org)
• WordPress (www.wordpress.org) • Blogger (www.blogger.com)
• LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com) • Tumblr (www.tumblr.com)
• Weebly (www.weebly.com) • Joomla (www.joomla.org)
• Medium (www.medium.com) • Jimdo (www.jimdo.com)
And the list goes on of the sites providing different ways of Blogging options for serving different purposes.
Creating a Blog Account - Using WordPress.com
To create your own blog, you need to have a blog account on a blogging website. Create your account by giving your
username and password, which you can use to login and manage your content so that there is some authentic user
posting the content. This is very important in the current scenario, when the Cyber Laws are being reviewed worldwide,
and the responsibilities of the content posted online are being fixed, which involves the user who is creating the
content, as well as the platform on which it is being posted.
Just to give you an idea on how the creation of your login on the Blogging site would look like, we will take you through
the account creation process on WordPress Blog site.
WordPress is a free web service, can be used by you to create your own beautiful blog page. It supports a lot of Themes
which can be used to customize the design of your blog to make it look more attractive. It also gives you the option to
login using a Google Account or Apple Account.
Let’s go through the process of creating an account on WordPress by following the given steps:
Step 1: Open the Web Browser whichever you use.
Step 2: On the Web Browser address bar give the address https://signup.WordPress.com/signup/. The given page will
be displayed:
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