What Blogging Platform Do You Use? Are You Satisfied With it?

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Permalink Reply by Ali on August 6, 2008 at 4:28pm

I started blogging one year ago this month and have always used blogger. I've been very happy with it and have had not glitches. I am worried what's going to happen when I've reached my limit of downloading pictures on posts, though.

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Permalink Reply by Andrea Chamberlain on August 6, 2008 at 5:58pm

I started with wordpress.com and then moved to wordpress on my own server.

I really like it ... it's easy enough for a novice like me to navigate my way around. I wish I had time to learn how all the ins and outs of customizing it because I know with wordpress, the sky's the limit.

Andrea
The Creative Junkie
http://www.thecreativejunkie.com

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Permalink Reply by Beki on August 6, 2008 at 6:44pm

I'm on blogger and love it! I've never tried any other service, but I haven't had a need to. I've been perfectly happy with blogger.

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Permalink Reply by Alyssa on August 6, 2008 at 7:38pm

I use Wordpress hosted on my own domain and I would not use anything else.

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Permalink Reply by Jenni on August 6, 2008 at 7:49pm

I am on blogger and so far, I am liking it! I previously had my blog on MySpace and that I really didn't like at all!

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Permalink Reply by Naomi "Digitalfangirl" on August 7, 2008 at 10:06am

At that point you may want to consider getting your own domain name and web hosting account to run a blogging platform off of. I actually recommend this from the start so you can full and total control over your blog, but many folks are afraid to do so. Are you getting close to reaching your limit?

Allison said:

I started blogging one year ago this month and have always used blogger. I've been very happy with it and have had not glitches. I am worried what's going to happen when I've reached my limit of downloading pictures on posts, though.

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Permalink Reply by Naomi "Digitalfangirl" on August 7, 2008 at 10:07am

Isn't it the best? I just love Wordpress.

Alyssa said:

I use Wordpress hosted on my own domain and I would not use anything else.

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Permalink Reply by Elle Burton on August 7, 2008 at 12:06pm

We're really new at blogging and use Wordpress on our own domain. There's still so much to learn. I want to change the theme but am having difficulty with that. Everything that gets on their is a huge accomplishment for us.

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Permalink Reply by Naomi "Digitalfangirl" on August 7, 2008 at 12:19pm

When you host Wordpress on your own server; you're always dealing with your web host control panel in addition to the Wordpress admin panel. When you find a Wordpress theme you want to use, you have to do the following:

1) download the zip file for the theme
2) log in to your web host control panel
3) go to your file manager and find the contents folder for your domain
4) upload the wordpress theme zip file
5) extract all items in that zip file (you're still in your web host control panel doing all this)
6) log into your Wordpress admin panel
7) click on design and you should see your new theme
8) click on the image of the new theme to activate it

Who is your web host?
Elle & Stacy said:

We're really new at blogging and use Wordpress on our own domain. There's still so much to learn. I want to change the theme but am having difficulty with that. Everything that gets on their is a huge accomplishment for us.

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Permalink Reply by Elle Burton on August 7, 2008 at 12:28pm

Thanks so much for the advice. We'll give it a try. Right now we're still using one of the 2 themes they offer to start with. We're using Start Logic as our web host and so far it's been fine.

GeekyCyberMom said:

When you host Wordpress on your own server; you're always dealing with your web host control panel in addition to the Wordpress admin panel. When you find a Wordpress theme you want to use, you have to do the following:

1) download the zip file for the theme
2) log in to your web host control panel
3) go to your file manager and find the contents folder for your domain
4) upload the wordpress theme zip file
5) extract all items in that zip file (you're still in your web host control panel doing all this)
6) log into your Wordpress admin panel
7) click on design and you should see your new theme
8) click on the image of the new theme to activate it

Who is your web host?
Elle & Stacy said:

We're really new at blogging and use Wordpress on our own domain. There's still so much to learn. I want to change the theme but am having difficulty with that. Everything that gets on their is a huge accomplishment for us.

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Permalink Reply by Karen on August 7, 2008 at 1:16pm

I'm currently a newbie working on Blogger. I have seen plenty of nice Blogger blogs and so I hope I can figure it out enough to stay on that platform. If not, I may move to Word Press, which seems more full featured, but my main goal is to work on writing and getting readers. I think I can do that on Blogger, hopefully!

There are a bunch of technical things I want to try, such as having an index list of all the books, toys and media I've written about, but writing right now is my big #1 priority.

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Permalink Reply by Rachel_L on August 7, 2008 at 1:50pm

I'm still on Blogger. It works for what I do, and it's easy to tweak my layouts.

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