Umm, tough one to blog here. Dave and Steve are showing how to set up a blog with Typepad. Personally, and this isn't just because this is a Blogware-powered blog or that Blogware sponsors my blog, I don't like Typepad. Never have. I don't like the page rebuild thing making template changes. I don't like the process you need to go through to make changes. So sue me. Blogware, even with its pros and cons, I think is better.
So ... some of the considerations they are talking about that are generally important are:
- choosing the name of your blog
- choosing the URL of the blog
For both of these, think keywords. Think search engines. For the URL I highly recommend using your domain (like blog.larixconsulting.com or blog.qumana.com) for your blog. Blogware makes this supremely easy, and much easier that Typepad. I've done it on both, and Blogware wins hands down.
Navigation on the right is better ... so two column right is better than two column left. Wow this is actually cool. I've always gone for three columns (nav, content, nav) ... now maybe I'll go for content, nav, nav. Awesome tip Dave!