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Just a quick note to let you know I haven’t disappeared, just very busy. Boy, it would be great to blog full-time!
In case you’re wondering about the new theme, it’s a thematic child theme that I thought I would take for a spin and quite like it. Here’s the link if you [...]

Because I care (remember sharing is caring,) here are 10 articles worth reading about blogging.
 
1. How To “Announce” A Blog
Good article on some of the important initial steps,  appropriate considering our focus here right now.
2. 21 Ways To Increase Blog Traffic
Who doesn’t want to have more traffic?
3. Different Types of Links and How To Get [...]

Now that I have had the site up for over a month, it’s time I think to add some content to the sidebar.   As it stands right now, we are not providing users with any way to access older content other then searching for it.
To do this we are going to add some additional widgets [...]

I want to add an image to my blog that will show up all the time so I thought it would be a good time to introduce the Text Widget.   The Text Widget basically allows you to enter any custom item you would like such as some basic text, an image, maybe even something like [...]

If you’ve been following along with this series, you may have noticed this at the top of my dashboard, and yours as well:

As of WordPress version 2.7, you have the option to update your site ‘automagically’ via the admin console, and that’s what we are going to do in order to upgrade to v2.7.1. [...]