With our new website come a number of new features, so over the next few posts I am going to explain some of these new features and explain how to use them. We'll start with the blog.
Whether you're reading this on the front page of the site or on its own page, this article is a part of the DPC Blog. The word "blog" is a shortening of the word "weblog." At its simplest, a blog is a web page that displays articles (called "posts") and allows readers to respond by posting comments. Blogs are used across the internet for rambling, ranting, reflecting and communicating.
You can read the DPC Blog by watching the website for new posts, or you can subscribe to the RSS feed. RSS ("Really Simple Syndication") is a capability that allows you, using certain subscription tools, to automatically receive the latest updates from blogs and news sources. You can use (among numerous others) Microsoft Outlook, Bloglines, Google Reader, and even your web browser to subscribe to RSS feeds.
If you have created a user account on the DPC website, when you look at the DPC Blog you'll find a link at the bottom of a each post that says "Add new comment." By clicking this link, you can respond to the post or to comments made by others. I hope that through these comments the DPC Blog can be an avenue for conversation on a whole variety of subjects.
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