Adding knobs and whistles

Once you are comfortable with blogging and podcasting,
you can start to experiment and branch out.










Add a feed (I mentioned these earlier in Keeping track).
You can do this with FeedBurner.












Insert the URL of your blog. Choose Publicize.














Add a Chicklet.














Copy the html code provided.










Go to your blog's Template and click on Add a Page Element.
Select HTML/Java script.


























And in the window that opens up, paste the html code you copied earlier.





















Now you have a feed on your blog that visitors can easily subscribe to.







Add a link to an audio channel using Chinswing













Or Vaestro













Add a map using CommunityWalk or MapKit






















Organise your photos and add them using flickr




























When you've accumulated a number of blogs,
stick them together with Suprglu
















Now you're ready to take on the world. So why not try these?
Skypecasts








and FlashMeeting






And if you've got as far as this, consider yourself a
fully-participating member of the world of open web publishing!

... and keeping track of it

If you want to keep track of what's happening on a blog,
look for this icon.

if you have a browser like Firefox,
click on Bookmarks > Subscribe to this page and
select the name of the blog.


Or use a special news aggregator like NetNewsWire,
and drag the icon onto its sidebar.


This will subscribe you to the blog (or podcast) and by clicking
on the blog's name you will see a list of it's recent posts and a summary.

























In doing this you have subscribed to a web feed using a process
called RSS (Really Simple Syndication).