what makes a webloag a weblog

• That is the essential element of weblog writing, and almost all the other elements can be missing, and the rules can be violated, imho, as long as the voice of a person comes through, it's a weblog.
• Weblogs are unique in that only a weblog gives you a publication where your ideas can stand alone without interference. unlike others where you get morphed into something else.
• A weblog is a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data, arranged chronologically, that can be viewed in an HTML browser.

What is a weblog post

• A weblog post has three basic attributes: title, link and description. All are optional. Most weblog posts are short, a paragraph or two.
• ARCHIVES 7 PERMA LINK
• archives are where all artcles which are not on the home page are kept, there is a permalink (#) available ehich can be used to link directly to them
• COMMENTS
• containing reader comments and responses from the author
• CALENDAR
• The home page and each archive page of the weblog usually displays a calendar, in the familiar format, that allows the reader to easily locate the archive pages by time
• CATEGORIES
• all post are categorised and put in a certain area, so a reader can view all the posts of his interest.
• Rendering
• Most posts are rendred through a static template but you can use dynaimc ones

Infrastructure

• There are many wways to let people know of the latest entry to a blog. changes to it. when people have linked to it.

Content types

• there many types of content one can include in a blog
• summaries to a long article
• images
• movies, office documents, and any other downlloadable thing the user might want to add