By Owen | September 6, 2008
Well, I’m still not 100% convinced I’ll be keeping this theme (Thematic). I like the look, but it doesn’t seem to work very well. It especially seems to foget I’m logged in when I view the website which is pretty annoying. I like the theme I’m using on my weight loss blog so maybe I’ll [...]
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By Owen | September 1, 2008
I’m trying out a new theme on this blog, so let me know if you spot any issues or have a any problems. I’m not 100% certain I’ll be keeping this, but I wanted to experiment with child themes and see what benefits they have.
Personally, I’m not convinced yet, but I still have some more [...]
I’ve been getting some really weird spam on my personal blog over the last few days. I’m used to all the spam about pharmaceuticals, treatments for acne and even adult websites, but this spam had none of that. It just consists of chunks of text which seems to be taken out of a book somewhere, [...]
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I’ve finally got round to taking this blog to the latest version of WordPress. This version have been around for a few weeks now, but I hadn’t got round to upgrading it. So I took the opportunity to upgrade my plugins and take them to the latest version. It’s a bit like packing up your [...]
Here’s another great little site I picked up on Andy Beard’s blog. It’s a new websites called Share A Post that lets you syndicate your blog posts, and also pick up one that someone else has shared and repost it on your website. I’m usually a bit concerned about splogs with this sort of system, [...]
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If you’re just starting a blog today you’ll be pleased to know that there are a number of helpful websites out there that can help to drag traffic kicking and screaming to your website. Here are some places you should check out:
Technorati: Index of User-Generated Content - You really need to get on this.
Entrecard: An [...]
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Just came across a great post on Stylish Design, a blog with some great SEO advice. The post talks about some of the problems that search engines have with dynamic pages, particularly with spidering these pages and traversing the site to get all the content you’ve prepared. It suggests some practical advice to avoid these [...]
Posted in websites | Also tagged advice, mod_rewrite, SEO | Edit
Well, I’ve been using WordPress 2.5 on most of my blogs for a few days now and the more I use it, the happier I get with it. I’m used to all the changes there are in the admin interface and I’m loving the new version of the editor (though I haven’t managed to get [...]
By Owen | January 31, 2008
A new blog hits the streets! The Ballet Shop has a new blog where you can find information about The Ballet Shop, who they are, and comment on articles and reviews about particular goods. You may also use the site to leave feedback or review any goods that you have purchased from us or seen [...]
Approaching a spam milestone
This blog seems to be getting a few hundred spam comments a day and I’ve just noticed that I’ve just superceeded 48,500 spam comments stopped by Akismet. Not that I mind spam so much nowadays; my plugins do an awfully good job in stopping them get through, but it’s still a pretty big number. Most [...]