Court from CourtneyTuttle.com made me aware of a new link train to get on board with. It’s the MyBlogLog wagon!
MyBlogLog is a great way to meet other bloggers in your field, and joining the MyBlogLog train can help you to get a bunch of extra links for your site.
Join the train to find some new […]
Why do you blog about your topic? What made you choose it?
I blog about Life Learning tips because:
Life is a learning experience. The more I pay attention to and use what I learn, the better my life becomes.
I am passionate about sharing what I learn in order to help others.
It provides a […]
What are The Learning Blog Awards?
This is an award that highlights outstanding blogs from which we learn a tremendous amount of useful and interesting information. Presenting:
The Learning Blog Awards!
Learning Blog Award recipients consistently provide well written information that is both useful and interesting.
Here are the winning blogs. Each of these blogs can now proudly display the award […]
My Lucky Day!
I recently won a blog redesign from the world famous author of The Thinking Blog, Ilker Yoldas. I wrote this review of her blog, The International Woman of Mystery, to win this fabulous makeover.
And you are looking at the results. Here is the before and after:
This gifted designer also created a streamlined […]
Inspiring Blog Inspiring Author
There is a site that inspires me and it is called “The Thinking Blog.” It is authored by Ilker Yoldas. This blog inspires me to write my best for my blog. The Thinking Blog provides “Thinking Fuel” for your brain, which is similar to what I want to bring to my […]
What is ECTO?
Ecto is a desktop blogging client for MAC and Windows that is compatible with most major blogging platforms including Blogger, Wordpress and Typepad, amongst many others.
Why I Started Using ECTO.
I switched from Blogger to Wordpress for two reasons. One was for more flexibility with my template and the other was for a better […]
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There is a brand new blogging community forum that just came on the scene and You should check it out!
It’s called Bloggst!
Bloggst is an online blogging forum where you can learn, promote, and have some fun! Not just another way to get your blog’s name out there, this is a USEFUL site!
The colors and layout are […]
Moving from Blogger to Wordpress. Does It Pay?
Yes! And let me tell you why.
For me the biggest benefit is the easier blog posting tool. Blogger was always dropping my posts or part of posts. Blogger users – you know what I mean! I just couldn’t stand it anymore.
Wordpress has way more functionality. For instance you have more advertising flexibility. You can place adsense and other ads inside your posts more easily. A great plugin for this is Adsense Deluxe. There are a gazillion free plugins to choose from for adding cool things to your blog.
Is it easy?
No. I’ve just spent the last 5 days putting together the whole thing. Courtney Tuttle has an excellent article that walks you through setting up a Wordpress blog. I recommend printing it out and reading it. If you are serious about setting up a professional blog that will serve you and your readers well for the long term, then this is the way to go. The only changeI made was I used ANHosting instead of Prouddomains.com. ANHosting is recommended by Wordpress along with a few others. I like that ANHosting are very responsive to email and I can do an instant chat to get help 24/7. Of course their phone service is 24/7 also. And their install of Wordpress took all of about 5 minutes. The whole time for setting up hosting can take a little longer than that as you will need to update your DNS if your domain is registered elsewhere like mine was.
Where to find Wordpress Themes.
Once your Wordpress is installed on your host, you’ll probably want to customize your template or theme as Wordpress calls them. When you do this you will need to download the theme, then upload it to your server according to the author’s installation instructions. You can either use any FTP program like WS_FTP which you can try for free for 30 days. Or Wordpress recommends Filezilla which is completely free. If you use ANHosting they also have a Control Panel (CPanel) which has FTP capability under the “File Management� link.
Here are some links for places to find Wordpress Themes: (all of these are free)
Alex King’s WordPress Theme Competition Winners
Emily Robbin’s Review of 980 WP Themes
The theme I use is called Tiga.
One Really Important Thing You Need to Know.
For uploading to your hosted server, you may need to turn off your internet security and firewall. I had to learn this the hard way. I spent way too much time trying to figure out why I couldn’t upload files. If you turn it off, turn it back on right after uploading the files.
Plugins and Widgets I am Using
AdsenseDeluxe – helps put adsinside your posts.
FAlbum – can put photos from Flickr on your site.
On this site I use an older version than the latest version because
for some reason it works better on this theme I have. I use version
0.5.6
Wordpress Widgets – this is a must have if you want something that makes arranging your blog layout easy.
Paypal Donate - Allows easy addition of Paypal donate buttons in pages and posts.
WP-Amazon - adds the ability to search and include items from Amazon.com to your WordPress post entries.
Subscribe to Comments 2.1 – allows commenters to check a box requesting email updates to those comments.
Show Top Commenters – shows top commenters on your site. This is one of 7 helpful tips for increasing comments on your site.
Others that I plan to check out and use are listed here by the author of this template I use which is called Tiga.
Is it worth the effort?
Yes. After many hours of updating my widgets and links and searching for the right template, I am finally able to start writing again. At the end of the day we all know that content is king when it comes to developing a quality blog. Hopefully this article was helpful to you. Please subscribe to my blog to receive more articles like this one via email!
If you find this site helpful, you may contribute a donation below. My heartfelt thanks & blessings to those who take the time to do this!
Sorry I haven’t posted in a few days, but I have been busy with setting up my blog with Wordpress. I’ve finally gotten too frustrated with the Blogger posting tool. I’ve had to type in posts numerous times and when I edit them parts just go missing. That’s just not acceptable. I still like blogger. […]
Promote Your Site: How to join
This is a blog promoting website that I just found. Here’s how it works: You create a link to this blog by making a posting in your blog. Then you email echomixednuts@gmail.com.
Here is information directly from echomixednuts.blogspot.com“This blog is open to all who wants to join and promote their blog(s) […]
