Monthly Archives: May 2009
The End of Subject/Verb Agreement: The Final Rules
Writing Today we’re going to finish up our series in Subject/Verb agreement. Aren’t you glad? Did anyone remember how many rules there were between subject and verb agreement or had you forgotten like me? Many of our words in the English language are singular nouns but they have a plural form. Words like civics, gymnastics, mathematics, mumps, and social studies are singular because they refer to a single thing even though the spelling ...
Continue readingWordPress 2.8 – Widgets, Themes and Tags (oh my!)
WordPress No software version is ever released on time with every requested feature in place – but WordPress 2.8 is looking to have a ton of new features. None of these changes have a dramatic impact on the interface, so the transition should be very easy for most administrators. WordPress Widgets One of the best features of WordPress 2.8 is the update to the widgets section. The current widget management often involves these steps: Your theme ...
Continue readingLinks Roundup – May 26th 2009
Links A roundup of some good blogging posts from the last few days 10 Twitter Hacks For Your WordPress Blog – A fantastic roundup of Twitter related hacks for WordPress. 15 Ways to Rework Your Next Blog Post Title – A great post about improving your blog post title. WordPress 2.8 Beta 2 – You can now download the 2nd beta version of the upcoming 2.8 WordPress release. How to Change the Category for Multiple Blog Posts With WordPress ...
Continue readingChina’s Ban on Blogger Blogs (and Possible Workarounds)
Around The Blogosphere, Blogger There has been much speculation about China’s recently imposed “blanket ban” of all Blogger powered blogs. Some believe this is intended to quell references to the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident, while others wonder if this is a technical difficulty as hinted on Blogger’s Known Issues page. In either case, this ban affects blogs hosted on the *blogspot.com subdomain (approximately 275 million) and also ...
Continue readingConfusing Words and Homonyms: Part 4 “M, N, O, P, and Q”
Writing Words can give us many problems all the time. Homonyms are words that sound the same, but have different meanings and are spelled differently. These words can cause a writer to say something that they don’t mean and end up sounding like a third grader. There is hope on the horizon though. This list will go through confusing words and homonyms from “M” to “Q”, but if you missed any previous posts you can find them here. Made: to ...
Continue readingBlogs and the Right Business Model
Promote your blog Getting the most from any Internet-based business usually involves three different aspects. The Right Site You need to make some decisions when you’re starting an online business about the kind of blog that you want to have. Remember that these are the modern day version of the business card so you’ll want to be sure that you present yourself and your goods or service in the best possible light. You need to take into account your ...
Continue reading3 Quick Ways to Improve your WordPress Blog SEO
Search Engine Optimisation, WordPress SEO is all the rage these days. Actually, it has been the rage for quite a while now, and just when people started calling it bunk, it started to surge back. Personally, I’m a 50/50 believer in it. There are some good practices preached by SEO’s that really do help. Here’s the three I have found that make a difference. #1) Get yourself an SEO plugin. The two most popular ones available (for free) these days are ...
Continue readingGet your latest tweets on your blog – Plugin free
WordPress Coding & Design There are a lot of plugins for WordPress that deal with Twitter. It can be hard to find the right one when you have a specific feature in mind. Although there are some really useful ones, sometimes a plugin is not always the answer. If you want to add your latest tweets to your blog but you don’t have the resources for another plugin, or you just like doing things by hand, here is some code you can use to add your latest tweets from ...
Continue readingCreativity Lesson From A New York Times Columnist
Blogging Those of us who follow the journalism side of the blogging world watched a big story unfold this week. A blogger discovered that Maureen Dowd, long-time columnist for the New York Times, had a paragraph in a recent column that matched a previously published blog post almost word-for-word and she did not credit the source. Ms. Dowd says that she had no idea this came from a published blog and if she did, she would have attributed it. But the ...
Continue readingQuickly Bookmark and Share Your Links With Start.io
Social Media Start.io is a quick and easy way to create a basic startpage displaying your favorite links. Although it is supposed to be primarily used as a startpage, I’ve found that Start.io is also a great way to keep up with your favorite bookmarks. Plus, since you get your own personal Start.io URL, it’s also a useful way to share your links with others. Signing up only takes a few seconds and once you do, it’s fairly simple to setup; you’ll have ...
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