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New Cheat Sheets for Blogger and WordPress

We’ve been on a cheat sheet roll this week!  Earlier we announced a new cheat sheet, Getting Started With Facebook, and now to that we can add two new ones: Getting Started With Blogger (opens in PDF) Getting Started With WordPress (opens in PDF) These cheat sheets cover the basics of how to set up a blog on both [...]

Aligning Photos Using Blogger

Are you encountering problems with placing an image exactly where your cursor is when composing a post in Blogger?  Well the problem isn’t with your technique – it has to do with the type of editor you are using in Blogger. Updated Blogger Editor If you find that your images only appear at the top [...]

How To Create A Blogger Post Template

As our genealogy blogging community grows and new bloggers join our ranks, I often receive emails about how to perform certain functions in Blogger.  For the most part, there are already posts here at GeneaBloggers or over at Bootcamp for GeneaBloggers cover these issues. Recently, however, a new blogger asked a “how to” question that [...]

10 Ways To Get More Readers For Your Genealogy Blog (Part 2)

This the second part of a series on 10 Ways to Get More Readers for Your Genealogy Blog. The first part covered planning and designing your site. This part covers how to make people aware of your site and get them to visit it. #6: Hand-Delivered Content You want to provide a way for your [...]

10 Ways To Get More Readers For Your Genealogy Blog (Part 1)

If you have a genealogy blog, you’d probably like to increase your traffic and gain repeat readers. This article will provide key points you need to work through, along with free resources and specific action steps. The article is split into two parts, which are posted separately. This post contains the first part, which is [...]

Planning A Blog Redesign

So you’ve had your genealogy blog up and running for about six months or more and you finally reached the point where you want to make some changes.  The changes could be as drastic as a whole new template or as simple as adding/removing sidebar items. While change is good, change also takes planning and [...]

Renaming Your Blogger-Based Blog

This week I received an email from a fellow genealogy blogger asking for some advice on renaming her blog.  Over the course of several e-mails, I was able to help Nadasue of Into the Light decide on a course of action – you can read more about her dilemma here. In my presentations and classes [...]

Save The State Library of Massachusetts Badge

Thanks to Dick Eastman of  Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and others for alerting me to this issue. If you are not familiar with the issue involving the library and its fate due to budget cuts, read Dick’s post and realize that what was achieved in saving the Michigan State Library can also be achieved in Massachusetts. [...]

Your Blog’s Welcome Mat

How welcoming is your blog? What impression does it make on new visitors? I ask this because on Saturday, October 11, 2009, I will be giving a presentation entitled Become A Genealogy Blog User at the California Genealogical Society and Library in Oakland, CA.  And during this one hour talk, I will be not only [...]

New Blogger Stumbling Points

The other day I found a great post at Mashable discussing common blogging mistakes that businesses make when setting up a blog.  The points discussed could actually apply to any type of blog especially genealogy blogs and should serve as touchstones as to what not to do.  Here are my variations on those same points: [...]