PluginID’s The Blogging Blueprint- A Practical Application Guide. Part 3: WordPress & All that Jazz

18th January, 2010 at 21:39 | Posted in Blogging, Online Business Developer, Technology | Comments Off
Tags: Creating a Blog Business, Ebook Benefits, Online Business Developer, PluginID, Wordpress

When Glen lists all the pluses to using WordPress as your blogging platform in this PluginID Blogging Blueprint ebook he does a spot on job. What I personally love is that they apply the KISS Method at every turn!

WordPress is created for people like me, and my clients (to be)!

WordPress Components

Installation

Installing WordPress in the web hosting service Hostgator with Glen’s step by step information is pretty basic. He leaves nothing to be questioned. I originally thought that I would have to download WordPress  from their website and go through the rigmarole of setting it all up but as Glen explains:

Hostgator allows you to install WordPress in just a few clicks of your mouse. You don’t have to worry about FTP software or creating a database and editing PHP files. Instead, you just need to move your index finger a couple of times.

FTP & PHP are tech-jargon abbreviations that stand for:

• File Transfer Protocol: a system of network rules used to exchange or manipulate files over the internet
• PHP originally stood for Personal Home Page but it has since adapted into a general-purpose scripting language for web development.

NEWSFLASH: From now on you can see everything I do live on the site: From Whoa to Go

Now that I’ve installed the site and can begin using it I need to move over there and do so in a way that maintains my subscribers. In terms of timing, the easiest thing to do is to use this post series as the basis for the end of this site and the beginning of the next.Sadly, it is going to mean that you will have to subscribe again- not yet though, wait for the official opening!!!

WordPress Themes

Deciding on how my blog looks and feels is a difficult task. I want it to look professional, appear simple (read: aesthetically pleasing) and visually convey the message that I’m trying to present. I’m also of the opinion that if I don’t pay for it I’ll be forced to learn HTML/ CSS coding language (tech-talk for what goes on behind the scenes) and this can only be a good thing.

When I look at the site Glen recommends for free themes I am given a whole assortment of different colours but not really any that have individual layouts. This is not really a fault of the site though, it’s simply that, like everyone, I want to be unique. I think the only way to really truly be unique is to pay someone or do it yourself.

Good thing I have time on my hands.

Got any snazzy ideas, or alternatively, care to help me for a skill-trade? I’d be a great editor for your new ebook!

Missed the Beginning?

• Part 1: Getting the Blog Ball Rolling
• Part 2: Setting up a Hosting Service