This post is for you whether you are a blogger, you aspire to own a blog one day or you own a website. I wrote this article bearing WordPress bloggers in mind but whatever the platform you use, some of the tips are very relevant.

Blogging is fun; It is enlightening and profitable. What most beginner bloggers don’t bargain for, however, is the hours of hair-tearing, confusion and frustration that goes on when technical problems occur down the road, like when your site crashes or hackers attack. To prevent – or manage – these technical issues, you will need to implement the 5 tips I will share with you in this post.

One thing beginners discover when they launch a blog is, there is so much to learn in so short time. There’s way too much information. As a result, some things are taken for granted, some decisions are tabled for a later time and mistakes are made that prove very costly later.

The tips I share with you in this post must not wait. They are actions you must take the moment you decide to put up a site. If you already have a blog, I still suggest you carry out these actions right away. They will save you a lot of trouble and money in the long run and they hold true whether you run a blog, eCommerce site, company website, etc.

CHOOSE A RELIABLE WEB HOST
This is one of the most important first decisions you will make as a blogger. I suggest you consider this very carefully because your web host could make or mar your entire efforts.

The first time I crashed my blog (I made a mistake that wiped my entire blog files), I had instant access to my web host support system and they helped me restore my database backup in under 30 minutes. Without access to support, things could have turned out quite differently (and badly) for my blogging journey. This is one the reasons having a reliable web host is so important.

BEEF-UP YOUR SITE SECURITY
The second most important action you should take immediately after launching your site is to beef up security.

Most people wait till they are attacked before they add extra security measures to their site. Recovering from an attack is not funny at all; there is no reason to wait till it happens. Here are some of the actions you can take now to protect your site:

Strengthen your password. Don’t use a password like ‘heaven123’ or your birthday. Use a password that combines uppercase and lowercase letters, characters and numbers. Make it long and very hard to guess.

Enable brute force attack protection. Brute force attack is a trial and error method used by application programs to decode encrypted data such as passwords.

SCHEDULE REGULAR BACKUPS
If you don’t have backups of your site, I suggest you create one right away. Running a site/blog is not all smooth sailing and making money – there are bad days too.

In an earlier post, I shared an experience about when I crashed my blog (erroneously wiped off my entire files). Yours might not be that bad but it is something you definitely don’t want to experience. When you back up your files, recovering from a crash takes only minutes.

There are free plugins like BackWpUp or Updraft that automates the backup process. You can schedule hourly, daily or weekly backups depending on how frequently your update your blog.

USE CHILD THEMES
If you blog on WordPress, I suggest you use child themes. When you create a child theme, it inherits all the features and functions of the parent theme. This allows you to modify the child theme without altering the parent theme.

Why is this important?

Designers and developers come up with theme updates all the time. If you are using the parent theme and there is an update, every modification you make on the parent theme disappears. Using a child theme allows you to update the parent theme and still keep your changes.

Also you can play around with your child theme knowing that if anything should go wrong, you fall back on the parent theme and start over. Creating a child theme is not difficult at all. I used a free plugin, Child Theme Configurator, and it worked perfectly.

GET FAMILIAR WITH YOUR FILE MANAGER
While this is not threatening, you need to get familiar with your web host file manager.

I broke my site once because I used codes that did not work so well with my theme. Nothing I could do worked to restore my site – I couldn’t even access my WordPress dashboard to make any change.

To solve the problem I had to go through my web host file manager, manually deleted the theme and reinstalled it. Doing it myself saved me some money. Now I know how to navigate my file manager and get whatever I need done.

I have to admit, not everyone is tech-savvy. So if you don’t understand files and codes, I suggest you leave this one for the techies.

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Bloggers, which of these would you say is most important?

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Thanks OP. But why did you make a post and also take the FTC position? You greedy sha.

Anyways, check my signature.

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Thanks OP. But why did you make a post and also take the FTC position? You greedy sha.

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Good to know.

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I once had a blog, I bought the domain name from webhosting.com around 92$ at the time I wasn't ready for blogging, I later gave it up and asked for refund, I lost about 13k then. But I will still do it when am fully ready.

Noted

Not really helpful for those on Blogger

OP, thanks a billion. This post is really informative.

Ok

OP, its a nice idea so we on blogger need to upgrade to worldpress? you could check out millmic..com and tell me what i need to put in place.

beautiful write up. .i have been learning all this lately and i totally agree with your write up.

Nice topic, am planning to create a blog soon. You can checkout my old one and tell me wht I lack www.canme4u..com

miller0093:
OP, its a nice idea so we on blogger need to upgrade to worldpress? you could check out millmic..com and tell me what i need to put in place.

You can use a WordPress adapted template for your blogger.

nice 1 op, very informative

Thanks for the information....

Nice

Affableacho:
beautiful write up. .i have been learning all this lately and i totally agree with your write up.

Thanks

jesus500:
I once had a blog, I bought the domain name from webhosting.com around 92$ at the time I wasn't ready for blogging, I later gave it up and asked for refund, I lost about 13k then. But I will still do it when am fully ready.

OK. Good luck when you start. Blogging is really fun and lucrative

delivite:


OK. Good luck when you start. Blogging is really fun and lucrative

thanks bro.

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quick question!!!
about a child theme,when I install a child theme, and activate it,which theme are my to customize,or work on,the child or parent theme?

Except No #3, the others are for Wordpress usres to worry

aragon4realz:
quick question!!!
about a child theme,when I install a child theme, and activate it,which theme are my to customize,or work on,the child or parent theme?

When you install a child theme, you make all your customization on the child theme. it will inherit of the features of the parent theme plus the modifications in the child theme.

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