Making Computers and Internet work for you.
Posted on 02.14.08 9:04AM under Uncategorized
The key to a successful blog is producing original content that will keep bringing visitors just like you back. Of course design and looks do matter a lot but what i have found to be the main attraction is the content of the blog. If you are good at writing up about anything then you have already crossed the biggest hurdle that deters most bloggers. What will keep that traffic of visitors flowing is the content you post on your blog. Presentation is also important so you need to have some creative design for your blog. Fortunately many options are available even for those that have no web design skills. You can sign up for free blog hosting from a number of providers and these include Google’s blogger, Microsoft’s Windows Live Spaces, WordPress etc. Although these blog hosting services are free they come with a number of limitations which will limit your creativity in terms of design and looks of your blog. You can get a number of free themes to choose from but you have very little room to change appearance of your blog. If you want more flexibility i would strongly recommend a professional hosting service. Of all hosting services all factors taken into consideration i opted for a Bluehost hosting plan. Bluehost’s ease of use and setup and almost unlimited options has been more than sufficient for my needs. What i found most attractive was the control panel which makes setup foolproof. I tried different content managers within the Bluehost control panel. These included Xoops, Joomla, Siteframe etc and blogs such as B2evolution and Nucleus. I was extremely impressed with Joomla but finally settled for WordPress which i think is fantastic. This blog is powered by Word Press and i’m completely happy with its flexibility and high availability of Plug ins and Widgets for the blog. A few months ago i could only work with HTML but now i have found more flexibility and ease of use in WordPress.
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