150 Flash Games for Your Enjoyment
No blogging tip on this post, but I figured it would be cool to share it with you guys anyway. After all bloggers also need to take a break once in a while right?
Flash games have been my favorite time waster for a while, so I decided to compile a list with the best ones around.
Create a List of Posts That Need Your Attention on the Comments Section
This tip is coming from a shortfall of mine. I have been releasing WordPress themes and plugins for a while, and often times people face problems while installing and using those. When they do, their first reaction is to visit the post that released the plugin or theme and leave a comment there reporting the problem that they are having.
Link Tips: 05 October 2008
This post is coming a bit late on the Sunday, but I didn’t have time earlier, and there were some interesting links to share with you guys so here we go anyway.
10+11 Check Points for Choosing the Perfect WordPress Theme
Bloggers often struggle with choosing the right theme for their site. If you are using WordPress, there are literally thousands of freely available themes to choose from. What factors should you consider to make this decision though?
Blogging Questions & Answers 19
I hope you guys had a good week. Here comes a batch of questions and answers to close it with a cherry. If you would like to ask a question, just leave a comment below.
1. G&D asks:
You recently wrote on a post: “You didn’t ask about this but I feel like advising: once you get a basic understanding of blogs and and web, get your own domain name and web hosting. Why put your efforts on a property that is not owned by you?”
Does “getting your own domain name” mean paying the $10 or whatever it is just to not have “blogspot” in my blog url? Or is it more than that? Could you please elaborate on this (and the second point)? And feel free to clarify like you’re talking to a 5 year old, b/c that’s pretty much how I feel right now in blog land. Thanks!
Website Traffic Series Part 15: Promoting Posts That Link to You on Social Bookmarking Sites
First of all a small announcement: I will publish all the “Website Traffic Series” posts on Thursdays now. This should encourage me to write them more consistently, and the readers will know that every Thursday they will find a new traffic generation strategy posted.
Now about today’s post. Last week we talked about how you can use social bookmaking sites to promote your own content and generate traffic. Well, curiously enough, you can also promote other people’s content to generate traffic to your own site!
Blogging Idol 2 Is Coming: Looking for Sponsors
I am pretty happy with the success of the first edition. In fact, I get emails pretty much every week asking when the next edition will take place.
Well guess what, Blogging Idol 2 is around the corner, and we are looking for sponsors!
WordPress Wizard Needed: How Do We Customize the “Add Media” Editor?
This is a problem that has been bugging me for a while, and I am sure that other people find it annoying as well: when you use the “Add media” feature on WordPress, after uploading the image, the default image size is always set at “Medium,” by default the image comes with an hyperlink to itself, and the default class is a weird code that is not customizable.
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