WordPress 2.6 now available! Attention all bloggers out there, Wordpress 2.6 (Code name: Tyner) is already out! The release is about one month ahead of schedule. Wordpress just keeps on getting better and better and I personally believe it is the best open source content management system right now. New enhancements make your "blogging life" much more easier. In fact it makes your life so easy that you won't have to buy wrinkle cream since you won't be as stressed out as before when working on your blog. I can’t wait to have it installed! Sadly my hosting company is not yet offering the upgrade, I guess I’ll have to wait for a couple of days before I start enjoying the upgrades. So what’s new with Wordpress 2.6 ? Watch this youtube video and be surprised. … [Read more...]
Problems with Kontera ? – Try the Kontera integration word press plugin.
For those of you who are new to blogging, be advised that Google adsense, isn’t the only way to make money from your blog. There are hundreds if not thousands of companies out there that can help you monetize your blog. One of those is a company called “Kontera.” Kontera is a contextual advertising program that allows you to make money from the content of your blog or website. This is achieved by displaying relevant in-text ads that looks like regular text link except that it is underlined. When visitors to a blog or website put their mouse over the high lighted text, the ad is displayed. You make money when the visitor to your site or blog clicks the ad. If you notice, in all of the post in this blog you can see some words that looks like a link that is underlined. Those are examples of a Kontera ad. Most bloggers agree that Kontera is another great way of monetizing your site. I have been a blogger for about 7 months now, and I have enrolled in Kontera when my blog was still … [Read more...]
How to put ads in between your blog post in Word press
As I do my usual blog hopping, I try to emulate the good things that other bloggers do to improve their blog. I noticed that in some blogs, ads were strategically placed within the post in small square boxes. Logically if the ads were placed within the post itself people are most likely to click on the ad especially if it is relevant and related to the post that they are reading. This helps the blogger learn additional income especially when they are displaying adsense ads. I wanted to achieve this effect but I did not know how. I did not want to “hack” my way into my word press theme since I am no word press expert and I don’t want to get into the hassle of “crashing” my wordpress theme. So I decided that a plugin is the best solution to this problem. I was sure that there is already somebody out there who has developed a solution to this problem. Ask and it shall be given, seek and ye shall find, yep, I found out the right plugin to achieve what I was looking for. Let the … [Read more...]
Why don’t you give love links on Valentine’s day
Yep you guessed it right!!! The title of this post is taken from the song “Why don’t you give love on Christmas day.” But since Christmas is still 11 months away, I’ve decided to refer to the nearest season, the Love month, February, Valentines day. I’m sure you must have read my post “What’s the big deal about “No follow” and why you should disable it ?” If you haven’t read it, I encourage that you do so since I will be discussing here how to remove “No follow” in your Word press blog. But if you know what I am talking about, read on. There are lots of ways to remove “No-follow” in your word press blog. You can even do a hack. But most of us would prefer doing it through a plug-in, much easier, less messier. However there are several plugins available to remove “No-Follow” which of them should you choose ? Before I pick one out of the bunch let me just say that all of them are good. But there are those who stand out from among them and for me personally there is no better … [Read more...]
How to add a giant RSS button in your header
The thing about deciding to stick it out with a theme is that you get to learn a lot. You are forced to study in order to tweak the theme. One of the things that I’ve always wanted to accomplish is putting a big RSS button in my header. Sure you can have the default RSS button in your side bar but it is a small teeny winy button. I wanted a big RSS button, not only because it looks nice but because they say it will increase your number of readers (subscribers I should say) And I must agree it will increase your feed subscribers. For who wouldn't wont to click that shiny orange button ? Go ahead click on mine ! I discovered a big nice juicy orange RSS button by GEEK WHAT. So I decided to use this button. Now that I have the .GIF file for the button how do I link this to my RSS and how do I place it in my header file? It's quite easy. I’m no good at HTML. In fact I just learned to manipulate HTML codes for the past few weeks because I have no choice. I was forced to study it … [Read more...]