Archive for the ‘WordPress Plugin’ Category

Banned/Ignored by Comment Love

Posted on 2008 08, 10 by Yan

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or via Email. Thanks for visiting! Who the hell banned my blog from CommentLuv?
Blog for Beginners’s last blog post..no post because http://thoushallblog.com is banned/ignored from CommentLuv
I guess this has got to be the shortest post I have ever made but I’ve [...]

15 Most Under-Utilized Plugins for SEO

Posted on 2008 07, 09 by Yan

Search Engine Optimization is all about optimizing your blog to position it higher in the Search Engine Results and thus increase overall visibility. It’s one of the most, if not the most, important aspect of blogging.
In what I have come to learn, there are 3 fundamentally important factors determining the success of a blog, not [...]

Another Great Way To Say “Thank You”

Posted on 2008 07, 03 by Yan

I could imagine the kind of reaction when I send out a “Thank You” note to those people who has just commented on my blog as a little gesture of my personal appreciation. I wish I could do it manually with a little bit of personal touch each time but it wouldn’t be that time-effective, [...]

Now It’s Time To Protect Your Blog

Posted on 2008 06, 25 by Yan

What have you done lately to protect your blog? You probably never thought of it in the first place, have you? Often a great deal of our time is spent on building a great site, we tend to overlook the importance of securing it from the hands of hackers.
By default, WordPress may be [...]

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 [...]

I Want a WordPress Plugin to..

Posted on 2008 06, 14 by Yan

WordPress is a powerful blogging platform and a popular one indeed. Nonetheless, at its core form, it is just too naked, if you know what I mean. It takes a little bit of dressing up with some useful plugins to make it, well, less naked (read: more functional)
Since WordPress has a large community, it makes [...]

How To Keep Your Commentators Coming Back

Posted on 2008 06, 03 by Yan

As we all know it, one of the best source of traffic is by commenting on other blogs. Not only commenting keeps you engaged in the conversation, more importantly it helps you to get noticed which is important when your blog is fresh.
Now the thing is, how do you keep track of which blogs you [...]

The Best Way To Preview WordPress Themes

Posted on 2008 05, 27 by Yan

Have you ever been in a situation when you feel the urge to change pimp your blog with a brand new theme? I have been and I guess it’s the same with everyone else. But then changing a theme can be quiet a pain in the @#%, is it not?
Before I made up my mind [...]

A Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Plugins

Posted on 2008 05, 23 by Yan

Without a doubt one of the biggest advantages of using WordPress is the ability to extend its functionality with the use of plugins. You can practically do anything to better optimize the performance of your blog.
From adding a ‘Contact Form’ to creating a ‘Sitemap’ or any feature you can think of, chances are, due to [...]

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 [...]