Archive for July, 2012
This is day 8 of a 10 part series of starting a blog. Today is a full day of adding your blogging categories into WordPress. Additionally, we will be walking you step-by-step through the process of uploading every post that you have written so far to have ready for when your blog finally launches in 2 days...
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Today is day number 7 of a 10 part series of starting a blog, and we have finally reached the point of installing some useful and necessary WordPress plugins to give your blog the functionalities that you and your visitors will need for when your blog officially launches in a few days...
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Welcome to day 6 of a 10 part series of starting a blog. Today is finally the day for fun. We will be installing your WordPress theme, as well as configuring the appearance settings and widgets options to provide the look, feel, and functionalities that your visitors will come to enjoy and return to experience...
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This is day number 5 out of our 10 day series of starting a blog. Today is the day that we finally move onto configuring your WordPress settings in order to achieve optimal performance to get the most out of your blogging platform. We will cover every single setting that you need to have selected, as well as the options that you need to avoid...
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Starting a Blog Day 4 – Installing WordPress & Writing Static Pages
POSTED BY Dave Fennell / 4 July, 2012 This is day four of a ten day series of starting a blog. Today, you will finally be installing WordPress. Oh happy day! Additionally, it is time to begin brainstorming some static pages that you are going to include in your primary navigation bar. Pages like "About," "Contact," and any possible legal and disclosures that you might need for providing information to your visitors...
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Starting a Blog Day 3 – Researching Competitors & Brainstorming
POSTED BY Dave Fennell / 3 July, 2012 This is day three of a ten day series of starting a blog. Today is a crammed packed full day of getting to know competing blogs in your niche, introducing yourself, asking questions, and meeting new bloggers. Today is where you will start to get a pretty good feel for things that you would like to implement on your blog as well as qualities that you would like to avoid. ..
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Starting a Blog Day 2 – Finding a Theme & Writing Your First Blog Post
POSTED BY Dave Fennell / 2 July, 2012 This is day two of a ten day series of starting a blog. Today is the day where you will be writing your very first blog post, introducing yourself and your blog to the world. Next, comes the fun part; finding a WordPress theme that fits into your style and personal preference to have ready for when your blog officially launches. Today is a very busy day!..
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This is day one of a ten day series of starting a blog. Today, we will be covering the topics of purchasing and registering a domain name as well as what to look for when selecting a Web Hosting provider. Starting a blog is fun and exciting, but this venture is much easier if you do things the correctly the first time around...
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