Who:

Jonathan Blundell

husband. father. blogger. podcaster. author. storyteller.

The 411:

I’m passionate about building spaces of grace and encouraging others to do the same. I love telling stories online through my blog and weekly podcast. I recently self-published my first novel, St. Peter’s Brewery which tells the story of finding community in unlikely places. In January 2010, I also begun publishing a new web site, We Live Simply, which focuses on simplifying our lives for the sake of others. I dig great beats; U2; strong, dark, FairTrade Coffee; Tito’s Vodka and Johnny Walker on the rocks… among other things.

Let’s connect and see how I can help you tell your story!

What I’m Doing:

Following Jesus
Loving my Wife
Loving my Twin Boys
Telling Stories
Building Spaces of Grace
Learning to Love Others
Attempting to Simplify
Becoming

Some of my projects:

My blog
casadeblundell.com
We Live Simply
something beautiful podcast
St. Peter’s Brewery
Travis Ranch, Forney
Red Oak Laundry Love

Hire me:

Along with my many projects, I also do freelance writing, speaking, voice over work and web design.

Some of my recent work:

Let’s connect and see how I can help you tell your story!

Contact:

Twitter is greatness: @jdblundell

Email works: GooMail!

Google talks: jdblundell

Circles: Are a Plus

Skype is cool: jdblundell

Facebook is blah: jdblundell

How to Guides

Simply click the link below to download or view….

Uploading and sharing a video with Vimeo (PDF)

Uploading and sharing a video with YouTube (PDF)

Editing and creating new pages and posts in WordPress (PDF)

Editing and creating new pages and posts with the WordPress iOS app (PDF)

Video Tutorials for WordPress

Getting Started with WordPress

Adding a photo to your WordPress post

Changing an Image in WordPress

Adding a PDF to WordPress

Adding links, categories and tags to your WordPress posts

Putting it all together in WordPress (with a WordPress page)

#becomingsocial:

Becoming Social Slides (PDF)

Becoming Social Notes (PDF)

What I like

Blogging

I’m a huge fan of WordPress for both blogging and using as a CMS. While I’m partial to self-hosted WordPress sites, I’ve also used the free WordPress.com sites as well. If you have questions about using either option, feel free to drop me a note and I’ll be glad to answer any questions.

Self-hosted WordPress | Free blogs with WordPress.com

Web hosting

I’ve used a friend for webhosting and I’ve tried GoDaddy but now I’ve moved all my sites to Hostgator. Their uptime has been great, their admin/control panel is super easy to use, their customer support has been great (even with WordPress related issues) and their prices start at just $4.95 a month! I honestly can’t think of a single thing I haven’t liked about moving my sites to their servers. Plus — their servers are 100% green! Doesn’t get much better than that!

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And… if you’ll use the discount code GREEN when you sign up through the link above, you’ll save 20% on your initial order with Hostgator.

WordPress Premium Themes

While I’ve built most of my sites off of the default themes that come with WordPress, I’m also a fan of the Standard Theme from John Saddington and his team at 8bit.

Purchase and download Standard Theme