Category: WordPress

  • Step 5: Install WordPress

    Now, if you want to fulfill the next step of this “creating a new web site” tutorial, you have to decide which software to use to write your web site. The choice is quite wide, but I will describe two main options: Doing it all by yourself Using WordPress

  • Milestones in pro blogging

    Blog-Republic.com/ has an interesting article by Darren about what should be considered as Realistic milestones of professional blogging success. It’s setting (or asserting) what you, the serious blogger, should expect in order to reach more and more serious levels of blogging. I agree completely with the figures (for example, 1000-5000$ of annual earnings as a…

  • Upgraded to WordPress v2.0.4

    Latest news from the web site inside mechanism: I just upgraded to the latest revision of WordPress (v2.0.4). A more stable, less bugged, more secure version. I thought you’d like to know that I keep security upgrades in mind to protect both the site and its contents (including your personal data).

  • Thanks to all visitors

    Really! In 2005, you had been 80,000 visitors. But I just had a look at my statistics and it seems that in the last year (from August 2005 to July 2006), you were more than 200,000 to jump into my web site. Is it that the Internet is getting larger (more users mean more visitors…

  • WordPress statistics – Follow-up (Google Analytics)

    WordPress statistics – Follow-up (Google Analytics)

    I previously presented here my opinion about several tools to collect statistics for a web site (Alexa.com, Performancing metrics, Webalyzer). Then, I started by writing about the existence of Google Analytics, the still-in-beta-test offer from the American search engine giant. But I could not test it because Google did not provide an invitation to the…

  • Search in blogs

    I am not sure this is a priority for the normal Internet web user, but blog authors may appreciate the recognition brought by Google with its specialized search engine for blogs: Google Blog Search.