Comments on: Yeah, There's a Plugin for That

By: Health Blog Helper

Health Blog Helper — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:14:11 +0000

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By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:08:22 +0000

I must say I love this site. Great information for someone like me who is looking to start a blog on health and fitness. I've no clue, but after reading your posts I feel much more confident to give it a try.

Great job!

By: NoMeatAthlete

NoMeatAthlete — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:43:37 +0000

Hey Emily, with themes I think the most important thing is probably just finding one that allows you do everything you envision. So think about whether you want 1 or 2 sidebars, the new magazine-type layout, good spots for ads. I think even more important is that it's very customizable and with good support, like check out the theme creator's website and see if there are help documents or anything. Some themes are "SEO-optimized." I really don't know what this entails, but I made sure that I picked one that was. Also with SEO, I've heard that having content (rather than a sidebars) on the left of the page is important because search engines read from left to right, and it's better for them to see varying content than the same sidebar. But from looking at the source code for different pages, I don't know if this is true or not.

Switching from one theme to another doesn't seem hard. You can do it entirely from the WordPress dashboard. You can actually download a bunch, and then just change from one to another within the dashboard. As long as you haven't edited your code too much, switching shouldn't be much of a problem.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:12:12 +0000

Matt–

Any thoughts/suggestions/help you can give regarding choosing a theme for a WordPress blog and how that all works? I'm a little overwhelmed by just the free options and figuring out if they'll work for me. Also, how much work is it to switch themes if you don't like the one you pick?

Thanks!
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By: Hanlie

Hanlie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:19:26 +0000

I have a few of these, but some of the others sound really interesting and I will definitely get them! Thanks!
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By: Dana (www.eatsleepgetfit.com)

Dana (www.eatsleepgetfit.com) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:16:18 +0000

Hi, I found your blog through Caitlin and I enjoy reading your posts. I'm a beginner blogger even though I have been blogging for about 9 months now. I use Blogger but I had recently purchased my own domain or I guess my own website name. How easy is it for me to switch to WordPress? I have read your other posts on switching but I was wondering if I switch if I would lose all my followers. If you have any advice I would greatly appreciate it you can email me at eatsleepgetfit[at]gmail.com

Thanks
Dana
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