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WHAT IS A BLOG?
• Originally used as online web ‘journal’
• Highly adaptable format
• Used as a personal website, for communication within research
team, or to disseminate research
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1. Register a domain name – e.g. www.myprofile.com
2. Buy hosting space (physical server space to store website files)
3. Select and purchase a template
4. Upload template to your hosting server
5. Customise template to suit your needs
The basic steps
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Open Source (free) CMS Platforms
• WordPress – Best pick for beginners, works well for small to medium sized websites &
blogs
• Joomla – Best for flexibility and customisation. Offers ample possibilities for building more
sophisticated functionalities (e.g. e-commerce, data cataloguing and visualisation)
• Drupal – The hardest, but also the most powerful CMS
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Resources for customisation
• Digital Stock http://market.envato.com/
A wealth of ready-made website templates, graphics elements, music and video
clips available at very affordable rates
• Programming (basics)
Useful for understanding and learning basic webpage
construction, styling and interactive functionality
Web Design with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery Set,
by Jon Duckett
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1118907442/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5RO
KL5A1OLE
• Online tutorials
http://www.w3schools.com/
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• Domain name
– www.godaddy.com
• Hosting
– www.dreamhost.com
– www.krystal.co.uk
• Mobile website
– Dreamweaver
– HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery Mobile
• Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript - Making App Store Apps Without Objective-C or
Cocoa, By Jonathan Stark
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• Content management system
– 74 Million Sites made with WordPress
– 19% of the internet runs WordPress
– Large community of developers
• Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/27/19-percent-of-the-web-runs-on-wordpress/
https://managewp.com/14-surprising-statistics-about-wordpress-usage/
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Dr Becky Mallaband
o R.mallaband@lboro.ac.uk
o @bmallaband
Dr Sarah Barnard
o S.H.Barnard@lboro.ac.uk
o @SarahBarnard20
Dr Laura Carletti
o laura.carletti@nottingham.ac.uk
o @lauracarletti
Dr Ashley Casey
o A.J.B.Casey@lboro.ac.uk
o @DrAshCasey
Dr Andrea Bundon
o A.Bundon@lboro.ac.uk
o @ultreia1x
Dr Inês Varela-Silva
o M.I.O.Varela-Silva@lboro.ac.uk
o @inesvarelasilva
Laura Santamaria
o L.Santamaria@lboro.ac.uk
o @SublimeMagazine
Dr Luis Oliveria
o L.Oliveira@lboro.ac.uk
o @luibhz
