Where do i start my blog??
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I have got the impression that having registered the Vivaldi Browser, I should be able to run my own personal blog aswell.
Have been searching for hours but can't find out how to get started.Somewhere I read that I shall click my profile image, to the upper right, and find a meny there. But the only two choices I find there are "guest window" and "user handling".
What do I do wrong? And how can I solve the problem??
Thanks in advance,
"the dumb swedish lady" -
@hundstina said in Where do i start my blog??:
Somewhere I read that I shall click my profile image, to the upper right, and find a meny there.
Yes, on the Vivaldi Community site. First log in, then click on your avatar.
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Thanks for answering!
Okay, now I found another place with my Avatar. I suppose this is where you mean?
But I find no blog start here aswell -
Tried to include a screen shot, but it doesn't look like it worked.
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@hundstina Click on your avatar, then click on
My Blog
in dropdown menu. You'll land up on a page where you'll be able to create & start your blog. -
Thanks. The problem is that i does not is any choice that is "Blog", anywhere. I really can't find it anywhere.
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@hundstina That's the dropdown menu you get when clicking on your avatar on vivaldi.net:
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Actually I hav looked under my avatar at least 10-15 times, but that dropdown meny was never there.
But now, as magic, it was suddenly there
So now I registered my blog. Hopefully I will manage to build something there too -
@hundstina Hello and Welcome to the Vivaldi Community
Here are a few links for your bookmarks that you may find useful:
- Vivaldi Help
- Troubleshooting Issues
- Forum Markdown Help
- Read and follow blogs
- Other users blogs at Vivaldi Community
- Report a bug in Vivaldi
- Local Forums
- Modding Vivaldi
- Tutorials
- How To
- Web Panels
- Using Vivaldi Blocker
- Vivaldi Features
Do not hesitate to ask, we are a community to help users.
Enjoy your browsing with Vivaldi
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Thank you so much!
I kind of have get it started now, and have another question, or actually two
Is it possible to make new blog posts on different sub pages, or can I only do such on the Home page?Is it possible to have another url to the blog, and if so what is the easiest way to do that?
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@hundstina Hi (Tjena!) - nice blog, looks great
I suggest you look into using Categories, it's the most common way to split posts into different topics:
https://wordpress.com/support/posts/categories/I also see you've already learned how to use Pages:
https://wordpress.com/support/pages/Is it possible to have another url to the blog, and if so what is the easiest way to do that?
At the moment the Vivaldi community blogs do not seem to support domain hosting. I guess if you already own a domain it might be possible to tell your registrar to make a simple DNS redirect, depending on what features they offer.
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Hello @hundstina
Welcome to the Vivaldi community. It's always good news to see a new face around here, I hope it's not the last post you make.
The blog is one of the things that caught my attention the first time I used Vivaldi, knowing that I could have my own blog without the need to develop it or pay third parties moved me, however, it is something that not many know, so we will take care to mention it more often.
I see you have already created your forum. As you will see, it is slightly limited to the full potential that you could use with Wordpress due to the Vivaldi integration that is developed by us, however, there are help pages that will be able to teach you everything you need to know.
https://help.vivaldi.com/services/vivaldi-blogs/create-a-new-blog/
https://help.vivaldi.com/services/vivaldi-blogs/customizing-the-blog/
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@realmat0s
Thank you so much! I tried to learn WP once, but found it way to complicated and hard to grasp. So I gave up tryingSo I don't mind at all if the Vivaldi blog tool is a little less complicated
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@pathduck Thank you so much! I will check your link suggestions next time I have have enough time to laborate with my blog. It is a little "periodical" for the moment
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Where do i start my blog??
Ooh, i saw an apposite TEDtalk that got directly to the heart of this important question.
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@hundstina said in Where do i start my blog??:
Is it possible to have another url to the blog, and if so what is the easiest way to do that?
All Vivaldi blogs have the URL
username.vivaldi.net
. If it's just the username part you want to change, then, in theory, you can register a second account and create a blog with it. Once the second blog is set up you can add your main account as an editor or even an admin on the new blog. The phone verification requirement can be an obstacle, though, as one phone number can only be linked to one account. -
@jane-n Thank you for the suggestion. Worth to think about.
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Hello again! I'm back trying to figure this blogging out
I got a tip above to make my main topics (maybe will be 4 or 5) as categories rather than pages. But I can't find out how/where I create categories in the blog.
The tip gave a link to a Wordpress site for more information, but I don't have any Wordpress account so it is not available to me.Can somebody please tell me how I create some categories into my blog? I'd most greatful!
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@hundstina Hi again, good you're back
First thing I want to say is that for the links to the Wordpress site, they are just help files, and you do not need an account on
wordpress.com
to read them. Just don't click on Log In - your blog is onvivaldi.net
, rememberHere are the Help pages from
wordpress.org
which may be more relevant to the setup at Vivaldi:
https://wordpress.org/support/article/posts-categories-screen/
https://wordpress.org/support/article/pages/
Unfortunately, it seems that Vivaldi Blogs has removed some of the features for Pages, such as having subpagesFor the categories, you can find and manage these from your
vivaldi.net
Wordpress blog dashboard, under the Posts menu:If you hover over the categories table you can edit or delete them:
When you create a new post, on the right-hand side you can select what categories it should belong to. A post can belong to several categories at once:
I also recommend you to change the language used for the Wordpress Dashboard, makes it easier to understand. You can do this under Settings > General:
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Thank you so much! I will try to follow your tip one day really soon.
Actually, when I clicked the Wordpress-link I came to a login page and wasn't able to get somewhere else.