To create the WordPress site I went to wordpress.com and clicked on the ‘Get Started’ button. I put in the name of the site and wrote what it was about. I searched for the free site and created my account user name and password. I then began looking at the Themes and how to customise what was there. The difficult part was deciding on how I wanted the layout to be and choosing a photo. There were lots of options for photo placement and where the text could go. I tried a few different ones before deciding. I found myself being careful, as sometimes I thought I was viewing free layouts, only to discover I wasn’t!
I used about three different photos in a couple of layouts to see how they looked before choosing the photo and design I have. (Apologies for the photo quality, I still have my ‘L’ plates on for a new phone!) The process was relatively easy, but I was a bit concerned I might have published something a couple times when I thought I was doing a draft.
RSS Feeds
RSS is a type of web feed. It stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary. It ‘allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format’. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS).
The format is usually simple code or text files which are converted by a ‘feed reader’ or some kind of interface into the most recent information. It is a way to get blog feeds, updated information, audio or video episodes, articles, images or news. This is easier than joining up to every blog or site in order to receive their feed. It eliminates the need to check back all the time as the updates automatically come to you.
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