1) Optimize and compress your images. Large, uncompressed images can so easily double, triple, or quadruple your site loading time. A 1MB-sized site could become 4MB with just a few uncompressed images. Yikes! Resize images down to the size you actually need. You don’t need […]
If you’re moving from Blogger to WordPress or just considering changing hosts, it’s important to carefully consider your host before choosing. Web hosts are generally split into two categories. There are a lot more than two categories if you want to get super specific, but […]
I was going to write this post like 6 months ago when I moved from shared hosting to a dedicated server, but I never posted it because I was afraid no one would be interested. But then on Twitter, April from Good Books and Good […]
I’ve been thinking about offering an affordable web hosting service for book bloggers, specifically those who are looking to move from Blogger to WordPress. This would be a massive commitment and responsibility, so I wanted to find out if there was interest in this before […]
If you’re in the market for a web host (like if you’re moving to WordPress), you may want to listen up because this post is for you! One of the things that intimidates me about shopping for webhosts is the technical stats. What is disk […]
The Blogger to WordPress mass migration is in full swing, and I’m going to answer a question from Meredith about the move! This will cover various different aspects such as which web host to choose, how to move your content over, and whether or not […]
If you’ve been on Twitter or around the Blogosphere at all, you may have noticed that everyone is moving to WordPress! Google went on a massive “blog deleting” rampage where they decided to mark innocent book blogs as “spam” and delete them. Now most of […]
We have a great question about WordPress this week! I always love another opportunity to gush about how amazing WordPress is, hehe. ^_^ Is WordPress worth the costs? I’m torn between Blogger and WordPress. I’m aware that WordPress is the best, but it is insanely […]
You’re about to start formatting a book review post on your blog and you need an image of the book’s cover. You hop on over to Goodreads, find the image, get the link, and add the image to your blog using that link. Today I’m […]
Last week I ran a web host survey to gather feedback on various web hosts. My goal was to compile information so that people moving to a self-hosted blog would be able to choose the best web host possible. I’m really happy to present the […]