Wordpress 2.8
Wordpress 2.8 has just been released a short time ago. A ‘release candidate’ has been available for a few days now, with testers and developers working to squash any remaining bugs.
The official release version is now out. Updating to the latest version is recommended, but beware… at least on the site I’ve updated so far the upgrade made all my widgets disappear. So take note of what you’ve got and where because you may have to add them again. I’ve also seen recommendations to deactivate all your plugins before installing. I didn’t have a problem with plugins on the two sites I’ve updated so far, but it’s still worth doing if others have had problems with it. It could be that some plugins break under this new version of Wordpress.
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How to See What Your Site Looks Like In Different Versions of Internet Explorer
Just found a great website that lets you see what your site looks like in different versions of Internet Explorer.
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Cool Tool – pixDIF
Here’s a cool tool if you are a web designer or developer. It’s an Adobe Air® application, so it will work on both Macs and PCs.
Does it take you forever adjusting pixel sizes to get things just right?
Want to preview what something, say an image, will look like in your website before you do all the coding?
Yes? Then check out this cool, free tool.
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10 Blog Traffic Tips
In every bloggers life comes a special day – the day they first launch a new blog. Now unless you went out and purchased someone else’s blog chances are your blog launched with only one very loyal reader – you. Maybe a few days later you received a few hits when you told your sister, father, girlfriend and best friend about your new blog but that’s about as far you went when it comes to finding readers.Here are the top 10 techniques new bloggers can use to find readers.
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4 Easy Steps To Using Forums To Build Backlinks
An important part of generating traffic to your website or blog is to rank highly in the search engine result pages. In addition to having good, relevant content on your site one of the best ways to increase your search ranking is to get high quality backlinks to your site.
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WP Premium – Free Wordpress Theme
I’ve found a new, free theme and it’s a beauty! It comes in 3 color schemes, has 100×100 advertising spaces built in, prominent RSS feed subscription placement.
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Reporter vs Expert – Why Most Bloggers Are Stuck Reporting
There are basically two types of bloggers in the world – reporters and experts – and some people perform both roles (usually the experts, it’s hard for reporters to become experts, but it’s easy for experts to report).
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3 Ways To Get Ideas For Writing To Your Blog
Even though I’m a natural idea generator I find myself getting stuck all too often when it comes to writing to my blog. If you have a blog, especially if you want to someday make money from it, it’s essential that you write frequently and consistently. But what do you do when you sit down at your keyboard and realize you have no idea what to write about?
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Social Media from an Artist’s Perspective
I’ve just read what may be the best article I’ve come across on Social Media. Written from an artist’s perspective, it has a genuine human element that makes a refreshing change from all the other articles I’ve read (written from a marketing perspective) which only seem to care about how to exploit the power of social media for your own gain.
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More SEO Themes For Wordpress
I’ve just found 2 more nice looking themes for Wordpress that are search engine optimized. They are also designed to make it easy to monetize your site with 125×125 ads in the sidebar.
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