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Do you get hacked off logging in an out of different google accounts to check your analytics?

19 March 2013 7 comments

The Problem When I first started this blog I added it to a Google account that I had created using my hotmail account. Then I set up a gmail account for Mediocre Mum. I found that I was forever having to switch between the two and I hate a faff. The easiest thing to do, [...]

Introducing My New Slow Cooker Blog

10 March 2013 0 comments

I finally decided to take the plunge and start a new blog just for my slow cooker recipes. I was very conscious that I may be confusing my readers. Those who subscribed just for recipes may not be interested in my parenting antics and those who were coming to laugh at my parenting ability (or [...]

2012 Wasn’t That Bad Really

31 December 2012 3 comments

I was speaking with someone recently, who didn’t have the best start to the year. She then said to me you haven’t had the best year either and if I stop and think about it, it wasn’t the best year but I’m not the kind of person to dwell on it. We’ve had a few [...]

299 Steps to Blogging Heaven by Nikki Pilkington

3 August 2011 6 comments

One of the only good things that came out of the Social Media Course fiasco was crossing paths with the lovely and talented Nikki Pilkington, who’s been helping businesses promote their websites since 1994 and really knows her stuff. She doesn’t like to call herself a Social Media Marketing Expert but I have to say she’s [...]

Wordle

21 May 2011 1 comment

Just been analysing my blog using Wordle: I found it interesting.

Backing Up Your WordPress Blog for Beginners!

5 October 2010 2 comments

To make a long story short, I recently found a FATAL error in my CSS on my blog, I’d accidentally wondered in there by mistake. However, before I could have a go at fixing it I had to take a back up of my blog, as there was a very good chance I’d ruin something, [...]

My Journey from WordPress.com to WordPress.org

13 March 2010 1 comment

I’m still not 100% sure why I’ve moved my blog from WordPress.com to WordPress.org but apparently I’ll have more control, flexibility and if I decide to go down the route of monetising it it’s better to self host as WordPress.com doesn’t allow advertising. Do bear in mind that I’m not a techie geek so if [...]

Exporting Your Blog

13 March 2010 4 comments

Now that you have a domain name and some server space you can start importing your posts. For the most part this was fairly straight forward. This is assuming that you have already installed WordPress.org. If not, click on the link for a couple of options for doing this. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEIapqCIpDA Exporting the posts from wordpress.com [...]

My First Post

11 April 2009 6 comments

This is my first post. For more info about me you can check out my ‘About’ page. There are a couple of reasons that I’ve decided to start blogging. The first is professional, I’m an ICT Consultant and Trainer and with the introduction of Web 2.0 (Social Networking, Wikis and Podcasting) into the UK [...]