Newb to blogging - need some getting started help

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by Kaediem, Jan 27, 2006.

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    This may be a no brainer and I often times make things more difficult than they really are but I'm starting a new web site and I'd like to add a blog "on" it, not a link to a blog site but a blog on the site.... am I making sense?

    I'm really starting knowing nothing here so can someone please give me the dummy guide to adding a blog to your site?

    Is there some kind of software? I keep reading about wordpress.... it's a free thing? I'm hosted on godaddy and they have something... is it worthwhile?

    Any direction would be appreciated.

    Thanks

    Lisa
     
    Kaediem, Jan 27, 2006 IP
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    jaymcc Peon

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    Hi

    I haven't used the godaddy offering, i think godaddy are good for domains and domain management, not too sure about their hosting and applications.

    I like wordpress, however there is a post here that doesn't read very well. Some performance issues and the like. It is however easy to use and does a good job of just publishing your blog in the manner you would expect a blog to work.

    I don't think there are many 'add to my website' blog applications around as opposed to linking to a blog server of some sort, so for the moment you may be stuck with wordpress.

    Hope this helped

    J
     
    jaymcc, Jan 28, 2006 IP
  3. Kaediem

    Kaediem Well-Known Member

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    Hi, thanks....

    I did actually decided to try the godaddy blogging add on and it seems to work quite well, it's part of my domain name... http://www.myrollercoasterkid.com/serendipity gets you to the blog page, I've only written one and I'm mostly just throwing stuff at the site (please don't look at the design I just threw that together in 2 minutes to get something up there) anyway, for anyone that's interested, it seems to work well, I just need to do some fine tuning to get my page looking the way I want and making the blog more obvious on the main page.

    Hope this is helpful to someone else that is looking at a site with a blog feature.

    Lisa
     
    Kaediem, Jan 28, 2006 IP