displayed on a web site (usually in a reverse chronological order) without
the user needing to know HTML or anything else is a blog.
Everything else, calendar, comments etc..., are features by which you entice
users to use your product.
-- glm
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 2:53 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: OT- What makes a blog a blog?
I'd say a blog is where you just type something into something like this
http://www.rohanclan.com/products/OpenHTMLEditor/OpenHTMLEditor.html
click save, and then displayed with output something like this
http://www.robrohan.com/index.cfm?p=101
The calendar is just a navigation mechanism. The main distinction - in
my mind - between a blog and, say, frontpage / dreamweaver is that you
just need a browser to blog - there is no intermediate software.
my �0.02
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:25:12 -0400, mayo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know what a blog is used for, why it's being used, etc...
>
> I was just wondering what makes a blog a blog? What features make it a
blog?
>
> Is it simply a CMS or are there other features that make it a blog?
>
> Does it need the ability to comment?
> Does it need a cute little calendar?
>
> The reason I guess I started wondering is that my blog is a CMS I built
for
> myself and friends and co-workers were saying "that's not a blog"
>
> Hence the post to the group.
>
> -- gil
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Strutz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 1:12 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: OT- What makes a blog a blog?
>
> google - define:blog
> http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Ablog
>
> "A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The
> activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog
> is a "blogger." Blogs are typically updated daily using software that
> allows people with little or no technical background to update and
> maintain the blog. Postings on a blog are almost always arranged in
> cronological order with the most recent additions featured most
> prominantly."
>
> If you want to get technical with this definition, a CMS is required
> (offline or online ones count), comments are not required.
>
> Though another further down the search probably defines it better:
>
> "A web log: an on-line diary or frequently updated personal web
page."
>
> -nathan strutz
> http://www.dopefly.com/techblog/ <-- mine
>
> mayo wrote:
>
> > Is a fully hardcode page with blog entries written in the text
editor a
> > blog?
> > Is a CMS which allows users to create and edit files but doesn't
allow
> > comments a blog?
> >
> > >From a developer's perspective: what makes a blog a blog?
> >
> > -- just curious
> >
>
>
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