Tag Archives: wordpress

7 New year’s resolutions to make your blog more user-friendly

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Sue Vincent

You’ve done all the celebrating, the world is slowly getting back to normal and the Easter eggs are already crowding the shelves of the supermarket (yes, really). Many New Year’s resolutions have already been broken, slightly bent or put off … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, writing | Tagged new year's resolutions, quick fix for blog, wordpress | 116 Comments

A writer’s rant

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Dear WordPress, Yes, it’s me again. Well, what did you expect? Reindeer? First, let me thank you for providing what is, in my humble opinion, the best blogging platform out there with what has to be the best blogging community … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Books, writing | Tagged authors, community, Indies, modernisation, PC vs mobile, upgrades, wordpress, writers | 157 Comments

The dog-eared blogger

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Sue Vincent

I remember starting blogging and looking with absolute awe at those bloggers who had followers. Any followers. Those who had followers numbering into the impossible realms of four figures must, I thought, be famous people… writers, artists, social commentators. Or, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Books, Dogs, writing | Tagged Indie, milestones, publishing, stats, wordpress | 57 Comments

Engineered happiness?

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Sue Vincent

I knew they were up to something… all those missing notifications and strange occurrences were nothing to do with Halloween at all. They were happily engineering … an update. So the new, all singing, all dancing WordPress editor has now … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, writing | Tagged editor, updates, wordpress | 43 Comments

It’s gone quiet again…

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Sue Vincent

According to the number of notifications not currently stuffing my inbox to the brim as I would usually expect, I have to assume that either a) everyone has emigrated off-planet in case the calculations about the asteroid are wrong, b) … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging | Tagged wordpress | 78 Comments

Disgruntled

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Dear Happiness Engineers, You’ve done it again, haven’t you? Everything stops functioning properly, then suddenly the options we once had… and are used to… disappear. Only to be replaced by yet another ‘mobile friendly’ option that is proudly announced and … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, writing | Tagged changes, happiness engineeers, mobile friendly webiste, rant, wordpress | 110 Comments

Take two…the accidental blogger

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Sue Vincent

“Why do you blog?” “Why did you start blogging?” Those are questions frequently asked; they cropped up a good few times at the Bloggers Bash recently and are often asked in interviews. For me the answers are simple… I started … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Books, Dogs, Don and Wen, Friendship, Nick Verron, Steve Tanham, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Initiate, The Silent Eye, writing | Tagged accidents, blog award, stats, wordpress | 59 Comments

Bloggers… do you know what you are?

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Dear bloggers, I woke up this morning to find comments, reblogs, innumerable Tweets , retweets and shares of all kinds from my post about Nick’s participation in the triathlon and his Indiegogo campaign for the acquired brain injury charity he … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Motherhood, Nick Verron | Tagged bloggers, campaign, indiegogo, wordpress | 38 Comments

Note from the small dog… on the annual review…

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Crunchy? There I was thinking it was bones… but no, she’s just had the annual WordPress review. You can have a look if you like. It makes you blink a bit… I mean, Sydney Opera House is all very well, … Continue reading →