Chapter 12. Creating a Blog with Joomla!

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It seems as if everyone has a blog these days. Many people still think of blogs as personal diaries, but more and more organizations and companies are using blogs as a way to shape perception of who they are and what they do. If you go to a website today, you will likely find a link to a blog somewhere on the site. It is becoming common now for a website to dedicate a section of the site to the blog.

The ways blogs are used is an important distinction. Originally, a blog was an entire website. In this traditional model, short posts are shown on the home page, along with links to the complete articles. You might find links to other blogs or popular blog posts in a side column. This chapter ...

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