Blogging

Tips, tutorials, and advice for beginners to start and grow their own blog, plus guidance on using blogging as a platform to earn.

  • What are Hex Colours?

    What are Hex Colours?

    Hex colours are made up of six digits and are a way of specifying a particular colour which is defined by its mix of red, green and blue (RGB). Any blogger or website owner needs to know about hex colours. As an example, hex colours look like this: #ffffff (white), #000000 (black) and #8b6875 (purple) […]

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  • 6 Steps to Follow When Going Self-Employed

    6 Steps to Follow When Going Self-Employed

    So you’ve decided to work for yourself. No more micromanaging bosses, early-morning commutes or ridiculous office dramas about who cooked fish in the microwave. You are now your own boss, answering to no one but yourself. Deciding to be self-employed can be a hugely liberating career move. You can set up and run your own […]

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  • How to Create Your Domain Email Address

    Creating Your Hosting Email Address

    Most blog packages come with email accounts depending on the package you have chosen. These are email addresses with your domain. This post shows you how to create your domain email address. My email address for example is hello@suefoster.info This looks much more professional than using hotmail or gmail addresses. The example below shows how […]

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  • How to Legally Protect Your Blog

    How to protect your blog legally

    When starting a blog there are some important pages that you need to create. We’ll go through how to legally protect your blog by adding various essential policies and plugins. You will need to add these three essential legal policies to your blog. A privacy policy, terms and conditions, and a disclaimer. You will also need […]

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  • Where To Get Free Images For Your Blog

    Where To Get Free Images For Your Blog

    If you’re new to blogging, you may not know that you can’t just take any old image from the web to use on your website, this is classed as image theft and it can get you into a lot of trouble. If you don’t want to pay out for images check out my suggestions on […]

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  • What is a Plugin in WordPress?

    What is a WordPress Plugin?

    New to WordPress and not sure what a plugin is? In this post, we’ll cover what plugins do and show you how to add them to your blog. What is a Plugin? A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. Plugins can extend […]

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  • Why You Should Use WordPress

    Why You Should Use WordPress

    I always advise getting a self-hosted WordPress website, this is not to be confused with WordPress.com. I am referring to the self-hosted WordPress from WordPress.org, which is open-source software that you install on your domain. Why Is WordPress Better Than A Free Blogging Platform? WordPress is much better than using a free blogging platform like […]

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