Law 851 - Diving In

Just a quick introduction to some of the history behind the Blawg 100 and WordPress

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1. Law 851 Diving In cc:  Scott*  -­‐ https://www.flickr.com/photos/83049159@N00
2. Blawg 100 • ABA • Started in 2006 • 4,000 blogs -> 100 "best" • ONLY 4,000 "law blogs"
3. WordPress • Free, Open Source • Blogging tool and CMS • Almost 25% of top sites • 60M total WP sites
4. Components • Linux • Apache • MySQL • PHP
5. Timeline • Web - 1990/1991 (Linux - 1991) • Mosaic Web Browser 1993 • Apache 1995 • MySQL 1995 • PHP 1995
6. • "LAMP" as a phrase 1995 • WordPress is created in 2003 cc:  Viofiddler  -­‐ https://www.flickr.com/photos/73504146@N00
7. WordPress provides... • Very little HTML required • Create "posts" • Create "pages" • Authorization/Authentication • Visually appealing shell for your awesomeness cc:  hackNY  -­‐ https://www.flickr.com/photos/61623410@N08
8. Should Law Schools be teaching blogging? http://kevin.lexblog.com cc:  angela7dreams  -­‐ https://www.flickr.com/photos/58117789@N00