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 stopped working...
Broken permalinks- help!
I apologize for any trouble anyone might have had today trying to get to something in the archives. My permalinks have suddenly stopped working, and I have no idea why. I have had them set up as follows: /archives/%postname%/ almost since I began the blog in January,...
Speedlinking 8.10.07
Need some mindless entertainment that might leave you with crossed eyes? Try finding the face in the baked beans and the face in the coffee beans. Curious to know if your content is being copied? Check out Copyscape (via the useful post at Design Adaptations about...
Are you making these common blog layout mistakes?
Meet the newest author at Wisdump! Haven't heard of Wisdump? It's former blog of Paul Scrivens, of 9Rules fame. It was sold to Splashpress Media, who owns such sites as Performancing and Blog Herald, and I've been asked to contribute over there on a weekly basis. My...
Pimp My Blog Contest- Win a Free Blog Header/Logo Design
I recently posted about the four reasons your blog needs a logo, and the need to visually differentiate yourself from the millions of other blogs that are out there. Some of you probably thought, "that's great, but I'm not a designer and I don't know how to customize...
The Best of the Sandbox
The more WordPress themes that are created, the more difficult it can be to find high quality, well designed (inside and out) themes. Recently plaintxt.org ran a design competition challenging theme designers to create skins for their Sandbox theme. All the...
Just call me Pollyanna
"If no one hates you, you're doing something wrong" This is a quote from a recent post on Copyblogger. Do you think that's true? While I agree that you can't water down your content so much that no one will ever take issue with it, stating firm and well thought out...
Unplugged
Just returned from a long weekend spent camping in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. While it was heaven for my son (pictured above), it was not quite my cup of tea. Though we did have a good time despite buckets of rain the first night and ridiculous...
How to dress up your 404 page
What do visitors see when they click on a link to your site and the page they were looking for is missing, or the URL has changed? The 404 page is easy to customize, but it's something that is often overlooked in the quest to make a site "stickier". You have about...