I mentioned in my first post that I started this blog at the advice of a couple of people in the publishing industry as a way to get my stuff out there. But as the people who know me know – I can’t just ease into anything. I’m in full on I’ve-started-a-blog-and-nothing-else-matters mode. So I’m one week in and I’ve already: posted almost daily, started thinking about my “angle”, got my own domain name, created a mental image of my website in my head, talked to a friend about a logo, started reading other blogs in a similar genre, read up on blogging tips, researched how to get some traffic and blabbed about my blog to everyone I come in contact with (except my boss, because it’s likely something may show up on here that she’d rather not read). I’m going at this thing with serious intent.
One little problem. I am not tech savvy. Better put: I have NO tech knowledge what-so-ever. I’m a pretty capable user (unlike my dad – whom I’ll share some stories about in the future), but Webmaster?? Are you kidding? I don’t even know what HTML is! Not just what it stands for – but what it is. NO clue.
So I think I have my own website. It’s http://www.mylifeincomplete.com/. I even have an email address: lauren@mylifeincomplete.com. Only I have NO idea how to use these things! No longer a blogger.com site, does that mean that it is my own site? Then why does it still look the same? How do I make it how I want it and add an “email me” button and links to other pages within my site? I’m sure there is a way to do this. I’m sure the other bloggers with their own sites know how to do this. But me? NO!
I’m not unrealistic. I know my limitations. I am by no means expecting to become Tech-YES Mama, but if anyone can point me in the direction of a “Turning Your Blog Into A Website That You May or May Not Already Have For Dummies” tutorial, please do. In return, I’ll plug you. Nothing says thank you like getting your name, product, whatever out there to five people you probably already know.
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Call me if you need help enabling “widgets,” but I’m pretty much an idiot at tech stuff too.
I think I figured out most of what I need/want. I can’t figure out if there is a way to auto email my posts to certain people or if they would have to subscribe on their own.
The other thing is, how do I get my picture to show up like yours does when you comment?
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