Image via CrunchBase You've been to flickr. You've been to or used photobucket and youtube. Now, you can incorporate those things into your blog. And you don't need to use up your hosting space doing it either - this is available for anyone. Lorelle covers a giant list of plugins in this article overview of editing your photos for the web, uploading them, storing them, and even displaying them with some very cool effects! I can't wait to try this out. Currently, I use Zemanta, user-photo, and flickr for my regular day-to-day post writing. … [Read more...]
I heart WordPress “people”
February 20, 2009
You know what makes WordPress different from other "big" companies? The people are real. You can follow Matt Mullenweg and his family around the world through his blog. The boy just turned 25! You don't even want to KNOW what I was doing when I was 25. :) At this conference today there was an Automatic employee Lloyd who took time to answer questions. At a table were two people with "WordPress Help" scrawled on a paper and taped to the front. From my experience today, I can completely understand why everyone likes Mom Summit, and BlogHer and Blissdom Conferences. The only thing that … [Read more...]
Announcements…
February 19, 2009
Some personal stuff - that I hope will benefit you too: I'm going to another blogging conference tomorrow: Some business stuff: In an effort to find balance (whatever that is) I'm establishing some office hours! Monday: until 2PM Tuesday: until 2PM Thursday: from 11AM - 4PM Saturday: until 2PM For 24 hour services that we offer, including hosting and domain name registration, I will send my cell phone and IM information. I do check emails often throughout the day too. So it is rare that I miss something for more than a few hours. This is, after all, my hobby too! I love being able to … [Read more...]
Hey! There's ANOTHER new version 2.7.1
February 13, 2009
Yes, and it is completely safe to press that blue link at the top and complete the auto-upgrade. FIRST - I have one recommendation. Go to the plugin screen, 2 - Select all plugins using the top checkbox 3. Use the bulk options from the drop down menu to "deactivate" all the plugins. 4. Then proceed to click on the "upgrade" link at the top of your admin panels. 5. Go ahead and select "upgrade automatically". 6. That's it! Now you can go back to the post you were working on! :) PS - on backing up your blog: if we have installed wordpress for you, we have installed a … [Read more...]
On Importing your Old Blog’s Links
February 7, 2009
Learned this about WordPress.Com sites today: that there is an opml file/script located at http://myblog.wordpress.com/wp-links-opml.php. SOOOO if you want to import a list of links to your brand new self-hosted WordPress installation, you use the Import>Blogroll screen and type in that URL - voila!! Source: http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/creating-opml-files-of-posts?replies=9 … [Read more...]
Q: will this effect my google ranking?
February 5, 2009
A: I have NO clue. Well, actually, I might have a clue. But this is not my area of expertise. I console myself with the fact that there are people out there whose sole purpose in vocation is to understand Search Engine Optimization (SEO), so it's okay if its not me. However, one thing I do know: if you're going to research the topic do so with two things in mind, and this applies to research on most topics online: Always find the date the content was written - current is the ONLY way to go! Always read from trustworthy authors and sites. My suggestions: Start here: SEO … [Read more...]
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