Blogging Sueblimely

One of the reasons it took me such a long time to make this move to WordPress from Blogger was that I wanted to share with you what I was doing, how I did it and why. I could not write about this, presuming to teach others, without doing some thorough planning and research and trying things out first.
Instead of, for example, posting lists of plugins I wanted to find out which were the most needed and the most useful.

I first installed WordPress and started experimenting with it in 2005 just because it was there. I have installed and designed WordPress sites for clients and friends. Over the last couple of months I have been studying in more depth to make sure I was fully up to date.

I am creating a series of posts listing the plugin, widgets and features that I add and the styling changes I make. These lists will be added to as I go along. If I think any need further explanation I will create separate posts that contain more detail.

My priorities include:

• Protection against spam
• Search Engine Optimization – so that this blog can be found.
• Giving those who comment, have helped me in my research and who create addins recognition for their support and contributions.
• Creating a site that is easy to navigate and where relavent related posts, categories and tags are easy to find.
• Adding elements that will be handy for my own blogging needs.

Once I have implemented these aspects I will concentrate on the visual aspects of the design. I am itching to do that first but resisting until other things have been completed.

If you find anything I write is hard to understand, you require more information a topic or I miss something you wish to learn about, please let me know. If you would rather not leave a comment you are welcome to contact me via my Contactify account instead.

If any of my visitors are cluey about WordPress/SEO/design please feel very welcome to correct me or let me know what I should be adding. (Accuracy is more important than my pride).

Other wonderful sources of information on WordPress and SEO are Andy Beard, Mihaela Lica and Laurelle and Alex King.

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