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Paying for a WordPress theme: is it worth it?

October 10, 2007

Blogging is becoming very competitive. This means that you need to take every opportunity you can find to stand out from the crowd. My Blogging Tips article this week covers a way to get your blog into Google News – this will make your blog stand out. The Blog Herald offers another way, How to [...]

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Update your WordPress installation, get tags

October 8, 2007

WordPress is now available in version 2.3, with built-in tags. This will make blogging much easier for many people, who had trouble tagging with some of the available plugins. I’ve updated several blogs, and the update when smoothly. Related PostsWordPress: getting started with WordPressWordPress is wildly popular as a blogging platform because it’s endlessly customizable. [...]

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WordPress themes: I still love the WordPress AdSense system

October 6, 2007

Another day, another blog. I’ve just created a new “write a book” blog, and the first thing I did after installing the theme was to install the great free theme that you get when you sign up for the WordPress AdSense System. I’ve used this theme on a couple of blogs now. Here’s why I [...]

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Estranged: Latest Performancing WordPress theme

October 2, 2007

Performancing’s released several great WordPress themes. Their latest offering, Estranged, looks up-to-the-minute and elegant. It’s definitely a theme I’m going to play with. Technorati Tags: WordPress, themes Related PostsAnother beautiful WordPress theme from Performancing I love WordPress, and as an aficionado, I’m always on the lookout for new themes. Performanci…Choosing a WordPress theme for your [...]

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New blog theme: Daleri – three columns and widgets

September 30, 2007

Further to my WordPress theme hunt. I installed Deliciously Blue, and liked it a lot. Eventually, I may go with this theme after all… Then I spotted Andreas Viklund’s Daleri theme, which is new to me. Three columns, beautiful navigation, so it’s now my choice. For the time being. I’ve spent a lot of time [...]

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Choosing a WordPress theme for your blog – decisions!

September 29, 2007

I’ve just created a new blog, but none of the themes I currently use fit the topic of the blog, so I’ve been spending some time looking at new themes. I’ve narrowed my choices down to three: * Deliciously Blue * News Theme from Performancing * CopyBlogger Theme I like them all, for different reasons [...]

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New version of Mac desktop blogging tool – MarsEdit

September 16, 2007

I’ve been using ecto as a desktop blogging tool ever since I made the switch to the world of Mac computing. In the past few months however, ecto has been flakey. The app hasn’t been updated in a while, and although I still use it, I’ve been posting to several of my blogs manually. Less [...]

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Another beautiful WordPress theme from Performancing

June 23, 2007

I love WordPress, and as an aficionado, I’m always on the lookout for new themes. Performancing’s been producing gorgeous themes, and they’ve outdone themselves with this theme for photo blogs. Makes you feel like starting a photo blog just to use the theme, doesn’t it? Technorati Tags: themes, WordPress, photo blog Related PostsEstranged: Latest Performancing [...]

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Three must-have WordPress plugins

June 5, 2007

Got a WordPress blog? The beauty of WordPress is that you can dress up a blog to be anything you want it to be: it can be a simple, snazzy blog, or it can behave like a high-powered Content Management System (CMS). Of the hundreds of WordPress blogs, these three are my favorites: * Aizatto’s [...]

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Allow your loyal readers to buy you a beer (or a coffee)

May 28, 2007

You work hard posting to your blog, and you provide valuable information for your readers. But if they want to show their appreciation, there’s no easy way for them to do it. Now there is – they can buy you the beverage of your choice with the Buy Me A Beer PayPal Donation WordPress plugin. [...]

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