Essential Blogging

"If you're not a Blogger user then Essential Blogging, the king of the 'how to' books, would me more appropriate." "Packed with tips and code examples it is a treasure trove for the writer who wants to move beyond the standard templates bundled with each system. Even advanced users are likely to find some value in its discussion of BloggerAPI clients used for posting to a blog without firing up a browser." PCW, March "... Essential Blogging, the king of the 'how to' books... Packed with tips and code examples it is a treasure trove for the writer who wants to move beyond the standard templates bundled with each system. Comprising first-hand accounts of what blogging means to some of the community's leading lights, it is precisely what The Weblog Handbook should have been." - Nik Rawlinson, PCW, March

Shelley Powers is an independent consultant and writer, currently living in Boston, Ma. She's written articles and books on various web technologies, including the book Developing ASP Components for O'Reilly. Shelley has her own company, YASD (www.yasd.com), and can be reached at shelleyp@yasd.com. Rael Dornfest is a Researcher at the O'Reilly & Associates focusing on technologies just beyond the pale. He assesses, experiments, programs, and writes for the O'Reilly network and O'Reilly publications. Dornfest is Program Chair of the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, Chair of the RSS-DEV Working Group, and developer of Meerkat: An Open Wire Service. In his copious free time, he develops bits and bobs of Open Source software and maintains his raelity bytes Weblog. Cory Doctorow's first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, will be published by Tor Books in Fall, 2002. He co-edits the Weblog Boing Boing, and won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Writer at the 2000 Hugo Awards. He is the Outreach Coordinator for the EFF.

1. Introduction to Blogging The World of Blogging; Anatomy of a Blog Anatomy of a Blog Post; Syndication Blogging tools; 2. Desktop Clients The Settings BlogScript ; BlogApp blogBuddy w.bloggar ; Slug Radio Userland; 3. Hosted Blogging with Blogger How Blogger Works; Requirements Your Blog, Quick Start ; Basic Blogger Settings Managing Your Posts ; Archiving in Detail Changing your Account Profile Basic Use of Templates Self-Hosting ; Browser Shortcuts Blogger Buzz Group Blogs Removing a Blogger Blog Support; 4. Desktop Blogging with Radio UserLand Installing; Radio UserLand Welcome to Radio A Visual Tour of Using Radio Routing or Commenting on Content The Radio Menu Setting Your Radio Prefer; ences Publishing Your Blog Stories Instead; of Posts Adding Pictures to Your Posts So; urce Editing Your Radio Entry; 5. Server Blogging with Movable Type Why Use a Serv; er-Based Solution? Installing Movable Type ; Using Movable Type Creating a New Entry Comments Adding a New Author Uploading an Image Syndication The Future of Movable Type; 6. Advanced Blogger Basics of Blogger Pro T; he Blogger Template Template Customization; Customizing the Archive Adding Comments I; ncorporating Statistics Automated Blogrolling ; Adding Support for Syndication Integrating Blo; gger into an External Application Environment Exporting Blogger Data; 7. Advanced Radio UserLand Radio, Frontier and Mani; la Radio Techniques Backing Up Your Radio ; Themes, Templates and Macros Understanding; How Radio Works Important Radio URLs Upst; reaming Online Resources for Advanced Users; 8. Advanced Movable Type Changing the look and feel; of your blog Blog Configuration Archiving; Options Using the XML-RPC API Security Is; sues Tips & Tricks More Information; 9. Minimalist Blogging with Blosxom Requirements; Downloading Installing Blosxom Optio; nal Configuration Directives Blogging View; ing your Blog Editing and Deleting Entries; Creating another Weblog Syndicating with RSS ; Customizing and Styling Aggregating RSS with Blagg Running Blagg Third Party Additions 10. Blogging Voices