January 4, 2006

How to start a blog ? (1)

A friend ask me in an email:

Dear KianKeat,

Can u provide some info how to set up a blog..?? I wan the blog as beauty as ur blog..hahahaha… moonhui

Frankly, i am a lazy blogger (you see my entries :p) and what i know about “blog” is just a little more than a non-blogger. However, below is my reply (i seldom write this kinda length email).

Dear Moon Hui,

I am extremely glad to see u show ur enthusiasm and interest to set up a blog. I think u must be  influenced by the promotion and propaganda of our respected journalist during our nice stay in Kuala Selangor. Anyhow, thoundsand thanks to ur appreciation on my little knowledge about blog. (Frankly, i really know a little about blog. I set my blog at early time with the help of an experienced blogger, shinshin, he has a few years experiences of doing website and blog. Even the beautiful blog layout/template was provided by him. His first blog was on blogspot and then he move to set up a new blog on blogsome)

At first, i recommend u to get a little intro and tips about blog from LifeTips.com, this a piece of tip on starting a personal blog:

Tip: Starting a personal blog
If you own a computer or have access to a computer (at your local library, for example) and have an Internet connection, then you pretty much know everything you need to know to start a personal blog. There are a ton of blog hostingservices today, and each of them provides easy registration, templates, and online support to guide you through the process of setting up a personal blog. One of the most popular blog hosts is LiveJournal.com. LiveJournal offers users a simple-to-use, customizable blogging tool. Registration at the basic level is free, but you can upgrade for a fee and gain access to a wider selection of tools and features.

This lifetips website provide us a fast glance on blog.

I am not going to make blogging as a complicated process but rather i would like to take this chance to share some basic knowledge and process with u and other frens that might be interested too. As i am not a good blogger, so i would like to ask my best friend of www to help u. Who is he?——-He is GOOGLE. By key in "how to start a blog", we shall get thoundsands of virtual teachers to help us.

Just to mention a few:
1. http://www.windley.com/essays/2004/howtostartablog.shtml
2. http://michaelhyatt.blogs.com/workingsmart/2005/04/howtostarta.html
3. http://www.askmen.com/fashion/howto150/196howto.html
4. http://wiki.ehow.com/Start-a-Blog
5. http://www.mandarindesign.com/startablog.html

(to be continued…...)