One of the great things about self-hosted WordPress blogging is the amount of plugins available to help you make your blog just the way you want it. For anyone not on WordPress, plugins are additional solutions that you can install to your site’s admin area, and they then offer extra functionality to your blog and… [Continue Reading]
This post originally appeared at For Bloggers By Bloggers, but I’ve been asked a lot of questions about theme changes and SEO settings recently, so I thought I’d share it here. For any self-hosted WordPress blogger, the SEO Data Transporter plug-in from StudioPress could be one of the most useful plug-ins around. Compatible with some… [Continue Reading]
First, I just want to say none of the BlogOnCloud9 links in this post are affiliate, in case you thought this was just a blatant sales pitch… About a couple of months ago, I noticed that my site was having loading issues. I ran it through a load time analyzer and was shocked at how… [Continue Reading]
Hi guys. Since you helped me immensely when I asked your views on a blog redesign (which will be unveiled soon thanks to Lisa Kalandjian of SceneStealer), I’d like to ask your views again, if that’s okay? Currently I have an account at Posterous, which I use for short and punchy thoughts. They’re mainly ideas… [Continue Reading]
Last month I wrote about how to make your blog work for you, and part of that was by measuring your blog’s success through analytics. Woopra was one of the tools I mentioned (and it’s one I use on this blog), for the way it offers a host of great and incredibly useful information. Yesterday… [Continue Reading]
This is a guest post from my wife Jacki. I thought it’d be interesting to get the views of someone who has no real interest in social media and let them explain why. And one thing I love about Jacki is her no-nonsense approach to everything. To learn more or connect with Jacki, please visit… [Continue Reading]
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Goodbye DISQUS, Hello WordPress
So it wasn’t that long ago I mentioned I was moving my comments system to DISQUS. The fact that the system was being used on more blogs, and also had social media integration with its Reactions feature that pulled stats from anywhere else your blog was being discussed, seemed pretty cool. Yet, lately, DISQUS seems… [Continue Reading]