Blog for Joomla! – Really?
Currently the network is actively developing such a direction as blogovodstvo. Blogs are created on various topics and areas, there are a large number of services offering the possibility of create a blog for free. Today I have to dwell on the enumeration and comparison of these resources, and want to look at how to create a blog on CMS Joomla. Be discussed is about the technical part of the work being done directly blog administrator.
It may be objected that there is specifically designed for blogging CMS WordPress, and I will not discuss the merits and demerits of this system compared with Jooma, because Much has been written about it and everyone can easily locate the material, I just want to share the experience of creating a personal blog on a regular me free, highly scalable system. The work paid extensions for Joomla, designed to create and maintain blogs as well not be considered, the cost of purchasing a domain name and hosting – all material costs we incur.
So … to start the download and install on the hosting latest version of the CMS Joomla, Today it is Joomla 1.5.9, you can install directly Russified version, here it depends on the tastes of the administrator, download and install a free template for Joomla whom in the network are vast.
The first thing to blog is to give the visitors (for them properly and you create a blog) the opportunity to comment on your materials. For these purposes, in my opinion, it is optimal component JComments with a wide range of settings and well integrated into the various extensions (galleries, file archives, etc.). The component is free and we just need to download the latest version of the component developer’s site. There you can find the extension for this component and choose what you need immediately. Together with the installation of the component you will no doubt need the module display the latest comments posted by visitors. Besides the advantages mentioned above for, JComments has built an important role in support of service Gravatar.
The next important factor in creating a blog is its search engine optimization, to put it simply – it customizable to meet the requirements of search engines. Questions SEO – is a huge amount, but today, as already stated, we consider only technical issues. For search engines, and for users it is important that the references to your materials were “man-friendly” form (CNC). To create these links to materials we need third-party component, of course, is free, I opted for ARTIO JoomSEF. It is easy to install and requires no knowledge of when setting up programming. After you install it you simply need to be in writing material to enter in the “Alias” appropriate title links (of course Latin and no spaces).
The next step is to install extensions just intended for SEO optimization (blog).
Much attention is given in this article are extensions intended for SEO-optimized so as a refusal of the majority of users on the use of blogging by Joomla! Due to the fact that supposedly this CMS does not provide all opportunities for the proper and competent promotion of the blog search engines – all a myth. Joomla provides all the features of optimization, and another thing how to use them, but this topic is for further study and theoretical foundations of “progress” are the same for all systems.
Standard functionality provided by Joomla, an opportunity at once, writing and publishing the material, define the keywords and description for the material and cornfields should never neglect these opportunities. The installation of additional plug-ins, such as My TagsWill allow you to display your set label directly to each material and will give visitors the opportunity to search for your blog is listed on your words. The issue with the placement of the so-called “tag clouds” that is a popular technique for creating blogs, solved by the installation at the site designated for this purpose modules, such as My Gloubs. Installation of components to generate a site map will help you to correctly declare his blog in popular search engines without going into the peculiarities of each of them.
Installation of various informers, counters and rating banners think there is no need to consider in detail just does not make sense, I can only stipulate that you can install them both with built-functional CMS, and by using different modules, their choice is huge. ‘ll Note only that a CMS Joomla! Works great free tool for analyzing site GoogleAnalytics.
Sooner or later there is a question that you want to earn revenue from your blog by displaying banners on it, post links, using various affiliate programs and you do not have to radically change in his blog, because modular system allows you to put your desired banner (ticker, a collection of links and. etc.) in a convenient place for you, choose to show only on certain pages.
That’s all. The result is a personal blog with limitless possibilities of expanding the functional. Work can be viewed best described as an example author’s personal blog or MitrichLab.RU.
Let me remind you that we have considered only the basic provisions of the technical creation of a personal blog on the CMS Joomla 1.5.x, then how with minimal cost, you can create quite competitively capable personal blog, but you must remember that there is no limit to perfection, go for it!