Master the blogosphere with these advanced blogging techniques

This sample chapter, taken from Blogosphere: Best of Blogs, discusses how to modify your blog'sdesign and add a few capabilities.

Blogs either die on the vine or increase in popularity. One of the best ways to make a namefor yourself in the blogosphere is to redesign your blog and add new features.

This sample chapter, taken from Blogosphere: Best of Blogs, takes an existing blog and tweaks it so that it's more your style. The chapter covers the following topics:

• Customize your blog—Add an image or change colors—by editing the blog template
• "Automate" your site so that your readers know when a new post appears using a technology calledRSS
• Subscribe to dozens of blogs and receive their most recent posts automatically using RSS aggregators
• Connect with other bloggers using a commenting technology called trackbacks

Title: Blogosphere: Best of Blogs
ISBN: 0789735261
Published: January 2006
Author: Adrienne Crew, Peter Kuhns
Chapter: Chapter 13: Advanced Blogging Techniques
Published by Que