Category Archives: Blogging
Jun 18, 2007 by Matt | Posted in Blogging, Featured
Wouldn’t it be useful if you could write blog posts ahead of time, and have them post themselves at some arbitrary date? Most blogging software (WordPress included) can do this.
Why would you want to?
- If you’re going on a trip, you can write posts in advance…and have them post themselves while you’re away.
- Suppose you wrote an amazing post, and then you had a flood of ideas for another post. You wouldn’t want your new post to detract from the other one, would you? Go ahead and write it, but set it to be posted the day after.
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Jun 15
Congratulations, you’ve finished the Starting a Great Blog tutorial! By now you should have a blog that stands out from all the Blog*Spot and Livejournal users out there. Why? You spent the time, effort, and small amount of money, to start a better blog.…
Jun 14
Welcome to part eleven of the Starting a Great Blog tutorial. Today we address social bookmarking, and how it’s effects on blogging. How does social bookmarking affect blogs? Have you noticed those little icons at the bottom of posts on most blogs? You know,…
Jun 13
Welcome to part ten of the Starting a Great Blog tutorial. Today we cover WordPress’s plugin system. No, WordPress’s abilities aren’t limited to what the developers wrote in. Anyone who knows PHP can write a plugin that extends WordPress’s capabilities. Ready to get started?
Jun 12
Welcome to part eight of the Starting a Great Blog tutorial! We’re getting close to the end, but there are still a few installments to go. What’s today’s topic? Stat tracking with Google Analytics. What’s stat tracking? Have you ever wanted to know how…
Jun 11
Welcome to part eight of the Starting a Great Blog tutorial. So, what are we doing today? Monetizing your blog. While you can do this now, some people prefer to wait awhile before putting ads on their website. As a starting blog, you’re not…
Jun 10
Welcome to day seven of the Starting a Great Blog tutorial series! Today, the topic is Spreading the Word. It’s less fun to write zillions of posts for your blog if no one’s reading them, so you’ll probably want to pull some extra users…
Jun 9
If you’ve made it this far in our little tutorial series, then there’s a good chance your thinking “When can I start blogging? I’ve been following all your advice, when can I start posting?” Does now sound good? Welcome to part six of the…
Jun 8
Now that you’ve got your blog installed and configured, are you ready to replace that boring default design with a better one? You didn’t think you’d be stuck with that default metallic-blue and white one forever, did you? Today, we’ll show you how to…
Jun 7
Well, you’ve made it this far, from the Intro Post to getting a domain and hosting to the installation of WordPress, are you ready to start customizing WordPress’s many settings? Today we will show you how to make WordPress work the way you want…
