Blogging for small business: Should you use a free blog?

One of the most frequently asked questions I get about business blogging and website creation is “Should I use a free blog? There are, afterall, so many free blog providers out there.” My answer to this question is a simple “No”. I understand that the main concern for small business (especially startups) is cashflow and cost. [...]

WordPress 2.1.2 Critical Update!

The peeps have at WordPress announced a very critical update WordPress 2.1.1 users. Long story short: If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately. My oh my, this message has to [...]

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 [...]

WordPress 2.1.1 and 2.0.9

Yes, I’m back up with my new hard disk - rushed down to Sim Lim square and got myself a Seagate SATA 80GB for S$107. Cheapest SATA I could find in the short time I have to spend there. So I’m back up. Yeah, I guess I’d pay S$107 for less frustrations. Good [...]

WordPress 2.1 is out!

For once, I’m going to tell you to hold on tight, back up your files, stop eating, stop watching television and stop blogging! Its time to upgrade to WordPress 2.1! Finally! Autosave features, tabbed editor… I’m not going to type more! Head of over to the download page now!

Bookmark Explosion for 21 January 2007

Some links to share for the week: When you start to develop your products or services, consider these 7 As of Marketing by Walter WebproNews is saying that search marketing is getting tougher. Top 10 is not enough. You need to be Top 5! Why use blogs instead of websites? Lee Odden shares some SEO [...]

10 Practical Ways to Use a Blog

I’ve made a couple of posts earlier in this blog, emphasising that the term “blogging” is perceived in very different ways by different people. The blogging platform is just a tool. How you use a tool depends on how creative you can be! Today I share 10 very practical ways in which [...]

WordPress 2.0.6 is out

WordPress 2.0.6 is out 3 hours ago, and after reading their updates on the development blog, I think the update that I am interested in is this - “Comments are filtered to prevent them from messing up your blog layout.” Go get the latest version of WordPress now.

My Blog Marketing Articles Blog

A couple of days back I was telling you guys about me going all out to try out other platforms to learn. Here’s one of the other blogs that I started, on the WordPress.com platform - Blog Marketing Articles for Thought. However, I’m not marketing it as vigorously as this one and also not [...]
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