Entrance Into Blogging

Posted on March 14, 2007 Filed Under Blogging, Helpful Tips 49 Comments

Spring is NearAbout a month ago I decided to set up a small blog site for myself. I like the idea of keeping a journal or reference library in a database, of ideas, thoughts or links to helpful information. I had previously been playing around with a website or two and have become somewhat more familiar with HTML, the PHP scripting language, and MySQL for a database application.

When I set out to start up my own blog, I first discovered and tried the MovableType management system. I wanted to try it for a day or two and see how I liked it. It went okay but thought I should try out WordPress as well and see which app would work better for me.

I settled on WordPress and have found it a nice application with many great add-ons and widgets readily available and so easy to implement. I downloaded the latest 2.1.1 version of WordPress and applied it on a server and started my blog. Only a few weeks into my blogging venture and already a complete upgrade was recommended. There was some hacker vulnerability in version 2.1.1 and it was recommended to get the newest 2.1.2 version.

At first, I thought it might be somewhat difficult, the upgrade that is! Considering the site files are many and also are tied into a database. However the upgrade went seamlessly. The tutorial at this location Here was a great help and easy to understand. The upgrade was really rather simple. :lol:

I am actually glad this upgrade was needed when it was. I am now more familiar with my blog and know how to make a back up of the database for it. Thus, I am now better equipped to handle future upgrades and or server, hardware or other changes.

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49 Responses to “Entrance Into Blogging”

  1. Brandi on June 8th, 2007 8:31 pm

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  2. Ryder on June 9th, 2007 2:24 am

    Ah, glad you like my Far Out blog! And, thanks for stopping by to have a look.

    The blog is still early in the developmental stage and hope to make it a bit more refined (meaning change the blogroll links to my closer friends and network peer group webpage links and add the social bookmarking tabs for links) in the near future!

    I also need to get busy and find or make more time to add new content more frequently, as I obviously have not done lately.

    :lol:

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  3. Daniel on August 17th, 2007 5:25 am

    I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Entrance Into Blogging : Far Out, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

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  4. Ryder on August 17th, 2007 7:03 pm

    Hello Daniel,

    The article is basically a little write up I did a while ago about my first thoughts and experience with the WordPress blog platform. I find it to be a great application.

    Thanks for your comment and input! Let me know if you find the resources you are seeking.

    Ryder :cool:

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  7. Bodrum Tours & Travel on July 23rd, 2008 1:35 pm

    Tbh I’ve been using Wordpress for ages but have really only started to experiment with it lately and using it as a fully-fledged CMS.

    Rather than upgrading manually you can install this plugin:
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/

    In fact that’s the best thing about Wordpress, whatever you want to do, there’s almost always a plugin. The only downside is that if you upgrade to a later version you can run into some horrible problems.

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  8. AJP on October 14th, 2008 10:00 am

    Congrats on the choice of Wordpress – I’m a big fan of it for just letting you get down to adding content to your site!

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  9. Benidorm on December 23rd, 2008 7:30 am

    Great Blog, i just found it when searching for text editor for wp. As i just have start to use WP my self i will bookmark this one and check back every now and then. Keep up the good work!

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  10. Offshoring Newbie on December 23rd, 2008 12:34 pm

    Well, I’m just starting my own blog and WP is still complex for me… :???: But I’ve been hearing a lot from my friends that WP is the best blog they’ve used.

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  11. Ariyes on January 9th, 2009 6:35 am

    Hi,

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  12. do follow on January 10th, 2009 9:57 pm

    Wordpress takes a bit of time to learn over other bloggers in blogspot but once you learn the basics its so powerful! I love it! :razz:

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  13. Matt on January 25th, 2009 7:57 pm

    Nice blog. Wordpress is excellent. I just recently started using it and am very happy with it.

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    Well, it’s advisable to have back-up, that is why i find wordpress database backup a very useful plug in.

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    I have also blogs from wordpress and i like the way it is. I can customize well my site from it.

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    I need to learn more about wordpress

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    I have to agree with the rest of the commenters – WordPress is the way to go.

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    Congrats on the choice of Wordpress – I’m a big fan of it for just letting you get down to adding content to your site!

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  22. CSS Perk on April 14th, 2009 12:17 pm

    That’s cool. I really like Wordpress as well. I’ve never done and upgrade yet, but my dashboard tells me to every time I log in to my admin. Guess I’ll have to check out that tutorial you provided and do it tonight. Thanks for the great post.

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    Great choice using wordpress. I’d say it’s the ultimate for any blogger. I hope to get more great posts from you soon!

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    The article is basically a little write up I did a while ago about my first thoughts and experience with the WordPress blog platform. I find it to be a great application.

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