Blog Classroom Pre-Course Starts!
by Anik Singal on April 15th, 2008 | Blogging | 516 Comments »
First of all, welcome to Blog Classroom - we’re so glad that you’ve decided to join us here as Rosalind Gardner and I go through the details of what you need to get your profitable blogging business started.
To start, please watch my personal video to you below…
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Our Ethical Bribe For You… We’ll Review Your Blog Right Here, watch the video below to learn more… |
How To Install Your Blog In 3 Easy Steps…
Rosalind Gardner has prepared a detailed video for you that shows you EXACTLY how you can install your blog in just 3 easy steps.
If you don’t have a blog yet - you have NO excuse after this video! If you already have a blog, stay tuned - we’re going to teach you some amazing ways to add heaps of traffic to it in less than 10 minutes of work!
Click the image below to play the video - It will open in a NEW window…
Get your domain name and hosting up and ready - Rosalind Gardner prefers to use BlueHost - any hosting that has CPanel with Fantastico pre-install will do.
Your homework assignment today is to GET YOUR BLOG UP AND RUNNING.
Don’t worry about any plug-ins right now - if you want, don’t even worry about any header images or colors - just get it installed.
In a couple of days, we’re going to teach you how to get it SEO ready and we can talk about the plug-ins at that point.
Install Your Blog - If You Have One, Get Comfy In That Chair - We’re About To Show Some Amazing Things…
If you’ve installed your blog - feel free to leave a link here so we can all take a peek!
- Anik Singal
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Ian Orford reply on April 16, 2008 12:29 pm:
Hi Anik and Rosalind, I am a student of Blogclassroom One, so I am cheating a bit but here is one of my sites.
Just shows what you can do when you put a bit of effort in!
Cheers,
Ian
http://www.thinkpadtoday.com
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Stephen reply on April 23, 2008 7:17 pm:
Very nice indeed! I’m new to all of this but it’s nice to be able to look at other’s and get ideals. Thank you.
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Pam reply on April 16, 2008 4:56 pm:
Website in the works… I’ve listened & read a lot of inspirational blogs and podcasts on the subject of building your small business, so I’d like to incorporate an affiliate site based on the information I have collected.
Yeah, my site needs some work
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Cindy reply on April 16, 2008 8:18 pm:
I have two blog sites and after watching your videos, so far, I think I will get some really great info from you on how to drive some traffic to my blogs and also make a little money doing it. This is great. Thank you.
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Keira reply on April 16, 2008 10:50 pm:
thanks for checking this out. I have learned a lot from you.
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Sherie reply on April 16, 2008 11:52 pm:
Here is my newly installed blog, a subdirectory of a website I’m currently building, http://www.cookbookauctions.com . The main website promotes cookbook auctions listed on eBay, the purpose of the blog is to give tips and advice regarding buying cookbooks on eBay and elsewhere. Hopefully, the blog will provide useful information to drive traffic to the auctions listed on the home page.
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Karla reply on April 17, 2008 12:16 am:
I am very excited about your pre-course! I installed my blog–thanks to Rosalind’s crystal clear instructions and am looking forward to getting things running.
I am working with Jeff Walker’s Product Launch course and needed to get a blog up so I want to use it for that, but also have another website that I am working on that ties in with it as well==>http://www.help-with-home-improvements.com
My husband has run his own contracting company for 30 years and 3 yrs. ago was diagnosed with MS. As he can no longer perform the physical aspects of his work he was looking for a way to keep “working” in his area of “expertise”. Providing help and information for people in the home improvement niche seems like a way to do that.
Of course we also want to replace his income…so this is what we are working on! The blog I just installed is at http://www.doctoryourhome.com/myblog
Thanks for the help you are providing!!! Karla
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Jennie Hasselbacher reply on April 17, 2008 12:54 am:
Ok - I am ever grateful for this class!
I originally had a blog ‘built’ for me at;
http://www.ArticleAdventures.com
But your video made it look so easy, I attempted
to install my own at http://www.webfeverdesigns.net/wordpress/
I think I may have done something wrong, as I am
unable to log in and/or change anything with the
blog?
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Mike Hartshorn reply on April 17, 2008 1:34 am:
Hi Anik and Rosalind,
I set up my blog today at http://savegastoo.com.
I will wait and follow along with the assignments and try to complete all of them on-time.
I use Bluehost and have for over a year. The set up I followed and did without stopping the video. I have used wordpress before and th video is perfect.
Thanks guys and looking forward to the training.
Mike Hartshorn
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Malcolm reply on April 17, 2008 9:29 am:
Hi
Just installed a blog, made a few changes and threw up a few articles just to get some content in it.
http://www.fitness-dreams.com
I’m looking forward to seeing what needs to be done to have a successful blog so thanks for the vids and instructions
Cheers
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Mel Smith reply on April 17, 2008 11:53 am:
I think you have a great thing going here for your students Anik.
I have several blogs and have been blogging for a few years now, and I blog about what I am passionate about. This blog is about health, as I think everyone should get and stay healthy.
But most people associate health with sickness and don’t look into staying healthy until they get sick, and that gives them a negative attitude about health. So here is my URL for my blog
http://www.my-healthy.info/4u
If you provide your cells what they require, the body will heal itself.Cellular Food, Creates Cellular Energy
Good Luck Anik
Mel
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Ana reply on April 17, 2008 8:51 pm:
I’ve included my blog here. I haven’t kept up much with it at all. I continue to be on email lists and continue to work with the materials of several teachers from ‘The Secret’. I actually have some great info I could be sharing there now (I have to leave this moment, but at least you guys have given me that motivation.)
I have a question though. I created that blog without a cpanel. Do I need one? If so, what is it for? Or will my site do with a little tweaking? I think I need to remove a post or two and update my main page. Some things seem out-dated compared to when I posted them and now. Please let me know about the cpanel, thank-you.
anabrown.gaia.com/blog
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Frances G reply on April 17, 2008 9:41 pm:
OK, I’ve gotten my blog up and running on WordPress, so if you have a chance, I’d love for you to critique it,
http://holycommunication.wordpress.com/
Thanks,
Frances G.
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Lonnie Minton reply on April 20, 2008 4:34 pm:
Hi Anik and Rosalind,
I have had a blog for a while and have a few post on it. I also have AdSense on it.
However, I am getting little to no traffic to the blob.
A critique would be appreciated. How does one select the best theme? I think I like a three column theme.
http://discoveringdigitalphotography.com/
I am looking forward to getting traffic. I am starting the SEO lesson next.
Thanks,
Lonnie
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 6:55 am:
Hi Frances,
It’s a nice looking blog. The Hello World, although sort of appropriate in your text, is also the standard issue headline from wordpress for unedited text so you might want to change that to something like Holy Cow I’m Communicating or something I don’t know - to keep the vein of your post.
Also try to tag some of your words in your text.
Otherwise keep going - the internet is amazing to talk to people all over the world - I’m in Australia too.
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Dan Scanlon reply on April 17, 2008 9:57 pm:
Anik & Rosiland,
First, I want to thank you both for inspiring me to take action and get off my blogless behind!
Last night I jumped in to see about upgrading my current Website Design website (http://www.doskas.com) to support WordPress. After some time with tech support & following their directions, I added MySQL & got their version of WordPress (v2.3.3) installed. Long story short, it didn’t work…
Since I want to take advantage of following the tutorials & actually learn (instead read along in a non-participatory manner) I went directly to WordPress & set myself up with a freebie version of a blog so as to at least get started. Yes, I know its not tied to a website yet. I have decided I will follow through and get my new domain (still doing keyword research to narrow down my niche & domain name) and hosting with BlueHost, later.
Although I am now the proud owner of a humble “orphan” blog, I hope that your concepts you are continuing to teach can be applied to it. In this way, I can go through the 2nd time for real with my new, future niche website. As it stands, my blog is http://danscanlon/wordpress.com
Thanks again!
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Paula Snyder reply on April 17, 2008 10:18 pm:
Hi Roz and Anik,
The reason I started my blog is because my mom recently died of cancer, and I just started researching and I came up with alot of interesting stuff, and felt that I needed to share it.
I have a blog through blogger.com, is this one okay, or do I need a wordpress one also? I also do not have a domain yet or hosting. I know you prefer bluehost, however, I checked into that and they want 2 yrs of hosting up front which is about $167 and I know that is not alot, however, I am a single mom, and the job I have don’t pay enough for me to have extras, would godaddy be okay, because I can pay them monthly which fits my budget, but I checked and they do not have fantastico.
Any advise is greatly appreciated. Also, if you have time, check out my blog and let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Paula
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Malcolm reply on April 18, 2008 2:20 am:
Hi Paula
Really sorry to hear about your mom. I hope all is well with you now.
I just thought I would bring to your attention that you do not have to spend $167 for a hosting account
If you go to http://www.webhostingbuzz.com and by the cheapest budget package they have on offer. You even get a free domain name which is good. Pick a good domain name carefully.
I think you can get this for about $54.00 a year with more stuff than many high priced priced hosting packages. I know, I have several and I use webhostingbuzz.com from now on.
I hope this helps.
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Sylvia Einwechter reply on April 24, 2008 8:50 am:
Google’s Blogger.com is totally free!!
Gary Packer reply on April 25, 2008 2:49 pm:
Hi Paula,
I empathise with you. I lost my mother to cancer almost 20 years ago, and I still miss her every day.
However, to help with your hosting. I use Hostgator at http://www.hostgator.com . They start from as little as $8.95 a month, but with this you only get 1 domain name. I think it is better to pay an extra $1 a month and get the next level up as you can host unlimited domains.
They also do unlimited MySQL which you will need for Wordpress and if you have many sites hosted, this is useful.
I know on the site they say from as little as $4.95 a month, but that is if you pay a lump sum for 3 years.
In the two years that I have been with Hostgator I have not had a single problem with downtime, so they are very reliable.
Good luck.
Kind Regards,
Gary
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paul reply on April 25, 2008 6:41 pm:
Check around you will find other hosting with blog and monthly rates(i mean with fantastico)one is 3ix at http://www.3ix.org
Enjoy it is 1 dollar per month
Paul
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Chris reply on April 18, 2008 1:32 am:
Just uploaded minutes ago. Interested in learning on how to receive traffic and getting revenue from it. One question is it better write a post or a page?
Thanks
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 6:58 am:
Posts are quicker and easier as long as the search engine stuff is still tweaked. A page, must be informative and brief and again SEO’d well. I often do both, start with a post that leads to the page, that way it gives the visitor the option - they get quick info and can read on if they like.
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Mary reply on April 18, 2008 4:28 pm:
Okay,Rosalind. I’ve been a fan of yours for years, and found your initial blog e-mail irresistible. While I have ThriftyTraveling.com and ThriftyTravelingPortal.com waiting in the wings to be finalized, the ThriftyTravelBlog.com seemed like the perfect fit for them. SOooo…. I did it! You said our first homework assignment was to put a blog site up, and I did. Can’t wait to find out what to do next. Thanks for all the info you share, Rosalind. You’re the best (and Anik is adorable!). Happy Weekend, Mary
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Tomas reply on April 18, 2008 5:01 pm:
wow, my dear, I am so glad to join you. I am blogging already for some years, but that is just pasting into the template for a free - I know nothing about the blogging - about how-to blog. I hope to learn a lot here and hope for your help to understand what was done wrong by me - what mistakes could be improved for the traffic could become much higher than at the moment. Please check my blogs
http://candleday.wordpress.com/
http://trustlight.blogspot.com
http://www.captains-bridge.blogspot.com
http://arthiker.wordpress.com/
Please excuse my English- I am writing with the dictionary in hand - I live in Lithuania- in not English speaking country.
Thank you for your comments - I will greatly appreciate all your remarks that will help me to made the impossible - to break through the wall of silence that hide me from the life because of my disability
Thank you once again
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Lynn Norton reply on April 20, 2008 10:48 am:
Hi Rosalind and Anik
I already have a blog but I am still a novice and the blog is in its infancy. I am really looking forward to following along, improving and building on what I already have and getting some traffic.
Thank you both for this opportunity
Lynn
http://www.onlineauctionideas.com
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 6:59 am:
Hi Lynn,
That is a great blog and if you continue with the course I’m sure it will grow to be quite a concern. Great info.
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Debbie Kessler reply on April 20, 2008 4:13 pm:
Hi Rosalind and Anik,
I have been riding this out with you and I am very excited to see the evolution of blogging. Great work. I am blogging on our website and this information is very valuable for the beginner. I look forward to your classrooms.
Thank you for all the consistent hard work.
Debbie
Area Director,
http://www.ibalnet.com
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Iain Loveman reply on April 20, 2008 6:55 pm:
I should have opened my email sooner. I am PWM (Player With Money) and working an IM course with Alex Goad. Blogs were recommended, so I installed it on my host, Bluehost. I did it the hard way, by falling WordPress 2.5’s, “5 Minute Installation”. Just had to name the database and edit some info, they even tell you what your missing if you don’t get it right. The only thing you forgot to mention in your video is that you can set up multiple installations by changing the _wp to something else.
Anyways, although I am not familiar with PHP, I am with HTML and I have been playing around and tweaking the style.css. Almost got it to where I want it.
Really, interested in getting to the traffic and monetization section. See you there.
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Stan reply on April 21, 2008 11:04 pm:
Thanks for putting together a course on blog writing. I just started the sleepydowncomforters.com website at the first of the year. I have just stared to blog about a month ago. I hope I can learn something from the course. The blog is at http://www.downcomforterbeddingblog.com
Thanks again,
Stan
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Dave Perkins reply on April 22, 2008 7:19 am:
I started blogging two or three years ago with my Mentor, Doug Williams (of MoneyLegs.com fame). He had one of those monthly fee blogs that he made available prior (I believe) to WordPress, Blogspot.com and others.
My hosting company does not use Fantastico so I had to manually install my Wordpress blog via FTP but it was just as easy as it was reported to be.
This past weekend, I installed a new blog for my wife on her new website that she’s starting, using CPanel and Fantastico and I was amazed to see just how FAST the whole process went. Her site is on HostMonster.com’s servers which I believe are quite similar to BlueHost that you recommend.
My blog can be found at: http://www.daveylee.com/blog
I’ll suggest that my wife pick up at lesson two and follow along with me. I’ll pick up some great tips, I’m sure, and she will be ‘learning from scratch’ as she’s not the most ‘technical type’ in our family.
As you can tell, I’m a bit late getting started but as they say, better late than never.
Regards,
Dave Perkins
http://www.daveylee.com/blog
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Rob reply on April 22, 2008 7:53 am:
I’ve just installed my blog (I’m running a little late, yes?). It was such an easy install. I’ve been toying with the idea for a long time of installing WordPress, so I’m glad you are doing this course — it got me motivated. Using Fantastico was great. I can’t wait to find out some steps to get traffic.
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Joe reply on April 22, 2008 11:33 am:
Thanks for doing this course. Though I already had setup my blog a few weeks back, I’m sure I will learn a lot from your videos.
My blog is located at http://www.IMwithJoe.com, and it is basically a hub for everything I do online. I will have product reviews, affiliate products and Internet Marketing tips. My product is aimed to help people make an honest living online, and not to get caught up in all the schemes and scams.
I look forward to the other videos.
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Blaine Dyson reply on April 22, 2008 11:59 am:
Forgive me I’m very new to this, not sure what to write here.
I do have a Blog at blogger.com The top of my Dashboard says
southpaw292001@yahoo.com I Believe this is my sign in name?
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Kevin T. Fairbanks reply on April 22, 2008 2:30 pm:
I have had this blog up for awhile now for my site, http://www.GolfClubsHome.com/. I also have installed the plugin for Unique Article Wizard, which gives me articles that I can publish on my blog if they pertain to the subject matter of my blog, golf. Any suggestions or comments regarding my site and/or blog would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you!
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Mike Warren reply on April 22, 2008 10:38 pm:
Wow, what a killer site, in just a few minutes I have learned so much, thank you. Heres my site http://theinteriorguyllc.com for all you car buffs I have some great info for keeping your interiors in tip top shape. Come see me and throw a comment or two up and any suggestions you might have. Thanx again and I’m looking forward to more great info.
Mike “The Interior Guy” Warren
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Renee reply on April 23, 2008 9:27 am:
I just received this information from Lou D’alo and signed up moments ago. My blog has been up for several months at http://www.virtualgratitudeparty.com
I am looking forward to now taking time to apply your information to my existing blog to see what results it generates!
Renee, The Mindset Coach
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Renee reply on April 23, 2008 9:32 am:
I just left a reply, but gave the wrong address for my blog-it should be http://www.virtualgratitudeparty.blogspot.com. I haven’t changed it to the direct URL yet.
Renee, The Mindset Coach
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Jean reply on April 23, 2008 11:49 am:
I JUST finished installing my first WP blog, finally! I will be doing a fundraiser blog http://www.thebiggivewwp.info, in conjunction with the site that I’m not quite finished creating yet. My intention is to go live May 1. Looking forward to your training. I need the help ;0)
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Dennis Dater reply on April 23, 2008 12:53 pm:
I built a wordpress blog on blue host a while back for my wife. http://www.themysterystartshere.com. It seems to be complete - except for one key detail - no traffic. That is why I am looking at your course.
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Bev reply on April 23, 2008 3:35 pm:
My blog is at http://www.workplaceproductions.blogspot.com
It’s for clients and colleagues in corporate training, offering links, book reviews, ideas and discussion about innovations in adult learning. The blog is an adjunct to my company, Workplace Productions, Inc.; we design learning that sticks for business.
Bev
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Leslie Wurdack reply on April 23, 2008 3:42 pm:
I started this blog to tell about my home (an old log cabin built in 1816) and country life. I moved out here from the city about 9 years ago and completely rehabbed and updated the house. I was also hoping that it would earn me some money.
A friend set it up for me and is hosting it for me. While I initially got alot of traffic the traffic has slowed down considerably and I have made very little money.
I have submitted articles to ezine (sp) which have been published.
The friend who set up my blog suggested I start looking at your lessons in hopes that I could learn some more.
He purchased the name for the next blog I am going to start on and should have it up and running for me. He once again will be hosting it for me.
I look forward to your classes and learning move about blogging. I am hoping my blogging can earn me some money.
Leslie
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Geoff reply on April 23, 2008 4:32 pm:
Hi there.
Just this minute logged in here and like what I see.
I have my blog at http://www.geoffreyhadley.com and I have also made some changes to my blog. Google spider and so on!
I am going to sit down and watch these videos and see what I can do to improve every thing. Thanks for a great free course.
All the best and all success
Geoff
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Bill reply on April 23, 2008 5:04 pm:
I have a blog about niches. What I need is Traffic.
Bill
Niches Resources
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Deepak reply on April 24, 2008 2:02 am:
Hi…this is my first blog http://selfdevelopmentzone.blogspot.com i m waiting for your further instructions!
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Rick Sullivan reply on April 24, 2008 3:05 am:
Hello,
Anik and Rosalind thanks for all the info. My blog is at http://millionairofthemonth.com/myblog. How to I link that back to my website http://millionairofthemonth.com. I really could use the traffic. I have 5 posts up for that site and I’m working on 2 more I have. I’m also following you on Twitter, so again thanks.
Rick
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Parick & Marlene reply on April 25, 2008 6:47 am:
http://thepropertymarket.blogspot.com/
I’d very much appreciate your comments and guidance
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Debbie Mahler reply on April 25, 2008 7:28 am:
Anik, I have to write and tell you that I forwarded your free blog classroom e-mail on to a friend who’s new to blogging and is starting up his first blog - although I had not joined myself. He asked me to join him in listening to the call last evening and suffice it to say, I signed up for the pre-course today! I’ve had my blog running for a few months now but now I’m ready to take it to the next level! (http://mice.org/blog/) So, I’m saying hi to everyone and sending my kudo’s for a great job so far. And the interview with Yaro was OUTSTANDING! All I can say is WOW! About your entire course! Thank you, Debbie
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Debt Free Hispanic reply on April 25, 2008 9:51 am:
Looking forward to doing the steps in this classroom on my blog. - Debt Free Hispanic
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brad reply on April 25, 2008 1:58 pm:
This is what i have been looking for good timing for me i’m ready to fast track my blog world my blog is http://www.nlpgenerator.com/blog
thanks a million i hope Brad
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Matt reply on April 25, 2008 4:24 pm:
I’ve started an online entrepreneur blog, the real deal here is a complete documentation of my online business experience. You can tell I’ve already started with referral marketing, later I hope to generate revenue with my blog and document it. the link is http://www.MattBlethen.com I’m also a web designer so originally this was going to be my portfolio site, which it will be until I decide to buy a domain for it.
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Briley reply on April 25, 2008 8:27 pm:
I started a blog to help my online business. I give information about affiliates programs, how to make a nice income with them. My Blog: http://www.bbktmkshomebiz.blogspot.com
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Jackie Cooper reply on April 25, 2008 9:00 pm:
i have installed this in 5 minutes flat.This is great!I have also used some more videos to get this up and running.
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Laman Richards reply on April 25, 2008 10:38 pm:
Thanks I have been waiting to blog for some time now, I have wanted to blog didn’t know how to get started. Since Jan 08 my site has been up, but I don’t get much traffic except my friends and family. Thank you for this.
Laman
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Hutoxi reply on April 26, 2008 1:47 pm:
I have had the above blog for about a month but am unable to get traffic.
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Emrick reply on April 26, 2008 8:53 pm:
HI,
This is my blog.
Thanks for helping.
Peace, Happiness, Success!
Emrick
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Shaun reply on April 27, 2008 9:14 am:
I dont understand this at all maybe I am super stupid but what is c panel I have an account with wordpress and I have been writting a blog with wordpress but do I need a new domain name. I am completly mystified and the more I see the more confused I become
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Jay Jenkins reply on April 27, 2008 9:32 am:
I’ve been following you around for a while, Anik, but just never got off my you-know-what to really do anything. Between you, Rosalind, Tellman Knudsen, Tim Brocklehurst and 3 or 4 others, I’ve been able to build a small list. Problem is, haven’t learned how to really monetize my blog yet. Not sure what exactly I’m doing wrong, but am betting I’ll find out from both of you shortly!
Jay
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Jay Jenkins reply on April 27, 2008 9:37 am:
By the way, the blog is at http://hijinxmarketing.com/jayjenkins. It’s pretty ugly right now but I’ll wait on any comments you might have as to how to make it a more appealing. And my server does have a cPanel, so changes are real easy to do.
Jay Jenkins
http://hijinxmarketing.com/jayjenkins
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Calvin reply on April 27, 2008 1:37 pm:
Hi Team,
I have just finished installing my blog. I have made one post and I am now heading to assignment #2.
This is a great opportunity for me because I have just decided to start a blog for my site,and I a novice so you must know how I am happy to come across this.
Calvin
http://homebiz4mmoney.com
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Cameron reply on April 28, 2008 9:12 pm:
Calvin,
You put an extra “m” in your URL
Cameron
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Joe reply on April 27, 2008 3:30 pm:
Hello Anik,
I did it, after about 12 hrs of errors I got my new blog up and running and thanks to Rosalind’s video. I don’t remember how I found your site but I’m most thankful for your sharing what you have so far. I will help others as you helped me.
Thanks again Anik and Rosalind,
Joe
http://yourglobalcompany.com/Myblog
http://yourglobalcash.blogspot.com/
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Claire reply on April 27, 2008 5:04 pm:
Hi Anik and Rosalind,
Thank you for giving me the inspiration to get back to my blog that I’ve neglected for awhile due to personal issues. But with the negative person out of my life I’m ready to start blogging again, not sure what direction I’m going to take with this one, but I already posted my first entry! Feel free to give me any constructive criticism.
Thanks again,
Claire
http://www.coutrysaints.com
http://countrysaints.blogspot.com
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Kaustubh Verma reply on April 27, 2008 6:51 pm:
plz review my blog to let me know your reviews
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Christopher Watts reply on April 28, 2008 3:56 am:
This is my blog so far. How can I make it tidier?
Any comments would be great.
Thanks,
Chris
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Vavasan reply on April 28, 2008 11:12 am:
Hi Bloggerteachers,
I am a almost not newbie here but like to follow what your both up to. As you can see my blog is a premade blog with the help of Gobala. I am really beginning to like this stuff. On my way here I am shure I will find some nice ideas of the how and what blogging. Cant wait for the rest….
Thanks for the comment,
Vavasan
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Spencer reply on April 28, 2008 1:37 pm:
Hello Anik & Rosalind,
Got my “pre-launch” note very late, almost too late in fact. Wish i could get on the pre pre-launch list you all seem to have.(Hint)
Anyway got my blog up now watching all vids trying to catch up before 29th. Hope I make it.
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Bill reply on April 28, 2008 3:49 pm:
WOW! That was sooooooo easy! Let’s keep going!
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Irene reply on April 29, 2008 11:32 am:
Okay. It’s ready enough to take a look. I switched a lot of my stuff from Blogger because I wanted something more professional. Can’t wait to get good feedback on this. Still needs content (I have it … just need time to post it!), but I’m on my way. Thanks.
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Pat McCullough reply on April 29, 2008 2:24 pm:
Hi Anik,
I have purchased a domain name from godaddy, do I have to have blue host up front before I start my blog? I am a total newbie to blogs. I watched Ros’s video but I’m not sure where exactly I have to go to start. Is there a website where I have to go like wordpress.com Thanks, Pat
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Anik&Rosiland
Will people from the first blogging classroom be able to take this course?
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 6:36 pm:
George,
Anik answered your question below, but just in case you missed it he said “YES”… you are a chartered member.
Cheers,
Ros
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George reply on April 17, 2008 9:08 pm:
Thanks so much That’s great!!!
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Hey Anik & Rosalind
Take a peek and tell me what you think, they say, stay away from the niches with too much competition I just had to create a golf site, my own domain, think, PPC, Clickbank and Google one domain per page for sponsored results. Rosalind, I’ve been following you for a long time, great site.
To your success
Cheers,
Jim Novak
golfcronys.com
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 5:40 pm:
Hey Jim,
Thanks for the kind words and great site! I agree with you about going after what you are passionate about. That in my estimation is the single most important factor leading to success… and Donald Trump agrees with me. (I watched his infomercial last night.)
Thanks for sharing. You’re giving our newer bloggers some idea of what they can achieve with their blogs.
Keep up the good work!
Cheers,
Ros
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Jim reply on April 29, 2008 9:25 am:
Hey Ros,
Thanks for the Compliment, I can’t belive a Girlru Actually
resonded to my POST, I’m so excited I nearly fell off my chair.
To everyone here, if you’re serious about this business you need to know where the traffic is coming from, and it doesn’t get any better then google analyitcs, great tool
to use folks, and it’s free, we all like free don’t we
You should definitely try it, I have been around the block with tracking Software, and I think it’s some of the best available.
To your success
Jim
golfcronys.com
buildsitesthatwork.com
wireless-home-computer.com
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My blog is in the url listed here - actually I cheated a bit …. Installed the blog about 2 months ago and have posted a few articles, but haven’t really done a whole heck of a lot else with it since then. Really looking forward to following along with your free course. Thank you!
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 18, 2008 8:14 pm:
Hey Rhonda,
You’ve probably noticed that your blog was one of those Anik reviewed here.
Cheers,
Ros
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Great idea! I have several blogs active but I never turn down information from people in the know. I have had some success with my blog as far as traffic and being indexed but if I want to learn more. Thanks for supplying this free information and I wish you much success.
Thanks,
Tim
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I actually got this blog up last month but I don’t know how to proceed from here. I planned to place Google ads on the right and affiliate links on the left with content in the center.
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thank you guys, will be waiting
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Hey Anik,
I can’t wait to see how you montetize to get traffic within 10 minutes… Just click my name to see the site, I just installed 2.5 wordpress with the revolution theme… still working on it though.
Later,
Toki
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Check out my blog! I once got 600 hits in one day! I’d like to find out how I can make it *at least* that many every day! Thanks!
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Here it is - loaded with my first entry:
http://NicheResearchSystems.com
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 6:23 pm:
That’s awesome, Tom… and nice to see that you have already installed a personalized header graphic.
We’ll show folks how to do that in the course videos as well.
Cheers,
Ros
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Shawn King reply on May 15, 2008 9:51 am:
Hello Ros,
I have a quesiton to ask but don’t want to sound stupid. I just found this site and am going to join. Where do I get wordpress to start my blog. Up until this point I really never understood blogging. Please help so I can get caught up with everyone. Thankyou very much.
Shawn King
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Hey, just uploaded WP and edited first post to include a video link, took less than 15 minutes, thanx.
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 11:45 am:
Well done! I see that you’ve already been playing with the header graphic colors too. Pretty easy, huh?
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OK- it is installed, and even put in the intro post. Was messing around the dashboard and do not think I drew any blood or crashed any sites.
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 6:32 pm:
Wow, bloodless and crash-free… how cool is THAT?
Your header graphic / template is beautiful and your first post would actually make great copy for your “About” page.
We’ll be getting into installing free templates a little later in the course, and how to put pages (as opposed to posts) up on your blogs.
Cheers,
Ros
P.S. LOVE the story of your name.
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That was easy. I look forward to more info on how finish what i need to finish this blog.
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 6:33 pm:
Well, there you go! Glad to hear that you found it easy to do.
Look for the next video where you’ll learn how to optimize your upcoming posts and blog to gain free search engine traffic.
After that we’ll get into writing posts.
Enjoy!
Ros
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Good video. Question though. I’m a newbie, so this might be a real dumb question. But what was the web address she went to (when the video started) to get to the wordpress install? I saw a long link at the top of the page. Secondly, was Rosalind downloading from wordpress.org, or wordpress.com? Does it matter?
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Nan reply on April 16, 2008 11:25 am:
I am a newbie ablso - so I’m still trying to figure out the cpanel part - there is cpanel.net and you purchase cpanel and whm licenses for $425/year. is that it?
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rosgardner reply on April 16, 2008 11:36 am:
Hello Nan,
The good news is that you don’t need to buy cPanel or pay $425/year for licences. The answer to your question about cPanel is below…
Cheers,
Ros
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rosgardner reply on April 16, 2008 11:33 am:
I was in the cPanel interface that is part of the web hosting package that you get with companies like BlueHost.
To get there, you type in the URL:
http://yourdomain.com/cpanel
That URL and the login information will all be part of the welcome letter that you receive from your webhost.
Hope that helps!
Cheers,
Ros
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clarence coggins reply on April 21, 2008 12:27 pm:
Yahoo doesn’t offer cpanel. I tried the link.
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I’ve been posting regularly to PermaKent for a couple of months, commenting on environmental issues with my own perspective. AdSense ads are in place and “I Recommend” Amazon links are there, and until a couple of days ago my posts appeared in Google Alerts. But this hasn’t been a paying proposition by any means so far. Haven’t been using list building yet. I’d really like to get real estate sales, landscaping design, green architecture, and permaculture certification course clients for the back end. Maybe a cost per lead student loan program would work for the course. I have other domain names for video production, book publishing and talk shows. Looking to get something working.
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Justin reply on April 20, 2008 8:17 pm:
Kent,
Adsense is just one small part of affiliate marketing. I have to ask, are you a member of any affiliate networks? I haven’t made any money to date either, but if you are paying for Adwords what good is Adsence. Don’t get me wrong, it has it’s place. First you should focus on your affiliate links though.
Best of Luck,
Justin
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If there is one thing people like to talk and complain about it’s their job. I hope to have a lot of interaction with people on my blog MyDayJobSucksBLOG.com
Looking forward to the class guys.
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rosgardner reply on April 16, 2008 11:37 am:
Hey Gary,
GREAT domain name. I’ll visit and tell folks how my day job DOESN’T suck though.
Cheers,
Ros
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Hi Anik and Rosalind,
Great program you have running here. I already have a blog, my blog is can be found at: http://www.alexandermarlin.com/blog/
I already have many visitors from around the globe visiting, but would like to increase my traffic ten fold. I am would like to increase traffic to my blog and like what you all are offering. I am very much interested in what you have to offer.
It’s all about traffic
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Justin reply on April 20, 2008 8:25 pm:
Hey Alexander,
I visited your site just now. You have certainly learned a lot about website graphics from what I see. Are you looking to make money from your website or just gain visitors? I didn’t notice any associate links and I have to say that you could be making money off the site by monitizing. Wouldn’t it be great to turn a hobby into income? Yeah, I thought so…Anyway, if the tips that Anik and Ros have given us so far are any implication of what is to come then you better be prepared for the course.
Best Wishes,
Justin
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We just started a blog on my site in the last two weeks. I am totally intrigued by this course!
http://www.sunshinerewards.com/videoblog
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Hello,
I’m happy to say I purchased the Super Affilate Handbook and started my blog about 4 days ago. I’m anxiously anticipating the next lesson!
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 6:35 pm:
Hey Tonya,
Woohoo… I think the boys will like YOUR blog…the ladies too. Not to mention fun, that’s a great niche.
Cheers,
Ros
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Hi,
I have tried numerous times to watch the first video and it always stalls out at about 21 seconds. I am on high speed so I am not sure what is going on.
Anyone else having this problem?
Thanks
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 7:02 am:
Hi Scott,
Yes I had a bit of drama with it and what I found eventually worked was closing everything down and trying again and DON’T TOUCH ANYTHING until the page loads. The green bar will start to go across and then the video will start playing. The others ran a bit more smoothly.
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I have had my blog up for quite sometime, but would like to get more traffic
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Scott,
I just tried the video and it seems to be working fine?
Anik Singal
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George (from comment #2),
Yes, all prior members are chartered members!
You’ll get an email about it when the course launches, but for now, TONS to learn in the pre-course so follow along!
Anik Singal
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George reply on April 18, 2008 7:23 pm:
Thanks Anik And Ros
I would like some feedback on these blog stores and what I should do to get traffic to them and make money?
http://www.thebridalcoop.com
http://www.thebabyshowercoop.com
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Here’s my site. I installed wordpress yesterday and I’ve chosen a theme and imported some old posts from a free blog I had into it.
http://www.allaboutkimberly.com
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Here’s my blog http://www.employment-one.com/blog
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Hi, I have installed my blog, what’s next step..?
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This is a blog that I have set up to keep in contact with students of my eBay classes and to provide them with ongoing support. I am hoping to be able to attract other visitors as well. Thus I am looking forward to following along.
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Hi Rosalind & Anik
I just bought your book, it takes me about a year of buying it, but not finished reading it yet! I’m newbie also, still don’t have any website or any blog, but i think i can follow the steps in this pre-course, the problem is the first video always stall out, anything wrong with this
Thank you
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Great idea. Am looking forward to the future videos. Thanks Kaz
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When I click on the link “Here is the post to install your blog” it just takes me back to the video. I still can’t seem to find any information on what web site to go to to start my download of WordPress.
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Thanks for this initiative, It’s about time I broke out of my existing online routines and actually got ‘that blog’ (actually lots of them!) up and running…. will no doubt thank you for this over n over…
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Jewel,
You want to start by getting a domain name - I recommend http://www.Godaddy.com.
Then you will need to get hosting and point that domain to that hosting.
Rosalind recommends - http://www.BlueHost.com
Once you get your hosting set-up, you will get instructions on how to enter your CPANEL. The first screen that Rosalind starts at is the CPANEL - your hosting company will send your instructions for that.
Anik Singal
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good idea - I set this blog up acouple of months ago but haven’t done anything with it since - you are giving me the impetus to get up and go - thanks
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Traffic would be nice can’t wait
just what I need Thanks JOE
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I’ve been reading Rosalind’s book and just started my blog this past week. This is perfect timing for this course. I need all the help I can get.I have a few posts up - take a look.
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Hey Everyone,
Keep posting your Blogs! It’s really fun to see them, I’m already seeing some KEY things missing on many of them that we’ll discuss over the next 14 days and beyond…
Anik
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Hi this is great course. You guys rocks. I will stay tune to every tutorial you guys post. I have been blogging for 6 months and been feeling that I have hit the wall and I will put every tip I get from you guys into action. Do check out my blog if you got the time. Cheers
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This is great. I started my two blogs last month using Rosalind book and I’m ready to go for it. Perfect timing!
You said to post them so … http://www.TheStylishMom.com and http://www.LittleAbbysAdventures.com
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OK, so I’ll be the problem child for all of you….
Was I suppose to already “know” that I was to have a domain name and host site? Somehow, I must have missed that.
I spent quite a bit of time figuring all this out. I finally did get it figured out and I went with Bluehost, but when I got to my Cpanel 11, and I was suppose to click on WordPress 2.5, it didn’t have 2.5 listed. It only has 2.3.3 listed. So now I am stuck on how to download the 2.5 version. I click on download for the 2.5 and it wants to download it to MY hard drive.
I don’t understand how I can be the ONLY one who is having this problem????? I do think it would be very helpful if there was some information that gave instructions on getting a domain name and a host site.
I’m assuming this video is targeted at newbies, yes? And if that is the case, they will not know this information.
The video just was not helpful to me as it left out so many steps. I ended up having to figure out everything on my own but I will say that it at least motivated me to do it although I was expecting it to be much less time consuming.
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Darwin reply on April 20, 2008 1:53 pm:
Jewel,
I ran into the same thing with Blue Host, I wen to their Forums and found out, that for the 2.5 they don’t use Fantastico they use Simple Scripts, which is in Cpanel also.
You need to sign up with Simple Scripts, it’s free and you just have to enter your email and they send you a password, you do all this in Cpanel, hope that helps.
Darwin
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 7:07 am:
Hi Jewel,
OK I had a bit of the same drama and this is what you do.
Download the 2.5 to YOUR hard drive. Then open up the zip file until you have 2.5 folder which is in a window. Copy and paste the folder into one of your folders or your desktop where you can find it. THEN through Cpanel navigate to wp-admin then on your left hand side navigate to the file you just copied. If you’re using filezilla highlight the file and right mouse and upload. This will upload 2.5 to your bluehost. Hope that helped. It worked for me, but yes the videos took a bit of watching to get that clear too, but the info is there. Email me if you want any more
help with the plug ins etc. Cpanel is a bit tricky but FINALLY I’m getting it after watching these videos and I do recommend knowing it.
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Hey Jewel,
I can understand your frustration - we’re just trying to make the course the most powerful for as many people at one time.
If you’re using Fantastico - it really should have the latest Wordpress in there - if not, ask your server company about it. They may be waiting to do an update.
OR, just go ahead and go with the latest version they DO have. As long as you use Fantastico to install it, you can easily upgrade to the latest one when Fantastico adds it on your server (with a few clicks).
Having some problems when you start is GOING to happen, no one can really avoid them - so just keep chugging along and asking questions like you are.
Anik Singal
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Yes, a great project Rosalind and Anik.
Got it going just fine with Blue Host… and then!!
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Super! I have been looking for something like this, a step-by-step, handholding blog instructional. Here is as far as I have gotten with my blog… I am using WordPress, with Semiologic Pro, but still don’t know how to configure and setup the blog for SEO purposes. I really look forward to seeing what your classes have to offer.
Here is my blog: http://www.coolbuild.info
Thanks very much!
Vicky
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Hi, thanks for all this great info! I was wondering about differences between blogger and wp? Is this just personal preference or is there a good reason to use one over the other?
Cheers
Ella
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I have a blog so I’m looking forward to your next video’s.
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Your first video stops about 4 minutes into the video and the does not continue.
In your video you start with an installation page but I have no idea how to get to that installation page on my computer.
Please help: Freechoice
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Hi Guys,
Thanks for the kick in the butt. I have been ‘gunna’ get a blog going!! Well the first post is up at http://www.myelusivelover.com/blog so have a look and I look forward to any critique. Yeah I will even bend for a kick in the butt.
Looking forward to the next lessons.
Pete
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Hi Gang,
Very timely project for me. I was looking for a way to quickly learn more about blogs so that I could use them in teaching and business.
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Like a few others here, I didn’t realise that I had to have a domain name and host yet. I haven’t even come up with a good idea for a site yet. I don’t have anything to sell, so I thought an affiliate site would be the go for now.
I have also had trouble viewing the video; it keeps stalling. However, I’ll perservere and hope that it will eventually fix itself.
In the meantime, I have to go away for 4 days - will I still be able to do the course when I return? And, because I am not in the US it won’t be possible for me to view the live stuff - will there be a video of these for those, like me, who live in another time zone? Many thanks; I look forward to seeing how this will all work.
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Well this is mine. I do need alot of help with it however, and I am hoping this class will help. I need help to make it look more professional, with a custom header, links, etc…
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What a great idea. Sometimes all we need is a little push
Thanks guys you are awesome.
You can check out my Super Freestyle Motocross blog at http://superfreestylemotocross.com/blog/index.php
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I have a blog I am working on now. Starting another to follow your program. Look forward to leaning more about this. current http://fishhuntexplore.com
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I already have a host at SBI. I don’t want to get another host.
No matter what happens as to whether I will be able to join or not because of the aforementioned issue, let me thank both of you for trying to help the newcomers.
Evelyn
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 7:11 am:
Hi Evelyn, I’m an SBI’er as well. One of the advantages of learning the stuff in this course is that it does make it a little more cost friendly and also gives you a bit more design and plug in flexibility than SBI. Don’t get me wrong I LOVE SBI I have four sites through them but this way of blogging is another form of web mastery.
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Thanks Anik and Rosalind.
Great video
Problem is I already have a website up and running and want to add the blog to it. I am hosting with godaddy which as you know does not have cPanel interphase.
Any tips? Apart from the obvious which is to get a new hosting account. I actually like godaddy
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 7:12 am:
You could get a free wordpress blog and point it to your site or yeah, host it through bluehost and have it point to your site at godaddy or vice versa - have your godaddy site point to bludhost. I have both as well and I’m finding bluehost way more flexible