Checklist for Starting a New WordPress Blog
Posted by Explorer on March 31, 2007
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Below is a list of what I did in the first week of Exploring Blogosphere. If you want to start a new WordPress blog and host it with your own domain name, you probably need to follow similar steps after the initial installation.
- Be familiar with the WordPress dashboard, as it is the most frequently used blogging tool
- Install FTP (File Transfer Protocol) software so that you can upload/download files to the server much faster than using your hosting company’s panel
- Select a few favourite blog templates and upload them to the server so that you can change them when needed
- Install Google Sitemap so that your blog can be indexed faster
- Submit your URL to popular search engines like Google, Yahoo! AOL, etc.
- Register Feedburner, Technorati, MyBlogLog, etc., and install their widgets on the sidebar
- Add Ping services and submit your blog to as many as directories as you want
- Edit the About page to let readers know more about you and your blog
- Now, you’re ready to blog away
Did I miss anything critical? Please let me know if you have any suggestion. Thanks!
wow there is a lot of information here…I think I will send my hubby here I am so not computer literate…this would take me years to figure out….but looks like you are on the right track….
Thanks Smalltown RN!
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Congratulations on a new blog endeavor!
Great information. I use Moveable Type for my blog. I have registered with Bloglog and Technorati – so this week I’ll be off to explore feed burner.
I’m all about lessons learned from Mom & Dad this week.
Cheers!
Congratulations on the new blog!
Terrific Thursday Thirteen!
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Yep, congrats!
Thanks for the great tips.