November 19th, 2008 by admin
If you start your blog on the wrong platform, you are asking for trouble. Think about this: if your start your blog the wrong way, you could lose all of your search rankings and many of your readers when you try to change gears. Don’t let this happen to you! Start the right way, right from the start.
So “Which blogging platform is best?” I hear you asking. The answer is simple. After years of blogging and using platforms inside and out, it all comes down to WordPress being the hands-down winner. Here are a few reasons why. WordPress has an extensive theme directory. Themes are used to change the look and feel of your blog. You don’t need to know how to design or code a thing. There are thousands of free, premium, and specialty themes to choose from. Read the rest of this entry »
November 6th, 2008 by admin
I’ve tested some of the following features and others I have only glanced at. So don’t blame me if you try any of these out and they don’t work! Try them at your own risk!
To activate them, you need to unzip them and then place them in your “wp-content/plugins” folder by firing up a FTP program and moving things from your PC to your blog (FileZilla is an excellent choice). Often, there are written instructions inside the folder you must follow for it to work. Like everything else, this is all trial and error. If it doesn’t work, keep fiddling around with it until it does work.
- Recent Comments - one of the things I like most about Wordpress is the ability to highlight recent comments on the front page. It’s only natural for readers to get a kick out of seeing their name on the page and this encourages them to come back and comment again. It’s also good for the blog owner to get a brief overview of any new comments that have come in. Read the rest of this entry »
August 24th, 2008 by admin
New blog writers everywhere are faced with a serious dilemma when they first reach the Internet and must decide which blogging platform is best for their new website. There are actually dozens of options on the market, ranging from the basic blog settings of the social networks to the self-hosted open sources software solutions.
However, for most new bloggers and those who don’t want to pay for their blog, the choice boils down to one of two websites: Blogger and Wordpress. These two services have become synonymous in recent years with the blogging phenomenon, making up a massive percentage of the Internet’s most popular blogs. For that reason, there has been a bit of discussion over which service is better.
Provided here is a solid answer to that question once and for all, 7 reasons why Blogger is in fact better than Wordpress. These comparisons relate to the free accounts available from both Blogger and Wordpress.
Integrated Login with Your Google Account
With the ability to easily connect all of your Google accounts, this is a big plus for Blogger. Many of the most useful features for a website are offered by Google, including AdSense, AdWords, and Webmaster tools for Google indexing. Instead of adding code into your templates, something that can quickly become confusing and result in broken websites, Blogger allows you to simply click a button and integrate AdSense or banners into your site.
This allows you to use the same login information for all Google services and that sets Blogger a few steps ahead. Wordpress is an open sources solution, meaning that all extra services must be manually integrated into your blog after you have signed up for your account. Read the rest of this entry »
Wordpress is an unbelievably powerful tool for the online business owner. If you already have a site, all you need to do is add a Wordpress blog to a directory on your domain.
For instance, if your site is at www.yoursite.com, you would simply install Wordpress into a directory like /blog/. The Wordpress blog will then be found at www.yoursite.com/blog/. You can use any directory name you want; ‘news’ and ‘updates’ are two other good choices.
Most hosts come with a cpanel account with fantistico. You can actually install Wordpress through fantistico with just a couple of clicks. It takes less than 5 minutes. The Wordpress backend is simple to navigate, so once you have it set up, it won’t take you long at all to become familiar with it. You’ll be able to make your first post within minutes. Read the rest of this entry »
If you are thinking to start your own blog then WordPress is the right tool to go for. My friends have been using it for long time and some of them have built impressive blog site using WordPress. Myself I like it, not it is free but it is simple, easy, light yet powerful. It has features of most of modern CMS for blogging and it is most widely used over the Internet.
Let me highlight some of the features of Word Press.
1. Easy to Install
One of the reason people run away from using Content Management System(CMS) because they are hard to install and configure. Wordpress is very easy while installing. Just need three click and you are ready with your blog. If you dont have your own domain name and web space, you can register free on wordress.org site and start blogging.
2. Nice Interface
Interface is another big factor which determines whether CMS will continue for long or not and will be liked by others. Interface help users to learn and understand particular software quickly. Wordress has nice blue Default interface. Administrative interface is blue with meaningful links. Links are placed just at right places so that you dont have to search around. You can spell check your post, edit it easily with rich text based editor. Read the rest of this entry »
