I got really inspired with my recent research on social media and decided to take my blogging a little seriously. I applied for a Google AdSense account two weeks ago.
When I realized that the WordPress.com TOS prohibits me from putting AdSense codes on this blog, I bought two domain names, signed up at BlueHost, downloaded the CMS from WordPress.org, exported my files and chose a new theme.
Two weeks later, I am back at my WordPress.com address.
I’m extremely frustrated! So much has happened – watched the Josh Groban concert last Wednesday, Glorietta 2 was bombed last Friday (or at least that’s one of the angles investigators are looking at), and Tessa Prieto-Valdes won in Celebrity Duets last Saturday.
There’s so much to blog about but I can’t get into my Admin page! Worse, I had been looking forward to a week of “serious” blogging this week since the hubby’s off to the Tokyo Motor Show.
It all started with a buggy theme called Beautiful Sunrise 1.0. It’s apparently so buggy there are several threads on it in the WordPress.org TechSupport Forum. Well, I finally figured out how to fix it for good– trash the theme “manually”. Unfortunately, for some odd reason, now I can’t access my BlueHost cPanel.
Well, serves me right. I’ve been making one mistake after another in this exercise.
First, I bought a couple of domain names for $30 when I could have gotten them for free if I had immediately signed up with BlueHost instead of buying the domains first from Automattic (the folks that run WordPress.com). Then, I downloaded a theme and implemented it without doing some research first on its compatibility with the latest WordPress version. Lastly, I tinkered with the troubleshooting tips from a forum thread on the buggy theme when I should have checked out the moderator’s response to my own thread. The response – trash the entire folder containing the theme’s files and WordPress reverts back to its default theme.
So, I’m back with WordPress.com until I get technical support from BlueHost, and trash the Beautiful Sunrise theme.
Oh, by the way, I finally got my Google AdSense account today. The irony of it all!
I can look at it as some cosmic cruel joke. But, I prefer to look at it as light at the end of the tunnel.
Hello Edna,
You can change the template to suit your look. Just have someone do your personalized header and upload. You can even have your own icons!
WordPress issues are never-ending. Do not edit blogs online repeatedly because it will keep getting pinged. X amount of pings will have your site banned.
The best bet for driving more traffic to your website would be setting up social bookmarking accounts, link backs and directory submissions. There’s also the keyword anchor text and man these are exciting web2.0 times!
I’m working on a Web2.0 project that’s why I’m ranting about SEO mechanics. I’ll send you an invite as soon as I’m 100% happy with the site and ready for a launch.
Take care!
Sam