Blogging is great fun, it allows people with an particular interest to quickly and easily setup a website were they can write about said interest so that people with the same interest can come together into great communities to share knowledge and information. The ‘Internet Blogosphere’ is big business and has many millions of writers and readers all over the Internet. But which is ... »
A while back we wrote a series of articles on how you can make some simple customisations to Google’s free blogging platform, Blogger. In this article we will be showing you how you can give your Blogger blog a completely different look with custom themes for your blog. As with our previous posts we will be using the Kev’s Cats example blog for this. Here is what my blog looks like n... »
We all know and love WordPress, it’s a fantastic CMS (Content Management System) that allows users to create stunning websites very quickly indeed. However, over time WordPress has moved away from it’s core values of providing a simple platform for publishing content and it’s now morphed into a full blown CMS for websites. Enter Ghost, a WordPress fork that’s set to revita... »
Posterous, the Twitter owned blogging and community site will be closing it’s doors on 30th April 2013. They have millions of users worldwide with many blogs that are maintained on a daily basis. So if Posterous is so popular, why are they closing down? In a recent blog post, Sachin Agarwal, founder and SEO of Posterous had this to say: Posterous launched in 2008. Our mission was to make it ... »
This is the last article in our Blogger series. By now you should have a pretty awesome looking Blogger blog that’s customised to the hilt and looking really cool. But what’s the point in doing all this work if no one comes and reads your articles? So today we’re going to be looking at driving traffic to your Blogger blog and getting it noticed. Get social… Social media i... »
Over the last week or so we have been looking at how to create and customise a free blog hosted on Google’s free blogging platform, Blogger. By now you should have a free blog that has a unique customised look and really sets it apart from the crowd. Today I’m going to show you how you can customise your sidebar gadgets so that you have some really useful content there also. The first ... »
Over the last few days we’ve looked at how to setup a new blog in Blogger and we’ve also looked at customising your Blogger blog once you’ve got it setup and working. Today we’re going to look at taking your customisation one step further and getting your own URL (web address) for your Blogger blog. So you’ve got your new Blogger blog setup and it’s looking pret... »
So yesterday we looked at how to create a new, free blog using Google’s blogging platform, Blogger and whilst the default look of the Blogger templates are pretty good, we’re going to edit our template to make it really pop. Why should I do this? Well, in short you don’t have to if you don’t want to. If you’re happy with one of the default templates on Blogger then t... »