Blogs and blogging
Summary
- The Web Design Team offer a hosted University blogging service.
- Blogs allow you to communicate to vistiors to your site and gather their comments and feedback.
- A printable pdf factsheet (pdf 60kb) is available.
What is a blog?
A blog is a web site where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order (Wikipedia definition. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries.
A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.
The blogs offered at the University are powered by an application called Wordpress. This application allows authors with minimal technical experience to post blog entries and administer the site.
What can I use a blog for?
You can use a blog to post updates, news or commentary on your web site and where you would like to get comments or feedback on these updates. Here are some other uses:
- Record updates within a project team.
- Provide information and commentary on news and events.
- Highlight recent research achievements
- As a personal or team journal, capturing ideas and experiences.
What alternatives are there to a blog?
A wiki: A wiki is an application or software that allows people to create, edit, and link web pages easily. Wikis are often used to create collaborative or community websites.
What examples of blogs at the university are there?
- Search engine blog (http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/search/):
A blog is used by the search engine project team to keep people updated on the new University search engine. - First_year blog (https://airport.unimelb.edu.au/first_year/):
First year students record their experiences at the university. - MaRCCentre Blog (http://blogs.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/):
Blog about ITC support for research.
How much will a University blog cost me?
The cost of the blog will depend on the degree of customisation you require. A representative from the Web Design team will come and discuss your blog needs and requirements. A fixed time fixed price quote will then be provided before any works begin.
OK, so how do I get a University Blog?
For more information, please contact
webdesign-team@unimelb.edu.au
The cost and time varies depending on your needs - a full quote and plan will be sent to you within business three days.
The fineprint . . .
University blogs under the blog.unimelb.edu.au domain must follow university web publishing guidelines as given in:
Blogs that contravene this policy may be removed.