WordPress.com Storage Limit

After surviving the labyrinth of information about blogger’s storage limit, it is a relief to report on WordPress.com’s limits. Simply put, those using wordpress.com have 3GB to store their photo files on their site. Pretty straight forward. To see how much storage you have used, go to your dashboard — click Media — Library. Your current usage and percentage will be listed at the...

Never Run Out of Storage on Blogger

Warning: If you are not using Blogger, do not read this post. It contains information you really don’t want to know. Trust me on this. After Val asked me what to do about running out of storage on her blogger blog, I made some discoveries while looking into the issue. File Size Matters Blogger gives 1 gigabyte storage on their free blogs. Most people get into trouble using up the allotted space because of the large...

Blogger’s Storage Limit

Reaching Your Storage Limit Val asked me about what she should do about reaching her image storage limit in blogger. For those of you already out of space, I suggest you create an account in Photobucket. This is where you’ll store your photos and link to them from your blog site. After your pictures are uploaded to photobucket, hover over the selected photo and click on “direct link”. This automatically...

Free Blog Planner

Organize Post Ideas If you’ve been looking for a way to organize or schedule ideas for blog posts, this planner and calendar is for you. It is intended for people who blog as part of their business. But any blogger (newbie or professional) will find it useful. Since we aren’t all organized blogging divas like Janice Person, this blog planner is all laid out for us. 1. Schedule Posts: Instead of having a list of...

How to Change Your Website’s Theme

Continuing on Building a Website for Your Ag Business Previously we discussed why farmers should have a web presence then which setting and pages to start with. Today we’ll see how to Change Your Website’s Theme If you want, you can go with the default theme. It will work fine. In the tutorial I choose a theme that doesn’t have a header picture. That is a personal preference. I like my sites to be...

Get Your Post Noticed on Facebook

Facebook doesn’t play nice. Have you noticed this? Sometime this year they started edge rank on Fan Pages, which really sucks. Basically it is a popularity contest. The more likes, comments and shares you get from fans the more you will show up in follower’s timelines. Here is a quick tip to get your post noticed more. Facebook ranks images higher than just text. And people notice a full image more than just a...

Watching History Pass You By

I am in total disbelief with myself. And I am not being overly dramatic. This whole summer I had not thought about blogging about the drought. You might not know but the events of the harvest of 2009 made it crystal clear to me why blogging is so important to farmers. It is the written proof of our farm heritage we pass on to future generations. I could use the excuse that my blog and farm website were being professionally...

Social Media Best Practices at a Glance

Guide: Social Media Posting When I first read this infographic from TopNonProfits, I thought it had some good practical info. It serves as a reminder to those who are long-in-the-tooth in social media as well as newbies. So I tweeted it out and sent it to my renowned Infographics Pinterest Board. A few people thanked me for posting it and a few others repinned it. Then I thought that some of my readers could benefit from...

2 very helpful links

Nothing In Common But So What Coming across these two links, I knew the information would be helpful to you. Here’s why: This first link is what I would consider the definitive post on the different type of links. The article goes so much further than my series on links. Tom Schmitz also answers some questions that readers have asked about link ups and directory links. He tells you which ones to avoid and which to...

Add Pop to Your Post

I would have to say just about every post requires an image of some sort. People are visual. An all text post is very difficult to attract and hold readers’ attentions. Farm blogs should naturally show off photos of the owner’s surroundings. But sometimes a blogger just doesn’t have the shot that would work with a post. So where does a blogger go to find an image. Look no further, farm friend. This link will...