Ok, so I took *your* advice

[walrus]

Originally Posted by virgohippy

I second UW's advice. All of it. Especially about finding an alternative to Wordpress:

http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...ad.php?t=48099

While I'm no longer a fan of WP, I would still recommend a newbie start on that platform. If for no other reason than if they need support (and they will need support) odds are you can find your answers right here on this board.

I started blogging on a different platform and a year and a half later, because the owner of the script and his developmental crew couldn't play nice together, my blogs database got blew to shit because of exploits that were known but had no one to resolve them.

Wordpress has it's problems but it also has a very large following and as a newbie that must be something you consider.