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After the release of WordPress 2.5 earlier in the week, I have finally got around to looking at upgrading my version to the latest. So I activated my automatic upgrade plugin and set about the upgrade process. The whole upgrade took me around 10 minutes to run though, I choose to use the manual upgrade path and all went well.

Then with in seconds I was getting comments (spam) for my approval, that when I noticed my plugins was still switched off. So quickly turning on askimet and it all stopped and I spent another 10 minutes activating all my other plugins. Tip: take a screen shot of all your plugins before upgrade as it make it easy in future.

In case you was wondering about all the WordPress plugins I use, all are compatible with the latest WordPress release, only was Alex King Popularity Contest Plugin [...] Continue Reading…

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The Theme Test Drive WordPress Plugin allows bloggers to test drive other themes in the safety of the back office while your readers continue to view your actual theme. This can be a very powerful tool as we all like to play around with new idea for layouts, colors or designs with the security of knowing our readers will not get messed around in the process.

Once you are happy with your final result all you need do is switch over and your new theme will be live.

Installation of Theme Test Drive WordPress Plugin

* Upload the Plugin folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder
* Activate the Plugin by going to Dashboard - Plugins
* Select Presentation tab followed by Theme Test drive
* The rest of the process is explained on the page

Note: if you use WP-Cache plugin, you might need to disable it (or setup to exclude pages)

Click here to download the Theme [...] Continue Reading…

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We all use Twitter to keep in contact with our friends and frequently sent idle chat between one another, but we can use Twitter to send our RSS feeds too, by using twitterfeed we can automatically update our followers of our latest posts from our blog by RSS feeds without lifting a finger.

Before we go though the setting up , you will need two things:
1. A twitter account, if you don’t have your account click here to sign up
2. You will require an OpenID account (you may use your yahoo OpenID)

Having now got your twitter account and OpenID set up we are ready to sign up for Twitterfeed, Here are the steps :

As mentioned set up your Twitter account, and login into twitterfeed with your OpenID (if you use Yahoo then use your login profile information)
Now set up your Twitterfeed account and add your RSS feed URL as per [...] Continue Reading…

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The day has come and WordPress 2.5 has been rolled out. With the effort of the WordPress community for the last 6 months the improvements are numerous, with the likes of multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code, concurrent post editing protection, full-screen writing, and search that covers posts and pages.

Here is three excellent links for more details:

Visit our sneak peek announcement for RC1
a 4-minute screencast of the new interface in action
here’s where you can find 2.5 upgrade and download information

For more details visit the post from Matt at WordPress.org.

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Was going though Sphinn yesterday when I stumbled into a post by Jennifer called 52 easy ways to optimize your blog in your coffee break, and as most of us are part time bloggers I can see the value in this post, as much of my blogging is done in my lunch time and the odd hour though the day (sorry boss if your reading my post).

Source: beconfused

Here is a few of my favorites:

Finding your Homepage
My first template never had a “home” tab in menu bar, but the logo was linked back to my homepage. My personal feeling is to have both, but minimum is the home tab in your menu bar. Remember a large portion of your readers may land on your site via a single post and using the home tab will bring them to the homepage, after which they [...] Continue Reading…

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We all know that social media sites can create huge amounts of traffic and that there worth the time and effort to build you your social media network, here are 6 golden rules to abide too when using these websites.

Always Read The websites Rules

Every site will have it’s own guidelines too follow by, and it is the most obvious rule to follow. But I can guarantee we are all guilty of making these mistakes. One simple mistake can get your profile banned and Jeopardize weeks even months of networking instantly. So please spend that extra time to read and understand them.

Create a Profile Picture
A profile picture will make you stand out from other bloggers and spammers ( who may not use picture), I typically use the same picture which will add to my brand across the blogosphere and as my picture stands out will draw attention to [...] Continue Reading…

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