October 9th, 2008 — blogging, hosting
Plugins are something new that you are going to find on your dashboard while moving to self hosted wordpress blog. Plugins, as the name suggests, adds more features and addons to your blog.
Most Popular Plugins:
WordPress.com stats – so that you won’t miss your stats as you used ton wordpress.com blogs. This plugin needs a wordpress.com API code, which you fill find on your wordpress dashboard ( link )
All in One SEO – For SEO crazy bloggers. I have installed it, but not sure how to make the best out of it. Yep, I am not a SEO guy.
Auto Tager : Suggests and adds tags automatically when you write, edit and publish your blog posts. Very useful.
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October 7th, 2008 — blogging, hosting, Wordpress Themes
So, thinking about moving to “self hosted wordpress blog” ? learn how to find, upload and edit your themes
There are tonnes of themes available for you to download. Most of them are free. They are free themes way better than some paid ( or premium themes ). So, think twice ( or more than that ) before you purchase a paid theme.
The best way, will be to google a little. Try Google or you can go to WordPress’ Official Website. Also, there are brilliant theme designers, with themes that will fall in love with. Here is one of my favorites, pearsonified.com
ps: I will keep updating you guys about beautiful themes that I find during my theme hunts, so subscribe to the RSS feed, for more
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