Less Can Be More When It Comes To Your Blog

One of the GREAT things about Wordpress blogs are the ease with which you can add widgets. Widgets are bits of code which can add interesting content to your blog.

Mashable offers a list of 50 Great Widgets for your Blog.  One of those widgets is My Blog Log.  My Blog Log is a valuable addition to your blog.

Unfortunately, this is the internet… where Porn sites are outnumbered by Phishing sites…. and for every good and valuable action there is an opposite and violent reaction.

Some sites will pretend to be a valuable resource for your blog but they aren’t.  They’re deadly blog killers which if installed can destroy your blog’s online reputation overnight.   Click here to read about one that took a blog from a PR 3 to PR 0 overnight.

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Getting the most out your Wordpress blog

Wordpress is by far the most popular blogging platform. It’s so powerful and robust, it’s the blog software that can function like a CMS (Content Management System).

There are two ways to “Wordpress”… the free account a wordpress.com or you can install the software on your own hosting account with your own domain name.

If you choose the latter, and you just install the basic Wordpress software (which is free and very, very easy to install) you may be disappointed in the results. After all, you’ve heard how POWERFUL and GREAT Wordpress blogs are, yet… yours doesn’t seem to have the “juice”.

Rather than reinvent the wheel here… here are a essential Wordpress how to posts… including the essential plug ins and tweaks to make your self hosted Wordpress blog soar!

First, the posts which share essential plug ins:

Plug ins are easy. You upload and activate. Anyone who can install Wordpress can install a plugin. (If you can’t do that… then let me introduce you to Acumen Web Services.) Do this one at a time because sometimes the plug ins don’t play well with each other.

Next we’ll cover the application of a THEME to your blog.

There are TONS of “free” themes floating around out there. Some are well coded, clean and “safe” to use. Others contain hidden spammy links and spyware. Considering that a Wordpress Theme can cost as little as $50… it seems pound wise and penny foolish to opt for a “free” theme that may prove to be VERY expensive in the long run.

Once you’ve got the proper plug ins installed and your blog is looking good, now it’s time for the final “geeky” finishes.

Posted by Kathy | Filed Under Blog Tools, Word Press | 2 Comments 

Experience Posticon without the hassle of leaving home or work

The blog world has been buzzing about the Blogworld Expo, but Posticon is an event held in the "spirit" of the internet.  In order to attend the Blogworld Expo you had to purchase airline tickets, get a hotel room and take time away from work to attend Blogworld Expo. 

Posticon is different.  Posticon is offering their conference material online and Andy Beard has created a Posticon Mashup so you can attend Posticon VIRTUALLY!

By the way, what Andy has done is an EXCEPTION example of providing value to his readers which in turn is going to create a LOT of incoming links for his blog.  BRAVO!

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