Have you ever wanted to accomplish something and seemingly everywhere you turn, there is a new task you should complete? That about sums up my slow progress with this blog.

I bought one of the books for WordPress (for Dummies, of course) and managed to start several YouTube WordPress videos, only to stop part way through to make a note about this or that or see that they recommend using another hosting service, blah, blah, blah. So I started a diagram to help me see what all I want to do.

As I thought I was making progress on my own, I ran into stumbling blocks.

I wanted a professional looking theme, so I chose one of the free ones from the WP site and uploaded a picture. What resulted was not what the theme looked like, but a small picture (which I had uploaded) above my name. Try a different theme. Seemingly no difference. Then a third theme, with a picture already there, and voila!, It looks like the theme picture. One step of progress!

The theme doesn’t have two columns of Comments, Recent Posts, Archives, etc., but mine does. Hmmm. Maybe not totally solved yet. Note to self: Finish a video or the book. Pick one.

Then I looked at plug-ins. The WP for D book said to always use a spam plug-in, so I added that. Then as I was watching one of the WP YouTube videos, I thought I would add another one. Clicking on plug-ins didn’t do anything. After trying it several times, I read that I must download the plug-in before trying to install it. Silly me. I thought clicking would bring up a nice list of available plug-ins. I’ll report later whether the new method actually works.

One of the videos showed checking a box to be sure all the software and plug-ins are updated. No such option available in my version. Does WP change so frequently that what was an option only 4-5 months ago is now gone? No wonder they wanted me to check the auto update. Maybe that is the only option and as such, is no longer an option.

So, circling back to the rabbit trails, as you can see above, there is a logo to be made. A YouTube intro, outro and, oh yeah, a custom thumbnail for each video. Gotta add that to my diagram. And since I may do a few unboxings, what’s in the bag, etc. kind of videos, then I need to have some kind of Amazon Partner thing for what ever minuscule amount is sent to the referring partner.

Then there is the app to send postings to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, social-app-of-the-month at the same time. This is a lot of work! I’m ready for the fun part to start! (Quick, what is the fun part again?)

Adios muchachos, hasta próxima vez. Until next time.

mattsb99

One would think that a guy who had a website design company and has been using PCs since the 80’s could figure this out, but alas, I have struggled. Maybe I should just be using HTML. No. Not a good idea.

So here I sit in Barnes & Noble with an iced coffee and 2 WordPress books. If I didn’t fall asleep each time I start to watch a YouTube video, I would do that instead. Frankly, the books put me to sleep as well, therefore, the iced coffee.

This is just a get started post. I have plenty to tell and relate about golf, travel, guitars, music, photography and philosophical ramblings. Hopefully, I won’t ramble as much as this first post.

I’ve had two great golf trips this year, Scotland and the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Alabama. I’ll bring those to you soon.

I’ve been thinking about YouTube, vlogging, blogging and all the other apps that seem to make up that realm and am somewhat overwhelmed. I suppose it is best to just start somewhere and then fill in the blanks as I go. My hat is off to the ones that started this years ago and have built up followings. My aspirations aren’t that high but putting stuff out there should be fun. Consistency is the challenge. I suppose it is a challenge for everyone.

That’s about all I can manage from this iPad keyboard so until next time, thanks for stopping by.