Most people expect, when they visit a blog, to be able to leave a comment. Some may even think it’s a bug if they can’t. But in fact a small percentage of blogs have simply decided that their blogs aren’t the place for comments. I have decided that for this blog in particular; it is best to keep them open. add more…
But for those who are unsure of why anyone would want to
What if something bad happens?
What if your whole server died on you and you lost everything. All those posts, all that hard work. You’d have to start from scratch. No one wants to go through that much stress and frustration. So today I would like to plea to you that you back-up your blog!
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I’ve been talking about WordPress a lot lately, as you probably all know by now WordPress is what a lot of bloggers use on the back end to publish what they have to say. There are loads of plug-ins, services and themes out there for you to try, but how do you find the best ones?
WPCandy does that and a lot more.
All of the post I write come through one program. MarsEdit. MarsEdit, in my opinion is the premier desktop blog publishing application on the planet. In this review I’m going to be looking at what makes it so good and also appealing to many people.
Who, What and When.
These are the three aspects that are very important for any blogger. Who is your blog aimed at, what will it be based upon and when will you take the time to work on it?
Try picking a niche so that you can cater for their needs. By doing so you can keep them interested on a post by post basis. If you suddenly do a post completely off topic then they might feel alienated. Remember, if you do find another topic that doesn’t fit with your current blog, there is nothing stopping you from starting another!
Wordpress is the premier publishing platform on the internet. It has a massive, loyal user-base which swear by it. One of the great things about this is that there are also a large group who like to make plugins for Wordpress to expand on it’s features.
I have comprised a list of ten Wordpress plugins that I feel every blogger should have in their arsenal. Feel free to add any that you think I’ve missed in the comments.
In this video I talk about what makes someone a blogger, and what they need to do with their website to make it a blog… and I learn how to say regularly!
This is the first of my by-weekly video posts!
I explain all the details in the video but I’ve summarized it below:
