Open letter from Al Macintyre to Florian and other Weblogger newcomers.
Welcome to an exciting learning curve that can consume you with a desire to learn all sorts of neat things. You shared some questions whose answers inevitably may lead to more questions. Many thousands of other webloggers have been down this path ahead of you, so there is much you can learn by lurking in the sub-communities of webloggers who are a self-help tech support and mutual help society of people sharing tips how best to progress down the path of learning how best to use this relatively new technology.
If you have already selected a particular Blog Software, then you need to join the sub-communities of users familiar with the nuances of that particular Type. Be sure to check out directories of webloggers by category of professional interest ... academia, knowledge management, librarians, journalists, and so forth, because you can get great insights from seeing what is posted to the weblogs of people whose interests are similar to yours. If your interest is in finding weblogs by people who share your hobby interests (one of mine is science fiction books and games), your best route to your peers is via the link services and search engines.
If you know what blogging is all about, but you can't decide what software is best for your needs, check out my do-it-yourself Consumer Reports collection of perspectives comparing what all the different blog software vendors have to offer. If you have no idea what blogging is, or having trouble wrapping your mind around some of the concepts, perhaps you ought to get one of the Blog Books.
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