blogging for family historians

Wordpress Trainingwww.bloggingformoney.co.uk/wordpress-

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Cpanel TrainingCpanel.bloggingformoney.co.uk/package/

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Displaying your family tree. Sharing family stories. Bringing together family members, news, and information

under one resource. Working with other family members to preserve our family

history. Sharing our research with others. Providing an avenue for teaching and writing. Helping others learn from our family history research

techniques. Provide resources on genealogy research and studies.

comments informational and educational content feeds podcasts video tables graphics photographic images thumbnail and full size image links static Pages blogroll/link lists

forums wiki live chats email subscriptions newsletter registration site registration multiple users and contributors multiple administrators and editors Stream audio

Citations Footnotes Credits Captions Name Lists Scanned documents Interlinking with other resources Integration of non-blog format web pages Privacy & Permissions

Actually nothing – many free blog hosting platforms◦ Limited use – usually unable to use plugins◦ Not own domain name◦ Can be taken down if the host doesn’t like what

you are doing Better to have complete control

Hosting Company◦ Unlimited bandwidth◦ Unlimited diskspace◦ Use of cpanel◦ Sql database

Domain Name◦ May come free with hosting – but could also be a

problem if you decide to change later◦ Use .org.uk

Blogging Platform◦ Wordpress◦ Blogger

Hostgator – Hatchling Plan @$3.96 per month

http://www.hostgator.com/shared

Justhost – unlimited domains @ £2.95 https://www.justhost.com/

Bluehost – unlimited domains @ $6.95 https://www.bluehost.com/

LivetoDot.com (IPSTAG = FUBRA) £2.58 + VAT for uk domain per year http://www.livetodot.com/

Others Namecheap http://www.namecheap.com/

Godaddy http://www.godaddy.com/

Use Fantastico from cpanel

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Use Wordpress famous 5 minute installhttp://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Minute_Install

Search Google for “setting up a blog using wordpress 5 minute install”

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Theme Header Layout & Colours

http://www.flexibilitytheme.com/

Header – suggest use 960 x 200 pixels

no idea/no graphics skills? Go to http://fiverr.com/ and search for “blog header” – Not bad for $5!!

Access the plugin directory from your blog Add as a minimum AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget All in One SEO Pack Bad Behavior Broken Link Checker Contact Form 7 Dagon Design Sitemap Generator Easy Privacy Policy Zemanta

Exclude Pages from Navigation Google XML Sitemaps Login LockDown Really Simple CAPTCHA SEO Friendly Images WP-SpamFree Wordpress Duplicate Content Cure Wordpress Video Plugin A backup plugin ( I use WordPress Backup

to Dropbox but have paid $19 for zip option)

Gravatars Popularity Contest Podpress Genealogy plugins

◦ TNG Wordpress Integration◦ WPPGV – embeds PHPGedView◦ rootsPersona◦ WP Family Tree◦ And many more just type “genealogy” in the

wordpress plugins

There are lots of ways to set up the blog/sidebar(s)/menus/headers/footers

In the end it comes down to personal choice Some times I use a static page and

sometimes the posts are the front page

Anybody working at your organization Read your organization’s documents or

family history magazines/FHS magazines

Read comments on your blog Read comments on other blogs Be active on social media Attend conferences Be open-minded Subscribe To E-Mail Newsletters

Through your dashboard Firefox Blogging Plugin Windows Live Writer Wordpress on your tablet