The NY Times has an article on blogging addictions or obsessions as the NYT’s calls it. Blogging is a pastime for many, even a livelihood for a few. For some, it becomes an obsession. Such bloggers often feel compelled to write several times daily and feel anxious if they don’t keep up. As they spend […]
WP Plugin: Pictorialis
This is a WordPress powered weblog photo album called Pictorialis. Some of the features include: – XHTML compliant code – Simple once click addition of photos, auto thumbnail and resizing – Extraction of EXIF information from original photo and saved as meta – Easy installation, as easy as installing WordPress – Simple, clean design and […]
Five Essential Elements Of A Posting
This introductory article discusses five essential elements of a weblog posting. Element one is use a catchy title, because as the author points out, some aggregators only display the title in the feed. The title should tease readers into wanting to read the article. The second element is to consider using an excerpt from a […]
Google Rankings: Dashes or Underscores?
You may be trying to decide if you should use dashes or underscores for your redirects in mod_rewrite? Apparently MovableType uses _underscores_ and WordPress uses -dashes- to separate URI title words. Actually, you can use either one for either of the weblog systems but those are the defaults. So which is better where Google is […]
Back It Up Or Lose It!
If your weblog uses a mySQL database to store all your data then chances are at some point in time it’ll get corrupted or damaged beyond repair. Imagine having a year or two’s worth of entries, links, and comments disappear in an instant. Thankfully, backing up your database is easy and can be automated so […]
