The most effective way of promoting a blog within the WordPress.com community is to seek out other blogs in the same niche and form blog centered relationships with bloggers who share the same blogging interests. Forming blog centered relationships is a natural consequence of posting meaningful comments on posts in the blog you locate. There… [Read more…]
July 7, 2010
Followers Widgets have become ubiquitous sidebar decorations in blogs as more blogging platforms and social networks are providing them. Followers Widgets dynamically display the visits to the blog by the people behind icons (avatars, gravatars). Bloggers display them to demonstrate connections other bloggers that range from mere acquaintanceship to friendship with subscribers who regularly read… [Read more…]
July 5, 2010
Answering questions of the support forums usually means answering questions that have been asked many times before. But from time to time the answers change as members uncover tweaks, tips and workarounds that transforms answers that were once “you can’t do that on a WordPress.Com blog” to “here’s how to do it”. Today was one… [Read more…]
July 5, 2010
The most effective way of promoting a blog within the WordPress.COM community is to seek out other blogs in the same niche as our own blog and post meaningful comments to posts in them. However, those who have blogs with legal adult content have far fewer opportunities to locate blogs within the same niche, and promote their blogs within the WordPress.COM community than bloggers with blogs in other niches do.
June 17, 2010
For those of you that are too busy blogging (or too busy with life) to be bothered with WordPress announcements, sit up and pay attention: The Custom Menu feature has arrived at WordPress.com. This has been something I have wanted for a very long time, and all that waiting has finally paid off. I’ve been… [Read more…]
June 2, 2010
Today Richard (thesacredpath) tried some experimentation with the new wordpress "like" and reblog feature. He reblogged my Basic Netiqueitte for Beginner Bloggers post and then he reblogged his reblog of my post. All links to the original article are gone in the second-generation reblog.The read more and site link at the bottom of the second-generation reblog link back to the second blog, NOT to the original. The possibly related posts links to the reblogged post, NOT to the original. So readers, what's your opinion of the value of this wordpress.com "like" and reblog feature?
May 29, 2010
When I first began blogging I didn't think much about what my readers impressions of my theme choices would be in advance of making them. I wasn't very clear about who my audience was. Since then I have been able to determine the demographics for my blog and that knowledge has influenced the theme choices I have made. This article is Part 3 of a three-part series of articles for helping WordPress.com bloggers take a step by step approach to changing themes. Parts 1 and 2 are focused on creating a mirror blog and testing features and functions on possible theme choices. This article is focused on determining reader preferences prior to making a theme switch. I have made the switch from Vigilance to Inuit Types and I hope my readers think I made a good choice. Now it's time for your feedback and for sharing your own theme change stories.
May 24, 2010
My biggest challenge in blogging has always been my theme. There has always been something I wanted which my theme didn't have. Changing a theme was like moving into a new home for me and it took some homework on my part. But thankfully for sites like onecoolsitebloggingtips.com and the wordpress.com forum I managed to make a successful change. If you are looking to change your theme: You should firstly ask yourself why you want to change it? What benefit will the difference make to your readers? What are your objectives for the change? Once you have these clear in your head, the change will come naturally. In fact it will become a necessity like in my case. My objective was to Simplify, like I am doing with my life. I am a simple gal at heart, live a simple life and believe clarity of thought comes with simplifying every aspect of your life. I live a clutter free life. Since my blog is an extension of me, its just natural for that simplification to trickle down to it too. Hence, choosing the theme.
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