Blog Additions/Plugins
The easiest way to build your blog style website is to install WordPress via Fantastico which is available when you sign up with some hosts like Hostgator.
Once your blog is installed you can enhance it by integrating these additional features and plugins.
- blocks spam comments
- built into wordpress already just needs activated
- http://wordpress.com/signup/
- creates an instant and up to date sitemap for google on your blog
- takes the title you already have on you pages and single posts and turns them putting the important part first
- post title >> Archive >> Blog name
- easily adds social bookmarking tags to your posts by typing [tags]keyword, keyword, keyword[/tags]
- adds links at the bottom of your post to other blog posts you've made with similar content
- allows you to set repeated commentors to have their links "follow" instead of "no follow" thus rewarding them with a quailty link to their website
- redirects feed subscriptions through feedburner giving you a more accurate subscriber count there
Bookmark Widget
- adds a customizable widget to your sidebar, you select your favorite bookmarking social sites from the list to include
- brings flow and function to your comments creating conversations within the conversation
- easily create and manage polls on your blog
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- Things to Look for in a Designer
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