Archive for June, 2007

Show Popular Posts on WordPress Blog

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Thursday, June 28th 2007   
Filed In: Archives, Plugins and Widgets, Posting    Tags:

Showing your most popular posts, either most viewed, or most commented on, can revive old posts. Showing most popular posts also makes navigating your site easier. How to show your most popular posts can be done by using a plugin.
The plugin I’m using is Top Posts by Category by Marc Hil Macalua. [...]

Stats For Newbie Blogs - I’ll Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Wednesday, June 27th 2007   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Surveys, Lessons Learned, Stats    Tags: , , , , ,

The expected stats for a newbie’s blog seems to be a mystery. I’ve done some research on stats for a new blog, but so far only found one newbie blog, where the author listed their stats.
I’m curious, are my new blog stats inline with other new blogs? Am I on the right path, [...]

WordPress - Dealing With Negative Comments

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Tuesday, June 26th 2007   
Filed In: Archives, Lessons Learned    Tags: ,

How do you deal with negative or critical comments you receive on your blog? Do you delete negative comments? Do you post negative comments? Or do you mark the negative comments as “spam”? With WordPress, choosing what to do with negative comments is all up to you. Don’t you just [...]

Learn Blogging From The Best

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Monday, June 25th 2007   
Filed In: Archives, Lessons Learned    Tags:

To blog is easy, but to become a problogger, now that’s a different story. My goal is to become a problogger. As a newbie, I realize I must post often, continue learning (and that includes learning from my mistakes), and essentially “pay my dues”.
My favorite problogger site is Problogger. Darren [...]

How To Learn WordPress

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Monday, June 25th 2007   
Filed In: Archives, Lessons Learned    Tags: ,

If you’re a newbie to blogging, learning WordPress can be quite confusing. WordPress is one of the best blogging platforms, and with it being free, that makes WordPress even more attractive.
The question is, where do you get the best information about how to learn WordPress? Quite obviously, go to the source. [...]

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