The Older Geek

Several of you have mentioned either moving to your own self-hosted WordPress blogs or transferring your old Blogger blogs to a WordPress blog. Others of you have asked me how I make money online. I thought I would address both of these questions because they are related. One of the main ways I earn my [...]

I had assumed that my name and home address and other identifying information was properly shielded with domain privacy protection. Boy, was I wrong. When I looked up a few of my domain names, I saw not only my name and home address, but my personal email and telephone number! Needless to say, after I [...]

This is Part 4 in the How Do I Get a Blog? series. You’ve bought a domain name, a web host, you’ve inspected the cPanel. Now it’s time to take the next step– How To Issue Name Servers for Your Domain. Remember, your domain name is separate from your hosting account. You purchase your domain [...]

This is the first lesson in a series of posts on how to make your own blog. This series is going to be about how to start a new blog from scratch. If you currently have a blog on Blogger, and want to move your Blogger blog onto your own self-hosted blog, I will be [...]