Tech Tip–Makes Friends With Your Blog

July 28, 2009 by Chris · Comments Off
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broken window Today’s tech tip focuses on an area that we’ve probably all have stumbled through at some point in our blogging career–what to do with a broken blog.

Free blog sites such as Wordpress.com and Blogger.com make is so easy for Internet users to blog. Their interfaces appeal to those not wanting to dive into XHTML or CSS. One can create, without learning the code part. Now that’s a good thing, and it’s a bad thing.

Sooner or later, you will get a great idea of which you want to blog. You have the vision. Then it happens. You don’t know how it happened, but something broke. Your blog is acting weird. If you’ve been blogging for any amount of time, you probably can relate. Something happened.

When this has happened to me in the past, I frantically searched the forums for help. Because I didn’t have the technical background then, I knew that I wasn’t conveying my issue clearly. I probably added a lot to my frustration by my ignorance. Saying “it’s broke” and asking for help is like going to the doctor and saying “I don’t feel good” and expecting a miracle cure. More information, please.

My advice to all bloggers is this:
Even if you don’t want to get into coding, at least familiarize yourself with what code is and what it does.

Lo’ and behold, you may be able to fix your own problem. If not, you will know how to ask for help in the forums. You may be able to figure out where the problem is so you can better ask for and get the help you need. If you’re using a free site, the tech support department won’t be there. To fix issues, you need to reach out to the community. Simplifying the process will save you time and aggravation. Here are some sites to learn the basics.

XHTML Tutorial
CSS Tutorial

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