A weblog (or simply blog) is a website that ‘publishes’ or features articles (which are called ‘blog posts’, ‘posts’, or ‘entries’), written by an individual or a group that make use of any or a combination of the following:
Straight texts
Photographs or images (photoblog)
Video (videoblog)
Audio files (audioblog)
Hyperlinks
Usually presented and arranged in reverse chronological order, blogs are essentially used for the following purposes:
Online journal or a web diary
Content managament system
Online publishing platform
A typical blog has the following components:
Post date -the date and time of the blog entry
Category – the category that the blog belongs to
Title – the title of the blog
Main body – the main content of the blog
RSS and trackback – links the blog back from other sites
Comments – commentaries that are added by readers
Permalinks – the URL of the full article
Other optional items – calendar, archives, blogrolls, and add-ons or...