This document discusses converting a school library website from HTML to a blog format using Blogger. It begins with an introduction and overview of the presenter's library website conversions. Pros and cons of blogs versus HTML websites are outlined. The presentation then demonstrates the steps to create a library blog site using Blogger, including considerations like school board rules. It concludes with a question and answer period.

1. Ross Thomson
Halton District School Board
OLA SuperConference 2012

2. Welcome! Feel free to leave!
Ask questions anytime!
The back story
Pros & cons: Blogs vs. HTML
Considerations before you begin
Tour of my library blog site
Step-by-step demo of how-to create your
blog site

3. E.C. Drury High School Library
Website 1.0 [2001 – Straight HTML]
Website 2.0 [2007 - HTML/First Class]
Website 3.0 [2010 – Blogger]

4. Making changes:
 Open editor
 Open file
 Make changes
 Save file
 Upload file
 Test live
 Close editor
Simple
WYSIWYG
Editor
(Claris Home
Page 3.0)

5. Making changes:
 Open client
 Open file
 Make changes
 Close file
 Test live
 Close client
Simple
Document
Editor
(First Class
Client)

6. Time consuming
Labour intensive
Requires specialized knowledge
Requires ongoing training / awareness
Product more static than dynamic
Change / edit hassle
Difficult to generate Web 2.0 content
Difficult to gather feedback

7. Easy to add / edit content
Changes reflected immediately online
Easy, seamless integration of multimedia
SEO friendly (faster crawling & indexing)
Offer easy integration of web 2.0 features
(feedback, RSS)
Automatic formatting for mobile platforms
 Analysis available (traffic / page views)

8. Familiarity & experience
Ease of use
Integration with other Google apps used
(eg: Picasa Web)
[Research & choose what’s best for you]

9. Blog-based ECDHS Library Web Site:
 Text
 Still Pictures
 Slideshows
 Embedded Video
 External Links
 Internal Links

10. 1. Go to Blogger.com
2. Get a Google account / sign in
3. Start designing your home page
4. Add static pages
5. Add content
6. Add / edit content as required
7. Repeat Step 6

11. Board rules for “school” websites?
Does content need to be hosted on a
Board server?
Can you link externally to the blog site?
Can you redirect your current URL to the
blog site?
Check policies before you invest time!

12. A start-from scratch, do-it-yourself demo!

13. A start-from scratch, do-it-yourself demo!

14. Ross Thomson
thomsonro@hdsb.ca
ecdhslibrary.blogspot.com