Comments on: How to Start a Blog

By: aTypical Joe: A gay New Yorker living in the rural south.

aTypical Joe: A gay New Yorker living in the rural south. — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 17:49:40 +0000

Gratitude
As I try to build traffic here on my blog, I am grateful for each marker along the way. James Joyner at Outside the Beltway, whose How to start a blog post helped shape mine, included me recently in a...

By: Capital Region People

Capital Region People — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 03:54:14 +0000

Blogging: All about being REAL
We're all human, and no one blogs about it better than Janis Jin! One's humanity and reality go on public display when one blogs... even broadcast-journalists are subject to great scrutiny, at times (like Michelle Malkin, for example), and there are ...

By: aTypical Joe: A gay New Yorker living in the rural south.

aTypical Joe: A gay New Yorker living in the rural south. — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:40:20 +0000

Sidebars, blogrolls & why I blog This site is a work in progress; I'm pleased with the progress. Most recently I've been working on sidebars. On the left is my "Blogroll," powered by Blogrolling. It could use some arranging and sorting, but each and every one...

By: JoeWindish.com

JoeWindish.com — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:38:13 +0000

Under construction I'm moving. I've been working all weekend on developing my new site. And new nom de plume - "aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in rural Georgia." I decided that I want to put just a bit more space...

By: chrisshort.net

chrisshort.net — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:19:00 +0000

Joe Carter's 'How to Start a Blog' I just got done reading some interesting pieces of work over at the Evangelical Outpost. Joe Carter has written some insightful guides to how to start and create a successful blog: Part I - Before You Begin Part II -...

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:03:02 +0000

If you use Moveable Type, I found a nice plug-in that has (so far) completely stopped spam. It uses a randomly-generated numeric code that has to be entered before the comment is published. It's been running for me since 11/12/04. Here's a link that points to more info:

http://www.kudzufiles.com/archives/000400.html

By: The Kudzu Files

The Kudzu Files — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 16:58:56 +0000

Care And Feeding Of A Blog
James Joyner at Outside The Beltway has a nice post about blogging - how to start one, how to grow it. He links to a series written by Joe Carter at The Evangelical Outpost, and includes a series of posts...

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 16:53:09 +0000

Zed: I think the vast majority of us just farm that part of the operation out. Kathy Kinsley at BlogHouse takes care of that for me.

By: Zed

Zed — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 16:42:20 +0000

and while I'm on the subject of servers let me get one more thing of my chest, the information available over the internet concerning MySQL and php is very limited. My server comes with a turotial but even that is generic. There are obviously master bloggers who have achieved greatness in manipulating these tools but they aren't giving uip their secrets. This is where the race comes in.

By: Zed

Zed — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 16:31:02 +0000

Don't forget a fair warning of the kinds of spam robots, which clog comments and trackbacks with silly or disturbing material. Also, someone should do a good peice on breaking down server stats.

By: B. Minich, PI

B. Minich, PI — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 16:06:56 +0000

Also, include part 5, Owning a Micro-niche.

By: Blah Blah Blog

Blah Blah Blog — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

How to Start a Blog Working Smart Askmen: How to Blog How to Start A Blog Starting a Blog

By: The Marshian Chronicles

The Marshian Chronicles — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000