<waves> HELP ME!

[ShirleyKnot]

Right.

I have decided to start a blog (on party ideas/bad parties/being a lazy partier) kind of thing.

I am HOPELESS. I've started a TUMBLR blog here and it looks shit, and I can't work out how to make it look not shit. Also - I want to be able to put pics up and then text:

For example:

Title: Pirate Party
PHOTO
Text underneath
Photo.
Text

Etc etc.

BUT ARRRGH

Help me bloggers! am I better off on wordpress or summat (also, talk me through wordpress I am totally new to blogging, but think I could enjoy it)

[MmeLindor.]

I haven't investigated Tumblr so cannot say what is better but recently changed from Blogger to Wordpress and prefer it there.

You can change themes, where you put your photos etc.

[MmeLindor.]

oh, and wahahahahahaha at your blog so far.

[ShirleyKnot]

Also. I WANT TO KILL THE BLOGIVERSE.

Fuck me this is hard.

Thank You MmeLindor but I swear to CHRIST, I am going to HURT someone.

All I want is be able to do

(probably shit)

Text - detailing general shitness



Text detailing why they are crying (usually my utter Hitleresque rules)



text

I AM GOING TO HURT SOMEONE

[MmeLindor.]

Are you still alive?

Is your family still alive?

Use Wordpress or Blogger. They are both good. Honest

[Tee2072]

Don't use Tumblr for this. Tumblr is for posting one picture/link and a bit of text. It's sort of a visual Facebook feed.

Got to Wordpress.com and sign up for a free account. It's easy to set up and make the blog look anyway you want.

[ShirleyKnot]

Right.

We're all still alive (just)

I think I need to go to Wordpress then. It all looks really complicated over there though

[Tee2072]

It really isn't Shirley, it's very very easy.

[ShirleyKnot]

OK, I've got a clear day today. I am going to wrestle this thing to the floor and sit on it's head.

[ChickensHaveNoEyebrows]

Well, I'm going to confuse you and advise Blogger. It's simple, you upload photos easily and can add text all over the shop. Wordpress is ok, but I find Blogger easier if you're basically a chimp with a laptop.

[ShirleyKnot]

I am basically a chimp with a MAC actually.



I'm not going to get any work done AT ALL today. (Good job I was very efficient yesterday and finished all my stupid work.)

Chickens. Link me your blog please. Is it about chickens?

[MmeLindor.]

I have to reluctantly agree that Blogger is slightly easier to use.

I like the look of my pared down blog now, but for a beginner I would say that Blogger might be better.

Here compare the look (although you can of course change the theme)

New wordpress blog

Old Blogger blog

[ChickensHaveNoEyebrows]

Naturally. I am a techno muppet, andi can work Blogger. With two fingers and my tongue sticking out.

[ShirleyKnot]

OOOOooooOOOOOO

I'm going to lose a bit of time reading these, I can see.

I must admit Mme - I prefer the look of your new blog. And that's the sort of look I want.

Chick - I LOVE IT.

It's weird actually, since I got the i-pad, I have become slightly obsessed with reading blogs in bed. This is the reason I decided to make one myself (plus, I really do have some really REALLY good ideas about parties, and the children are getting too old for them now .

God that is really sad)

So now I have 2 new ones to read in bed. YAY!

[MmeLindor.]

Chickens
I love your blog and have finally remembered to add you to my bloglines list. The way you describe the chooks is so fab, I feel that I know their personalities.

[SkipToTheEnd]

chickens - I LOVE you blog. Makes me want a garden so that I can get some of my own!

I have both blogger and wordpress and I prefer the clean lines of wordpress but blogger was easy to pick up when I was new to it all.

[ChickensHaveNoEyebrows]

You're all far too kind. I am well aware that only a housewife with far too much tome on her hands would write hundreds of posts about chickens. Luckily for me, there are lots of similarly afflicted chook-lovers, so I have some regular followers. And when a hen dies, I actually get messages of condolence. That, people, is the power of the blog.

Now, does anyone want a serama cockerel?

[ShirleyKnot]

How's this?

Hmm. It's a start.

[MmeLindor.]

Brilliant. Love the black and white, reminiscent of discos.

[ChickensHaveNoEyebrows]

I am going to steal your idea and start a Party Spanner business Now, tell me all about the parties that go hideously wrong

[ShirleyKnot]

Go for it chick! God, I love the planning HATE the execution of it.

I can think of almost nothing worse than having to go to children's parties every weekend.



You will have to follow the blog to find out about all the brilliant parties I have ever thrown.

[montmartre]

Partyspanner is an hilarious name!

[ShirleyKnot]

Thank you montmatre

[TrillianAstra]

Blogger is easy for people like me

Wordpress is for the professionals like MMeLindor

Tumbler is not for any of that.

(I just talk about shit anyway so don't need a beautiful blog to do it on)

[ShirleyKnot]

Have you got a blog then trills?

[TrillianAstra]

Yeah but it only has about 5 posts on it, I'm a busy person with a job (which I am supposed to be doing right now) donctcha know?