How To Choose A Good Web Host For Your Blawg

A good web hosting service that’s value for money with essential features is the foundation of a successful blawg. Here is how to choose a good web host.

Open Source Rules
If you are planning to blog then you’ll most likely use an Open Source platform like WordPress so choose Linux based hosting because Windows and Open [...]

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WP Security Scan

I don’t have to harp about the importance of security as it is common knowledge that blawgs contain sensitive information like email addresses of readers who have left comments.

WP Security Scan is WordPress plugin that scans your WordPress installation for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions.

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Status Update

Recently, I have been contemplating whether to kill this blog or keep it alive. I’ve been inundated with projects but after much thought I decided to keep this project alive with a couple of changes:

  1. Playing to my strengths: I’ve decided to focus on all things WordPress because that’s my strength.
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Some Essential WordPress Plugins

If your blawg uses WordPress then some of the most essential plugins to install and activate would be:

  1. Akismet
  2. All-In-One SEO Pack
  3. FeedBurner FeedSmith
  4. WP-Cache
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Free Image and Icon Resources for Your Blawg

A picture speaks a thousand words and images or icons can certainly spruce up a blawg. Here are some quality resources of free images and icons for your blog.

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Testing Your Blawg

It is difficult to test your blog (blawg) under different browsers and operating systems as there are simply too many permutations. However, there is a web-based tool that does a pretty good job of emulating different browsers under various operating systems. The tool is called BrowserShots.Org and it is free.

I tested how www.diyblawgs.com looks under Windows for Internet Explorers (IE) 4, 5, 5.5, 6 and 7 plus FireFox 1.5 and 2.0. I also tested under Mac for FireFox and Safari. The results were better than I expected.

Some tips on testing your blawg under different browsers.

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How To Do A Competitive Analysis Of Another Blawg

Almost all of the lawyers and law firms that I have worked with do not have one thing. TIME. So here’s a quick way of doing a simple competitive analysis of another blawg using just the Google Toolbar.


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Building Your Blawg In WordPress.Com - A Beginner’s Tutorial

A step-by-step guide with tips and tricks to build a blawg on the WordPress.com platform from scratch and customize it. This is different than installing the WordPress blog software on our own server which provides more options for customization. Installation of WordPress will be covered in another post.


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Use Firefox for Blawgging

A very quick tip for the day. Use FireFox for blawgging. Among other reasons, FireFox provides easy addition of plug-ins or add-ons.


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5 Customized Blogger Templates for Blawgs

The last post Building Your Blawg With Blogger - A Tutorial For Beginners showed the ropes of setting up a simple blawg using Blogger.

If you want to make your blawg unique and use other templates than the standard ones offered by Blogger. Take a look at the ones highlighted below:


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