Blogging tools are designed to be easy to use. They generally don’t provide all the advanced features of a complex content management system, but rather do one task — publishing a blog — very well. To this end, they can help you:
- Create posts. Since the purpose of a blog is to be able to post new text or information to the site frequently, creating posts should be quick and easy.
- Upload pictures and multimedia. Many blogs go beyond text to include photos, video, or audio.
- Display posts to visitors. A blogging platform can make it easy for readers to view your posts and to comment on them.
- Moderate. While it's typical to allow visitors to post comments to a blog, different platforms provide varying levels of help to weed out inappropriate contributions.
- Publish RSS feeds. RSS feeds allow more Internet-savvy users to subscribe to your blog.
- Configure the appearance and layout. Tools vary widely in the degree to which they allow you to configure your blog, and the methods they offer to do this.
- Find support. Not every blogging tool offers the same degree of support: while some offer personalized assistance, others have forums where you can find answers to your questions.
- Host your blog. While some blogging software lives on your own server, others are hosted by the vendor.
- Get stats on your blog. Reporting features will help you see how many people are visiting your blog, and which posts are most popular.
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