Selections
One of the first recommendations from many of the resources is to selecting a domain name and a host for your blog. I had already selected the services.
GoDaddy Domain Name and Hosting for my personal blog:
- Domain Name
- Michelle’s Eclectic Blog (http://www.tmichellemoore.com).
- Hosting
- Blogging Platform
- Why
- I have always had a domain name and hosting with GoDaddy to use for experimenting or testing.
- I use the email addresses that come with my domain for testing applications at work.
- It offered WordPress hosting through the CPanel.
- WordPress, the blogging platform I selected is the one that most of my fellow bloggers will be using.
Squarespace for Domain Name and Hosting of my photography blog
- Domain Name
- The Viable View (http://www.viableview.com)
- This name was selected because viable means vivid, real, practical, and expandable.
- I want my photography and my photography blog to be viable.
- Hosting
- Blogging Platform
- Why
- I used Squarespace when I was Director of Technology for the Metro DC ATD Chapter.
- Many technology podcasts advertise for Squarespace which lends credibility to the company.
- Many blog posts recommend either WordPress or Squarespace as a blogging platform.
- I tried the trial and love the platform because of the simplicity.
- I have created websites in HTML, I have developed websites using Dreamweaver and Frontpage, I have used WordPress before and am familiar with the multitude of plug-ins.
- I don’t have to have an overly complicated blog.
- I loved the theme choices that were available.
Starting a Blog References
There are many sites that offer recommendations on how to start a blog. As you can see actually started this blog long ago. But one can always learn.
- The Minimalist – How to Start a Blog
- Follow Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus and Twitter
- Becoming Minimalist – 15 Reasons I Think You Should Blog
Next Steps
- I will be updating this post with additional resources related to starting a blog.
- I will also add a page of references.
- The next steps for this blog are to select the Theme and fix up the old posts.
- The Viable View is using the Avenue theme.
- Ongoing – learning more about photography.