So getting this photo blog set up was fairly easy — here’s what you need if you want to do it and if your site is hosted like mine. (GoDaddy is my domain service, and hostgator is my host).
I downloaded WordPress (free blogging software), uncompressed the archive and uploaded it to the /blog/ directory on my ftp site. Then I went to http://www.dreamtimeimages.com/blog/ and set it all up.
Next I downloaded ecto, a cool blogging program that lets me write posts while I’m offline. Then, when I’m connected, I can publish my posts. I installed that and started posting.
Then I downloaded a WordPress plugin called Postie, which lets me send an e-mail to a secret account, and those e-mails show up as blog posts. This post is one of them.
I needed a free POP account for that aforementioned secret account, so I got one at http://www.bluebottle.com. I also needed something to trigger a URL on my site on an ongoing basis, and URL essentially logs into my BlueBottle account and downloads any new mail. So I got a free account at http://www.webcron.org and set it up to hit that URL every half hour.
Easy!