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Old 04-07-2012, 03:43 AM   #351
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Sorry everyone but I'm a dummie to the whole BLOG thing. What is a blog and how do you create one. Sheepish and only slightly embarrassed but would appreciate any input.
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Old 06-01-2012, 01:16 PM   #352
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Hi All

I've only just recently started blogging. It's a joint blog which I contribute to along with a small handful of others. As we are all librarians we talk about books, libraries, authors, music etc - anything really that relates to the book world in any way.

It would be great if anyone on AW would like to give feedback, post comments on some of the posts etc. Any support really would be great as most of us that are posting on this blog are beginners so we would really like to know if what we are posting is good, interesting, funny etc.

I'm syfygirl21 on the blog so just have 2 posts on there so far. Here is a link to the blog and also links to my 2 posts.

http://rodneylibraries.blogspot.co.nz/

http://rodneylibraries.blogspot.co.n...e-blogger.html

http://rodneylibraries.blogspot.co.n...is-coming.html

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Old 07-24-2012, 12:57 AM   #353
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Just wanted to throw in a bit of advice - choose your hosting carefully. If you do manage to hit a well supported hosting package that doesn't cost too much, it can really really help your blogging experience.
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Old 08-04-2012, 07:18 PM   #354
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I've looked at other blogs and they remind me more of a website.

I thought (correct me if I'm wrong~I know you will) but isn't a blog more like a diary or journal?
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Old 10-29-2012, 09:46 AM   #355
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Well finally I'm setting up a blog. So far I'm finding Wordpress templates/themes a pain in the ass. Finally found one where it was a bit easier to edit the code. Maybe my problem is I'm used to building my own websites. I thought this would be easier, but, not so much.

I want my twitter timeline to show. There are a bunch of places to get the code from but, where do I edit it in? Editor>style.css? If so what line?

How do I set up a RSS feed?

Help!
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Old 10-29-2012, 09:58 AM   #356
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If you were on Blogger I could help. I've been very happy with Blogger, and I've heard a few odd things about Wordpress. One Wordpress user told me they couldn't change font size without paying for the template, which seems sort of crazy to me.

If you decide to switch, let me know and I can help out.
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Old 10-29-2012, 05:37 PM   #357
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Font size in the header. That was a problem with me to, no matter what theme it was. I couldn't change the font size either at first, until I played around with the options and edited the style sheet. I'm a bit disappointed. I was hoping for something more drag-n-drop so I didn't have to edit code. My whole point of trying a "template" style blog rather than making my own. I have a couple different web building programs & know some code but not enough for some of the really fancy stuff.

I used to have a blog at blogger years ago. Maybe I'll check that out again. I have my own URL now. That's ok with blogger right?
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Old 10-29-2012, 08:25 PM   #358
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Yep, Blogger does custom URLs.
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Old 11-10-2012, 03:01 AM   #359
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Here's one I found recently, by Kurt Cobb, who wrote a novel about peak oil called "Prelude". He talks about the subject of peak oil, but doesn't write about writing or go on about his book.

http://resourceinsights.blogspot.com/

This writer's blog is funny, even thought he writes about writing. It has lots of swearing. It's not something I'd read regularly, but his self-publishing checklist is hysterical.

http://terribleminds.com/ramble/blog/

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I'm attempting to think how I might use a blog as a platform for my fantasy-novels. One member of my writing-group cautioned me not to publish any of my fiction online, as any potential publishers would then consider it "published."

But if you don't have a novel about to be published, do you stand an Iceman's chance in hell to draw potential readers to your blog? Why should fantasy-readers care about your opinions if you're just one of the "great unpublished?" (Caveat: I do have a few minor credits, but nothing that would cause agents to stampede my way.)
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Old 11-15-2012, 08:49 PM   #360
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I want my twitter timeline to show. There are a bunch of places to get the code from but, where do I edit it in? Editor>style.css? If so what line?


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In WordPress, the easiest way I found to accomplish this is to load Jetpack and use their Twitter Widget. You'll just need to drag and drop it into your sidebar.
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Old 12-12-2012, 10:26 AM   #361
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Thank you Maggie. I'm still fighting with themes too. It boggles me how the different wordpress themes have different functions, all worded differently and in different areas of the admin menu.
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Old 12-28-2012, 09:17 PM   #362
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Old 01-08-2013, 07:04 AM   #363
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Well I finally found a wordpress template that is easy to work with and easy to tweak code, which I only needed to do for the header space. I did the same Sam, my own through godaddy.

I have a few things to do and some starter posts before I vocalize it as officially open.
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If you would like to start your blog, the first thing is to finalize the topic and research on it. See what kind of information is posted on it already and then plan on what information you would like to feature in your blog. It is important to provide information that is of value to the people for establishing a successful blog.
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Old 02-24-2013, 08:13 PM   #365
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thanks for all the info and insite. I too thought a blog is to some extent just an online journal, either about a specific topic of chose or an every day variety topic. I've used Google Blog before but just for daily online journal type stuff. need to learn how to get the blog out there for others to see
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Old 04-07-2013, 11:47 PM   #366
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I was using blogger, as mentioned above, it's easy to set up and just go with. But I'm having some issues with Google getting a little too big brotherish, so I ponied up the money for a domain, installed Wordpress (and wow, it really is THAT stupid easy to do), and here I am.

Since I'm paying for a domain, I am writing daily. With Blogger, I was writing in spurts.
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I've looked at other blogs and they remind me more of a website.

I thought (correct me if I'm wrong~I know you will) but isn't a blog more like a diary or journal?
Well, that depends on what your purpose of having a blog. I have a single blog as my diary and several other blogs that I monetized to pay my bills. It's not earning much but it helps.

And yes, you better choose, not necessarily the best host... but a good host that have all the features/services you needed for your blog.
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