A blog (short for “web log”) is a journal that’s posted on the web for others to read; it can be updated as often as you want. As you add new entries, older entries are archived so that visitors can always view them. Often, on your blog’s main page, the newest entry appears at the top, and other recent entries are viewable by clicking short excerpts that appear on the page. Using the Blog template in iWeb, you can control what the blog index page looks like and how many excerpts it contains.
You can use a blog to write about any subject you want, such as current events or your favorite recipes. Travel blogs are also popular. As you complete each leg of your journey, you can describe what you’ve seen and done so that friends and family can follow your progress. You can even add photos to your blog.
If you add an audio file or a movie, instead of a photo, to the media placeholder in your blog entry, the entry becomes a podcast. See Related Topics below for more information about podcasts.
When you create a blog in iWeb, you can add a button that lets visitors subscribe to it so that they’re notified when it’s updated. If you publish your site to MobileMe, you can also let visitors add comments and attachments to your blog.