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a web site for Melanie

Hi all, first post ever to this list.

Melanie,

I would think that any garden writer (in fact any communication professional) should have a web site. How much you want to spend and how "flash" (no pun intended) it might be --- well who knows.

A very simple (and I mean very simple) way to get your work online is to get a weblog. At Blogger -  http://www.blogger.com -  they will provided you with a web log for free. Sure its pretty plain (but still looks nice) - but it requires no knowledge of html or ftp'ing or anything - just type, highlight and add urls for links --- basically if you can use m'soft word you can use blogger!-- so easy. To set up takes two minutes max! I've found a web log is a good way to start. My weblog is at blogger -  http://www.dehiscent.blogspot.com  - have a look to see what it is - i post every few days and add links to horticultural and gardening news around the web. Paul Krantz, the executive editor of  Better Homes and Gardens Online etc has a blog at Blogger as well - called The Plain Dirt Gardener its at http://plaindirtgardener.blogspot.com/ have a look at that as well.

there are off course lots of "tools" you can add to your blog such as a comment/feedback system (so readers can say nice things about you and your writing) such as the one offered by halo scan - again the basic system is free.
http://www.haloscan.com/news/

And if you do know a little html you can tweak the appearance of your site. (mine is tweaked a little)

If you wish to get a little more fancy you can register a url   (I think go daddy are the cheeeepest - but what do i know?) http://www.godaddy.com  then find a web host (http://www.liverack.com/ give you 100mb of space for $3 a month!!) and have your blog ftp'ed up to that site. - no need for a designer!

there are a number of other blog sites that provide similar services (eg diaryland.com , moveable type etc but I think Blogger is simplest - I have tried a few of the free ones and think for 0$ blogger is exceptional value. 

Just think - you could be publishing on-line in 5 minutes time! Go for it!

Michael Elliott
http://dehiscent.blogspot.com

PS if you are a writer with longer articles choose the one-entry to a page option (you'll see what I;m talking about when you  register your blog)- this enables you to create links to exact stories/articles.



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