Monthly Archives: August 2007
WordPress 2.22 and 2.0.11 released
WordPress WordPress have today released version 2.22. Today we have two security-related releases available for both users of our main 2.2 branch and the legacy 2.0 branch. As these releases include only security and minor bugfixes they should not cause any plugin or theme compatibility issues, so you have no good excuse not to upgrade. On our Trac you can see the bugs closed for 2.2.2 and 2.0.11 to get more details about the problems fixed. With a little ...
Continue reading10 Blogging Forums to help raise your game
Blogging There has been a lack of good blogging forums for quite a while so it’s good to see some more blogging forums pop up. So I thought it would be a good time to list 10 of the best blogging forums on the web (in no particular order). BloggingTips.com Forums The greatest blogging forum on the internet….ok, perhaps not yet but some day! Our blogging forums have been online since April and I’m pleased to say that they have recently ...
Continue readingWe were blogging before we knew we were blogging
Blogging Nate Whitehill wrote a post 2 days ago entitled ‘What Motivated You To Start Blogging?‘. He is asking for readers to send their answers via email or in the comment section of the post. It will be interesting to see how different people got into blogging. I have been blogging before I even knew I was blogging. When I first started using the internet I used to post on forums frequently, very frequently. My thoughts, rants, questions ...
Continue readingPreparing for the weekend
Blogging I’ve now been back in the UK for a month and in that time I have slowly settled back into normal life, by normal life I mean working regular hours. The bulk of my internet work is now done Monday to Friday. Of course, being self employed on the internet gives me a lot of freedom with my time and I am able to work the hours I want (as long as the work gets done). The reason I choose to work Monday to Friday is pretty simple, it’s the ...
Continue readingBe honest, be yourself
Blogging I touched upon this subject a little in my ‘Top 10 mistakes new bloggers make‘ post in June and in my ‘John Chow‘ post yesterday . Specifically I spoke about how a lot of new bloggers are just repeating what other bloggers are saying and that many are scared to voice their own opinion as they don’t want to rock the boat. The blogosphere is huge and with more and more blogs springing up every day it gets that little ...
Continue reading5 simple steps to set up a John Chow Blog
Blogging John Chow is one of the most popular bloggers in the blogging world. Love him or hate him, you can’t deny the man’s ability to generate buzz and make money from his blog. One aspect of the ‘John Chow’ phenomenon which has confused scientists for the last year is the high percentage of new bloggers copying everything to do with his blog. Instead of just listening to John’s advice about blogging, many new bloggers are ...
Continue readingHope in Dark Theme
WordPress Themes Released a few days ago, the hope in dark theme from kalinawebdesigns has an adspot area built in and is widget ready. Worth a look if your on the lookout for a new skin for your wordpress blog. Info & Download : here
Continue readingFeed M8 – Make your blog mobile ready
Blogging I received an email on Tuesday from a website called FeedM8. The site makes allows your blog to be read more easily on mobile phones. There are a lot of services like this on the web but since they have taken the time to email me directly about this I thought I would post about them Once you have signed up you can add your blog details. You can then see an example of how your feed will look like on a mobile. Here’s what the Blogging Tips ...
Continue readingFree IQ – The marketplace for ideas
Blogging Yesterday I posted a video from the website Free IQ. I’ve been browsing the site for the last day or so and I’ve found some fantastic audio clips, videos and pdf books. So what is Free IQ? Free IQ is a place where people can exchange ideas through video, audio and text. Some of the products on the site are free whilst others require you to purchase them. The standard of the free products is high though, check out the blogging section ...
Continue reading$200 Forum July referral competition winners
Competitions Just a quick post to announce the winners of July’s referral competition The competition was pretty poorly received so in future I don’t think I will be doing a competition like this again (it’s sometimes trial and error with these things!). The following people referred a few members and will be getting $50 sent to them via paypal (email me if you have won) : cmanlong shypys Since $100 of last months competition wasn’t ...
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