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What they are saying about Lorelle on WordPress

Budi on WordPress says:
I’ve found this inspirational content from Lorelle on WordPress. She’s trying to share about blogging and how to blog…I began to like reading Lorelle’s because she naturally speaks from the heart in a simple words.

Changing Way says:
Then there’s a post from Lorelle at her WordPress.com blog. It’s wonderfully clear and informative, as many WordPressers have come to expect from Lorelle. She’s made many fine contributions to WordPress.org; it’s great to see her getting, and using, one of the first WordPress.com invites.

Matt Craven of The Blog Herald says:
Lorelle on WordPress, one of the best blogs about WordPress and blogging, is celebrating their first anniversary today. Lorelle is consistently posting great tips and inside stories about WordPress, such as a look at her last year of writing, or how bloggers use websites as therapy. You won’t find a better source of information about WordPress out there. Head on over and wish her a happy anniversary!

The Remote Control CEO’s Greg Balanko-Dickson says:
Thanks to Lorelle for pointing it out. As usual she writes quality content about WordPress. A must visit if you are thinking about WordPress or have a WordPress Blog.

Aaron Hockley, Organizer of WordCamp Portland
Lorelle – (she gets her own bullet point) She’ll probably give you advice on how to do things or offer suggestions on parts of the event. Listen to her. She probably has her finger closest to the pulse of the WordCamp community.

Mark Ghosh of Weblog Tools Collection says:
Be kind, educate.

I adore Lorelle. To me, she is the embodiment of our community in everything she does and in every action she performs. She is supportive and critical at the same time. She embraces and challenges in the same breath. She sticks her tongue out and throws her arms wide open all in one swoop. I believe what makes her approach so nice is that she is kind to the people that can enact change and she loves to teach other people to do the things she does so well. She is a WordPress enabler.

I wanna be like her. So I pledge to be as kind as I can be and I promise to educate everyone that cares to listen. While I am at it, I hope to learn a thing or two along the way. Will you help me do that?

Ben Yoskovitz of Instigator Blog says:
And for the ultimate resource on WordPress, tips, tricks, themes, etc. check out Lorelle on WordPress. That’s expertise.

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If you have a WordPress powered site, subscribe to Lorelle’s blog. Actually, if you don’t have a WordPress powered site, still subscribe. She writes tips and tricks for WordPress but she also covers general blogging tips. Everyone can benefit reading Lorelle on WordPress.

Szilárd Szakács from Cabbagejr on WordPress.com says:
Hell, this blog thing is addictive! I just started today and I can hardly stop. I have an English worse than the Manolo, an exam in days but I wrote all day… Thanks for all your help! It’s always amazing to meet so kind and supportive person like you.

Tim Warner of Mother Tongue Annoyances says:
Lorelle VanFossen, who writes the Lorelle on WordPress blog (required reading for anyone who operates a WordPress-based weblog), turned me on in one of her recent posts to a much-needed Firefox browser plug-in for anyone who does any appreciable amount of online composition: a spell-checker!

Military Grrrl says:
Great WordPress Resource – Lorelle on WordPress
I found this blog over at Lorelle on WordPress. It’s a great resource for all things WordPress, written in easy to understand language. It’s a must-bookmark blog for anyone interested in WordPress.

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If you are just starting with WordPress, or you’ve been using it since the beginning, you can learn from Master Lorelle. This blog provides so much information on the WordPress blogging platform it’s sickening. From the small tweaks to fix something only you are bothered by to the good ol’ overhaul you’ve been planning, and everything in between. Bookmark, subscribe, however you do it, but read it. Cheesy as it may sound, the Force is strong in this one, hrmm, yes.

Flood of Flood Flashes says:
Lorelle on WordPress is my resource for all things blogging. She puts an amazing amount of work into compiling information for users, not only for WordPress, but other blogging sites. I cannot plug her enough. She recently discussed what it takes to blog, but closer to my heart, some reasons why all of you should have Firefox. If this blog is not uniform in font, it’s because you do not use Firefox. Why do you hate me?

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Winner of the Thinking Blogger Awards and first honorary recipient of the Platinum Thinking Blogger Award, in response to the commentary on receiving the Thinking Blogger Award published on the Blog Herald in Are You a Thinking Blogger?.

 

Who is Lorelle?

Taking Your Camera On the RoadThere are many sides to Lorelle VanFossen. One is a public speaker, trainer, writer, and consultant on web writing, web design, and blogging, especially working with WordPress. Another is as a transient traveling the world as part of the duo team of VanFossen Productions, professional nature photographers and writers presenting workshops and programs on travel, writing, and nature photography.

Called a blog evangelist, on she writes about everything WordPress, blogging, and social media, covering more than you may want to know about how all this blogging business and social stuff works.

Blogging Tips - book cover, copyright Lorelle VanFossenLorelle is also the author of the popular Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging, a book covering the basic to intermediate tips you need to know before and during your blogging experience, the first book of its kind. She shares her many years of online journaling, web writing and publishing, and blogging experiences as one of the first website owners and publishers on the web.

Her first site, , is dedicated to providing educational and experiential information on travel, nature photography, travel photography, and life on the road. Lorelle also covers genealogy on , focused on genealogy and her family’s ancestors.

Blogger and Podcaster MagazineLorelle is also a regular columnist for the , Blogger and Podcaster Magazine, Darren Rowse’s Problogger, and a member of the 9Rules Network.

You can frequently find Lorelle and her husband, Brent, and their writing and photography in many national and international magazines, newspapers, ezines, and blogs such as , Outdoor and Nature Photography, Shutterbug, Photo Techniques, The Mountaineer, Jerusalem Post, Phenomenal Women of the Web, and .

Blogging since 1994, before the term “blog” was developed, Lorelle is also involved with WordPress as a volunteer helping to write and develop the and assisting others on the .

WordPress logoLorelle has written over two thousand thousands of articles on WordPress, blogging, and web design and development, receiving special recognition for her early innovative explorations into the possible in web design elements with her series on CSS Unleashed – Experiments with CSS Designs and other web designs, development, and standards. She works with many individual businesses, schools, non-profits, and other agencies as a consultant and educator to improve their web standards, policies, and practices.

She is an outspoken leader of web standards, accessibility standards and usability, and travels extensively to consult and present programs and workshops as a program leader, teacher and public speaker on web design, standards, blogging, and writing. Recently, Lorelle presented keynotes and programs at , WordCamp 2008 in San Francisco, WordCamp Portland in Oregon, Podcamp and WordCamp Hawaii, WordCamp Dallas, WordCamp Israel in Tel Aviv (English) (you can read some of the WordPress Tips presented at the program), SOBCon – the Successful and Outstanding Blogger Conference in Chicago in 2007 and 2008 (and 2009), and many other blogging conferences.

If your company, association, or group would be interested in a training program or presentation, please ask.

Telling Stories of Taking Your Camera on the RoadLorelle is currently back in the United States after five years spent living overseas avoiding terrorists and political leaders in the Middle East, and has been found in Hurricane Alley swinging a chainsaw and shovel helping the recovery from Hurricane Ivan and Hurricane Katrina, and whatever hurricanes kept coming. She recently moved closer (Oregon) to her native Seattle, where only earthquakes and traffic jams can terrorize her.

 

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For information on the various versions of WordPress available, see Which Version of WordPress to Choose and What’s the Difference. For support and help for WordPress.com, visit the . For support for WordPress, visit WordPress Support Forum and the WordPress Codex, the online manual for WordPress users.

If you have problems or need help installing the full version of WordPress, visit Installing WordPress for Free (aka Install4Free WordPress). This free, volunteer-driven service is limited to personal blogs only, and they help only with installations, not upgrades.

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Lorelle VanFossen and the administrators and contributors to Lorelle on WordPress have the right to edit, delete, and block any and all inappropriate or unnecessary comments on this blog, as they see fit. Commenting is a privilege. Play fair and play nice.

For more information on comment policies and standards, see How NOT to Comment on Comments, Comments on Comments, Editing Your Blog Comments, Mean Spirited Comments and Blogging, and I Love It When You Say Nice Things About Me.
 

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