Getting Started with Building a Better Blog
This post describes how to get started with Building a Better Blog
If you're new to Ning, BBB community member Sue Waters has created an intro page that can get you started.
Create your profile page so we can get to know you. You can create your page by clicking on the tab at the top of this page that says "My Page."
If you don't have a blog yet, then feel free to use the blog feature here on Ning. You'll find it on your profile page. Scroll down to where it says "My Blog" and then click on "Write first entry." Type in your thoughts and then click "save."
And if you already have a blog, then you can add an RSS feed to your blog on your page. Just look in the left sidebar for where it says "RSS." Then click Edit, add your feed, and decide if you want to show just the title or the full feed. Then click "save."
If you post about blogging on your "regular" blog, do us a favor and cross-post to your blog here so that we can feature it on the front page where everyone can benefit from your words of wisdom.
Check out the Weekly Challenges. These are activities we use to learn and grow as bloggers. The most recent task is posted at the top of this page. New tasks are posted each Tuesday, but you can also go back to try out previous challenges.
Want to start a discussion? Go to the Forum Page. You can also chat in real-time with anyone who's online by scrolling down to our chat room at the bottom of this main page.
Want to keep track of all Forum posts? Grab the Forum Feed and paste it into your favorite reader.
Want to keep track of individual Forum posts? Go to the page for that post and click on the RSS feed.
Want to follow blog postings from our members? Go to the Blog Post section on this page and subscribe to the RSS feed by clicking on the feed button and adding to your reader.
Want to suggest a topic or activity for our weekly blog challenge? Post your thoughts in the Challenge Idea Forum.
Want to create a smaller Community of Practice to explore particular blogging topics, such as a group for Wordpress bloggers or bloggers in a particular niche? Start a group!
Want to share articles you've found that support better blogging? Tag them in del.icio.us with the tag "betterbloggingtips" and they'll show up in the RSS feed below.
If you're new to Ning, BBB community member Sue Waters has created an intro page that can get you started.
Create your profile page so we can get to know you. You can create your page by clicking on the tab at the top of this page that says "My Page."
If you don't have a blog yet, then feel free to use the blog feature here on Ning. You'll find it on your profile page. Scroll down to where it says "My Blog" and then click on "Write first entry." Type in your thoughts and then click "save."
And if you already have a blog, then you can add an RSS feed to your blog on your page. Just look in the left sidebar for where it says "RSS." Then click Edit, add your feed, and decide if you want to show just the title or the full feed. Then click "save."
If you post about blogging on your "regular" blog, do us a favor and cross-post to your blog here so that we can feature it on the front page where everyone can benefit from your words of wisdom.
Check out the Weekly Challenges. These are activities we use to learn and grow as bloggers. The most recent task is posted at the top of this page. New tasks are posted each Tuesday, but you can also go back to try out previous challenges.
Want to start a discussion? Go to the Forum Page. You can also chat in real-time with anyone who's online by scrolling down to our chat room at the bottom of this main page.
Want to keep track of all Forum posts? Grab the Forum Feed and paste it into your favorite reader.
Want to keep track of individual Forum posts? Go to the page for that post and click on the RSS feed.
Want to follow blog postings from our members? Go to the Blog Post section on this page and subscribe to the RSS feed by clicking on the feed button and adding to your reader.
Want to suggest a topic or activity for our weekly blog challenge? Post your thoughts in the Challenge Idea Forum.
Want to create a smaller Community of Practice to explore particular blogging topics, such as a group for Wordpress bloggers or bloggers in a particular niche? Start a group!
Want to share articles you've found that support better blogging? Tag them in del.icio.us with the tag "betterbloggingtips" and they'll show up in the RSS feed below.
About
The Original 31 Day Challenge Members
The Building a Better Blog site started after a group of bloggers worked together to go through Darren Rowse's 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Project. They were:
Brent MacKinnon
Brent MacKinnon
miniLegends Class (group of 9-year olds from Australia is joining in the blogging fun!)
Nancy Riffer
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