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Monthly Archives: April 2014

Backstage at the Blog: Z is for Zero

Zero is what I started this blog with. In fact, it’s what we all started with. Zero words. Zero posts. Zero views. Zero followers. Honestly, I pretty much stumbled into […]

April 30, 2014 Kirsten43 Comments

Backstage at the Blog: Y is for YouTube

  I’m a bit compulsive about my playlists, and I love to share them. But for a while I was stumped about how to do that without forcing my followers […]

April 29, 2014 Kirsten20 Comments

Backstage at the Blog: X is for .xml

XML stands for Extensible Markup Language, and is the default format for many office productivity tools. What does that have to do with WordPress, and my blog? .xml is the […]

April 28, 2014 Kirsten27 Comments

Backstage at the Blog: W is for Widget

I don’t think I’ve ever met a widget I didn’t like. These amazing mini applications do everything from display my mounting word count to help visitors find other members of […]

April 26, 2014 Kirsten15 Comments

Backstage at the Blog: V is for Visit

Sometimes hopping onto the worldwide web feels like the world’s biggest cocktail party, with the only exception being that  I can attend wearing my fuzzy slippers! I can choose from […]

April 25, 2014 Kirsten15 Comments

Backstage at the Blog: U is for Unsubscribe

Just when things were getting all warm and fuzzy … But sometimes as they say, “It’s not you, it’s me,” and it’s time to sever my ties with a blog […]

April 24, 2014 Kirsten24 Comments

Backstage at the Blog: T is for Theme

I was lucky when I met my WordPress theme. From the very first post, when I slapped a silly image on the screen and wrote my tentative words, the Vigilance […]

April 23, 2014 Kirsten22 Comments

Backstage at the Blog: S is for Statistics

Is there anybody out there?! My WordPress statistics will tell me. Not that I spend much time analyzing these kinds of numbers. Maybe it’s just me, but a heartfelt comment […]

April 22, 2014 Kirsten30 Comments

Backstage at the Blog: R is for Reader

What’s the first screen that comes up when I type the WordPress address into my browser? Not my blog. Not Freshly Pressed. Certainly not the Stats page. It’s the Reader. […]

April 21, 2014 Kirsten18 Comments

Backstage at the Blog: Q is for Quote

I’ve always considered it good manners to be very clear when the words I’m posting belong to someone else–even when the words are my own, but belong in a story […]

April 19, 2014 Kirsten18 Comments

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