When I first started this blog, I chose to publish it on the Typepad platform solely because I thought WordPress was just way too technical for me. While typepad is an ok service, I feel that it is geared more towards beginners as their platform is not very flexible. I was never really that happy with Typepad though, and as you can tell I really didn’t post very often because of this. So I finally decided to take the plunge and try the WordPress thing. At first I was thinking of hiring someone to install WordPress on my server because my current host provider does not use the popular cPanel management system and therefore I had no access to the Fantastico script which I hear makes it easy. But I wanted to get my hands dirty and at least try to install it myself. I followed the instructions on the WordPress site and successfully installed the wordpress database with no issues. Surprisingly installing wordpress wasn’t very hard at all.
Next, I did some research on themes. There are so many pretty themes to choose from so this was a hard task indeed. After hours of research, I decided to go with the Headway theme. Why? First and foremost, as I mentioned before, I’m not a very technical person. I needed to go with a theme that would be easy. I didn’t want to have to mess around with CSS and PHP coding just to get my site to look decent. Well the Headway theme is very easy to use and customize. Because Headway has a visual editor where you can drag and drop different elements on the page, you can choose font styles, colors and more to get your blog to look the way you want it to very quickly and easily. With this theme your blog does not have to look like everyone else’s. You can easily transform it to a magazine type blog or a very simple blog just with a few clicks. I was able to set up this blog on WordPress and customize the theme in about 30 minutes. Not bad for a first time WordPress user!
So as a final note, what I would say to others who are scared to try something new is to just do it! It may not be as difficult as it looks!
WordPress is a very easy platform to use and the best thing about it is all the functions it has. I have been using wordpress for about 3 years now and I love it. And now that wordpress 3.0 is out there is not much complaining about what you can do with it.
I have to agree. I started using WordPress in its earlier stages and it has come a long, long way. It’s everything that you need to do your daily blogging with.
I wouldn’t use anything else because I have had a great experience with it.
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The interesting is that a lot of first time bloggers or users are afraid to fiddle with WordPress but once you get used to how it works, it’s a breeze. Good article and thanks for sharing it.
WordPress is much more user friendly now that it was earlier. My first couple of wordpress sites got hacked and I had to shut them down. Now it is much more secure, particularly with Akismet and Exploit Scanner Installed.
So as a final note, what I would say to others who are scared to try something new is to just do it! It may not be as difficult as it looks!
It’s nice to find a decent blog like yours lurking in the same niche: writing about online income as a personal thing! Honestly, your blog design’s actually pretty great and the professionalism really comes across.
Well done on proving your article’s claim, Diane!
On a similar note, I use WordPress too and find its fantastic to pull off creative looks. My blog goes for the more “hip” approach but this Headway theme you mentioned looks real interesting!
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I have to agree. I started using WordPress in its earlier stages and it has come a long, long way. It’s everything that you need to do your daily blogging with.
I wouldn’t use anything else because I have had a great experience with it.
Hi all,
I’d say 90% of the web development projects we work on are all now WordPress based (apart from my primary site which is static) and I must say from the first site implemented upon launch of WP until now, I’m more excited every time.
Anyone got any new plug-ins they want to share? I recommend using Yoast with your WP sites/blogs as it’s free and fantastic!
Cheers
WordPress is ideal for most websites especially for its ease of use and extendabilty … the fact that you combined it with the headway theme gets you off to a great start.
I am becoming a big fan of the wordpress platform,sites go up easily and are very customizable. Learning what plug-ins and widget work for your type of site is critical to the success of your WP blog. Keep up the good work!
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I use wordpress for one of my blogs and after the initial worry about it being complicated I have found it works like a dream.
Once you have the basics it becomes second nature very easily. The massive array of plugins really helps too.