Choosing a WordPress Theme

WordPress WordPress is the most popular blogging platform on the internet today which allows you to change the look of your blog in a jiffy using numerous themes designed by various designers. When you choose a theme as per the colour scheme and design you have in mind, also ensure that the theme offers you newer features and integration with various blogging related services.

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This post was written by Nikhil Pai on November 15, 2008

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Blog Offline with Windows Live Writer

The most popular blogging platforms like Blogger and Wordpress use a dashboard that includes a online blog editor, but it’s slow and hard to work with. A much better alternative is to use desktop clients such as Windows Live Writer to blog offline in the same manner as you use Outlook to compose emails offline.

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This post was written by Nikhil Pai on September 19, 2008

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Blogger vs Wordpress: Blogging Tool Comparison

You have decided to start a new hobby or career in blogging and cannot decide which blogging tool to use. Your most likely options are Blogger and Wordpress. So which one do you go with.

If you are absolutely new to blogging and do not have your own domain and webspace, select Blogger. However if you are a slightly advanced blogger and have your own domain and webspace, select Wordpress. Wordpress comes in 2 versions: one is the basic version wordpress.com while the more advanced version which you can install on your own webhost can be downloaded from wordpress.org. The version I am recommending for advanced users is the downloadable version from wordpress.org

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This post was written by Nikhil Pai on May 11, 2008

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