Do you remember when you first started blogging why you chose your current blogging platform, like Blogger, Serendipity, TypePad or Moveable Type? Was it because it was what your friends used? Did it seem like the easiest one? The cheapest? Did you grab the first one you came to and stuck with it because change [...]

Starting with WordPress 2.8, users will be able to install WordPress themes out of the official repository with one click. This may sound nice but why limit your chances of styling your blog in a unique and individual way? The WordPress theme directory isn’t very big compared to the millions of users. There are about [...]

Starting your own blog based on WordPress is NO. BIG. DEAL. Don’t hesitate because you don’t know anything about WordPress, installation, web hosts, themes or functions. You’ll learn it all very quickly! First of all, your self-hosted WordPress blog is your own blog. There is never a need to worry about being controlled by or [...]