Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 13:23:07 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: blog-site questions.... Message-ID: <20110106212307.GC6928@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20110106162948.GB13912@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <20110106041332.GA24859@thought.org> <20110106162948.GB13912@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
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On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 08:29:48AM -0800, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Gary Kline on Wednesday, 05 January 2011: > > Guys, > > > > If there are any people who are into maintaining web logs/blog, this > > might be _the_ place to ask. O/wise, type 'd' now. > > > > One thing I've heard several times is that blogging is a good way of > > promoting one's own books. (I've got at least three books either > > published or to-be-published. [[ ... .]]) Now, outside this list > > nobody knows me--and that's fine, except that with a just published > > ebook, it's time to make my name and ebook public. Before I rush > > out and sign up with some blogging websites, would be be better to > > use a FBSD port and do it myself? > > > > Ill be open about this: I'm still not _entirely_ sure whata blog is. > > But I'm a fast study :) > > If there are better places to ask about web logs, URL's please... . > > > > gary > > > > PS: Any reason why nobody here has read my ebook? It is for geeks > > and about op en source stuff, so, like , v'mon, people > > > > > > -- > > Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix > > Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org > > The 7.97a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I use WordPress hosted on my own domains. As others have mentioned, it's > pretty easy to maintain. It also does a lot of the SEO for you. For > instance, when you add new content, the default configuration > automatically notifies various ping servers so that aggregators (and > Google) pick up the new content right away. Extensions can be found for > just about anything you need, and they aren't that hard to write if you > don't find what you're looking for. > > OTOH, WordPress can be pretty heavy on page loads unless you go to some > pains to optimize it. For most people, that isn't a concern -- but if > you were to have the enviable problem of getting a few thousand or more > hits per day then it could become an issue. T.Y! WOrdpress it is. (Last time I checked, I gave up at once--maybe sooner. Time for a more serious look.) gary > > -- > Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F > http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.97a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org
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