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Should You Post a Picture of Yourself? Probably, But?
2007-08-29 00:00:00 I commonly read that when you have just about any kind of website or blog, it's a good idea to make it personal. That doesn't necessarily mean writing about what you had for breakfast or telling everyone the sordid details of your life, but it does mean letting your ... More About: Post , Picture , Probably
Should You Use PayPerPost?
2007-08-18 00:00:00 PayPerPost and other programs like it are just another way people can make money with their blogs: You get paid by posting reviews on your blog. Thankfully, you don't have to accept every request that comes your way. Your blog has to meet certain requirements based on page ... More About: Payperpost
Review of GreatNews RSS Reader
2007-08-18 00:00:00 Some while back, K-IntheHouse wrote about desktop RSS readers on Blog About Your Blog. He gives 9 reasons why bloggers should use a desktop feed reader over an online version such as Bloglines, which is what I was using for quite some time. It made enough of an impression ... More About: Review , Reader
Blogging is a lot like Growing a Garden
2007-08-11 00:00:00 Tomatoes by Muffet of Flickr Early this year I decided to try my hand at growing tomatoes. Why? Well, partly just to see if I could do it, partly for the satisfaction of eating the fruits of my labors, partly because it would be more economical than buying them from ... More About: Garden , Blogging , Growing , Blogg , Rowing
3 Possible Reasons Why Your Readers Aren?t Getting Your Blog?s Full Feeds
2007-08-10 00:00:00 One of the biggest reasons why people cancel their RSS subscriptions is because they're only getting partial feeds. It means they can't read your entire posts in their feed reader. They only see a teaser, and you pretty much force them to visit your site just to read the ... More About: Readers , Blog , Reasons , Full , Ossi
Protect Your Hard Work from Computer Gremlins with Autosave
2007-08-10 00:00:00 I spent at least 45 minutes writing a great blog post. I finally finished it, and I was ready to make some minor tweaks. At that fateful moment, UltraEdit spewed an error at me and shut down without so much as a fake "so sorry" message. I just about ... More About: Computer , Work , Hard , Prot , Gremlins
Finding a Good Blogging Forum
2007-08-08 00:00:00 I've been kind of keeping my eyes open for good blogging communities, forums in particular. What defines a "good" community? For me, I think it comes down to three things: Activity If I see that the newest post was from a few weeks ago, I'm not likely to stick around ... More About: Blogging , Forum , Good , Blogg
Where to Find Free Photos to Spice Up Your Blog
2007-08-07 00:00:00 Photo by Michelle of Flickr People like looking at pictures. A good picture can be fun, amusing, or informative. It can add a little extra punch to your message, and maybe it'll keep your visitors hanging around long enough to find out what your article is about. However, there is one ... More About: Photos , Free , Blog , Find , Spice
Writing Faster: To Outline or Not to Outline Your Articles?
2007-08-05 00:00:00 I'm always on the lookout for good ideas, and I'm particularly fond of writing ideas. Especially if it has anything to do with speed writing. Writing faster is something I can always work on. The other night I stumbled over a site called Artic le Marketer. Mainly it's an article marketing ... More About: Articles , Outline , Aster
Getting The ?Popularity Contest? Plugin To Work
2007-08-05 00:00:00 So yesterday I installed yet another plugin by Alex King: Popularity Contest . You use it to display your most popular posts in the sidebar. This is a useful feature because it helps people find your best articles easily without forcing them to dig through the archives. I know my ... More About: Work , Plugin , Pula
Write Posts for the Future
2007-08-05 00:00:00 Today I would have done far better by my blog if I had several posts written already written, lined up, and ready to go. It's a good idea to write plenty of extra articles for those days when you don't feel like writing, when you can't write... or when ... More About: Future , Write , The Future , Posts
Moving From One RSS Reader To Another Quickly and Painlessly
2007-08-05 00:00:00 Ever since I discovered RSS, I pretty much stuck with using Bloglines to manage my feeds. But then I decided it was time to move on and explore other options, just to see what else is out there. Maybe I'm missing out on something better, you never know. But ... More About: Reader , Moving , Ving
Review of Qumana, a Desktop Blog Editor
2007-08-01 00:00:00 After getting acquainted with Windows Live Writer Beta, I decided to give another desktop blog publishing tool a try: Qumana. I believe that tools like Live Writer and Qumana can be extremely valuable to anyone who has multiple blogs to keep up, though I am discover the values ... More About: Desktop , Review , Blog , Editor
Other Blogs, Other Resources: More Good Reads (07/29)
2007-07-30 00:00:00 The Bloggers Guide to Time Saving Techniques - A jumping-point to a series of articles full of tips that will help you use your time more efficiently. Use A Test Blog To Avoid Nasty Surprises - Ever install a plugin or make a change to your blog's theme, only to ... More About: Resources , Blogs , Good , Sources
Sphinn Review: A New Social Search Site
2007-07-28 00:00:00 Sphinn is very new. In fact, it was only launched a little over two weeks ago. It's a social bookmarking site much like Digg, and it's catching on fast. If you're using social bookmarking to promote your blog, you just might want to consider jumping on the Sphinn ... More About: Social , Review , Search , Site
Don?t be Shy, Show Off that RSS Button!
2007-07-28 00:00:00 Many bloggers know that the best and most strategic place to display your RSS button is "above the fold", the first portion of the site you see before you do any scrolling. Big, bright orange buttons draw more attention, which means you are more likely to get subscribers. However, there's ... More About: Show , Button , Butt
Who Do You Write For?
2007-07-27 00:00:00 Even though the idea of blogging is to make your writing available to hundreds if not thousands of different people, it often starts out as a lonely and isolating activity. Unless you actively market your blog early on and write content that encourages people to leave comments, it can ... More About: Write
Fantastico in a Nutshell: An Easy Way to Install WordPress
2007-07-26 00:00:00 When it comes to installing WordPress on your web host, you have a few options: You can set it up yourself. You can get someone else to do it for you. You can use Fantastico to install WordPress with a few clicks and keystrokes. Setting up WordPress Yourself The first option is something you ... More About: Wordpress , Easy , Easy Way , L Word
Hosting Multiple Blogs on the Same Web Host
2007-07-26 00:00:00 This might sound a little like cheating, but it's not: Many web hosts will actually let you have multiple websites or blogs hosted on the same account. Very handy, because it saves you the trouble and added expense of opening up yet another web hosting account. Unfortunately not all web ... More About: Hosting , Blogs , Host , Same
Dreaded WordPress Errors: ?Warning: Cannot modify header information?
2007-07-26 00:00:00 I don't know if anyone else had this problem, but when I tried to respond to some comments earlier, I was rewarded with a nasty error message: Warning : Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/vneely/public_html/nutshelljournal/ wp-content/plugins/post-levels/post-level s.php:241) in /home/vneely/public_html/nutshelljournal/ wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 331 The problem, as it turned ... More About: Wordpress , Information , Header , Errors
Adding Polls to Your Posts Using the WP-Polls Plugin
2007-07-26 00:00:00 There are a few polling plugins out there for WordPress blogs, but I found WP-Polls to be the easiest and cleanest solution for this kind of thing. The fact that the plugin's creator was courteous enough to give it an uninstall feature is a plus, too. The focus of this ... More About: Plugin , Posts
Other Blogs, Other Resources: Good Reads (07/22)
2007-07-26 00:00:00 How Does Your Personality Type Affect Your Blog - An interesting analysis on how your Myers-Briggs personality type affects your blogging style. In general I agree with the conclusions. I'm an INTP myself, and I find I enjoy doing how-to articles on the technical aspects of blogging. 5 Must Have Comment Plugins ... More About: Resources , Blogs , Good , Sources
Ultimate Tag Warrior WordPress Plugin Primer
2007-07-26 00:00:00 What is the Ultimate Tag Warrior? Why, the Ultimate Tag Warrior is the celebrated champion of helpless tags everywhere. The Tag Warrior fights the good fight, rights the wrongs, slays the terrible Beasts of Ambiguity, and maintains peace between the Blog and SEO Spider kingdoms. Okay, seriously: The Ultimate Tag Warrior ... More About: Wordpress , Plugin , Prime , Rime
Review of Windows Live Writer Beta, a Desktop Blog Editor
2007-07-26 00:00:00 After reading Blog About Your Blog's recent post about desktop blog editors, I decided to give Windows Live Writer Beta a try. Apart from Nutshell Journal, I also help maintain a couple of other blogs. Any tool that helps me work faster and more efficiently has my vote. If you ... More About: Desktop , Windows Live , Review
What Do You Want To See?
2007-07-26 00:00:00 When I first started the Nutshell Journal, I had some idea that it would mostly be about web design topics. Web design has long interested me, and I can be quick to rant about things like splash pages, all-Flash navigation, frames, and lemon yellow text on lime green backgrounds. But ...
How to Annoy Your RSS Subscribers: Edit Your Posts
2007-07-26 00:00:00 I'm a perfectionist. I often stop to change a word or phrase while I write, which slows me way down. Although I realize that blogging is a more casual writing medium, I still feel this strong compulsion to edit my posts whenever I realize there's a typo glaring back ... More About: Edit , Posts , Subscriber , Subs , Scribe
Tags in a Nutshell: What Are Tags and Why Should I Use Them?
2007-07-26 00:00:00 What are tags? Tags are keywords that help define your content. For example, if you write an article about the rise and fall of the Beanie Baby craze, your tags might include beanie babies, ty, plushies, toys. The topic of your article as well as any specific words you use ... |
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