Well this WordPress.org thing is certainly different from my old and free WordPress.com. For one thing, much of everything is customizable. That has its pros and cons, but a big hurdle for me was, where to start? I missed the Blog Stats from my old blog, you know, the counter on the first page which tells you and me how many people have visited my blog. I found that this was not among the list of widgets available in the theme or themes I had selected. What to do? I managed to install a Blog Stats plug-in from WP’s plug-in directory, but that only shows up when I access my dashboard. And so far it hasn’t even updated yet: it’s showing that no one has visited my new blog home. This can’t be true! 
So yeah, it’ll take me a while to get used to this new place.
Tags: blog, blog stats, themes, WordPress
It will come – you’ll get comfortable in a few days.
Words of reassurance, just what I need. Thank you, my friend.
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