Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts

Friday, 17 May 2013

List of the alternatives to Blogspot and Wordpress & reviews



Blogspot and Wordpress are the most popular free hosting sites in the web.But there are loads more hosting sites which are free and upcoming.So here are some of those sites for you.Check them too you might find them useful.

PROS
Good for visual blogs and posts with minimal text. Good for beginners. Free.

CONSInterface could be much more utilitarian. Limited design controls for semi-experienced bloggers. Light on page elements. Some learning curve (or "getting used to" curve at least). Tiny text field. Unique domain names must be registered with another provider.


BOTTOM LINE
Tumblr, a free blogging platform and hosting service, is a decent place for beginners and microbloggers to get their feet wet and post rapidly, although a too-graphical interface will slow down anyone who's new to the site, and lack of fine controls will frustrate more experienced bloggers.

PROS
Almost no learning curve. Excellent for mobile blogging. Includes options for a paid domain name, right within sign-up process. Great for beginners. Integrates well with social media.

CONSLight on page elements. Can't preview when posting by email. Controls are fairly light or require CSS knowledge?not much in between.


BOTTOM LINE
Posterous, a free blogging platform, is an ideal place for beginners and microbloggers to get their feet wet and post rapidly. Experienced bloggers should stick to some of the more difficult-to-master tools that offer more control.







  • twitter.(if you think about it it's the same format).
PROS
The original microblog with the largest audience. Easy to get started.

CONSSome interface elements unclear, as is the help. No search for posts.

BOTTOM LINE
The first big microblogging/moblogging site, Twitter boasts the largest audience among sites of its ilk. But some of the finer points of its operation, and its help, could stand some improvements in usability.

Xanga originated back in 1999 as a site for sharing book and music reviews. Driven by member preferences, it quickly morphed into a full-scale blog site, but it retains a marvelous ability to share reviews. Just name the song, movie, or book that interests you and Xanga grabs a link to Amazon.com, including a thumbnail of the cover. Xanga aggregates the links into a Top 50 list. Click the xTools button in the Links toolbar to comment on the site you're visiting, or post to your blog via e-mail. The attractive, fully WYSIWYG editor permits easy insertion of smileys, symbols, and links, and it automates the process of uploading and including images. You can try a free Xanga site, then upgrade to get more features and no ads.
It's easy to locate like-minded people among Xanga's 2.5 million users by checking out its blog rings. Members with similar interests can subscribe to one another's blogs (when someone subscribes or unsubscribes, you're notified). Xanga also gives the ability to subscribe without notification, a way to try a blog without risking offending the blogger by unsubscribing. Visitors can comment on your posts or give "eProps" to especially good ones.
    enjoy!

    Monday, 6 May 2013

    Alternatives to Warrior forum



    Even if you are not a blogger forums help  you solve your problems.There are many forums for bloggers which give you help to make your blog grow.


    Why bloggers should use forums

    1. To get new ideas forums are a good place.
    2. To improve your knowledge.
    3. To get traffic.(you can put your blog post links to the tread).
    4. Build relations with other blogs.
    5. Build backlinks.
    So as bloggers you should definitely sign up to a forum for bloggers.www.warriorforum.com is the most popular forum for bloggers.But you should pay to join it.Here are others which are free.
    Try them and learn.I recommend digital point and Wicked fire.They are good.But hey, others are great too. 


    Sunday, 5 May 2013

    CBOX free feedback widget to your your Blog




    is a widget you can easily use in your blog.It's free and also they have it commercially available with some more features.

    To get the widget you have to create an account.then they will give you directions to set up the widget focusing on your blogging platform.

    Also there are four types of widgets

    1. Inline.
    2. Popup link.
    3. Floating button.
    4. Deferred load.
    I've placed my widget in a separate page Contact me!!!. See it, it'll get you an idea. don't forget to comment!!!

    Tuesday, 30 April 2013

    FREE XML templates for your blog

    There are a lot of designers who give their xml templates for free.Here I'm gonna give you some links to the sites which give out free templates.I will list the best sites where you can easily see demos and download the xml file.




    This is a site with a lot of Blogger templates.They are very atttarctive and a beginner blogger can use them to make his/her blog look like a professional blog.








    This site contains blogger and WordPress templates.They are very useful for a beginner blogger to make his blog attractive .





    There are blogger,wordpress and joomla templates to download and use in this site.They are quite admirable.Check them out!






    The templates from this site are so easy to download.Also they have both blogger and wordpress templates with a wide variety.By far this is the best site for me you should clearly give this a try.

    All these sites contain thousands of free blogger, wordpress and joomla templates.They will make your blog look professional.So bloggers use them in your blog and attrack more and more viewers.

    Share and comment if this helped you. Happy blogging!!! :)