The first thing you’ll do after you install WordPress is choose a blog theme. If you are going to have a developer help you with your blog at any point, choosing a good theme can also mean money if your developer is charging by the hour. You want a theme that not only looks good but also is easy for your developer to customize. Here are a few themes that I rate highly in aesthetics and ease of customization. These are developer-friendly themes, so to speak. Read the rest of this entry »
Starting with WordPress
Since we’ve been working a lot more with the free blogging software WordPress lately, this blog will record a little of what we’ve discovered along the way. WordPress.com is a good place to go if you don’t want to worry about hosting, upgrading, and general messing around with the software. However, WordPress.com is limited in three areas:
- You are limited to the themes that are available in the WordPress.com theme library.
- You cannot edit your theme’s code.
- You are limited to the plugins that are available in their plugin library