Now that I have a new blog there’s a few things that I gotta do. These things are gonna let me have the most fun blogging. I figured it’d be interesting/fun for you to read what I usually do when I start a blog, mine or someone else’s.
- Download WordPress and install it on server
- Install theme of choice (after scouring hundreds of choices)
- Find plug-ins that I want to use (install & configure)
- Make a Google Analytics account to track traffic
- Debate between the Google Analytics and Google Analyticator plug-in (went with google analyticator b/c of more frequent updates to plug-in)
- Askimet to catch spam commenters
- Install a better discussion engine: either Disqus or IntenseDebate (went with IntenseDebate, better compatibility with theme)
- SEO – Search Engine Optimization plug-ins
- Google XML Sitemaps
- All in One SEO Pack
- Feedburner (to handle RSS feeds) (burned feed)
- Make a Google Analytics account to track traffic
- Modify existing theme to allow for micro-blog style formats (so that I can make little ‘twitter-esque’ updates such as “Listening to new Hot Chip album – digging!”)
- Or figure out a way to slip-stream twitter updates into the blog
Can’t think of anything else right now. I’ll update this post as the ‘to-dos’ become ‘dones’.[update: added more to-dos, crossed out completed tasks]