Blasts from the past

There’s been a great meme going around lately which leads those tagged to share 10 of their favorite posts from the past. I’ve been tagged by Jeanne at A Writer’s Notes and Trinity at Rooms of My Heart, and it has been interesting going back through...

Last week for entries in the Pimp My Blog contest

Just a reminder, this is the last week for entries into the “Pimp My Blog” contest. All e-mails with your entries must be in to me by August 24th, midnight US Eastern Time (that’s GMT -4). Check the original contest post for all the details. I...

Trendspotting: the move from blog to “portal”

WordPress is increasingly being used as a content management system, and I think we’re about to see many blogs follow the trend we’ve seen recently in sites like Problogger, from simple blog to “portal”. These portal entry pages are more of an...

Case Study: the Blog as a Promotional Tool

I recently received an e-mail from a representative of the English National Opera letting me know of their new interactive mini-site, which includes a multi-author blog, that has been designed to give a behind-the-scenes look at their upcoming production of Carmen....

How to put a permanent redirect in your htaccess file

Ok, this is going to be a techie post, so beware, but I always find it helpful when I’m searching for solutions to problems to read about how others have solved similar ones. My permalinks broke over the weekend. I still don’t know why, but they just...