Launching a New Blog?
I just discovered a pretty cool option for pre-launching a new blog.
Let’s say you have a great blog under construction – you’re adding some page content and working on a killer theme. You’d like to tell people about your impending project but you’re not ready to let them see things.
Enter the ‘Under Construction’ Theme.
With the UnderCon theme or the LaunchPad theme, you can display a simple RSS optin message on your home page, all the while you can be working on your ‘real’ theme and getting page content loaded.
I like this – especially because it invites visitors to subscribe to the RSS feed by email – so they’ll know the moment you go LIVE with your first blog post.
About the Author: Kelly McCausey is a busy blogger, podcaster and business coach. She also owns a busy blog design business in partnership with several super talented peeps. Learn more about Kelly here. 
April 25th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Thanks for mentioning. Hope the theme will be useful for the WordPress users!
May 14th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
This is a great post, thank you for the information.
May 20th, 2009 at 1:39 am
I think thats a great idea. Right now I have a simple “under construction” page, without a rss feed on it… but you brought up a great point, if they subscribe they can be notified when i go live!
-alex martin
August 4th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Nice way to handle prelaunch visits. I think most people tell a few folks about their domain before there is actually a site on it ..but very few capitalize on it. thanks for the post.
August 4th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Thanks for the post. I am going to start using the idea. It will take a lot of stress out of me because previously I used to worry a lot about having to finnish the project quickly. This is a good short term solution
August 7th, 2009 at 5:26 am
Kelly,
Great find. Ive been looking for something like this for a while. Thanks for saving me a few minutes out of my day!
August 10th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
That’s a great idea, every wp template should have an “under construction” version.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:43 am
I was looking for information on this topic from few days. Thanks for sharing.
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November 4th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Having the RSS feed up right away while you work on SEO website design of your blog is a fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing this way to get subscribers before the final blog is launched.
December 10th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Thanks Kelly! Usually when I’m updating a site or working on a theme I don’t do anything special…with this I can at least build a list and hit the ground running when the site finally launches
December 15th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Very good idea, nice theme, I wonder how many subsrcibers this will give me..