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Parts of a Blog - Lessons on Blog Categories, Tags, Blogrolls & More

Blogs are made up of many parts that provide a multitude of ways for you to enhance your blog's appearance and performance. Here you will learn how categories, tags, images, blogrolls, RSS subscriptions, post scheduling and more allow you to customize your blog and give it some personal flair while helping your blog's marketing efforts at the same time. It's time to get creative and have fun!
Create Your Blog's Home Page
Learn the critical elements required to make your blog's home page the best it can be.
Making Your "About Me" Page Shine
Learn to write a compelling "About Me" page for your blog to establish who you are as a blogger, to get readers interested and to keep them coming back to your blog for more.
Overview of a Blog Post
Learn the elements of a blog post and how they are used together to create compelling blog content and drive traffic to your blog.
An Overview of Blog Categories
Learn how blog categories help keep the information and posts found on your blog organized and easy to find.
What is a Blogroll?
Learn what blogrolls are and how bloggers can use them to increase traffic to their blogs.
15 Popular Blog Sidebar Items
Learn about the items readers expect to find in your blog's sidebar as well as the items you can put in your sidebar to help market and monetize your blog.
Add a PayPal Donation Button to Your Blog
Add a PayPal Donations Button to your blog to begin earning money from your blog.
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