Jennifer has submitted a fabulous question this week! With all the talk around the blogosphere of plagiarism, copyrights, and images, surely some of you must be wondering how to know if you’re allowed to use an image on your blog. So today we’re going to […]
Category: Blogging
WordPress Security Reminder – Stay Safe & Don’t Get Hacked!
Always back up your WordPress blog! I’ve already done a post on how to backup and restore your WordPress blog but this is seriously SO IMPORTANT that I need to remind everyone again! If your WordPress site gets hacked, your blog is GONE! …unless you […]
How Expensive is WordPress? Is It Worth It? & Can You Take a Break From Self-Hosted?
We have a great question about WordPress this week! I always love another opportunity to gush about how amazing WordPress is, hehe. ^_^ Is WordPress worth the costs? I’m torn between Blogger and WordPress. I’m aware that WordPress is the best, but it is insanely […]
Creating Images, Button Grab Codes, ARCs for International Bloggers
Table of Contents How to Create Images Adding Button Grab Codes ARCs for International Bloggers How to Create Images Hi Ashley, All my images are ready on my desktop and I’m stuck at STEP 2: how to create image URLs directly? (I’m using Blogger). Many […]
Tips For New Book Bloggers
After a year of blogging, I’ve had some time to recognize and reflect on some of the mistakes I made. I’ve combined those mistakes and a couple other ideas I conjured up to bring you a list of tips for new book bloggers! Hopefully this […]
Are Your Followers *Really* Following You? – Why GFC Means Nothing
Note: In my title I say “Why GFC Means Nothing”, but really I’m talking about GFC and the two alternatives: Linky and NetworkedBlogs. I just didn’t want the title to be 5 million years long. Today I’m here to talk about a topic that might […]
How to Choose a Good Blog Name
I didn’t spend enough time thinking and researching about my blog name before I created it (which is why I changed it from BookNook to Nose Graze), so hopefully I can write something that will help new bloggers start off on the right foot and […]
Moving From Blogger to WordPress.com – Does it cost anything & should you do it?
Before we get into the main question this week, I’m going to answer a pre-question! What’s the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? WordPress.com and WordPress.org both use the same WordPress blogging platform. The difference is that WordPress.com is free and WordPress.org is not. With WordPress.com, […]
Why You Shouldn’t Use Book Cover Images Straight from Goodreads
You’re about to start formatting a book review post on your blog and you need an image of the book’s cover. You hop on over to Goodreads, find the image, get the link, and add the image to your blog using that link. Today I’m […]
How to Make a WordPress Child Theme (and why you should)
We have a great question this week for all you who are using pre-made WordPress themes! What are the benefits of using WordPress child themes? I’m afraid to try to tweak my “functions” or “themes” files. Is there an easy way to make a child […]