I wrote a post yesterday for hurolinan.com (my first) about RSS metrics, and how RSS has changed. A lot of the post is about Feedburner (Which I wrote about here). I actually forgot to mention the whole Feedburner Pro thing (ie its free!). A few components of Pro are included in the post though.
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I am making final adjustments to a new blog that we have just launched at work. This one is Hurol Inan’s website (about Web Analytics) - I worked with Andrew Boddy (Designer) and Christopher Jones (Developer) to move the existing site from a custom CMS circa y2k to a shiny new Wordpress install.
My Wordpress skills are steadily progressing, I’m developing another blog for work. It isn’t quite ready enough to show here yet :). We are hiring a designer to help out making a front page (a special one, not just a list of recent posts). I think it is the guy who designed The Roar - a site that impressed me when I found out it was 100% made through Wordpress. I like seeing what it can do. Continue reading ‘Developing another (work) blog’
Today I saw an example of a product that in my mind has been presented terribly. Feedburner is an excellent tool that allows a site owner to see how many people are subscribed via RSS. While there is no way of seeing who is subscribed, at least you can know how many people are looking at what you write. I have used Feedburner a number of times in the past - and have never looked at the Pro features, because I assumed that Pro meant $X per month - it doesn’t. Continue reading ‘Feedburner Pro - it’s free?’
read part 1 first.
Everything’s ready? Ok, now what to do.
- Install Wordpress - This is unbelievably easy. Create a folder in the root of your site called blog (ie yourdomain.com/blog). Some will argue against using the word blog, or against putting wordpress into a subfolder. For my purposes & needs, it wasn’t a big deal. Once the files are uploaded, go to yourdomain.com/blog, follow the instructions, and you’ve got a swanky new blog. If you need help, its here. Continue reading ‘Howto: Add a blog to your existing website (2)’
