Archive for the ‘How-To’ Category

Have You Burned Your RSS Feed With Feedburner?

Posted on 2008 06, 19 by Yan

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or via Email. Thanks for visiting! What is Feedburner? Here’s from the horse mouth: FeedBurner is the leading provider of media distribution and audience engagement services for blogs and RSS feeds. Our Web-based tools help bloggers, podcasters and commercial publishers promote, [...]

Optimize Your Blog for iPhone

Posted on 2008 06, 16 by Yan

With probably one of the Best Innovation of the Year, Apple iPhone is set to become the most sought-after mobile platform. What more with the new iPhone 3G is now priced at a stunning $199 in US and Canada which is half the price of the original iPhone.

Well, I don’t have the actual data of [...]

Blogging In Plain English

Posted on 2008 06, 09 by Yan

Remember the guys who use paper and video to explain RSS? If you aren’t already in the know, it is the best video presentation of What RSS Is in plain and casual English.
Created by the creative team of Common Craft which is the brainchild of Lee and Sachi LeFever. The duo who are passionate about [...]

Optimize Your URL For Search Engines

Posted on 2008 06, 05 by Yan

If there is one thing foremost in importance when starting a new blog is to optimize your URL or what one would call permalink. Permalink refers to the URL by which a particular post can be referenced. When proper permalink structure is taken care of, you stand a better chance of ranking higher in search [...]

How To Change File Permission - CHMOD

Posted on 2008 05, 30 by Yan

There are times when, depending on the specific thing you are doing, installing a certain plugin or modifying your theme CSS for instance, you need to change the file permission to allow you to edit or write to the file. In simple term, you need to make the file writable before you could make any [...]

How To Add Post Date To Your List Of Recent Posts

Posted on 2008 05, 20 by Yan

The WordPress function wp_get_archives(’type=postbypost’) displays a lovely list of posts, but sadly to say, it won’t show the date of each post. Now, whether to show the post date or not is up to each individual taste. I’m in the opinion that having a post date will increase readability which is good from users’ perspective.
Thanks [...]

How To Enable Gravatar On Your Blog Without Plugin

Posted on 2008 05, 17 by Yan

Do you know WordPress 2.5 has a built-in Gravatar feature? Have you tried to enable it and still no picture of you appearing beside your name or your commentator’s name? Well, I ditched it altogether and instead I place a code into my comment section without even enabling it in the first place. And I [...]

How To Find DoFollow Sites & Build Your Backlinks

Posted on 2008 05, 15 by Yan

It has been said often times that the most effective way to direct traffic to your site is through commenting. It is only by way of commenting, you are able to express your opinions and thoughts on the issues being discussed. As such, it provides a medium to engage in a two-way conversation.
Naturally when you [...]

Now It’s Time To Promote Your Blog

Posted on 2008 05, 09 by Yan

Creating a blog is easy, finding a niche to blog about is slightly harder but building an audience for your blog requires lotta hard work and real patience. Of course, keeping your readers loyal is, in my opinion, the hardest thing to do.
Nothing grandiose can be achieved in isolation
You may be a pro in your [...]

Do-It-Yourself WordPress Installation

Posted on 2008 05, 05 by Yan

Installing WordPress on your web server shouldn’t be too much of a task. It is relatively easy to perform even for a beginner.
In my pervious article on How To Use FTP- The Basic, I’ve introduced to you what FTP is and recommended several FTP clients for your perusal. Knowing how to use FTP is the [...]