Yearly Archives: 2007
Jun 26, 2007 by Matt | Posted in WordPress
In no particular order, here are some WordPress plugins I find useful.
Jun 25
Webmaster-Source will be hosting the first edition of the “Webmaster Articles Blog Carnival” (deadline July 16th). If you have written any blog posts recently that may be of interest to webmasters/bloggers, feel free to submit them. We accept virtually any submission, so long as…
Jun 25
Attention AJAX programmers! Do you need a good “loading image” (or “throbber”)? Take a look at AjaxLoad.info, the only throbber-image generator I know of (as of this writing). You pick an image style, then enter some hex odes for the foreground and background colors.…
Jun 25
So, you’re not serious enough about blogging to host your own blog? You’d rather use a free blogging service? Are you sure? You can get a domain and hosting for only $3.99/month. No? Okay, then I guess we can get started. Okay, here’s how…
Jun 25
Most web users have noticed the “Social Bookmarking” explosion. Millions of people use social bookmarking sites like Del.icio.us, Digg, or Reddit. Eventually, bloggers started putting buttons for social bookmarking sites at the ends of their posts, so as to make it easier for readers…
Jun 24
A web site’s header is the first thing a visitor sees upon their arrival. That is the biggest reason your header is important. It’s right there at the top of the page, where everyone can see it. The header may be the most important…
Jun 23
So, you need some ideas for blog posts do you? You’ve come to the right place! Below are some of the most common types of posts seen on blogs these days. Take a look, maybe you’ll get some ideas for posts for your blog.
Jun 22
Your logo represents your site. You should spend a fair bit of time on your logo, perfecting it. You won’t make a very good first impression if you just have plain text at the top of your site reading “MySite.com”. Look at all the…
Jun 21
I use ServerPlace.net to host one of my various websites (The Site of Requirement), and it’s a pretty good deal. They offer shared hosting, reseller hosting, and even dedicated servers at competitive prices. You can’t beat their “SP Special” shared hosting plan, which offers…
Jun 21
You won’t get very far as a webmaster if you don’t know what a plaintext editor is (Notepad, for example), so I’m not going to waste time explaining. Let’s fast-forward to the good part. Are you happy with your text editor? Which one do…
