This idea of creating a blog came about as one of those instances of the tail wagging the dog. I explain: I am not an avid blog reader and I am definitely not a blog writer. But I admire all things Lisp, Emacs and org mode. Therefore, when I came across an article on how to blog with Emacs org mode I jumped on it.

To get a simple blog set up in org-mode all you have to do is to follow the steps described in Sections Basic Steps to Tweak the sitemap (inclusive) of this how-to guide. I am not going to repeat them here. Just visit the link above and get your simple blog set up.

Notice that by following those steps you will set up and experiment with a very simple blog, hosted locally (i.e., not yet available on the web). The next sections in that article show how you can extend your basic blog, and I will address that in part II of this article.