Monthly Archives: June 2008
Has FaceParty been hacked?
Internet News It seems that popular UK Social Networking site FaceParty may have been hacked. As it stands just now the site is down and the home page has been replaced with a message to ‘The Haterz’ I have seen a few sites reporting that FaceParty have put this offensive message to members because of the negative comments they were receiving from members. However, I am a little sceptical. It is more likely the site has been hacked or they are ...
Continue readingShould your Blog URL’s be shorter?
Search Engine Optimisation Search Engine Round Table yesterday posted about a Google Groups thread where a Google employee, JounMu, hinted that Google may not like URL’s which are too long. The URL which was mentioned is : http://www.gadgetguy.com.au/small-kitchen-appliances-toaster-kettle-coffee-machine-blender-juicer-channel7-sunrise-australia-42.html Clearly this URL stinks of someone trying to squeeze in as many keywords as they can in the address bar. How does ...
Continue readingLinks Roundup – June 24th 2008
Links 20 Free Corporate WordPress Themes How to Avoid Getting Cheated in a Blog Contest Scam When Two Bloggers Write an Almost-Identical Post 200+ Quick Tips for Using Blogger Effectively 10 Reasons to Love Freelance Blogging Where Are My Millions? -The Blogpreneur This Blogging Stuff is Harder Than it Looks Forming Your Inner Circle
Continue readingMax Banner Ads WordPress Plugin Released
WordPress Plugins Today sees the release of a WordPress Plugin which I’m sure will be popular. Pawan Agrawal from Max Blog Press contacted me a few weeks ago to give me a preview of this new plugin which aims to make adding advertisements to your blog quicker and easier. By default, the plugin lets you add banners to 4 zones : Within the post, the sidebar (via a widget), top of first post and bottom of first post. You can also add new zones. The add zone ...
Continue readingStop looking for the quick fix
Blogging I recently removed the Skribit suggestion widget from BloggingTips. It was a useful tool however I didn’t like how I could not contact those who made post suggestions to explain why a post could not be covered. In future, post suggestions should be in the Suggestions & Feedback Room. John Sullivan asked a few questions today. I will answer some of those questions first before I proceed to the main point of this post Quick Questions ...
Continue readingHow to change or remove the “Subscribe to Atom” links in Blogger
Blogger Blogger blogs publish a site feed in Atom format. Atom feeds work in a very similar way to RSS, and there is very little difference for either publishers or those who choose to subscribe. Default Blogger templates (and indeed, many third party templates), each page will feature a link to subscribe to the Atom feed. On the main pages, this will link to the main site feed, whereas on post pages, this will link to the comments feed for a particular ...
Continue readingSocial Poster – Submit your post to 80 Social Websites
Social Media If you are a social networking fiend then Social Poster might be the site you are looking for. Social Poster allows you to submit your blog post to 80 social media sites. The site is designed pretty well. By default all social networking sites are selected however you can choose to only submit to news sites, dofollow sites, pligg based sites and more. There are links to login and register to all social websites and all sites have their PageRank ...
Continue readingTWShot – The new way to update Twitter
Social Media Mert Erkal came across a great new Twitter service called TWShot. The service lets you to add a ‘TWShot’ bookmark to your browser window. When you want to update your twitter you simply click on the ‘Use TWShot’ bookmark and add your Tweet and submit. The video below explains how it works. This service isn’t as interative as a full twitter client as you don’t see replies etc. However, if you are looking for a ...
Continue readingAdd Gravatars to your Site
Blogging Since WordPress 2.5 we have been able to add gravatars into our comments without the need for a plugin. Before this you’d need to use a plugin (or a bit of complex coding) to do the same job. If you don’t know much about gravatars or why you would want them then read Kevin’s post on Why you should add Gravatars to your Blog. He briefly mentioned the new WP2.5 Gravatar tag, however I’ll go into its usage further. The ...
Continue readingColumns dropping off
CSS I've talked about using grids in designing websites previously, aligning your elements to a formula to create consistency and harmony. This isn't hard to integrate into your design process, but issues can pop up in putting the layout to code; one such problem is columns dropping off.
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