Dec
15

3 Reasons Why WordPress Is Awesome As a Membership Site Platform

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Guest post by Ada Invanoff If you plan to launch a membership site, probably your first idea is to search for special software. Yes, there are many dedicated membership applications but in fact you don’t need them because there is a much better alternative – to build your membership site on WordPress. WordPress is the…
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Aug
21

Canonical URL Plugins for WordPress, Drupal, Magento and Joomla

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Guest post by Modi Mann Editor’s Note: According to SEObook.com, The canonical version of any URL is the single most authoritative version indexed by major search engines.  Search engines typically use PageRank or a similar measure to determine which version of a URL is the canonical URL. Webmasters should use consistent linking structures throughout their…
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Jan
20

Four Reasons I Don’t Paginate Comments

Most WordPress installs divide your comments into pages of 50, by default. There are some obvious pros to this – page loading time is increased, page length is more reasonable, and the comment form is easier to get to (assuming it’s at the bottom). But there are also some disadvantages I’ve recently noticed, which have…
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Nov
06

Marketplace Community WordPress Theme – Nice for Bloggers!

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I just ran across the Marketplace WordPress Theme on Themeforest, and it’s NICE! It’s clean, very easy on the eyes, and is conducive to a great blogging layout. The demo is for a photography blog, but it would be great for any kind of blog. It has good (but limited) adspace, a very nice flow…
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Oct
29

We Blog Better Gets Its Own Fresh Design

When I launched We Blog Better, I wanted to get the content going and worry about the design later. I did manage to find one of my new favorite free WordPress themes – Phyto Theme by WebDesignLessons.com. But it’s time for the unveiling of the official We Blog Better custom theme, designed by… well, me.

Oct
29

Get 4 Woo Themes for the Price of 1 Through Saturday

Wow, don’t miss this one. I love Woo Themes. In fact, I drool over them, haha. And they’ve just released their 50th theme. So in honor of that, they’re making an incredible offer… 4 themes for the price of 1, but only through the end of October. Go grab a Woo Theme… or four!

Oct
28

Through the Lens WordPress Theme from Obox Themes

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Some of the best premium WordPress themes on the ever-growing market are produced by Obox Premium WordPress Themes. They are stylish and tightly coded and come at a good and fair price. Today, they’ve announced the release of their new Through the Lens theme for multimedia galleries. It’s robust! Here’s an abbreviation of their description……
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Oct
26

Thesis Theme Version 1.6 Released – Now Includes Dropdown Menus!

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As a developer, I’ve had trouble here and there trying to learn the hooks system on which the Thesis Theme for WordPress is built, but as a designer and even more as a blogger, I love it! It’s clean, versatile, awesome as far as SEO is concerned, and now has been improved greatly with a…
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Oct
26

Just a Few of My Favorite WordPress Hacks for Better Blogging

I’ve become quite dependent upon certain technologies when it comes to living in our web wide world and one of them is WordPress. Other systems outrank WordPress in certain areas, but I’ve come to know and love it myself. But it must be hacked to be all that it can be. Here are some great…
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Oct
26

Why I Really Like the MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate Plugin

About a week ago, I downloaded and installed the MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate plugin on two of my blogs, and I’m totally sold on it. I wanted to pass along not only the recommendation, but a few reasons why I like it so much…

Oct
23

Incredible Sale and a Slick New Theme from NattyWP Themes

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NattyWP is running an incredible deal right now. First, get any theme for $25. AND, buy any theme, get another free, so 2 themes for $25! That deal only runs through November 6, 2009. NattyWP Themes puts out some pretty nice WordPress themes for bloggers and businesses. Their newest, the NattyWP Home Office Theme, has…
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Oct
23

A List of Ping Services for Your Blog

Among a great list of 10 Important Tips to Optimize WordPress for Search Engines was a very handy list of ping services that you might consider putting in your ping section in Admin > Settings > Writing… http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2http://1470.net/api/ping http://api.feedster.com/ping http://api.moreover.com/RPC2 http://api.moreover.com/ping http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2 http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping http://bblog.com/ping.php http://bitacoras.net/ping http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc http://blogmatcher.com/u.php http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc http://coreblog.org/ping/ http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/ http://ping.amagle.com/ http://ping.bitacoras.com http://ping.blo.gs/…
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