Posted 31 Dec 2008 — by Ellie
Category WordPress
In our wildest blogging dreams, we all hope to hit the front page of Digg with a well-written and popular post.
To survive the large amount of traffic that will come your blog’s way whether you are on the front page of Digg, popular on StumbleUpon or getting loads of search engine traffic, install WP-Cache, a well-known and popular WordPress plugin.
The concept behind WP-Cache is very simple. It simply builds static pages from your site, which will allow your site to stay up during major peaks in traffic. Other reasons to use WP-Cache include if you have limits on your bandwidth and want to cut back on server requests or if you usually have slow performance from your server.
Check out my “Site Design” section on the site. You’ll find a comprehensive list of the plugins used on this site, along with descriptions and links to download.
Posted 17 Dec 2008 — by Ellie
Category WordPress
Leaving comments on WordPress powered blogs can be tiresome and frankly, tedious.
There are two ways to work around this problem – one is a Firefox extension and the other is a browser bookmarklet.
I’ve mentioned bookmarklets here before, and this one works just the same. Single click and drag this link (WordPress Comment) to your browser toolbar. Be sure to edit the name, email and website values after saving by right clicking on the link and going to preferences. A WordPress comments bookmarklet could come in handy on many blogs, but the developer says there are problems with some themes not having the right coding, so the fields do not automatically fill in. Note: I have only tested on Firefox 3. (Source: i0nutzb)
Posted 10 Dec 2008 — by Ellie
Category WordPress
Over the next 24 hours, let us know what your favorite WordPress plugin is – and you’ll be entered to win a $10 Amazon gift certificate!
The winner will be selected randomly and announced on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 12:00 pm EST!
Congrats, John Lessnau and to all who entered. John, you will receive your gift certificate today, and I would like to THANK all of you for entering!
WordPress Wednesdays features posts about plugins, themes and general usage of WordPress, the world’s most popular content management system!
Posted 03 Dec 2008 — by Ellie
Category WordPress
WordPress sends out plain text emails for things like comment and pingback notifications. These emails are usually long and awkward, especially if you have WP installed in its own directory.
Do you want to minimize the wasted characters included in every email you get from WordPress?
“Clean Notifications” solves the problem of long, wordy emails, and formats WordPress emails into clean, HTML friendly messages.
Here’s a comment notification before “Clean Notifications”:
And after “Clean Notifications”:
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Remove the Junk from WP Emails with Clean Notifications
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Posted 19 Nov 2008 — by Ellie
Category WordPress
Adding photos to your posts adds interest and a little spark to your pages. Photo Dropper is a WordPress plugin that lets you add Flickr photos to your posts with an easy to use interface.
Photo Dropper searches for photos licensed for shared use and lets you pick the perfect pictures to add to your posts!
- Once you have the Photo Dropper plugin activated, you will see an “Add Photo via Photo Dropper” icon right above your Write Post (or Write Page) editor.Click on it, and enter keyword(s) for a photo you would like for your post (Example: “geek”, “biking”, or “cell phones”) and click the Search button.
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Photo Dropper Makes Adding Pictures to Your Posts Easier Than Ever
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Posted 28 Oct 2008 — by Ellie
Category WordPress
I don’t know how I survived blogging without FeedBurner to manage my feeds! A good analogy for FeedBurner and what it does for your blogs – it is like an alternative fuel for your blog feeds – making your blog (vehicle) run better, faster and smoother – while getting more mileage out of your RSS feeds!
First, you need a Feedburner account set up. If you do not have one, read more on the FeedBurner site – be sure to watch the cool video!
Got your FeedBurner account? Good! Let’s get started!
Navigate to Publicize and first ACTIVATE the service.
Posted 26 Oct 2008 — by Ellie
Category WordPress
Almost every blog software uses some form of categories and tagging to label your posts. You can turn your blog into a well organized internal search engine with a little elbow grease.
Categories can be thought of as a chest of drawers in your bedroom. Each drawer has a specific purpose – one for socks, one for shirts, another for sweaters, and so on.
Tags are subdivisions of each category. Inside of each drawer (category) you can divide your socks by color or type. Same with your shirts and sweaters. Tags are a compliment to categories, so you remain organized.
Posted 15 Oct 2008 — by Ellie
Category WordPress
Are you still contemplating starting a blog?
Or have you reserved a username or webhost, but haven’t made the first step into blogging?
Don’t despair. You aren’t alone! Many people haven’t started blogs yet!
Blogging is a relatively new phenomenon, but as you have probably noticed, blogging is more and more popular, and is now in the mainstream of world news and communication!
I want you to start a blog! Still not convinced? Well, here are 7 Reasons Why You Should Be Blogging!
- Blogging is easy. Seriously. Blogging is just as simple as sitting down and composing an email!
