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Now we’re getting fancy – creating links in the body of a post
As you may have already noticed, I like using linked text in my posts instead of cutting and pasting a link that disrupts the flow of the post. Here’s the difference. I can write: Look at my alma...
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What about the About page?
I’m writing this post to emphasize the importance of the “about page” for the readers of your blog. Some of the Jbloggers have done an awesome job of crafting their about pages (see MaryBeth’s about...
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Some Comments on Comments
Now that some of your blogs are getting some traffic (yay!), I thought I’d talk about the commenting feature. As some of you may have noticed, as administrators of your blogs you can control almost...
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Don’t forget your blog as you go springing ahead!
If any of you are like me, it might take you a few days to update all of the various clocks, time pieces, and electronics in your life after daylight saving’s time (and you might still be a little...
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Theme Shopping
This is post is a bit belated for those of you who already have a blog, but it’s something I’ve been thinking about lately, and I think it will be nice to have this info all in one place. Themes are...
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Let people HEAR your blog, too!
I’m back from a summer of dissertating to spread the blogging gospel near and far (well, more like in a 5 block radius near Columbus Circle, but you get my drift). Thanks to Prof. Kim Helmer, who...
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Which came first the readers or the blog?
Since I met with the Jbloggers a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been thinking about ways to get more readers, since that was the primary concern that the Jbloggers who have been blogging for some time...
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@peermentors
After the training on Tuesday for peer mentors, I thought it would be helpful to gather some tips that came out from our conversations. Apologies to my faithful readers (all 2-5 of you) for some...
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Won’t you please, please, help me
For some reason, I’m in a Beatles mood, thinking about writing this post about the wordpress.com help page. I have certainly gotten by with a little help from my friend the help page, so I decided...
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snoooooow (on your blog, that is)
For those of you active bloggers out there, I wanted to let you know that if you can let it snow on your blogs this winter season. Just go to the General Settings tab on your dashboard (really...
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