How time flies, as they say. CTBizBlogs is one year old today, August 13th.
When I started, I’d already been blogging sporadically in other blogs, hosted by Blogger, for over a year. But I was ready for more control and more options. So I plunked down some money, bought a few domains, got a web hosting provider and started posting.
I picked WordPress for 2 reasons — it was free, and my hosting provider, Dreamhost, offered a one-click installation.
Since then I’ve learned a lot about WordPress, web hosting, and blog writing.
When I started, I was full of pent-up posts, so it was pretty easy to pick any topic on blogging and just start typing. Sometimes that resulted in a good post, sometimes not.
Also when I started, my day job was in the doldrums, and I had not much outlet for my creative energy. Be careful what you wish for there — now I have more ideas and projects than time. That’s why I’m still using the older version of the Journalized template.
Here are a few of the things I’ve learned over the last year:
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