Blogging

[C1RCU175P1D3R]

Hey guys, as you`ll see from my last post, Im no where near as good as you guys, so try and make it simpler for me ok? thanks! :)

I need help making an online blog for the website Im making for a friend ofmy dad`s, and I have absolutely noooo idea how to. It would probably be a really long explanation to type in here,so maybe you could just link me to a site with that info.

Thanks in advanced.

[PeOfEo]

The most simple form of a blog would just involve the individual editing the html to update the page or editing a text file and then you including that file. But if you want something to be more automated and maybe include features like comments, archives, so on and so fourth, you are going to need a database to store the blog contents. The kind of scripting involved will be server side, as a script needs to be running on the same machine that the data base is on. Therefore to do this you would ideally be using php, asp, asp.net, cgi, jsp, or cold fusion to code this. When picking a language to use you need to first ask yourself a few questions:
What is my past programming experience? If you know vb (visual basic, vbscript, vb.net) you should probably go with asp.net as it is done in vb.net, if you know java or c++ I would suggest asp.net again as it can be done in c# or j#, or I would suggest php, or jsp because it uses straight up java.
What kind of server does my host run and what does it support? If your webhost is on a windows server your host might support asp and asp.net, however if they are on unix or linux they are probably not going to support microsoft technologies (unless the use mono or something which is highly unlikely), they might however support php, jsp, or cgi.

From there you are just going to need to buy a book and learn a new language probably if you want this blog to be nice and functional. You could also use a premade script from tons of websites, but you still would have to make sure your host is going to support that type of script and then you still should probably learn the basics of the language it was programmed in if you want to be able to edit it.

[C1RCU175P1D3R]

hmm, actually, the blog is only gonna be single person, so I think I`ll be able to pull it off using an email form, I`ll just post everything she says,lol thanks though.