Blogging+-+What+Three+Blog+Tools+Would+I+Recommend

Assignment #3

Expected time to complete this assignment: 1/2 hour - 1.5 hours. (Participants who already are familiar with blogging will spend a little less time on this assignment.)

There are many available platforms to create a blog. When you start a blog, it is helpful to know what platform you would like to use. This assignment will give you an overview of the many available platforms. Some are free others are available for a fee. Many of us in our ministry areas will choose a FREE platform as that is what our budgets will allow. Just like choosing any tool, you will want to pick a tool that you are comfortable with. You are asked to narrow down your choice to three potential platforms and to have some basic reasons for choosing these. Ideally, if someone asked you what blog platform would you recommend, you would have three potential options to suggest. ===When you have decided what three (3) platforms you would suggest, go to this [|SURVEY] to identify your three TOP choices. Also include why these are your choices. ===

Note: After this assignment is completed, we will share comments in this wiki so that you can come back and see what your classmates are suggesting and why..

The following blog platforms are those that are mentioned in the articles. [|b2evolution] [|Blogger] [|BlogHarbor] [|Blogware] Blogsome - [|http://www.blogsome.com] [|CityDesk] [|dasBlog] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Expression Engine - [] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|LiveJournal] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mambo] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Movable Type] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">MSN Spaces - spaces.msn.com (no longer available) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Squarespace - squarespace.com (no longer available) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Textpattern] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tumblr] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|TypePad] (There are Basic, Plus, and Pro Options) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|WordPress.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|WordPress.org] Hosted or Installed <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Yahoo 360 - 360.yahoo.com <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Xanga]