From: Norman Palardy (palardyn_at_shaw.ca)
Date: Tue Jan 06 2004 - 08:13:30 PST
On 6-Jan-04, at 9:07 AM, Nathan Turnage wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> II work in an advertising and marketing firm, and was jsut informed
> that
> the higher ups would like me to spend some time looking into web logs.
> It turns out that alot of corporations have started blooging as a means
> to get closer to their customers. Seeing as how I have never set one
> up,
> I have some questions for those that have.
>
> 1: Do I need some sort of sepcialized software to build content or
> serve
> content for one?
No. Although some tools make it incredibly easy to maintain a blog
there's nothing "special"
> 2: Can I use normal HTML tools to add info on one?
Sure
> 3: Do I have to use one of the specialized services (blogspot, etc.) to
> put one online? Or can my ISP serve it as normal HTML in my webpage?
It's normal web site stuff. Unless you want to turn it into an RSS feed
it's just a pile of web pages
> 4: If I was to have my ISP serve my blog, do they need special
> software/services to be set up to do so (cgi, asp, etc.)?
No
> 5: What questions should I be asking my ISP if I want them to host it?
You might want to ask if there are restrictions on the amount of data
you can serve from your account with the ISp.
If your blog gets popular to read this can kill you.
> 6: Am I making this more difficult than it needs to be?
Yes
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