Just thought I’d do a quick post to explain why the blog looks a little odd.

I’m currently writing a guide for writers who’ve come to worpdress and are a little unsure about it. Talking about wordpress gets quite difficult when they keep changing it and obviously everyone will be doing different things with it too. So, for the sake of simplicity, I’ll be sticking to the Twenty Twelve them throughout my book. That being the case, I have changed this blog to Twenty Twelve. It used to run on the Mystique theme which not only looks different but comes with its own widgets.

As you can see, changing themes has altered the look of this blog and so now it looks a little odd.But don’t worry, all the content is still there, what there is of it, so you can still browse away.

And that’s why it looks it weird.

Enjoy

Why WordPress?

If you’ve decided that having your own blog would be a good idea then your next decision is to choose a blogging platform.

You might go for the old favourite, Blogger or the funky fresh new kid, Tumblr. Or how about something like Posterous, allowing you to blog entirely via email?

They each have something to offer and they’re by no means the only choices,although they are the most well known. We’ll look at them all over the coming weeks, but I’m going to kick things off with a look at my personal favourite, the mighty wordpress.

What do I get out of blogging?

Well, it gives me a place to lay out my methods which I hope will be of use to other writers. I can rant about some of the crap advice I’ve been given. I can post samples of my fiction. I can ask the opinion of other writers before getting too bogged down in a new project. Or I can just show off to an audience, something I never had the chance to do before the internet.

Do I Need A Blog?

If you’ve been trawling the web, for any amount of time, you’ll have noticed that there are lots and lots of blogs. Everyone and his cat (literally) seems to have one. Do they need to have one? Probably not, but why spoil the fun?

Blogging is a great way to build a presence on the web, but only you can decide whether you actually need one. In trying to decide, you’ll probably ask yourself a number of questions and I’m going to guess that somewhere near the top of that list will be:

Custom Menus

WordPress has recently introduced Custom menus to its list of fun things for your blog. I’ve installed one here. You might be thinking that it looks just like any other navigation menu, but you’d be wrong. It’s a really clever and really useful bit of kit.