What would you do if you could start your blog all over again?? I’m happy with a lot of things I did do, like having my own domain and using WordPress. I would have liked to have been a little more familiar with php and the wordpress templates, it took me longer than I would have liked to get a sidebar up and working, for example. I would have put a sitemeter on from the beginning as well, just to see how far I had come traffic-wise.
The main thing that I would do differently now is to change my permalink structure – making it include the post name rather than the numerical id – for better search engine optimization. This is near impossible to do now, as all the old links would have to be redirected. I think in the grand scheme of mistakes, that’s a small thing though.
So, join the group writing project, share what you would change, it’s a help to those just starting out as well as a great way to meet new people in this project!
Thanks for stopping by MamaDuck. I read about your business somewhere (maybe it was the local paper – are you located in the Portland Oregon area?). Nice idea with the cards. I wished I had thought of that.
Looks like you’ve done the rounds on Darren’s first list, thanks for stopping by.
You’ve got a pretty sweet lookin blog right here, I think my wife would like to read some of this stuff too, I’ll pass a link onto her….
The permalink structure stuff, I’ve read some things on getting it across without messing with the indexing, in drupal it just gives it an alias and the node number still exists. I haven’t checked up on other platforms.
Check my post out here:
http://dcypl.com/if_i_had_to_start_my_blog_again
Hi,
Thanks for deopping by me blog and pointing out the mistake in the link. I’vedropped Darren a note and I hope he corrects my mistake.
One thing is for sure though. You know much more about me concerning this blog design thingy. Wish I could kick meself in me big butt and start learning about this stuff. LOL.
Thanksagain. Do drop by more often.
Heya, MommaDuck! I also appreciate you droppin’ by the homestead.
One thought on your permalink thing – since I’m just now realizing the importance of that myself – I think it may be possible without much mucking around.
WordPress should accept links in either the ?p=### format or the post-title-as-url format. What this means is that you should be able to change the way your permalinks work without breaking everyone’s bookmarks and such. I wouldn’t jump right out and do it, since I’m not 100% sure about this, but I may give it a try myself in the next few days. If I do, I’ll let you know my results. I’m hoping it’s literally as easy as flipping a switch.
Rob Z.
Hi,
thanks for dropping by. I feel really happy on reading ur comments. Yes I can’t start my blog all over again so I am directing it slowly to its goal by providing useful information to all the blogspot bloggers. I think in coming days i should be able to do justice to them.
thanks again
Jack
ps: your blog is very cute
Thanks for stopping by my blog as well.
I browsed around your blog, it’s really nice.
All the best,
George
I agree that using the post name in the permalink is a good idea. I did that from the start and it has been very good. Although, they make for a very long url, and not easy to just say, oh, visit my blog and read article 189, http://www.digitalthom.com/archives/189. But I guess there are give and take to both.
Great blog.
Thanks for checking out my list, and for leaving a comment! As far as the permalink structure goes, with WordPress you should still be able to change the structure and have the links work. Just a week or two ago I changed my structure from post # to site/category/postname , and all my old links (to post #) still work, as does my new permalink structure. It’s worth giving a try, right? Good luck!
brem was here
Good post. I too wished that I spent more time learning more about php, mySQL, css, etc.
I believe that although my permalink is the descriptive postname type, I can still access it via the post# (of course, I’d need to know the post id number).
And I agree with a previous comment that most of us wasn’t expecting our blog to be more than something small and that we weren’t going to keep continuing with it for as long as we have.
Thanks for checking out my contribution to this Group writing project.