Yesterday, I updated my website to the latest WordPress version for the first time in 4 years.I started blogging using WordPress in 2009, but when I started, I had no idea what WordPress was. My friend Sudev Rajah purchased the domain on my behalf and hosted it in his server. He guided me how to login and how to start posting blogs. I did not know anything about WordPress themes or how to install them at that time.

But things changed after I started my own firm. For a start-up, having a very good website and generating traffic and leads through the website is today the easiest and most cost-effective way to build a brand. It was only after I started working on my own company websites with a bunch of young friends that I started to understand this fascinating world of websites. It also helped that I took up the responsibility of revamping the website of a Toastmasters Club that I am part of. (Interestingly, that website went on to win the best website award among 15 odd contestants in an annual conference of a Division.)

Coming back to the updated website, the latest version is 3.6 and is called “Oscar”in honor of the great jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. The theme has also been upgraded to the new “Twenty Thirteen“. The official WordPress blog about the new updates can be found here.

If you are one of those who wanted to have a website for themselves, but never really got around building one, you should try out the new theme. It is quite easy to use. As I was figuring out how best I can use the new theme, I came across some good resource in the form of a YouTube video. Watch it below and you will get a step-by-step advice on how to do it.