Re: Note on blogging

**"Anne Phelan" a*@earthlink.net**

Thank you Doug and Kathy for your thoughts on Wordpress.
This is something that I have been considering.

A question: What's the advantage of using Wordpress or
other blogging software rather that just writing a blog on
regular web site?

Anne Phelan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Purdy" <kopurdy@gmail.com>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
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Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL] Note on blogging

> I have been using WordPress for over a year now, and am
willing to give
> anyone a helping
> hand, though there is an awful lot you can learn from
the
> documentation and support forum.
> Doug is right about costs--I registered my domain name
and bought a year's
> worth of hosting for less than some people spend on yarn
for one sweater.
> And many web hosting services provide a service where
WordPress
> auto-installs for you.
>
> Kathy
>
> On 10/30/06, Douglas Green <d.green@xplornet.com> wrote:
> >
> > If you've been thinking of starting a blog, let me
suggest you head over
> > to
> >
http://wordpress.com/blog/2006/10/24/domain-mapping-registration/
> >
> > And sign up for a wordpress blog with your own url -
either that or sign
> > up
> > for your own url and install wordpress (a free
download) on it.
> >
> > The technical reasons for having your own url (search
engines find you
> > easier etc.) outweight the minimal costs of owning
your own url or using
> > the
> > wordpress system.
> >
> > I now use wordpress but not on their servers as this
link suggests you do.
> > I
> > registered my url at godaddy.com (for $1.99) and
bought a year's worth of
> > hosting (sign up manually over the telephone and ask
if there's any
> > unpublished specials - I got a 20% discount for
asking) for my new blog
> > (url
> > in sig line) and now I'm having a great bit of fun
populating it with new
> > articles, a newsletter picture contest and comments.
> >
> > In any case, not that I'm an expert but every bit of
advice I read on
> > blogging says serious bloggers don't use blogger.com
(particularly after
> > this weekend when it has been down most of the time).
LoL!  I'll be
> > phasing
> > my blogger.com site out as the other sites come online
with google et al.
> >
> > The wordpress stuff is hot off the press (or almost
hot) and certainly
> > food
> > for thought in the blogging world.
> >
> > Doug
> >
> > Doug Green SGF Communications: e-publishing content
> > Home: http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com
> > Blog  http://www.douggreensgarden.com/wordpress/
> >
> >
> >
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