Welcome to part ten of the Starting a Great Blog tutorial. Today we cover WordPress’s plugin system. No, WordPress’s abilities aren’t limited to what the developers wrote in. Anyone who knows PHP can write a plugin that extends WordPress’s capabilities. Ready to get started?
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Starting a Great Blog Part 10 – WordPress Plugins
Jun 13, 2007 by Matt | Posted in Blogging No CommentsStarting a Great Blog Part 9 – Stat Tracking
Jun 12Welcome to part eight of the Starting a Great Blog tutorial! We’re getting close to the end, but there are still a few installments to go. What’s today’s topic? Stat tracking with Google Analytics. What’s stat tracking? Have you ever wanted to know how…
Apple’s New Layout
Jun 12FeedIcons.com
Jun 11Back in the early days of RSS, webmasters used to link to their feeds using little rectangular orange buttons labeled “RSS” or “XML”. Then along came Mozilla Firefox, the web browser that re-started the Browser Wars. Since Firefox had RSS support built-in, the developers…
Starting a Great Blog Part 8 – Monetization
Jun 11Welcome to part eight of the Starting a Great Blog tutorial. So, what are we doing today? Monetizing your blog. While you can do this now, some people prefer to wait awhile before putting ads on their website. As a starting blog, you’re not…
Technorati’s New Design: Good or Bad?
Jun 10This is old news by now, but Technorati‘s got a new layout. A couple of weeks ago, I was surprised when I headed over to Technorati to search for something. I was shocked to see a new design. I immediately checked out Digg, and…
Screenalicious Design Gallery
Jun 10Need some design inspiration? Take a look at Screenalicious. They have, as of this writing, over 8800 screenshots of websites with interesting designs. There are some really good designs there. If you’re a designer, take a look at this site for a quick bit…
Starting a Great Blog Part 7 – Spreading the Word
Jun 10Welcome to day seven of the Starting a Great Blog tutorial series! Today, the topic is Spreading the Word. It’s less fun to write zillions of posts for your blog if no one’s reading them, so you’ll probably want to pull some extra users…
WordPress Theme of the Month: Gridlock
Jun 9Well, you WordPress users out there have a tough job when it comes to finding the good themes. Sure, you can make your own, but what if you don’t have the expertise (or you’re too lazy). So, I’ll be trying to point you towards…
Starting a Great Blog Part 6 – Posting
Jun 9If you’ve made it this far in our little tutorial series, then there’s a good chance your thinking “When can I start blogging? I’ve been following all your advice, when can I start posting?” Does now sound good? Welcome to part six of the…
