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How to use the blog system to build a personal website, I believe that many inexperienced people do not know what to do about it. Therefore, this paper summarizes the causes and solutions of the problem. Through this article, I hope you can solve this problem.

Blog, which is also translated as web log, blog or blog cabinet, is a website that is usually managed by individuals and posts new articles from time to time. Blog posts are usually arranged from new to old in reverse order according to the time of posting. Many blogs focus on providing comments or news on specific topics, while others are used as more personal diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, links to other blogs or websites, and other media related to the subject. The ability to allow readers to leave comments in an interactive way is an important element of many blogs. Most blogs are text-based, while some blogs still focus on art, photography, video, music, podcasts and other topics. Blogs are part of social media networks.

The original name of the blog is Weblog, which is made up of the words web and log, which literally means online diary. Later, people who like the new noun deliberately changed the pronunciation of the word to we blog, from which the word blog was coined. It means blog or web blog in Chinese, but on Chinese mainland, some people often transliterate both Blog and blogger (that is, bloggers) into "blog". "blog" has a deeper meaning: "blog" means "extensive"; "guest" means not only "blogger" but also "hospitality". People who watch Blog are all "guests". In Taiwan, it is transliterated as "blog" (or "Tribal Pavilion") and "blogger" respectively, believing that Blog itself has the meaning of social groups, and that Blog can assemble netizens on the Internet into a big blog and become another influential free media.

If you want to build a blog, there are two main ways:

A you can apply for a personal blog at some large portals, such as Sina, Sohu, Baidu, Tencent, etc. This advantage is that you can apply immediately, do not need the knowledge of building a site, and can instantly interact with many netizens to increase the number of blog visits.

B is to set up your own independent blog.

The benefits of independent blogs are:

A. Have your own domain name, which can be your name, screen name or other meaningful words: dingkee, while the blog applying for the portal is a second-or third-level domain name with no autonomy, which is the original intention of most people's independent blogs-brand equity.

B, the blog has a high degree of personalization, and the blog at the portal station usually makes some restrictions, while the independent blog is my domain. I can add plug-ins to achieve some functions, or you can arbitrarily modify the theme template of the blog to make your blog unique and more outstanding.

C, the blogger himself is the top administrator of the blog, and there is no need for others to review the publication of the blog.

D, you can upgrade the PR value of the blog domain name, put up advertisements anywhere on the blog to make money instead of working for Sina for free as Han Han did, and so on.

To build a complete independent blog, it is divided into three steps: the allocation of the domain name and host, the setting of the system and the enrichment of the blog content.

I. the equipment of the system

It is mainly divided into two parts: domain name, host, and blog program.

1. domain name

That is, top-level domain names, usually we encounter second-or even third-level domain names, such as jb51.net/cndenver (not really counted), cndenver.blog.jb51.com.cn, or applequan.spaces.jb51.com.cn, etc. The bad thing is that the domain name is too long and the ownership does not belong to you. If at any time because the temporary workers of the relevant departments accidentally make mistakes, your decades of energy may be wasted.

To get to the point, it's best to have your own top-level domain name, such as the author's jb51.net, and of course, com,net,.org,cn or even .info. Me is fine, depending on your preferences and positioning of the blog (such as the acclaimed classic case del.icio.us). The domain name needs to reflect the taste and style of the blog while avoiding possible risks. A good domain name should have six basic elements: short, easy to remember, not easy to be confused with other domain names, not easy to misspell, related to the company name / trademark or core business, and try to avoid cultural conflicts. You can refer to the views of the following: general principles of domain name selection five key points of domain name selection from six rooms to see domain name selection and promotion

To sum up, it is best to use .com domain names that are short, meaningful and easy to confuse, although domain names that can meet these conditions may already be owned, which depends on individual creation and reflects the artistry of decision-making.

two。 The host, that is, host, that is, the server used to run the blog, can be divided into several types: own server, hosting, sharing, virtual host, VPS, etc., which are suitable for different types. In general, blog, choose virtual host or VPS sharing performance, traffic is completely enough.

After determining the domain name and host type, I went to buy it. When choosing a service provider, due to the asymmetry of information and the rapid changes in the market, it is best to choose those SP with good reputation and long operating time. You can choose domain name hosts for sale, or you can buy them separately. Domestic mainstream are Wanwang, Xinwang, Yi Lian mainframe, etc., non-mainstream are Wopus, sharing temple and so on, foreign godaddy,bluehost and so on, are more reliable. For the selection of hosts, see "recommendation and Summary of Independent blog hosts".

3. The choice of blog program

Of course, awesome people can write a customized one, but if there is not enough time or technology is not enough, you can also choose the existing template framework, both at home and abroad, common are wordpress,Blogger,Movable Type,Drupal,Expression Engine and so on. It seems that Zblog has been quite popular recently, and one of the most famous adopters is the moonlight blog. The choice in this area is mainly based on the number of users, theme plug-in customization, community support, programming language (PHP,ASP, etc., which does not require proficiency, but better knowledge) and synergy with host types.

Second, the setting of the system

The so-called setting also includes two major steps: the configuration of the server and the setting of the blog program.

1. Configuration of the server

First of all, we have to understand that we already have three major components: domain names, hosting and blogging programs, but the problem is that they are still scattered and isolated and will not unite themselves (unless we package and buy together, SP will help us build), what we need to do now is to connect them to build a complete personal blog.

The connection between the domain name and the host is called DNS. To put it simply, DND is the link that helps the reader point the domain name to the host when we enter the domain name in the browser. DNS can choose the domain name service provider's own, or you can choose an independent DNS service provider to be more professional and stable, such as openDNS and domestic DNSpod. Configure the A record of the main domain name (pointing the domain name to the host ip). If you need additional features, you can also configure CName and MX records, but it is not necessary.

This requires adjustments in three aspects:

(1) set up a DNS Server server at the domain name service provider

(2) set up A record at the DNS service provider.

(3) set the bound domain name at the host service provider

two。 Configuration of blog programs

When everything is in place, you can upload the blog program to the host root directory using the FTP software or the host's Cpanel program. At the same time, prepare the host database and its account, directly access the domain name to start the installation. See "installation process of WordPress"

After the installation is complete, you can click to go to Dashboard to set the relevant parameters, select the theme and install the required plug-ins.

For usage and tutorials, please refer to the detailed tutorials of wpcourse and wordpress. For plug-ins, please refer to "Best WordPress plug-in recommendations" and "20 Best WordPress plug-in recommendations".

It is worth noting that beginners had better not install wordpress into the subdirectory of host, which is very likely to lead to some bug or problems. Before, the author specially established a blog directory hoping to use blog.williamlong.info as the blog domain name, and then the main domain name was used to do other things. As a result, after installing wp-cache, the conflict with the theme led to no comments, and finally had to be reinstalled, so I would like to advise you here. In the process of building, if not the ultimate master, in fact, it is right to follow the crowd!

III. Enrichment of content

Hard to build a blog, all hope to be able to good development, high traffic, high recognition, that is not necessarily to earn some advertising fees (there is also good ^ _ ^), but this is also a recognition of personal efforts, I am also a novice in this area, but the opinions of people who have experienced can refer to:

1, have certain professional content. The content is unlimited, as long as you like, hobby aspects can write articles on it. To continue to update the original, to be properly publicized, will be able to continue to accumulate users continue to develop.

2. It will stand the test of time. Famous blogs have stood the test of time. If you stick to the first item above for about three or four years, your blog will be visited by many people and make a lot of friends. But most people can't keep writing.

Of course, after the article is well written, it is not a sin to consider making some extra money. Here are some possible profit models:

The first one: it is also the most widely used one-advertising alliance.

The second kind: advertisers

The third kind: sell links

Fourth: promote the product (also called the blog marketing of the product)

Fifth: soft text service (also known as soft announcement, implantable advertisement)

After reading the above, have you mastered how to use the blog system to build a personal website? If you want to learn more skills or want to know more about it, you are welcome to follow the industry information channel, thank you for reading!

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