I Finally Resolved My Template Problems

What a challenge the last few weeks have been! I had all kinds of problems with my WordPress blogger software templates. These were not WordPress problems, but third-party template problems magnified by a lack of knowledge by the installer, me.

I finally bought a book on WordPress (WordPress for Dummies) to understand WP’s architecture and how templates interface to the WP software. After reading through the book I spent six focused hours and finally cleared up all known problems.

Now I have some template customization I want to do before I go into production with my new blog about stock trading techniques. The exciting thing is that once I understand WordPress and how to customize it, it is so powerful (and free) that it will serve me for many years to come. It can even be used to build web sites.

I may keep this blog on Google’s Blogger hosting and software system (again, free), but I’m not sure. It is mainly a dairy and I’m really not using it as a commercial blog, but then again it would be nice to have all blogs (I have four) running on the same software on hosts I control. Currently three of my four blogs are running on my hosts under WP. However, even if I do decide to move this blog, it won’t be until my new stock trading techniques blog is up, running and making money.

I’ll announce the release of my new blog here when it is ready. My target date is next Monday, January 14.