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The new “blog” I’m working on today is being set up to look more like a traditional website than a blog, using WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS). There are several things I’ve done different help me accomplish this: I’ve used WordPress options to turn off the date feature on posts. I’ve created more [...]
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Yesterday I began work on a new blog which I’m setting up. Today, set up is mostly complete! I still have all content to write, and I’ll be starting with that tomorrow, but I’ve got the site looking the way I want it to look. The one thing which took me so long, was this: [...]
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I’ve downloaded and installed Thesis and have now had 24 hours to look at it, which isn’t nearly enough to have dug too deeply into it, but enough to have me thoroughly frustrated. My initial reaction . . . dang! I feel like I’m back where I started one month ago. One month ago I [...]
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I’ve been spending a lot of time these past two weeks trying to learn as much as I can about SEO (Search Engine Optimization), and I’ve come to the conclusion that for the sake of optimization I need to change the theme which I’m using for this blog. My current theme is a freebie which [...]
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Installing WordPress, the software used to create this blog, was a snap, but customizing and setting it up to do exactly what I have in mind for it to do is much more difficult. I’ve been working at customizing this blog for two days now and I’ve still got quite a long list of things [...]
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So easy. I logged into DreamHost, chose “One Click Installs” from the “Toolbox” on their web panel. (Top left hand corner.) Chose WordPress from the options. It walked me through the process. Done! It literally could not be simpler.
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Once a domain name has been purchased, the next step is to setup hosting of the domain. Hosting basically just means having a place to store the files which are being created. There are hundreds of host sites all over the Internet from which to choose who are willing to do this for you for [...]
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Step one, choosing a name. This step was so exciting for me that I went off and grabbed three domain names — this one plus two more! Then I caught control of myself or who knows how much further I could have gone. I think it could easily become overwhelming. (Besides, GoDaddy.com occasionally runs a [...]
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Whew! I can’t tell you how many late, late nights I’ve had this week reading everything I can get my hands on online regarding blogging, setting up blogging software, optimizing a blog, etc. I’m the type person . . . boy, do I ever like checklists. I make them for everything. So here is the [...]
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