I Named Share This Classic!

Really. Take a look at this comment thread. I suggested that the name “Share This Classic” be used for the 1.x line of the Share This plugin, now that the 2.0 version is out.

Renaming Your Blog

What if you decide to go in a different direction with your blog? It happens. What if everyone hates your blog’s name? Is your blog’s name too long? It’s okay to rename your blog, but be sure to think it through. First of all,…

15 Places to Find Free WordPress Themes

Not everyone is a designer (or can afford to hire one). Luckily, you can just grab a free WordPress theme and tweak it a little. If you decide to go that route, make sure you pick a well-designed theme. To save you some time,…

A/B Testing: Optimize Your Ads

The problem with AdSense is people tend to ignore them. As a webmaster, you have to continually update your ad placement to prevent this “banner blindness.” How can you tell what the best placement and ad format is? You use A/B Testing. When you…

WordPress as an Online Magazine

WordPress is more than a blog engine. It’s an easy-to-use CMS (Content Management System) perfect for running a “webzine.” I’m not a big fan of most CMS systems, though I’m a huge fan of WordPress. Joomla is too convoluted and Drupal isn’t that great…

Sideblogs vs. Speedlinking

Sideblogs are “mini-blogs” that allow you to share links and write short updates to your readers. Speedlinking is a method of posting. When you Speedlink, you round-up a collection of links to other blogs’ posts that you think would be interesting/useful to your readers.…

Sites to Watch: StylishLabs

StylishLabs is a quick-growing blog purveying “useful ideas and information for designers, bloggers, entrepreneurs, freelancers and for everyone seeking for knowledge and inspiration.” They’ve been a frequent contributor to Vecteezy.com as well.

Oh, No! I Stumbled Jakob Nielsen’s Website!

I was just using Stumbleupon, and I found an interesting “Top 10″ list. After hitting the thumbs-up button, I realized I was on UseIt.com, Jakob Nielsen’s website. That maniac still thinks we should all support IE 3. It’s been eleven years for crying out…

Schedule Your Posts

How do you blog currently? Do you just enter your post and hit publish? Sure, that works fine, but there’s a better way. Most blog software includes a Time Stamp feature that allows you to write your post ahead of time and have it…

YouTube Ups Size Limitation

Now your YouTube videos can be up to 1GB in size…but they can still only be 10 minutes or less unless you have a “Director Account.” What kind of 10-minute video is 1GB?