Archive for October, 2008
« Previous EntriesFinally getting smarter - about time huh
Friday, October 31st, 2008Yes occasionally I have to keep hitting my head against the wall before things start to sink in. Each time WordPress releases a new version I play catch up checking my plugins and themes to see what works with it and what does not.
Well I actually decided that is plain dumb and decided that [...]
Blog Rush Is Shutting Down
Thursday, October 30th, 2008That was the title of an email I received this am.
After a huge initial launch and then numerous growing problems with people trying to scam the system I expected it to keep evolving and have used it on this blog to continue to test it.
Now I have been a vocal critic at times of this [...]
Blog Talk Radio was an interesting experience
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Today I tried this for the first time. There is always a learning curve and as usual I screwed up the beginning. They tell you to mute or it will be added to the replay then I got excited when the music started and did not unmute for a minute.
So there is dead space in [...]
Blog Talk Radio today
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Well the day has arrived for the initial episode of my Blog Talk Radio Show. Looking forward to giving you answers to any questions you may have on WordPress or blogging.
There have been a few questions asked but can always use more so feel free to leave a comment here with the question you would [...]
Power of trackbacks for more traffic
Monday, October 27th, 2008One of the things I love is tracking where my visitors come from so I know what is driving my traffic. It helps me to understand what is working and what is not.
Now I use both Google Analytics and for blogs My BlogLog. Was there today as usual (yes I am always checking stats a [...]
Blog Talk Radio - trying something new
Sunday, October 26th, 2008Okay you answered so I have scheduled the first session on Blog Talk Radio. It is scheduled for Tuesday at 3 pm. I only set it for 15 minutes until I see what type of crowd and how manty questions there are.
You can find it at Mike’s Blog Talk Radio.
It would be helpful if you [...]
What is bookmarking
Saturday, October 25th, 2008Today’s question:
Exactly what *is* bookmarking and what does it do?
First let’s define it and go to Wikipedia.
Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata.
In a social bookmarking system, users save links to web pages that they want [...]
WordPress 2.6.3 - yes another change but an important one
Friday, October 24th, 2008WordPress came out with an unexpected update yesterday. With all their work on 2.7 they were not planning this but a security flaw that involves the Snoopy library was announced then.
Because of that they came out with an almost immediate update and it is easy to do but necessary. You will only need to download [...]
Adding social bookmark to your blog
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Today’s question:
I like your blog. Its informative. I am a newbie and would like to know how you put in the ‘bookmark’ at the end of the post.
This is actually easy to do on WordPress. It is a plugin called All-in-one Bookmarking Button. Just upload it to your wp-content/plugins/ folder, click it to activate and [...]
My day for a question need your answers
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Hey guys and gals most days I answer your questions but today I would like you to answer mine.
I have been looking at Blog Talk Radio and decided that it would be a great place to do my monthly free call where I can answer whatever questions you have on WordPress and blogging.
Now the problem [...]