Writing and Research

Wordpress

A couple of months ago I finally got a proper domain name - the url has a deliberate spelling mistake as I particularly wanted it to be http://squidincwritngandresearch.com but in order to get it I had to leave off the i between the t and the n. You might think that it was all plain sailing after that. You'd be wrong. Trying to work out the intricacies of both cpanel and wordpress have proved too much for me on more than one occasion - but today, I cracked it. Woohoo.

Adsense Ready

I picked a theme that was adsense ready thinking that it would be easier - don't be fooled. In my naivety I didn't think that the reason the ads were showing up on my blog was because the Adsense system had the theme author's code in it.  However, I have now changed all that and added some adbrite adds for good measure.

The Latest Evil

My  doctoral thesis covered feminism, domestic violence and theology; which is probably why I sometimes think in theological terms like good and evil. I have to tell you that plugins are an instrument of torture designed by Wordpress to trap poor, unsuspecting, only slightly web savvy, writers like me. Be warned! Plugins should not be taken lightly. Once I got the hang of them I fell into the usual trap of adding one thing after another - result - I have been sat over my laptop all day playing with my Wordpress site.

My plan for tomorrow is not to interact with wordpress and their plugins in the hope that I will catch up on all the lost writing time of today. Just thought I would share my Wordpress woes, what are yours?

P.S. If you are totally web savvy then please treat this post as you would the ramblings of an unhinged mind - we can't all be web entrepreneurs.