Finally back in town and in front of my computer!

Phew! Its been 9 days since I last posted! Seriously, I don’t remember the “break” being that long! Well, I was overseas in Malaysia for most of the time, and then after I was back in Singapore I was swamped with all the emails from everywhere, and then I am down (I [...]

WordPress Include Tags

The WordPress documentation on Include Tags listed four different functions which template developers can use to in their templates: <?php get_header(); ?> <?php get_footer(); ?> <?php get_sidebar(); ?> <?php comments_template(); ?> Most templates in the WordPress themes directory use these set of functions, simply because they are used with the default Kubrick template, and according to the documentation, these functions provide the additional functionality [...]

Optimal HTML Headings for Proper Information Hierarchy in WordPress Blogs

I was back tweaking my blog templates these days, and I learned that many of the WordPress Plug-Ins for the sidebar use the HTML header H2, for sidebar headers. For example, in order to generate the list of links from your blogroll automatically (with the headers), one would normally use <?php get_links_list(); ?>. This, however [...]

The big fuss about comment moderation

One of the sins brought up in the recent SiteProNews article on Top 10 Sins of Blog Usability By Linda Bustos, is not moderating comments. Linda says: Allowing anyone and everyone to post whatever they want in your comments section is asking for spam. Not only is this annoying to your readers, but it really takes down [...]

The SEO practitioner’s key to optimizing Blogger templates

Yesterday, I spent some time out and I met up with my friend, coach and mentor - Patrick, so we could discuss on the things that I have done up for his blog. I’m currently working with him to help him optimize his blog about Designing Your Life and Making Good Decisions. Here was his [...]