Archive for March, 2007

As I’m working towards making my sites “stickier”, I’ve been looking around for a good plugin to show the post popular posts in the sidebar. I found an excellent plugin/widget combination that has been easy to use and has provided me with a lot of really interesting information.
The first piece to install is Alex King’s […]

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    Be generous with links. What do you have to lose? Nothing.
    “Do all the good you can, By all the means you can,
    In all the ways you can, In all the places you can,
    At all the times you can, To all the people you can,
    As long as ever you can.”
    ~ John Wesley
    I’ve been […]

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    My first guest post

    My first guest post ever is up at The Blog World. It’s about how to keep your readers coming back by doing some digging to find out what they’re most interested in reading. Check it out!
    Thanks for your comments on previous posts Char, Leah, Easton, David, Cory and Amanda.
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    Here are some tools I found this week that I thought you’d be interested in:

    When one is laying out a site for a client, and want to put in some sample text, the standard practice for professional designers is to put in “Lorem ipsum” text so that the reader “will be distracted by the readable […]

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    I got SOAPed

    I participated in the SOAP project that was the brainchild of Easton Ellsworth. My blog was reviewed by Leah of Working Solo, and I am very appreciative of her input. Below is her input and some comments I have in response:
    Make your RSS subscription button more prominent. Done.
    Add an option to […]

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    Since my post recently about my plan to design a WordPress theme, I’ve taken some first steps in the project. I’ve learned some things and I have a question for you. I have been looking around for inspiration, and have spent lots of time on CSSbeauty.com - really nice stuff there. Char […]

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