The Internet and Social Media – Facts and Figures

Why you should be VISIBLE ONLINE! If the current situation worldwide, with lockdown being enforced in most countries due to the coronavirus outbreak, has taught us only ONE thing, it is that [...]

Lockdown Almost the entire world is on lockdown.  Every country is feeling the impact of the #coronavirus #covid-19 outbreak.  We are all feeling the pinch …   What does Google Say? When you [...]

What are web or blog site THEMES? When you surf the net there are sites that automatically draw your attention, others you dislike immediately.  It’s not necessarily the content of the site [...]

  In this article we explore Plugins for WordPress web and blog sites.  We look at: what plugins are, examples of plugins, what plugins do, and more!    What are Plugins and why do you [...]

Which WordPress to Choose …dot.org vs dot.com   Our previous blog article discussed the difference between WordPress.org and WordPress.com, let’s recap. If you are considering WordPress as [...]

What is WordPress? The IT Guy’s answer: “WordPress is a website builder.” Uuhhmmm … OK … Me and you … thinking: Yeah, I will need to know a bit more! If you Google ‘website builder’ and check out [...]

Geek Speak = technical computer related jargon (vocabulary) used by computer geeks In a recent article we looked at some of the techie terms the IT Guy throws around as if it’s normal everyday [...]

  In recent articles Open Host started exploring BLOGS.   We looked at: The history of blogs – Blogging 101 : A Brief History Different types of blogs, and The reasons for [...]

    In a previous article we started discussing blogging. Mostly, blogs were started as online journals or diaries. As blogging gained popularity, more topics were explored.  Soon [...]

Blogging : A Brief History Blogging has only been around for about 20 years.  Originally called ‘online diaries’ or ‘personal pages’, blogs were like journals.  Many, many years ago, people wrote [...]