Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
At some point yesterday (Nov 12th, 2007) Google Webmaster Tools got a bit of a redesign. And at least one new feature was added - Subscriber stats. Now you can view the number of users who have subscribed to your RSS feed(s) using Google products such as iGoogle, Google ...
Posted in Blogging, Web Design & Dev | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
If you're a big Technorati fan and want to display your blogs rank, MyTechnorati might be just the thing for you.
The installation and setup are very straight forward, and the author (Tyler Ingram - a fellow Vancouverite) is very responsive to support issues etc.
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
This article outlines 9 different ways you can secure your WordPress blog/site. Security is often an overlooked aspect of blogging, but a few minutes making sure things are secure can save you hours and hours of 'fixing' if someone decides to mess with your site.
Posted in Blogging, Security | 7 Comments »
Friday, September 7th, 2007
Last month I wrote a tutorial on How to “Pubvertise” Your Live FeedBurner RSS Content to a Wider Audience. I also signed up for a one week paid campaign in the FeedBurner Ad Network to try out the service (I had never previously paid to advertise Simplehelp). This post details ...
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007
For the last few days I've been trying to figure out how to best write this post. This is what I've come up with, I hope it's helpful (cause it sure is long, winded).
What I've done
What I think I've done right
SEO
Content
Responsive
Thankful
Research
What ...
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
FeedBurner recently announced that their Headline Animator tool can now be used to promote your RSS feed (or site) through other FeedBurner feeds (pubvertising). This brief tutorial will walk you through the steps to do just that.
Posted in Blogging, Web Design & Dev | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Not long ago, Mashable did a very cool roundup of 15 Online Graphics Generators - with a heavy emphasis on the Web 2.0 style. This post was inspired by that list - with no duplicates, and additional resources including pre-created images/logos, tutorials, WordPress Web 2.0 themes etc. And since ...
Posted in Blogging, Web Design & Dev | 17 Comments »
Monday, May 28th, 2007
The following overview lists the supported blogging platforms, features, license (4/5 are free), a summary and screenshots for 5 blogging clients. I should also mention, 3/5 work in Linux too.
Posted in Blogging, Mac, Web Design & Dev, Windows | 4 Comments »
Saturday, May 26th, 2007
Though this was originally created for another blog, I've updated it (more steps, more plugins, more theme sites etc) and posted it here.
One of the great things about WordPress is how easily you can have it up and running, completely customized to your liking, in such a short period ...
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
This post could also be called 'an introduction to JumpBox', as that's essentially what it is. JumpBox allows you to install several open source applications, such as WordPress, in a virtual environment (like Parallels, VMWare and Xen). They provide the complete package - WordPress itself, all of its required components ...
Posted in Blogging, Web Design & Dev | 7 Comments »
Monday, May 7th, 2007
As a part of the ProBlogger Top 5 Group Writing Project, here are my 5 favorite 'blogging related' OS X Dashboard widgets.
Posted in Blogging, Mac, Web Design & Dev | 51 Comments »
Thursday, November 9th, 2006
So you've decided on WordPress as the software to power your blog. Good choice! To save yourself a series of headaches down the road, install these plugins before you go much farther.
Posted in Blogging, Other | 7 Comments »
