Finally i started blogging......

[gary4gar]

Hi,
I finally started blogging.
*need feedback on content,layout & theme
*howto track no. of visitors, tried Google analytics. i installed tracking code but after 3days there is no data
* should i install adsense code?
* any must-have widget i should install

Blog url:Gaurish Sharma Live



[edit]
Moved to a new address www.GaurishSharma.com

[Pathik]

Get WP.

[Charan]

Subscribed to RSS feeds .

[Faun]

how do i comment, there is no option for independent websites ?

[shift]

how to track number of visitors = http://www.clustrmaps.com/

[iMav]

Originally Posted by T159

there is no option for independent websites ?

+1, why?

[victor_rambo]

Can you please look in the header image?

Also I think you need some other theme!

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by T159

how do i comment, there is no option for independent websites ?

Thats blogger!
you have use your Google Account,word press account,type pad account.

Originally Posted by shift

how to track number of visitors = http://www.clustrmaps.com/

Thanks, editing it now

[iMav]

Originally Posted by gary4gar

Thats blogger!
you have use your Google Account,word press account,type pad account.

No. You can enable commentors to add their own name & website link. Check goobi's blog.

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by rohan_shenoy

Can you please look in the header image?

Also I think you need some other theme!

Please suggest something

Originally Posted by iMav

No. You can enable commentors to add their own name & website link. Check goobi's blog.

if i enable that, then Anonymous users also get enabled :S

[iMav]

Originally Posted by gary4gar

if i enable that, then Anonymous users also get enabled :S

Would be better for your blog if you enable it Use captchas if you want, but not allowing people to use their names and most importantly link their blogs will only be a turn off.

Well that's just my opinion.

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by iMav

Would be better for your blog if you enable it Use captchas if you want, but not allowing people to use their names and most importantly link their blogs will only be a turn off.

Well that's just my opinion.

I would leave it enabled as a experiment and see if i get any spam.

changed the theme
how does it look now?

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

areey even this 15 year old still in school kid has a website

http://www.hullap.com

[dheeraj_kumar]

I saw a three month baby's website. Well, her father maintains it, but hey, its still the baby's website!

[victor_rambo]

^I will make a website for my baby, his baby, his baby and all my futrure generations. Will that beat it?

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

well what i meant to say is
gary should buy a domain name and host.

they sell soo cheap these days.

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by a_k_s_h_a_y

well what i meant to say is
gary should buy a domain name and host.

they sell soo cheap these days.

hmm,
money does not matter, but the main concern is to setup & maintain such a site.

so, once i get hooked on to blogging then i would buy a domain and use blogger hosting only. i think blogger has support for custom domain.

waise what the best place to buy a domain?

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

Well actually it will be better to start of with domain.

Later you will have real problems to change domain name.
Your traffic will drop. All effort put in xyz.blogspot.com will be a big waste of resources.

You will have to start the SEO and Linking and other stuff fresh.

[gary4gar]

Well, actually if i move to a custom domain, then blogger will redirect all current traffic from xyz.blogspot.com to custom.com

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

hmmmm they then good.
no problems.

but blogger platform as is not really powerful as wordpress.

but later after the domain and redirect everything is settled you can shift to wordpress.

[praka123]

does blogger /wp got any limit in content size?
congrats gaury

[gary4gar]

@praka
You always change my name, but i don't mind it

[gary4gar]

Changed the theme to a more techie & professional looking

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by a_k_s_h_a_y

hmmmm they then good.
no problems.

but blogger platform as is not really powerful as wordpress.

but later after the domain and redirect everything is settled you can shift to wordpress.

completely WRONG comparison. Blogger is a FREE service on the internet, and the BEST free blogging software there is. WordPress is free only in wordpress.com, which is waaaay too featureless compared to Blogger. The thing you must be comparing is paid wordpress, where you need to BUY hosting, BUY a domain name, etc.

There is NO way you can compare the two. One is a free limited service, the other is a service you must run YOURSELF. Obviously wordpress is better, but all this comes at a cost (pun intended).

[iMav]

The theme definitely looks a LOT better.

[gary4gar]

wonder why images are not aligning properly after theme change

anyone?

[MetalheadGautham]

Where did you get your theme ? I am finding it HELL to look for new themes.

And I am glad to see that you used my search idea for making categories

[Faun]

@Gary
usr align="center" in image tag

lol...but theme is certainly better

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

Where did you get your theme ? I am finding it HELL to look for new themes.

And I am glad to see that you used my search idea for making categories

I got my theme from http://www.eblogtemplates.com/passion-duo-blue-blogger/

And I am glad to see that you used my search idea for making categories

buddy, what was your idea?
i have now clue now, what i am doing

@Gary
usr align="center" in image tag

what should i use to fix it?

[Faun]

go to html view while editing

then
search for tags starting with img
e.g
<img src="http://somethin.om/pic.jpg">

just add a align="center"
e.g
<img src="http://somethin.om/pic.jpg" align="center">

other values of align can be "right" or "left"

see if that helps