Learning to Blog

I have finally gotten around to reading some of the documentation on blogging and how to set up a Word Press blog. It’s surprsingly easy to operate at a simple level and yet has many layers that can become quite complex. For example, I am using one of the many free themese available (This one is called WP-Andreas01, named for the person who developed it). It is a three column format with two sidebars and the post in the middle. To this I have figured out how to add a calendar, an RSS syndication link up, some page links, a description of the photo in the header (I replaced the default photo). I also have figured out some simple formatting and how to stick a photo in a post, like this one.

It has been fun. Next is how to get the text to wrap around the photo, how to notify people who do not know what a blog aggregator is, and how to add the tags and things that will make the blog more visible to search engines. Then I will develop a more commericially viable blogging subject (NO ONE visits the statistics page!) and begin to earn some money by using various revenue schemes. Should be interesting and fun at the same time.

All this is being done on my new iMac, which I love.