Are You A New and Overwhelmed Blogger

If you’re new to blogging, you may be overwhelmed with all of the blogging language. You did find out that blogging has it’s own language, didn’t you?
My best advice to new bloggers, is to take it, one step at a time. There is no way, you’ll learn all there is to blogging, “overnight”.
Once [...]

Best Source For WordPress Newbies

If you’re a newbie to blogging, who is using WordPress, finding the right information can be difficult. Searching for information about blogging with WordPress, can produce millions of results.
The best source for WordPress, is in an obvious place. It’s at WordPress .org. By clicking on the following link, you will be directed [...]

Review - Sitemeter Statistical Data

Sitemeter is one of many statistical data reporting services for bloggers and webmasters.
When one of my “Blogging Buddies”, mentioned they were using Sitemeter, I decided to give it a try. I was pleasently surprised at the detailed information Sitemeter provides.
Sitemeter contains:
1) Updated stats which shows “who’s on”
2) A map of where your [...]

Plugin - WordPress.com Stats

WordPress.com Stats is a great plugin for checking your stats. The WordPress Stats plugin, does not count the visits you make to your site(s).
Like Akismet, with the WordPress.com Stats plugin, you need an API key. Once the API key is entered, the rest is automatic. You will then find “Blog Stats” on [...]

Google Sitemap Generator

If you have a new blog, and want to get indexed by Google, Yahoo, plus other search engines, thus improving search engine optimization, it’s apparent that a site map is imperative to install.
What is a site map? Think of a site map as a blueprint of your site. When you first generate [...]

3 Things That Can Make Your Blog XHTML Uncompliant

Is your site XHMTL compliant? Don’t know? “Run it through” the “Validator” at w.3.org.
It’s not uncommon for a site to contain many errors. Three reasons you may get errors are:
1) Your theme contains errors
2) Your plugins or widgets contain errors
3) Your advertising code contains errors.
To find out if [...]

Testing Your Theme In Firefox Browser vs Internet Explorer

Testing your WordPress blog on Firefox, Internet Explorer, and other browsers is imperative.
I use the Firefox browser for most of my work. However, when I began testing my blog’s appearance on the Internet Explorer (IE) browser, I began seeing a different “look”. When I thought I had things perfect, based on Firefox, a [...]

AdSense For Search

Adding a Google Search Bar on your blog/website, can help you increase your Google earnings.
This is almost a no brainer, as most themes already include a search bar.
To add AdSense for Search is easy.
Log into your Google account. Go to “AdSense Setup”, click on “AdSense for Search”, and follow the instructions.
You can add a [...]

Plugin - Subscribe Me

RSS feeds are a great way to let readers know when you’ve updated your blog.
After “crashing”, and “revamping” my blog last week, I’ve added a plugin named “Subscribe Me”. I have activated the “drop down” option, and offer my readers a variety of ways to subscribe to my blog.
I use the larger [...]

Plugins Caused XHTML Errors

Some of my plugins are causing XHTML validation errors.
I recently used The W3C Markup Validation Service, to check the validity of my blog pages. The Markup Validation Service returned a lot of XHTML errors on my pages. Upon further research, I found that some of the plugins I was using, were creating the [...]

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