Monthly Archives: May 2007
Promote your blog through guest blogging
Promote your blog John Chow talks about how hard it can be to get recognition as a new blogger. When John told the story of Blogging Tips, I had a look. It is my kind of blog – full of practical advice. I was fairly happy when Kevin said that I could guest blog here (and if you are interested, find out how you can too). It seems appropriate that my first post on Blogging Tips should be about guest blogging. My friend Steve Collins has a fairly well rated ...
Continue readingThe Blogging Tips Design
Site News I know, I know….another freaking post in the site news category!! Ive had a lot of reviews of BloggingTips in the last week and the main criticism has been about the design. I hate the sidebars as much as you guys haha. There have been other criticisms as well however im happy to say most comments have been constructive. I must admit i find it funny that people are only bringing up the fact the sidebar doesnt display properly in older ...
Continue readingSome photos of my travels the last few months
Personal I decided to add a personal category to the blog so that the site has a much needed personal touch – damn thats cheesy!!! Don’t worry – i wont be blasting you with personal problems and complaints but i will occasionally put a pic up showing you what ive been doing whilst ive been away from the pc. This post is being published on the day i go travelling around New Zealand for 3 weeks so when i get back i should have some good ...
Continue readingBlogging Tips Authors
Site News As you all know, ive been looking for authors for Blogging Tips. I have not really spoke much about the way i want things to work yet but ive had a lot of emails asking to be an author here so i thought i should address the situation. First off, im looking for experienced bloggers and people who have been involved in web development for a few years. I dont want to disappoint people and i appreciate the effort that people put into writing posts ...
Continue readingThe importance of getting away from the pc and enjoying life
Blogging I thought it would be fitting to talk about ‘the importance of getting away from the pc and enjoying life’ on the day before i leave to go travelling around beautiful new zealand for 3 weeks. (Note i wrote this post on Thursday 10th May – thank you Mr Timestamp!). I love blogging because it allows me to write and express myself in a manner i couldn’t otherwise. Updating this blog is never a chore however i always do ...
Continue readingHow to integrate google adsense with your WordPress Blog without using plugins
WordPress Coding & Design Whether adsense is the best way to make money from a blog or not is up for debate however few people would argue that its the most common advertising media on blogs. There are numerous ways to integrate adsense into your blog. I was helping Stephen Welton integrate adsense into his new blog and it dawned on me that this is something a lot of people might have trouble with. Most wordpress bloggers use a plugin to do the trick. I personally tried ...
Continue readingWordPress : How to use the more tag and display the full content in your RSS Feed
WordPress Plugins Before i proceed with this article i just have to let all Blogging Tips subscribers know – all posts here will be in full. No posts will be split with the more tag from now on ——————————– David Culpepper from PureBlogging recently did a review of Blogging Tips. He said that Some of Kevin’s posts are very long so I certainly understand the use of the more tag to split ...
Continue readingFeedBurner Adopts Two-Year-Old, Renames it ‘FeedSmith’
WordPress Plugins I came across a post yesterday about Feedburner adopting the popular Steve Smith Feedburner Plugin. Here is the official feedburner statement about it (taken from here) It’s official. We’ve signed adoption papers for the popular WordPress plugin that seamlessly redirects requests for an ordinary feed (from self-hosted WordPress blogs) to your super-powered FeedBurner feed. This plugin — a toddler in age, but a prodigy with ...
Continue readingBloggingTips Downtime
Site News just a quick note to readers here. I apologise to those who have tried to visit the site in the last day or so and have had trouble getting online. My server has been going down a lot the last 2 days and ive been unable to send or receive any emails. They are looking into why – they suggest i need more ram but im trying to determine which site or sites i own is causing all of this downtime before i determine if i need ram and how much (i ...
Continue readingA little BT Update
Site News I’ve got a few things about the site i wanted to talk about to readers so i thought i’d squeeze them all into one post Time to get the holiday head on As i told you all recently, im going travelling around all of new zealand for 3 or 4 weeks. We move out our flat Friday morning and early Saturday morning we are leaving Auckland for the trip. Im already booked in for the Hobbiton movie tour on Sunday! I have written close to 3 weeks ...
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