Published by Rajat

This weblog has been started to help out potential bloggers by providing them technical assistance in smallest of problems that might occur to them. I am going to think like a novice computer user and extend the requisite help. However, many of you can ask - What is a blog?
A blog is like an online journal
Just like people are used to keeping diaries to record their experiences, their confessions, their wants and desires, or their complaints; a weblog is an online diary, an online journal, where people can keep a record of whatever happened to them. A blog gives you a platform to express yourself, to publish your thoughts, and to make yourself heard.
A blog is like an anonymous online journal
The best part of blogging is, that you can decide to make yourself anonymous. You do not need to tell your name to the world, yet transmit what you think. People out there want to know what you want to say, not who you are. If you want to make some honest confessions, remaining anonymous is your best bet.
A blog is a like a two-way online journal
Your readers too, can express their opinions on your blog. This is achieved by a feature known as Comments. Commenting is provided by almost all blogging services out there, WordPress included. You can receive comments, moderate them (i.e., decide whether you want to display those comments on your blog or not), and even reply to them. You can, if you prefer, entirely turn off comments on your blog.
A blog mostly talks about a specific topic
Blogging started with people writing about their lives on the web. However, the scope of blogs has been widely expanded to include a variety of things. Apart from personal blogs, there are Entertainment Blogs, Political Blogs, Photo Blogs, Travel Blogs, Tech Blogs, Satire Blogs and many other types. Now-a-days, blogs have emerged as a powerful tool to disperse information. Millions of people world over read blogs on a daily basis. Information is now said to be consumed, and blogs are a powerful medium to do that.
Yup. That’s a blog!

P.S.: My next post will talk about Blogging Basics.

Post a comment . Aug 15, 2008
Filed under: Basics, anonymous, blog, comments, information consumption, journal

Published by Rajat

Nah… This is not the usual Hello World post that comes free with a default WordPress installation. This is an unusual Hello World post that I am writing so that you know the purpose of this blog. You know, this is gonna help you guys!
The title is self-explanatory though! WordPress Helper is a blog which will help absolute beginners to blog using WordPress. And when I say absolute beginners, I really mean it!

Why WPHelper?
There are many websites out there who help bloggers blog? Is there really a need of a new blog? The answer is… YES! Recently some of my friends saw me blog, and they wanted to do that too. They asked me how to do that. I told them - go to wordpress.com and get started! You know the worst part? Nobody of them had heard about WordPress at that time. Think of Web Ignorance!
Anyways, I did not say anything to them. All they knew was to create an account at wordpress.com. The rest was either gibberish, or Lorem Ipsum, to them! They used to catch me at anytime to help them sort out problems, or to add something to sidebar, or to know what is RSS, and very simple things like that. And I found out that I was giving the same advice, many times, to different people. So I thought, why not start a blog that deals with such things? Hence, WordPress Helper was born.

What to expect from it?
If you are a beginner in the world of blogging, then follow me - I’ll show you the way!

Let me assure you, more will follow soon.

Post a comment . Aug 06, 2008
Filed under: Extras!