Blog site with plain html?

[walrus]

Originally Posted by lorsha

Do blogs have to use RSS? I am totally new to to blogging.

My hubby recently set up a blog for our new HD site and he just set it up as a "standard" html page.

We're going to use it as a "diary" type of blog, to keep non members up to date with what is happening on our site ( w/pictures) , as well as just some daily chit-chat

Blogs don't HAVE to use RSS but it is your friend. Your setting up the blog for non-members (excellent usage btw) to keep them up to date. That can be made even more affective if the site outputs a RSS feed.

The reason, you might ask....cause I said....no really because then non-members who want to keep track of your site can add it to places like their "My Yahoo, Google, or MyMSN (as well as any favorite news reader they may have) and track you that way. Not having RSS takes some of the marketing benefits away from a blog.

[lorsha]

Thanks for the reply hun.

My hubby and I are complete opposite of techies unfortunately. We briefly looked into learning a bit about RSS, and it seems like it would take us some time to grasp it, lol.

We started up lorshasworld.com in late 1999, and it took us into 2001 to finally get comfortable just uploading files to our site.

Once we get our new HD site launched and get our affiliate program underway, I'm going to crack the whip, and get the hubby learning RSS!

[walrus]

I haven't actually tried it but RSS Wizard looks like a pretty simple tool to convert your html into RSS.

[lorsha]

Originally Posted by walrus

I haven't actually tried it but RSS Wizard looks like a pretty simple tool to convert your html into RSS.

Thanks for the link hun.