Yesterday I mentioned that I was cleaning out Google Reader and getting my RSS feed subscriptions down to a more manageable level. This has been an ongoing process. I am hoping to have things cleaned out in about two more sessions. Once the account is cleaned out, I plan on subscribing to some new blogs and sites [...]
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How To Password Protect a non-WordPress Directory
A few days ago, I tried to password protect a non-wordpress directory in cPanel and noticed that when I did that WordPress would override the specific .htaccess file in the non-WordPress directory and then return a 404. I searched online for some solutions and didn’t find anything specific to this problem other than one thread [...]
How To Optimize Your WordPress Blog
I am not a big fan of using WordPress plugins. The main reason why is because many plugs create new tables into your WordPress MySQL Database. If your WordPress blog tends to run slow, it might be caused from your database being over flooded with crap. Consider this. WordPress plugins are like software on Windows. [...]
How To Be An Organized Blogger
Here is an amazing article sent in by my good friend Mark Sierra. Mark has totally blown me away with how fast he has grown his blog. MAMD is an amazing blog and its one of my personal favorites. Mark, as a writer, has a very unique and professional writing style that I simply enjoy. [...]
Firefox: Cool Add-ons for Every Socialite
Hey, all. If you’re like me, you have a vast number of social networking sites, but no time to update all of them constantly. That’s why these add-ons are a MUST. First off, I’ll tell you about an add-on where you can update, blog, upload media, and more with only inputting the information once. This [...]
A Guide in Article Writing: How to Make Outlines
Making outlines if a fundamental writing skill. Outlines can be useful for anything that you write including articles, essays, and research papers. Outlining is one of the most basic and first techniques taught to young writers to help them organize their thoughts and structure their arguments. Unfortunately, although outlining is one of the first skills [...]
Top 5 Blogging Mistakes You Must Avoid
1. Make sure your English, grammar and spelling, is up to par and can be understood by International Readers as colloquial language that is used in your local area may not be understood by some one else a few thousand miles away. Also don’t use a crappy title for your blog. An eye catchy title [...]
CSS Tutorial – Cascading Style Sheets and Fonts
Using CSS is a lot of fun, especially for bloggers. In this CSS Tutorial, you will learn how to work with fonts on your blog or website. This CSS tutorial is based off using WordPress; however, the coding itself can be used on any website. One of the great things about learning how to customize [...]
How To Create a Favicon For Your Blog
Have you ever noticed that some blogs have a small logo appear in your web browser address bar? This is called a Favicon. It has been around for many years. In this post I will show you how you can make one for your blog quickly and easily. Fortunately for you, making a Favico is [...]
How To Write a Post Title That Will Get Search Traffic
If you’re gunning for search traffic, then the post title holds the most weight! I can’t say that I read a lot of blogs daily. In fact, I am really not much of a reader at all. I am not patient and reading makes me anxious. Anyway, when I do take a brief moment to [...]
