One month of blogging

It’s been a month since I started this blog and here on this post I am going to summarize what I have done so far.

First things First

After I registered my domain with Hostmonster the next thing was to install WordPress and I chose the easiest way, which is, Installing WordPress Software through Fantastico. Those of you who speak Albanian might want to go back to that post and see how it is done. If still confused then go to youtube.com and do a search on “how to install wordpress with fantastico” and play whichever video you want all of them show you the same thing. But, remember your hosting company should have Fantastico plugin.

Choosing Blog Theme

The first week went on with searching a good theme for my blog. I kept Googling on and on to find a theme, a free one of course, for my blog and ended up visiting several sites and downloading a bunch of themes until I found the one I liked. So, for those of you that are just starting here are several links where you can download free WordPress themes and choose the one you like. Or, do a Google search on free WordPress themes and Google will give you 1 million results! For lazy ones…:

First, check WordPress themes.
Second, check with SmashingMagazine they have a list of 100 Excellent free WordPress themes, and
Third, go and check out hundreds of themes from WPSkins

Visit one of the sites above, choose the theme you like and go one with your blogging… there is more than that. It’s just the beginning. And you have got to learn how to install themes and I bet you’d figure that out yourself.

Burned my Blogs Feed on FeedBurner

After installing WordPress and the theme I liked I went to my FeedBurner account and burnt the feed of my blog so that those that like the posts I write and find them interesting might want to subscribe to my feed to get the updates right on time.

Installed Google Analytics Code

Google Analytics is another wonderful free service that Google provides to webmasters and bloggers and it has been designed and lately re-designed to help blog owners and webmasters alike learn about where the visitors come from and how they interact with your site or blog. There is more to know about Analytics such as how to install the code within your blog so Analytics will gather data for you and I am planning to write a post about it when time comes.

Installed Google Adsense Code

Google Adsense is the primary source that most bloggers make money with and at this point I thought I had done most of the necessary things so I was of the opinion that I should also have adsense right there when visitors start to come.

First I tried to use the Plugin Adsense Deluxe but for some reason it did not work and so I had to figure out how to put Google Adsense code within the top of each single post without using any plugin.

Posts I wrote during my first month of Blogging

So far I wrote 7 posts and you can find them all under Latest Tab on the right hand side of the blog. The first six posts are in Albanian language and the last one, which is more a question than a post telling something, is in English. I did not write them all at once as you can see by the date they were posted. As I was trying things with my blog sometime I would just sit, like this time, and write a piece of a post and just in case you missed something here I have listed them all in one place:

The next one is this post you are reading and it is the second post in English, and I hope you enjoined reading and it was worth your time.

Writing eight posts within one month it’s not bad considering you have to do other things with your blog.

Before I leave… congratulation to all Albanians and especially to Kosovo people on their well-deserved Independence.

Urime Pavarsia e Kosoves.