Archive for the 'Blogging Tools' Category
In this always on, 24/7 world, anyone working on the Web knows that time is an extremely elusive element – it seems our brains go at a hundred miles an hour. Boy I wish there was another one of me…
In an attempt to make my life easier, I keep – no further than a click [...]
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Tags: , Blogging, free tools
What is RSS?
Really simple syndication, or RSS, also known as a type of “feed” or “aggregator” is used to list frequently updated content on a Web site, in a specific format.
Originally and mostly used for blogs, RSS is now used by major news sites like Reuters, AP, NYT, WSJ, and Wired to push out their latest news.
The content of the [...]
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There is an ongoing argument about whether SEO is dead or not. Some even talk about SEO 2.0.
I don’t really care; I just want the Web to be easier to navigate and safer to use, and for this to happen we need to pay attention to Web standards.
If you’re a blogger, does the product you [...]
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Tags: All things WordPress, Google, SEO
Blog Plan
Apologies if you have been reading BlogWell and you’ve noticed posts coming and going; two posts in particular:
Make a Blog Plan, and Identify your your Audience are now available at How to Build a Site with WordPress.com
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Step 1: Open a WordPress.com account
Go to http://www.wordpress.com
Click on “Start your free WordPress Blog”
Fig 1: WordPress home page
Step 2: Setting up your WordPress Account
Fig. 2 Get a WordPress.com account: Get a site or just an account
To set up a WordPress account, you will need to:
a. Decide on a username
Choose your username wisely, as it will be reflected in [...]
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What is WordPress?
WordPress is free software that allows anyone to be an online publisher. It comes with tons of options, all made to ensure your experience as a publisher on the Web is easy, fun, free of cost, and compliant to Web standards. You can choose to make it public or private.
Although most people use it to [...]
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Found this Web 2.0 site which creates animated gifs.
(Excuse the borders around the images which is an issue with the WordPress theme)
You specify:
Style
Background color (any) or transparent
Foreground colour (any)
It calls itself the “Ajax loading gif generator“; however, it is ironic that it doesn’t behave like an Ajax based Web 2.0 (is this redundant) Web site, [...]
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Frustrated with taking pictures of the screen using the standard PrntScrn and Alt-PrntScrn keys?
Ever tried to take a picture of the Alt-Tab open applications box? Check this out:
What about those applications which don’t have straight line borders?
What about a picture of an application, and just the application, with the menus displayed? You can’t use Alt-PrntScrn [...]
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How to Comment on Blogs
Commenting on a blog is easy. If you comment well, you could attract a new reader to your blog; if you make a mess of it, you could be labeled spam.
So it’s no surprise new bloggers avoid commenting. They don’t want to get it wrong or feel they have nothing to add, and when they [...]
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When you link to a specific blog post (permalink), the person you link to, links back to you….tracks back to your story or post.
This is typically represented by a trackback list, found at the bottom of the post you linked to, with the most recent link to that post appearing at the top.
Pings are little messages, [...]
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