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3 Reasons to Use Self-Hosted Word Press
Posted by: | CommentsSelf-hosted WordPress or Word Press dot org is the recommended platform for being online today. Here’s why:
- You control your content – With the free blogging platforms like Blogger and even Word Press dot com, you have no control over whether your content is displayed. If you’ve been online for long you have no doubt heard someone related a sad tale about unintentional violations of the terms of service. One violation can mean – *POOF* your site is gone.
- You choose your domain name - The url address of your self-hosted WP blog can be any address that you own. And you can integrate it into your site if you want, so your address could be www.findyourpracticeonline [dot] com/blog or on a separate domain: www.findyourpracticeonlineblog [dot]com.
- You can customize just about everything. This is the primary reason to use WP for your site. You can customize the display of nearly every element of your site. From using a different template for your home page to the number and style of sidebars, there is a theme that can be tweaked for your practice.
If you are interested in setting up your own Word Press self-hosted blog and/or site, enroll in the next My First Word Press Blog class. In just two 90 minute sessions, you can have your blogsite set up and ready to go! If you want to be a blogger before your next quarterly tax return is due, sign up for My First Word Press Blog class.
Why You Want to Resize Pictures
Posted by: | CommentsWhen using pictures on your blog, they should be resized. Pictures are measured by the number of pixels. This frame is 100 x 100 —————————————–>
If you resize the picture without using a program, you don't change the size of the file that loads – it just shows a smaller version. The big file still has to load on the page. That takes time & resources from your computer.
To avoid this, use a resize program. I just discovered an automatic resizing program for Windows users, which is great for bloggers. It's called dropresizer.com Just choose a file and any photo dropped there will be resized to your pre-set size.
Be sure to send only a copy of the picture to the designated resizing folder because you will lose the original version when you drop it.
The much larger and thus, takes much longer to load into a browser window.
