Well it's been a long time, but I finally have a blog site up again. I'm now using DasBlog. I was a bit frustrated trying to get it setup until I found this post at The Renegade Diaries. I enjoy the relatively inexpensive cost of hosting at 1and1.com, but am sometimes limited by their settings and limited amount of control I have. At some point I'd like to use a host with more control, but not until I have established this site for a bit. Here is my list of things I'd like to do with this site. I'm recording it here, so at some point in the future, I can refer back to it to see if I accomplished any of these.
- Get a better theme I'm currently using the "Business" theme that comes with DasBlog, but I'd like to make it more my own. With custom side blocks and more information.
- Explain the title.
Add a tag cloud.
- Post regularly. Starting out with a once a week goal, then get more prolific and post 3-4 times a week. Not sure if I'll ever be a once-a-day poster, but we'll see.
- Promote my blog. It doesn't do much good to blog if no one reads it. Although, it is a good place to journal, I'd like to make this a useful site with information useful to more than just me.
- Build a list of respected fellow blogger's.
- Earn a little money through the site. This will give me some motivation to continue as well as some extra toys I can play with.
- Add older archive posts. Believe it or not I tried this before, using some PHP code (postNuke now called zikula - boy I've lost touch with that one)
- Post an about me page.
- Continue to keep this list up to date.
Ah. The dreams of a geek with a new toy. Let's see how well they come to realization.
Enjoy the day!