Monthly Archives: June 2008
Blogger’s New Features in Detail
Blogger As you may have read in Kevin’s recent post, Blogger is in the process of adding some major new features to the system. Currently available to those logging in through Blogger in Draft, the most prolific features include: A comment form beneath blog posts An import/export feature (which can also be used as a backup system) Star ratings, which readers can use to rate your posts A brand new post editor, with much greater functionality In ...
Continue readingDon’t place more than one ‘Advertise Here’ banner on your blog
Blogging I have read a lot of posts on blogging and web development related blogs in the last few weeks. Many of these blogs are only a few months old and are unfortunately making the same mistake in their ad area. One technique bloggers use to advertise an ad space is to place a default ‘Advertise here’ banner in their sidebar however I have seen many blogs putting 2 or more of these ads on their sidebar. There is no need to place more than ...
Continue readingUsing Conditional Tags
WordPress Coding & Design Conditional tags allow you to control the information displayed on a page depending on whether a certain criteria is met. They’re always used in a standard PHP if statement and there are conditional tags for almost every check that you could think of. The PHP Code The PHP code used with conditionals is a standard PHP if statement. ie. if (condition) { statement here; } Using a Conditional Tag The most used conditional tag I use is the tag ...
Continue readingFancy Forms
CSS Forms can be a bit of a pain to style, in the old days tables were the method of choice to align everything just right, but this is the future; CSS OR DIE! P.Diddy will come to your home and kill you if you use tables for presentational markup. So in order to prevent a Diddy disaster here is some helpful information, I accept thanks for saving your lives in cash and gifts off my Amazon wish list.
Continue reading3 Ways To Get More Than 100 Fans In StumbleUpon
Social Networking You might already know that I’ll be writing on social sites like stumbleupon, sphinn etc. for the next few weeks on every Saturday. Before reading this post and also the other upcoming posts, I recommend you to read my last week’s post on 3 things you have to do before submitting a post to a social site. In every social site, having many friends and fans is one of the main factors that have direct effect on how popular you are going to be on ...
Continue readingWhen Freelance Writing Becomes A Business
Writing For some reasons unbeknown to me, the description freelance writer carries a sour bi-taste for some people. I suppose the actual “freelance” in the description is what makes certain people cringe. This isn’t a problem though until it happens to a potential client. So what can a freelance writer do to have potential clients respect them as a proper business owner? This question needs to be considered in all its importance. I get ...
Continue readingBlogger adds some new features
Blogger Blogger in Draft yesterday announced some new features which you can try out in their draft area. Here’s a quick list of some of the new features : Google Gadget integration continues to improve, with better editing of gadget preferences. The new look for the Dashboard has seen a handful of tweaks, including a new button style that we’re trying out and, by popular demand, the “show all blogs” toggle is now sticky. The subscribe page ...
Continue readingNetworking is not a one way street
Promote your blog Networking is a great way of promoting yourself and your blog. When you have a long post or blog competition to promote, your friends and contacts can be the difference of it being a failure or it being a success. I must admit, I don’t use my online friends often enough to promote my blogs. I’m sure I will use my contacts in the future if I have write something which I want to get a lot of exposure but usually the most I do is link ...
Continue readingBlog Jealousy: When Your Blog is Just as Good But Doesn’t Get Attention
Blogging Do you think your blog is just as good as some others in your niche, but it fails to get anywhere near the attention? Do you suffer from blog jealousy or blog envy? The Fame Factor: The Famous Get “Famouser” While You Disappear Invariably, this happens to most bloggers who stay with it long enough. I know I’ve suffered from it. It’s a natural human reaction, especially after you read about the same bloggers over and over again. It seems ...
Continue readingUnique Blog Designs are getting better and better
Design & Coding Unique Blogging Designs exploded onto the blogging scene last Summer with the redesign of popular bloggers John Chow and Jeremy Schoemaker‘s blog. They built on this success and did designs for the likes of Zac Johnson, EntreCard and Fat Man Unleashed. I do like all of these designs however there is no denying that for the first few months most Unique Blog Designs looked very similar. In particular, the header and footer of these blog ...
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