All Posts Tagged With: "wordpress"
Increase Blog Comments With CommentLuv
Every blogger wants more comments. One way to increase the number of comments on your site is to give something back to reward readers for leaving comments. Common ways to do this is to remove nofollow tags, or to show the top commentators that week/month on your site.
The WordPress CommentLuv plugin adds yet another way [...]
Fix HTTP Errors With WordPress 2.5
Ever since I updated to WordPress 2.5 I started getting HTTP errors everytime I tried to upload an image. I found a very quick fix that requires a line to be added to WordPress’ .htaccess file:
Open your WordPress 2.5 installation in an FTP client
find your .htacess file (usually in ‘www’)
add the following line:
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI [...]
5Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 3 comments | ContinuedWordPress SEO Tips
Some people think Search Engine Optimization is something only the experts need to do. But, all webmasters and bloggers should be concerned about SEO, particularly as many steps that can be taken to improve traffic from search engines are easy and painless.
To show just how easy it can be for WordPress bloggers, Carrie Hill and [...]
Reduce Page Loading Times With PHPSpeedy
If you run your own website or a blog then this post is for you. PHPSpeedy is a new free script that will make your pages load at blistering speeds, by making fewer HTTP requests, adding a far-future expires header, and gzipping other page elements.
Following Everton’s instructions, I added PHPSpeedy to my site in [...]
Tips On Upgrading WordPress
I finally updated this site to WordPress 2.3. It was a bit of a nerve-racking experience as it didn’t go right the first time, and I was a bit concerned that a years work was about to go down the drain.
In general, you just should always do the following before upgrading WordPress:
Are You A Good Designer? Design A Logo And Win $100
Connected Internet is looking for a new logo for it’s new theme and is willing to pay $100 for the best logo design. If you’re a budding designer then you can enter here.
I use Everton’s current WordPress theme and it’s the best I’ve used so far, so I’m really looking forward to the release [...]
Give Your Blog A Checkup
The problem with popular blogging platforms like WordPress is that over time your blog can get a bit grotty around the edges, due to the all the widgets and plugins that get installed and uninstalled. It’s good to set some time aside every now and then to clean up all the crap in your blog, [...]
29Sep2007 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | ContinuedSpeed Up WordPress - 17 Acceleration Tweaks
After learning the hard way about traffic spikes the first time I got on Digg, I’m very lucky now that my mate Everton is hosting One Tip A Day for me on his server, so I don’t have to worry about my site being up.
If you do host your own WordPress blog, then you really [...]
Better Alexa Redirect Plugin
Although Alexa Rankings have some fundamental flaws in terms of accuracy, getting a higher ranking generally is a good thing as it can help attract advertisers and give you blogging ‘bragging rights’. If you are a WordPress user, one way to try and increase your Alexa Ranking is to install the Better ‘Alexa Redirect’ Plugin. [...]
20Aug2007 | Tony Williams | 3 comments | ContinuedLatest Version Of MyAvatars Plugin For MyBlogLog Released
I’m amazed by how many of my readers have registered for MyBlogLog. I can tell because I use the MyAvatars Plugin For WordPress that displays MyBlogLog avatars for commenters if they have one. I’m convinced that the plugin is one of the main drivers of registrations for MyBlogLog.
The latest version of the [...]
