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JeffreyVB
2nd of June 2009 (Tue), 23:13
Any blogsite recommendations? Any to stay away from? Wordpress? Blogspot? Blog.com? Looking to start out simple, will be mostly text based with photos scattered through out.
nham
2nd of June 2009 (Tue), 23:29
Try http://www.prophotoblogs.com/

Love them
JeffreyVB
2nd of June 2009 (Tue), 23:35
Try http://www.prophotoblogs.com/

Love them

Didn't know about that one. I'll defiantely check it out.
Moppie
2nd of June 2009 (Tue), 23:36
Lots of great themes available for Wordpress.

And, if you try one and don't like it you can change it with out upsetting your website.
Hikin Mike
3rd of June 2009 (Wed), 00:16
Wordpress :D

I customized my blog to match my website. :cool:
Thalagyrt
3rd of June 2009 (Wed), 01:04
Try http://www.prophotoblogs.com/

Love them

So basically pricey themes for Wordpress. ;)
hypertech
3rd of June 2009 (Wed), 11:04
Wordpress is pretty easy to install and use.

Are you hosting it yourself? For a business related blog, I would.
Billo78
3rd of June 2009 (Wed), 11:34
I use blogspot and it's been fine, nice and easy to use, a good number of theme options, linked to my google account so no need to set up another profile. You can check it out at www.simonbills.com if you want to see how it looks.

I'd recommend using a good number of your photos in a blog, I recently saw a wedding photographer's blog and there wasn't a single photo in the last 10 entries, certainly wouldn't make me want to book them.
mattograph
3rd of June 2009 (Wed), 12:25
Can a blog be your primary site effectively, do you think?
JeffreyVB
3rd of June 2009 (Wed), 21:12
Thanks for the tips guys. This would pretty much be a personal blog, that would be host by the blog site, and not myself.
cosworth
3rd of June 2009 (Wed), 21:19
I use wordpress for my blog (see sig). Although I don't use it there is a GREAT free app for the iphone that allows you to post right to your blog from your phone.
JDubya
19th of June 2009 (Fri), 11:59
Can a blog be your primary site effectively, do you think?

If i'm interpreting your question correctly, yes. I'm using WordPress as a CMS (content management system) and the 'blog' is only one page of my site, the others being: landing, photos, about/contact. This was my first foray into web design but it's not hard to get the hang of.
mattograph
19th of June 2009 (Fri), 12:30
If i'm interpreting your question correctly, yes. I'm using WordPress as a CMS (content management system) and the 'blog' is only one page of my site, the others being: landing, photos, about/contact. This was my first foray into web design but it's not hard to get the hang of.

Could you share your site with me?