Category Archives: Blogging

Finished The 100 Days Of Code Working On WordPress Stuff Now.

So I finished the 100 days of code challenge. I really learned a lot! Feeling really strong with my HTML5 and CSS3 still have a ways to go with my JavaScript knowledge. Still, getting around JavaScript pretty well now.

I decided to spend the next two months working on WordPress and OpenCart stuff. I created a custom theme using a YouTube tutorial. That was a learning experience. I really liked the way the design came out and it is exactly what I wanted for the site.  I wanted a blog section and a photo gallery section and that was exactly what I created.

The Motorcycle Dude

Here is the Youtube video I used to create the WordPress theme.

I’m now experimenting with WordPress CSS styling and I’ll be looking into Elementor for designing WordPress websites.

 

Blogger Blogs and Google Products.

I just don’t know what’s going on with Google lately. More and more I’m moving away from their products. I find G-mail slow and clunky. Drive is useful but somehow I have issues downloading files on there from time to time. Then there’s Blogger! The first platform I started blogging on in early 2000. It’s always been buggy, and at times difficult. You really can’t understand unless you’ve used the product. Pages don’t format properly, images load funny, and you really don’t have a lot of control over the design.

So, I haven’t blogged on Blogger in a while. I’ve been on a weight loss kick and decided to do a blog about ketogenic dieting. My hosting company said I need to upgrade my service plan if I want to host any more blogs.  I really didn’t want to increase my overhead and figured I’d use Blogger for a bit. On top of that, I wanted to put together a blogging portfolio and thought it would be nice to add a couple blogger blogs to it.

OK, great. Blogger is super simple to set up. I register a domain, point it to Blogger and get started. I love the easy setup with Blogger. You pick a theme, choose your color scheme, upload a profile pic and you’re ready to blog! It doesn’t get much easier than that.

You would think after all these years, pages would format easier but you still get the same weird formatting glitches when captioning images and formatting pages. I can deal with that, I know how to get around them most of the time using the HTML editor.  It’s still a pain though!

So I’m starting to question whether or not I want to host the blog on Blogger. This morning I get an idea for a blog post. I only have my phone with me and decide to download the Blogger app to post it from my phone. I install the app, write my blog post, and I can’t get the image to load or the page out of draft mode. Complete frustration sets in! IMHO the Blogger app for Android is useless.

I guess the moral of this post is if you stop by here looking for advice and suggestions on blogging. My advice is, DON’T USE BLOGGER! Yes, it’s free but it just isn’t a good product!

I’m going to continue blogging there against my better judgment. I’ll have another blog to add to my portfolio, and I can always transfer it to a WordPress site down the road. If anything, it will be a good example of what not to do when starting a blog.  Google used to be such a great company, creating great innovative products. I honestly don’t know what’s going on over there.

If you want to check out my weight loss blog on blogger you can find it here:

https://www.my-keto-blog.com/

Here’s a screenshot. There’s not much there now but I’ll be posting regularly and adding to the design as time allows.

screen shot of a keto diet blog.

A simple diet blog about ketogenic dieting created on Blogger.

Getting Away From Google AdSense

I’m trying to De-Google my life. For some reason, I kept having problems with my AdSense showing up on the blog. Considering this is the highest traffic page on the site, that’s kind of important. I’ve been trying to get away from Gmail and google drive and a lot of their other products too. Tonight I had enough with AdSense and began looking for a new advertiser for my sites. I came across a site that offers low payouts and also bitcoin payments. Hopefully, the blog and website get approved, and I’ll post a review on them shortly.  Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Earned A Steemit Blogging Certification on Udemy Last Year.

For the last couple of years, I got really sidetracked with learning about bitcoin and cryptocurrency. For the most part, I put my entire life on hold as I learned the ins and outs of cryptocurrency trading.

I discovered cryptocurrency by accident as I was looking for a payment processing option for New Aeon Design. I pretty much ended up putting this business on hold and went full-time cryptocurrency. I’ll post more about cryptocurrency in a later blog.

I ended up registering bitcoindood.com and began working for cryptocurrency as Bitcoin Dood.

During that time I began blogging on Steemit as The Bitcoin Dood. Steemit is a blogging platform where users get paid in cryptocurrency STEEM for their blogs. My account can be found here:

https://steemit.com/@the-bitcoin-dood/

After playing around on the site for a while I decided to take a course on Udemy. It was just a course that explained a little about STEEM the cryptocurrency and the Steemit blogging platform. It was a fun course to take, and I thought I would share the certificate here.

certificate of completion.

Udemy course certificate of completion on the Steemit blogging platform.

If you’re looking for consultation on blogging or would like some help with your blogging design, feel free to contact me.