Post on 24-Jan-2015
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Latihan Dalam Perkhidmatan
Bengkel Asas Pembinaan Blog Peribadi
Blog Vs. Website
Blog = A personal online diary Website = A platform for sharing of
information / promoting products / branding / Web 2.0
Visit http://m.wikihow.com/Tell-the-Difference-Between-Blogs-and-Websites for more info on blog and website
Blogging – writing posts which will be published on blog
Blogger – the person who do blogging
WebBlog
Website + Blog in a single domain There are both features of website and
blog in a webblog E.g. http://www.cikgutim.com
How Can We Use Webblog In Education?
Downloadable materials for students A platform for video tutorial / video training Submission of assignments A click away to share the latest news (if
linked with Facebook and Twitter) Students can post questions and
comments to their teachers
The 5 Components In Building Blog / Website
Traffic
Email Address Hosting
Domain
Platform
The 5 Components
Email Address
No Email Address, No Website!!
MAKE SURE TO USE AN ACTIVE EMAIL ADDRESS!!
Email address is used for:a) Non-robot verification
b) Future communication among the website owner with the service providers
Hosting
Equivalent to Hard Disc Memory in laptops
A virtual storage of the contents of websites – html code, words,
documents, pictures, videos, audios, website data, etc
Domain
The ‘NAME’ of the website
Domain forms part of the URL of the website
(*URL = Uniform Resource Locator)
e.g.www.yourdomain.com www.cikgutim.com
Platform
The tools that we use to build the layouts and the contents of website
Traffic
Bring visitors to our website
Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc)
Social Bookmarking (Digg, Pinterest, Stumpleupon, etc)
Onsite SEO & Off-Site SEOPaid traffic (CPC, CPM, Article
Submission, backlinking, etc)
How much is the cost to build a personal website / blog??
Requirement Cost / annum (USD)
Domain 9.99Hosting 12.99WHOIS protection 10.00Total Annual Expense (recurring) USD32.98
Using the rate of forex USD1 = RM3.2, the annual expense for a website costs RM105.54
We can cut down the cost to ZERO with……
http://www.weebly.com
Why Use Weebly?
Free domain – we use subdomainFree hosting – unlimited bandwidthSimple interface – user friendlyDrag and drop features – suitable for beginnersVarious design – suit everyone’s needStrong protection – anti-hackingOngoing R&D – fully functioning websiteCompatible with various social media – sharing is easierSpecially designed for education – excellent for teaching and learning
I build my first education website with Weebly…
http://www.cikgutim.com
Let’s learn more:http => hypertext transfer protocolhttps => hypertext transfer protocol
over secure socket layerwww => world wide web
Final reminder before we get things started….
Use an active email address
Switch on your laptop
Turn on your broadband
Ready to build your first personal blog the simple and zero-cost way
Look over my shoulder and I will walk you through on...
• Registering an education version of Weebly account
• Choosing your personal subdomain• Choosing the suitable website extension
(.com / .net / .org / .info) • Customizing your blog layout• Inserting your picture• Creating the first post of your blog• Publishing your post• Sharing your blog