by Darnell Clayton on February 9th, 2010
Right on the heels of the launch of their Blackberry and Android brethren, it looks like iLovers have finally received several updates to the WordPress app–all of them dealing with comment moderation.
(WordPress for iPhone) I’m very excited about this new version which is focused on improved comment moderation including:
- Reply to Comments
- Edit Comments
- Highlighting the new items in the comment list
We hope this release will make the comment experience on the go much more enjoyable and useful.
These latest features should make it easier for bloggers to not only weed out the trolls, flamers and spammers who make a living harassing others, but also help them engage with their vocal audience (which is a good idea if you want to maintain a loyal following). Read More
Categories: WordPress News
Tags: iphone, Mobile Software
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by Billy Mabray on February 8th, 2010
Happy Monday, folks! From time to time we talk about Melody, a fork of Movable Type that was started by several top developers in the Movable Type community. Serdar Yegulalp has written a solid introduction to Melody for those that want a better understanding of what the project is and where it stands.
Just yesterday I found out about a new MT blog that I expect to be linking to a lot here in the future. Nick at MTJ is bringing Japanese MT development to the English-speaking world. There’s a lot of great MT work being done in Japan, and with Nick’s help we’ll finally be able to showcase some of it here. For example, Nick has recently written about a few new plugins:
- Escape Code and Action Streams — Escape Code makes it easier to display sample code in your entries. And this release of Action Streams brings that plugin to MT5.
- Bypass Dashboard — Let’s you bypass the dashboard when you log in. Particularly useful for people that only have access to one blog.
- AssetArchives — Create a set of archives for your assets. Could be the easiest way yet to create a photo gallery.
- Crypt — Let’s you encrypted the published file.
- System Menu — Gives you a menu for accessing system-level admin pages in MT5. A handy shortcut for those of us that got used to that menu in MT4.
Also, be sure to check out Nick’s coverage of the MT Developers & Designers Conference held recently in Tokyo. Read More
Categories: Movable Type News
Tags: movable type, Movable Type Monday
by Dee Barizo on February 7th, 2010
From the early days of the blogosphere, savvy bloggers realized they could get traffic and links by offering free posts to other bloggers. The bloggers receiving the posts were happy to get free content. It was a classic win-win situation.
This strategy of guest posting is not only effective for SEO and referral traffic, but it also builds your reputation, brand, and credibility.
If you want to have a successful guest posting campaign, consider these 3 rules.
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Categories: Blogging Tips
Tags: guest posting, seo, Sunday Morning SEO
by Darnell Clayton on February 6th, 2010
With millions out of work throughout the world, many people (with extra time on their hands) are looking for extra ways to generate income by pursuing hobbies that they love.
For some that includes blogging, which might explain many of the “how do I start a blog” questions that I receive, as well as all the costs associated with starting one (at least for those who choose to self host their own content).
While there are many excellent blog platforms out there that do not require a person to have a server, for some the price range might be beyond their budget (especially those with monthly plans).
After scouring the internet for more hours than I care to admit, here are four blogging platforms for aspiring probloggers that cost less than $25 a year. Read More
Categories: Blog Software, Blogging Tips
Tags: Blogger, Live Journal, Tumblr
by Darnell Clayton on February 4th, 2010
Right after WordPress launched their Android app, the WP crew finished the final touches on their Blackberry app that rivals the one they built upon Google’s mobile OS.
Somewhere in the dark my iPhone cries out in jealousy. Read More
Categories: WordPress News
Tags: Blackberry, Mobile Software
by Darnell Clayton on February 3rd, 2010
After stumbling upon signs that WordPress was creating an Android app earlier this year, Mashable broke the news that the app has officially entered Google’s playground, thanks in part to Dan (from wpToGo).
While the WordPress team has created a video highlighting many impressive features (note: reply to comments within the app?! Dude!), what’s really interesting is WordPress’s plans to add video support and native stats within the app itself. Read More
Categories: WordPress News
Tags: Android, google, Mobile Blogging
by Darnell Clayton on February 2nd, 2010
Have you ever tried to cook a steak without checking the time, temperature and (most importantly) the steak itself?
As silly as that sounds, the same is true when it comes to analyzing your blogs traffic and stats, which can provide invaluable feedback on the health of your blog.
For those fortunate enough to have an iPhone, here are four apps you should consider owning. Read More
Categories: Blogging Tips
Tags: Analytics, iphone
by Billy Mabray on February 1st, 2010
Happy Monday, folks! A couple of weeks ago, Chad Everett released a new version of MT-Notifier, the advanced notifications plugin for Movable Type and Melody. Since then, he’s released a minor update with these changes:
- Corrected category code for sending all comment notifications.
- Corrected ordering of permissions for widget installation.
- Fixed template tag name in widget.
Licensed users can download that update now.
Over at Code Monkey Ramblings, Mike has written a tutorial on generating shortcodes in MT or Melody. Besides showing you how to create shortcodes — reusable text replacement tags — Mike’s tutorial is also a great entry-level lesson on writing MT plugins. Read More
Categories: Movable Type News
Tags: Google Maps, movable type, Movable Type Monday, plugins, shortcodes
by Dee Barizo on January 31st, 2010
In my last post, I talked about using an SEO tool to evaluate a site’s link authority. In this post, let’s look at why you should be evaluating sites and how to apply the information you get from your research.
Getting quality backlinks is the best competitive advantage you can get in SEO. Backlinks are a major part of the search engines’ algorithms and it’s much harder to copy someone’s backlinks than their keywords.
You can focus on keywords but keywords are easy to implement. Once a webmaster figures out that they are important, he can look at the free keyword tools, find relevant keywords, and then add on their website. Compare that process to building links on quality sites.
That’s why the search engines place a lot of value to backlinks on their algorithms. With the early search engines, you could just place keywords on your site and you would rank pretty quickly. Savvy SEOs realized this and created many low quality sites that dominated the search results. Google became the best search engine by focusing more on links instead of keywords on a site. This focus helped Google create search results filled with more quality sites than their competitors.
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Categories: Blogging Tips
Tags: link building, seo, Sunday Morning SEO
by Darnell Clayton on January 29th, 2010
Before the Facebook acquisition last August, Friendfeed was known as an online haven for geeks, free of the tweet spam that has long infested Twitter.
Fast forward towards today and one will discover Friendfeed to be mostly vacant save for the presence of super geeks (like Scoble).
For those of you who still refuse to forsake Twitter’s former rival, you may want to check out Freshfeed, an iPhone app created by Palaapp.com. Read More
Categories: Microblogging
Tags: iphone, Mobile Software
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