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So you've set up a blog and you're ready to start publishing and posting to the world. Before doing so, spending some time learning about Technorati may only help increase the traffic to your website with links and tags. Insight in to the the Technorati algorithm and tips for bloggers from the team members that work there. What counts - The number of different blogs linking to you is what counts in the last 108 days - Top 100 crazy people that link to each

Although you develop and design for IE7 and FireFox, there are still a massive amount of end users in the IE6 world. You'd think everyone would be on board by now, but not really. I did a poll around the office and it turns out, 4 out of 9 workstations are still using Internet Explorer 6. Baffling. So here's the scenario. You create a simple Flash presentation that will be embedded in

Still trying to remember the password for that site you registered with many moons ago? Facebook, Yahoo mail, Hotmail, Twitter, your banking information, your web site control panels, Analytics ... all those passwords add up. Have a hard drive crash, then what? I've seen web developers working on multiple client accounts trying to remember the password and the login information for control panels for various web sites. How does one do that? Some even use spreadsheets, but you

So you've come up with a new idea for a new web site. It happens almost everyday for some, doesn't it? Well get excited, because the following is a quick list of items you should consider or do when setting up a new web site with a WordPress blog. Quick Overview On average, I register and set up one new domain name per month. This is nothing compared to some people I know.

So I've decided to set up a forum as a resource for web developers to share code, trade thoughts on running a web development business, review client horror stories and more. Sort of a webmaster resource amongst friends. Yes there are many great webmaster resources, so why another one? For the experience I guess. The goal of a forum = simplicity for the end user. A client of mine recently brought me back to earth when she mentioned "Not all Internet users may be that web savvy".

Depending on your web host server, you may come across issues where your domain name re-writes itself to one without the 'www'. A simple example would be: http: //your-domain.com that should be http: //www.your-domain.com How to correct this Edit your .htaccess file with the following code: [source] Options +Includes RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.yours.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yours.com/$1 [L,R=301] [/source] Great resource for .htaccess mod_rewrite http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/cheat-sheets/mod_rewrite-cheat-sheet/

Every month or so, I get the wild idea that I would like to start up a new forum. The glorious days when forums are filled, messages are flying back and forth, moderators in place, revenue generation from advertising ... right. Building a forum and getting traffic to your new forum takes time, patience and the ability to woo people to your site ... and there better be a good reason for them to visit back. Having

So you've set up a blog or you currently have a blog. Nice to hear, but you're wondering why you may not necessarily be getting the traffic you deserve. Here are simple tips 1. Get other people to review your blog Yes we can be critical of our own work, but this is important. Poll at least 5 people and listen to their feedback, the responses may surprise you. Want to be a bit braver? There are a great number of forums that you

Chosing the right plugins when starting a new blog can be a bit overwhelming, especially when there are over 1,9000 plugins in the WordPress Plugin Directory. Whether you end up setting up one blog or a couple blogs a month, you'll eventually have your unique collection of WordPress plugins. Some add social functionality to your site, some optimize your blog for the search engines, some are simply for fun and some make the administration of your blog a lot more easier! WTFlugin are plugins? Think

It's an empty blog that needs to be filled - it's as simple as that. It's also a new direction for a domain I've been holding for years - OnlineJamm Jamm, with reference to getting together, sharing ideas, what works, what doesn't and more. The concept will be expanded more in greater length. For now, WordPress releases version 2.5, there's a whole new look& feel for the admin section, a few WordPress templates that do not work and more things to play with! While on the blogging subject, would also like to thank for