Monthly Archives: December 2008
Admin Drop Down Menu Plugin For WordPress 2.7
WordPress Plugins The stable release of WordPress 2.7 has been out for 10 days now and the beta versions have been available for much longer. One of the major costmetic changes in 2.7 was the main admin links being moved from the top of the page to the left hand side. I’ve got used to this new layout however I’m sure many WordPress bloggers still miss the old style. There is no need to fret as PlanetOZH have released an Admin Drop Down Menu plugin ...
Continue readingStyling WordPress 2.7 Comments
WordPress Coding & Design A few weeks ago I wrote about the WordPress 2.7 theme enhancements and specifically how the comments were now output using the tag wp_list_comments(). However, this controls all output of your markup and for a lot of people, this is different to how their existing theme is. Just a reminder, default output is: [sourcecode language="html"] Sarah Says: November 30th, 2008 at 10:00 am Comment content goes here. [/sourcecode] This is fine, but for my ...
Continue reading3 Creative Ways Of Using Article Marketing
Making Money Article marketing is one of the easiest ways to build links and get traffic to your blog. But it is not just about building links and getting your blog to rank in front page of search engines. Article marketing is easy and consumes very less time. You can write articles for article marketing in less than 12 minutes and still enjoy its benefits. We have discussed on how you can benefit from article marketing for the past few weeks. There are 3 ...
Continue readingMeasuring The Pulse Of The Blogosphere
Reviews Measuring trends, hot topics, memes, etc. is difficult unless your RSS reader is chock full of blogs covering a wide range of topics. Thankfully, with a service like Blogpulse, you won’t have to do the monitoring by yourself anymore. Company Info: Blogpulse is a service that automatically discovers trends within its covered base of blogs. BlogPulse applies machine-learning and natural-language processing techniques to discover trends in ...
Continue readingHow to add the Digg button to selected articles only
WordPress Coding & Design As you know, Digg is a powerful social website which can send more than 10,000 visitors to your blog if your article is pushed to the front page. We can easily add the Digg button to our posts. All you need to do is simply copy the code and paste it into your template file and then the Digg button will appear in every post. But what if you only want the Digg button to appear in selected posts only? How to make the Digg button appear in selected ...
Continue readingHTML Basics: Using Lists
Design & Coding There are three types of lists that we can use on our web pages: Unordered Lists Ordered Lists Definition Lists Unordered Lists Unordered Lists should be used when you wish to have a list of data but there is no specific order to that list. The list I’ve used above, to list the list types, is an unordered list. An unordered list can also be associated with a bullet point list. The correct syntax for an unordered list is [sourcecode ...
Continue readingFree Images to Bolster Your Blog
Blogging, Making Money A few weeks ago, I blogged about a survey from MarketingSherpa that showed that adding certain things to an ad increases user responsiveness. At the time, I was focused on video; specifically how bloggers can use it to better engage their reader and even increase conversions if they happen to be an affiliate blogger. But video wasn’t the only item on MarketingSherpa’s list. In fact, the top item was images. Images are a great way to ...
Continue readingFreelance Writing Rates: How to Stick to Your Pricing Guns
Making Money One of the things I love about being a freelance writer and blogger is that I get to set my own rates. This means I can be flexible with clients if I want without having to consult with anyone. But, as with most freedoms, this is a double-edged sword. Sometimes it can hurt you. Following is a scenario I had with a long-time client, and how I managed to stick to my pricing guns. Freelance Writing Rates: The Client Who Challenges You I’ve been ...
Continue readingDo You Think MyBlogLog Has Went Downhill Since Yahoo Took It Over?
Blogging News, Social Media When I started blogging regularly I was a big fan of MyBlogLog, the social community for bloggers. I stopped using it around the time Yahoo took control over the site and removed the widget from my blogs. Many other blogs removed the widget as well though the community is still very popular. However it seems that many members believe that MyBlogLog has went downhill a little since being taken over by internet giants Yahoo. Angel Djambazov wrote ...
Continue readingArticle Marketing: How to Run a Successful Campaign
Writing I’m working with a new client on an article marketing campaign. This client is not new to online marketing. His firm runs a very successful pay-per-click campaign. But, they want more organic traffic, so they contracted with my firm to start an article marketing campaign. Getting the Point of Article Marketing Across to the Client Right now, I’m having a hard time trying to get the client to understand what article marketing is all about. ...
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