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När att inte acceptera annonsering

vid Ross McKillop September 24, 2007

Blogging

Jag att närma sig för en tid sedan av någon som önskade till värd för köp $550 av annonsering på Simplehelp, och avslutat ut roterande dem besegrar. Når jag har sökt rådgivningen av ett nummer av andra bloggers, är här varför jag den said nr.en. [klicka för att fortsätta…],

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BlogRush - första summariska vecka

vid Ross McKillop September 22, 2007

Blogging

Sist lördag Jag nämnde att jag undertecknade upp för BlogRush, och att jag skulle anmäler tillbaka med resultaten i dag. Välla fram statistiken (instrumentbräda) delar upp av BlogRush som sparkas i denna vecka, så nu vet jag, hur många folks som jag har sett, hur många ”krediterar” mig, har tjänat, och hur många besöker, BlogRush har överfört mitt långt. Gilla andra, resultaten är inte stort. [klicka för att fortsätta…],

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Hur man gör din WordPress plats mycket användbarare för mobila webbläsare

vid Ross McKillop September 21, 2007

Blogging Rengöringsdukdesign & bärare Windows mobil

Når jag har appalled på vad jag sågar, då jag beskådade enkel hjälp i min Smartphone, avgjorde jag att det var tid att figurera ut a långt för att göra denna plats mer lockande till folks som använder mobila webbläsare. Det tog inte long för mig till den fyndAlex konungen WordPress mobilupplaga plugin. Om du följer anvisningarna som skisseras i READMEN (som är inklusive med nedladdningen) som den tar endast omkring 30 understöder för att konvertera din WordPress installation till a mycket användbar plats för mobila rengöringsdukwebbläsare.


Simplehelp i en mobil webbläsare

Simplehelp postar i en mobil webbläsare

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BlogRush - ett experiment | Uppdatering 1

vid Ross McKillop September 16, 2007

Blogging

I stället för att granska eller introduktion dig till BlogRush (för det som du kan kontrollera ut ProBlogger) I-förmiddag som går till försök något ett lite olikt. Jag har undertecknat upp, tillfogat kodifiera till min sidofält (though som inte ger admittedly det den `- ideal' placeringen) och I-förmiddagen som går att lämna upp den för en vecka. Därefter ska jag tillbaka nästa lördag för rapport på, hur mycket (om något) trafikera att det har drivande. Gilla andra, I-förmiddag a bet skeptical - men vi ska ser. Första uppdatering efter snittet -

blogrush
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Download: Google Analytics AIR widget

by Ross McKillop on September 14, 2007

Blogging Web Design & Dev

From their site:

“The Google Analytics widget is an Adobe AIR application that runs on your desktop and displays basic stats for your Google Analytics account.”

google analytics air widget
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Google Webmaster Tools Adds Subscriber Stats Feature

by Ross McKillop on September 13, 2007

Blogging Web Design & Dev

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 Reader, and Orkut.

Are there any other new features I missed?

Screenshots:

google webmaster tools
Dashboard Overview
google webmaster tools
What Googlebot Sees
google webmaster tools
Google Subscriber Stats
google webmaster tools
Tools Overview

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WordPress Plugin: MyTechnorati

by Ross McKillop on September 12, 2007

Blogging

If you’re a big Technorati fan and want to display your blogs rank, MyTechnorati might be just the thing for you.

mytechnorati

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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9 easy ways to secure your WordPress blog

by Ross McKillop on September 10, 2007

Blogging Security

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. [click to continue...]

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Feedvertising with FeedBurner - The Results

by Ross McKillop on September 7, 2007

Blogging

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 my experience with the FeedBurner Ad Network.

Simplehelp - Common Questions, Simple Answers

↑ Grab this Headline Animator

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What I’ve learned in my first year of blogging

by Ross McKillop on August 5, 2007

Blogging Web Design & Dev

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).

  1. What I’ve done
  2. What I think I’ve done right
    1. SEO
    2. Content
    3. Responsive
    4. Thankful
    5. Research
  3. What I think I’ve done wrong
    1. Community participation
    2. Took a break
    3. Low Page View per Visit ratio
    4. Misc. Mistakes
  4. What I was surprised by
    1. Traffic sources
    2. Browser type
    3. Top content
  5. What I still don’t understand
  6. What I’m going to do next
  7. Summary of my tips/suggestions

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How to “Pubvertise” Your Live FeedBurner RSS Content to a Wider Audience

by Ross McKillop on August 2, 2007

Blogging Web Design & Dev

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. [click to continue...]

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30 Resources to Create Your Own Web 2.0 Site

by Ross McKillop on June 20, 2007

Blogging Web Design & Dev

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 it’s not exactly an original idea, I decided to double their 15. [click to continue...]

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Overview: 5 blogging clients for Windows and OS X

by Ross McKillop on May 28, 2007

Blogging Mac Web Design & Dev Windows

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. [click to continue...]

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WordPress: The Complete Post-Install Checklist, Redux

by Ross McKillop on May 26, 2007

Blogging Web Design & Dev

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 of time. After setting up WordPress for several of my friends, I found that having a ‘checklist’ makes things go even faster - so I decided to write it all up and share with you. Please don’t hesitate to use the comments to suggest additions etc, I’ll update the checklist accordingly.

  1. Create blog title, add email address
  2. Change your password
  3. Disable visual rich editor
  4. Add users
  5. Change the tagline
  6. Edit Membership permissions
  7. Set a date and time format
  8. Modify Reading and Writing settings
  9. Edit Discussion settings
  10. Modify Permalinks structure
  11. Pick a theme
  12. Customize your theme
  13. Write down CSS info
  14. Change title format
  15. Edit blogroll
  16. Edit the About page
  17. Add some categories
  18. Edit the example post for testing
  19. Install plugins
  20. Install widgets
  21. Check blog and test plugins
  22. Create a favicon.ico
  23. Create a shortcut to the Dashboard / setup WordPress client
  24. Create a test environment
  25. Start posting!

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How to easily install WordPress in a virtual environment

by Ross McKillop on May 8, 2007

Blogging Web Design & Dev

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 (database, runtime dependencies etc) and the virtual machine configuration files. Continue for the full tutorial/walkthrough.. [click to continue...]

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