Blogs Vs Website
 

what are the benefits of using blogs...why not just set up a template in dreamweaver/etc and just do that i dont get it!

wordpress installs in 1 minute and you have an entire back end control panel to work with your content

It's all about the database.

what do u mean by database? i don't know how to create a database.......

wordpress.org explains all.

just quit now and save yourself time and money. remember mcdonalds is always hiring. :thumbsup

No shit.

hey dyna BLOW ME, i know what a data base is, i just don't know what he reckons the benefits are, i do not know how to code a database or how they actually run, i do not know SCRIPTING..i do however know graphics...reason i ask questions is to learn, and i am sincerly happy with some people on this message board for taken time out to actually help...........thats why this industry is great.

Do you need to know MYSQL or PHP in order to use wordpress?

Using a blog makes it so even a novice, with no html/script/ftp/etc knowledge whatsoever, can run a fully functional website.

negative

http://www.google.com

keyword: blog

and go make yourself a blog.

A blog script allows you to use other resources like Word, email, your phone, to add content. It also automatically creates RSS feeds for you, plus many other things that would all be extra work in Dreamweaver.

You can also do it from any computer anywhere.

backend gives a lot of control!

good info there to start off hehe

sounds good, would it be easier if i started off using wordpress.com and there doman, can i actually get traffic and SE rankings if i use there domain?

hope abbie is doing well, havent spoke to her since 2004, since the dearabbie days.

A good backhand gives a lot of control as well.

...because wordpress is yummy :)

mySQL not at all. The most basic php is useful but not needed. HTML and CSS are required if you do not want to begging or paying for help every time you want to add or change something.

WordPress is obviously useful for running a blog, but also as a fairly powerful CMS (content management system), packaging up for you all the things like automated internal linking, RSS feeds, etc that you need to run all kinds of sites well. Even the ability to do something such as deliver compressed pages is no more complex than clicking on an option.

Hey all...this info has helped me learn a bit...seeing as I am a total newbie to this whole thing...I have been thinking that a blog might be the best place to start out?

Since blogs are free... why not? No investment, besides time.

http://slanginporn.com/start-selling-porn/

ayne thanks for hijacking my thread..

if anyone wants to know all about blogging, this site is the best place to go... it rocked my world when i was first learning about blogs..

I have very little skill in any web lanuage, php, html, mysql, hell english escapes me on a frequent basis.

Wordpress and all the documentation provided with it, is dead simple. If you free host with them it's even easier. If you have your own host with a decent control panel, then the creation of a mySQL db is silly easy. (Personally I'm on webair). And the more you play with it and try new things the easier it gets.

Then from there you can change links, themes, manage posts, manage everything from an easy control panel. That's the advantage IMO. Take a little time to learn it and you won't be dissapointed.

Lance. Thank You. Will DO!