This is a blog/website (blogsite, weblog?) about using the simple blogging tools provided by blogger to produce a hybrid between a blog and website. The emphasis here is on simple.
What the difference between a blog and website?
In some ways, nothing -- both use the web, html and have an url. However, a blog is simply a special kind of website. It is organized in a way that an author can post information from time to time. Usually, the information is intended to be read in a timely way, so it presented to the readership with the most recent postings (or pages) first, i.e., in reverse chronological order. A website also has posted information, but usually the information is intended to be accessed in some way other than the order in which it was posted.
TowpathGuy started this blog because a couple of months ago, he decided to put his "hobby" on line. It's a simple hobby. He rides his bike on the Delaware and Raritan Canal towpath (in central New Jersey) for both commuting and recreation. He's done this for >20 years and has learned a lot about the towpath. He decided that others should "Discover the Towpath", so started to write the TowpathGuy's Towpath Guide. Since this is a hobby, TowpathGuy needed to do this at minimal cost. The features of Blogger seemed easy to use and the cost (free) seemed ideal.
The postings of this blog will explain how a beginner found a way to work around some of the blogging features of Blogger to use it more like a website. The modifications require only a little knowledge of html which will be explained as needed.
