Many people today use Wordpress as a ready2Go system. Because Wordpress is so easy to use and because it is a well ranking system on Google or any other search engines, many people prefer it over many other systems.

On this article I will explain how to change your Wordpress theme.
First you need to download a theme you want to use. If you already don’t have one, you can go to the Wordpress website and get one or just Google “Wordpress Themes” and download from a third party website.

After you download the theme you need to extract it from the ZIP file.  Many of you probably know how to do so already.

After these major steps you need to go to your FTP and open your Wordpress directory. In your directory, go to WP-Content folder, and then open the Themes folder. Transfer your files to the Themes folder. After you are done transfering, go to your Wordpress Administration Panel.

In the administration panel go to the Appearance section and click on Themes. After this is very simple, just click on the theme you want to use, it will give lightbox of what your website will look like with that theme, on the top right-hand corner click Activate.

An that is how you change your Wordpress theme.

All you have to do is:
Login to your account.
Go to the Layout tab.
Click “Edit Html”

..and there you go, now you can put in any kind of Html code you want to add to your blog. One of Blogger’s nice compabilities is that you don’t need to know Html coding skills to edit it. You can use their editor and still add Html codes through the editor. The best thing about this is that you can drag and drop things and customize your blog.

There are many reasons for these cause.  Numerous number of websites give away free blog services.  Not only that, it is very easy to create and keep up with it.  You can put any kind of content you want in the blog.

Blogger

Blogger.com is one of the best blog services around.  You can sign up and get your name right away for free in the form of your-blog-name.blogspot.com It has everything you need built in.  You can even email content to your blogger and it will automatically post it for you.

You might be thinking: If I can send email why not just login and write the content on blogger.com?  Well the answer is so simple.  Today’s technology allows you to email from many other systems other than a computer.  You can send an email right from your cellphone and it can be published in your website in seconds.

Blogger.com has very easy to use html editor and content manager.  The widgets it allows you to use is very rich.  Oooops, I almost forgot to mention that Blogger.com is owned by Google, Inc.

Wordpress Blogs

Wordpress.com a legend in my eyes.  You can register for free and have a name either your-blog-name.wordpress.com or you can download the system and setup on your own host and have your web adress your-domain-name.com

There are many templates for this system out there that can be used for anything from photography to house-keeping.

The most important thing about this website is that it is written in PHP coding language and its supported by Google, Inc.  It’s built in SEO system is so great.  You can get better search engine results with this system.

But the best thing about this system is that it is very easy to customize.  You customize anything from your page adresses to your blog right from your admin panel.

These are just the best 2 blog services in my eyes.  There are many, many websites out there that gives free blog services that you can create a blog with.  Click Wordpress or Blogger? Which is Best?  if you can’t decide Blogger or Wordpress to use.

Free Html Templates

Many people look into this one because it’s free “Free” and there is many websites out there that is ready to let you download them for free right this second.

But…. remember that you are not the only one downloading that template.  There is many other people that is looking for free templates aswell.  Imagine that 100s of other people use the same template as you do.  Maybe you won’t have a problem but the search engines and your ranking will.

The search engine robots will see that the 100s of websites out there use the same Html code in their source and have the same grafics with the same codes.

This is not the factor all the time ! ! !  Do not think using these templates will have your website sink at search engines. 

You might think: it doesn’t make sense because millions of people use Wordpress, Joobla, vBulletin ect. and they ahve success.   You might be thinking right, but remember the makers of those systems earn so much money online and have the ability to make those systems so SEO friendly.  An example would be Wordpress.  Don’t ever think those people who allow you to download some basic HTML template worked on those templates for days to make it so compatible with search engines ect.

Paid Html Templates

I really don’t have an idea about these templates because I have never paid and bought one before.  But my thought is that not so many people buy these templates.  They might be so well done in design ect. but I don’t think that they have a difference than free html templates.

So my overall point is that AVOID USING THESE templates.

…and ever if you use them, try editing them so much and make it unique to yourself.

Where can I get free vBulletin forum ?

You can a free vBulletin forum from many websites but the fact is that it’s not an free system.  It is a paid system and you must purchase a license in order to use it.

You can download the system at it’s official website www.vbulletin.com but remember it is not a free system.

How to install vbulletin forum

Installing the vbulletin forum is very easy aswell, just like any other Ready to Go Systems you download the files to your computer.  Extract it with WinZip or WinRar.  Upload it to your host through FTP.

How to use vBulletin

Using vBulleting board is so easy with it’s so well done administration panel.  All you have to do is login to the admin panel and that’s it.  You have paid members, you can give certain priveledges to certain members with a certain post number and how much they are active and so many more.

There is not a lot of reasons why I like SMF forum so much.  It’s just simple, it is easy to install, simple to operate, and have many many functions.  In this article I will explain how to install SMF forum.

• Download the system (FREE)
• Upload using FTP
• Go to your forum adress ex: your-website.com/forum
• Install
• Ready to Use !

So, let’s get started.  Go to simplemachines.com and download the free package you wish to use.  Get the files out of ZIP format (extract).  Now upload them to the directory you want to use.  Many people use either you-domain.com/forum or forum.yourdomain.com — you will need to upload your files using FTP.  Click here to read about FTP.

Now that you have uploaded your files, direct your browser to the directory you uploaded it to.  For example if you have uploaded it to your-domain.com/forum go to your-domain.com/forum. Once you are there, it will automatically instruct you with the setup.  You just have to fill in the places with proper information.

Once your done, you can login to your forum, and start to create categories, forums and sub-forums.  This system is very easy and simple, I prefer it to anyone from beginners to professionals.

What is a Message Board or a Forum ?

A message board is the same as a forum.  It’s used to create a community.  You can also use it as  a support page where visitors can adress their problems and others can reply to their problems.  A Forum is where you can create multiple categories just like Music, Hobbies, Sports ect. and visitors can come to that page, register and basicaly share info.  Now what makes it cool is that other visitors can come and comment on these forums.  If you want an professional definition it’s:

A place to post messages in response to an article or online forum where replies are nested directly under it.

How do you create a Forum ?

I’m going to explain how to create a forum in a very easy simple way.  There is 2 ways how you can create a forum.

1. Register off a 3rd party website where your forum will be hosted for free.
2. Install a forum in your hosting account and have full power over it.

Choice #2 sounds more interesting than choice #1 because “you have full power over it” well that’s not the case like most of the people think.  Managing a forum is not very easy at all, unless you use a ready-to-go-system like VBulletin, SMF, PHPbb ect.

• Create a forum from 3rd party website: makeforum.org uses PHPbb forum to create free forums for you.  It’s 100% free and easy to use. Here is their feature I coppied right from their homepage:
  

  Forum phpBB3

  Completely free

  Unlimited forums, posts & users

  Unlimited storage

  Unlimited bandwidth

  Upload attachments

  210+ Templates

  Custom mods

  All Languages

  Free subdomains (5 domains)

  Upload a custom logo

  Fully customizable

  Search engine friendly

  Fast, reliable and secure

  Full control panel

  Spam free

  Technical support

• Install a forum right in your hosting account:  this is the system I am professioned at.  SMF or Simple machines is the easiest forum to install and use in both Windows server and Linux server!  Yes, they support both and yes I have used in BOTH Linux and Windows server before.  You can download this system at simplemachines.org

 Click here to read how to install SMF Forum

I started with Blogger, but when I started learning about the flexibility WordPress provided, also how it gets good search engine results, I switched over to Wordpress. Now I have couple websites that reiceive over 50 thousand visitors a month.

Blogger is great because it’s super easy to use. However, WordPress has a lot more features and plug-ins that will allow you to enhance your blog.

And even though setting up a WordPress blog is slightly more involved, it’s well worth it in the long run.