My hero, Darren, at Problogger is asking bloggers what they would do differently if they started their blogs from the beginning. So, do you have an extra three hours? Seriously, it's not that bad. In fact, there's not much I'd do differently (maybe you think differently -- if so, leave your thoughts in the comments below). ;-) But there is one change I know I'd make:
I wouldn't use Typepad as my blogging platform. When I started, I knew nothing about blogging. So Typepad, as a hosted service with an easy interface, was a great alternative. However, now that this blog has grown and I've learned a TON about the do's and don'ts of blogging, I want to do several things with this blog that just can't be done easily in Typepad. Yet I have almost 2,500 posts, so switching would be hard. (But maybe not impossible.)
BTW, I do like the people at Typepad, and if they'd just add a few more pieces of functionality, I'd be as happy as a clam.
So now, you tell me -- what else should I have done differently? Maybe you have some ideas I could implement that would make Free Money Finance better. If so, I'm all ears.
I would use wordpress (http://www.wordpress.org). It is an excellent system with an active developer community. They may even have scripts to import TypePad data.
Posted by: Duane Gran | July 26, 2006 at 08:29 AM
I will second the vote for Wordpress - I love it. Great post - we did this project as well - http://lilduckduck.com/archive/187
Posted by: MamaDuck | July 27, 2006 at 08:31 PM
Third vote for WordPress. It does everything I could possibly want as seamlessly as can be.
Posted by: Trent | November 29, 2006 at 02:41 PM