BlogCastGirl’s 2008 Blog Platform Challenge is my quest as a newbie blogger to find the platform that anyone can use. It is currently operating on three—count ‘em—three platforms. If I don’t go crazy learning all of these editors, it will be a miracle! Blog Platform Comparison Test Rules Some of my personal rules for this [...]
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You may be like me and decide to start blogging on WordPress while sitting in front of the TV at about 10 p.m. on a Tuesday. Getting started is super easy, just fill in the blanks starting at the www.Wordpress.com login screen. But, there are two things that you should decide before you start. 1. [...]
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As a follow-up to Comparing Blog Platforms #1: WordPress.com, here is my installment on Typepad.com. Blog Platform Comparison Test Rules Some of my personal rules for this comparison test are as follows. The Anyone Can Do It Standard. I am looking for an intuitive platform that gets me up and happily blogging in no time. [...]
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This is the time to be fearless. Really, when you are first learning new software, give yourself permission to experiment and fail. Click around the menus, try out different features, check out the effects, and if you don’t like it, figure out how to fix it. The things that you learn now—before you have tons of content at [...]
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