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If you’re a blogger you probably get frustrated by all the scrolling you have to do while you’re busily writing a post.
Remember how you have to keep scrolling up to access the editor’s menus and then scrolling back down to continue writing your post?
Yeah, I hate it too!
Having a vertically-mounted monitor makes the task of writing blog posts so much easier than using a monitor that’s mounted horizontally.
Have you been thinking about starting a blog?
Do you already have a blog but you’re having a hard time getting people to visit it?
The truth is most anyone can start a blog these days, but attracting visitors who like your posts and want to come back to read your latest stuff on a regular basis isn’t easy.
That being said, starting your own blog and writing posts that are interesting and useful to your readers can be done if you follow a good plan. [Read more…]
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Question from Kendell: Hi, Rick. I’m hoping you can recommend a good web hosting plan for my blog.
I’ve had my blog for almost four years and it’s grown to the point where I’m having trouble keeping up with all the maintenance (updates, backups, etc.).
It seems like I’m spending so much time keeping the blog running that I don’t have time to write my posts anymore.
I’ve heard about the Managed WordPress hosting providers that take care of all the updates and other maintenance tasks for you and I’d really love to move my blog to one of them. [Read more…]
Question from Kathleen: I was recently tasked to take over for the lady who had been writing our company’s blog and I’m trying to learn all I can about how WordPress works.
Although I’ve never blogged before I believe I’m beginning to get a handle on things. But one thing is very confusing to me.
I keep seeing references to “posts” and “pages” like they are different things. I always thought they were the same thing.
Am I missing something?
Rick’s answer: I can certainly understand your confusion, Kathleen. Most of us think of anything that’s found on the Internet at a specific URL as a web page, and on the most basic level that’s correct. But in WordPress things are a little different. [Read more…]
Many new bloggers take a look at their blog’s traffic stats and become confused while viewing the stats for “Hits”, “Page Views” and “Visits”.
Even worse, they often become more confused when they see other bloggers/webmasters bragging about how many “hits” their sites receive every month.
If you find all of this traffic terminology confusing as well, I’ll try to clear it all up for you with this post. [Read more…]