Blogger Articles

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  Make Your Own Cool Web 2.0 Blog Buttons

  Posted in: Blogger Articles, WordPress Articles | By: David | 7 Comments

  Many of us have blogs and templates we’d like to customize but we just don’t have the skills or software to do it. It also takes time to make design elements in photo editing software so why even bother right? Well, thanks to a cool new website I found called My Cool Button, you can […]

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  How to Create a “What’s Next” Post Footer Section

  Posted in: Blogger Articles, WordPress Articles | By: David | 62 Comments

  Ever come across a blog with a really cool individual post footer section called “What’s Next” and wonder how it was created? It’s not a WordPress plugin or a Blogger widget (at least not yet) and you’ll find it on blogs such as this one, Blogger Buster, and ProBlogger, just to name a few. I’m […]

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  “How Much Is Your Blog Worth” Calculator

  Posted in: Blogger Articles, WordPress Articles | By: David | 23 Comments

  Ever wonder how much your blog is actually worth? Well, unlike cars there’s no blog blue book so the value of one’s blog can depend on many different factors. I came across this cool blog calculator which is a quick and easy way to get a ballpark figure of what your blog may be worth […]

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  Instant WordPress Theme Creator

  Posted in: WordPress Articles | By: David | 10 Comments

  Ever wanted to make your own WordPress theme but you don’t know how to program? Well, you’re in luck! There’s a really cool WordPress Theme Generator where you can select how many columns you want, color scheme, text scheme, menu type, tag cloud, and more — all with just selecting a few drop downs. Once […]

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  How To Replace the WordPress Dashboard Google Blog Feed With Technorati

  Posted in: WordPress Articles | By: David | 3 Comments

  In WordPress version 2.3, the very important Technorati incoming links feed on the WordPress dashboard was quietly replaced by Google Blog Search. There hasn’t been much talk about this in the blogosphere because I don’t think most people have realized the change. To me, it was pretty noticeable because the frequency and quality of inbound […]

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  Spy on Your Competitor – Find Out What WordPress Plugins They’re Using

  Posted in: WordPress Articles | By: David | 16 Comments

  With most installations of WordPress there comes a small security flaw that potentially could be exploited but in most cases it’s harmless. This is not a new trick and it’s nothing illegal to do but usually you can find out exactly what plugins other WordPress blogs are using. This simple way of sniffing out one’s […]

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  How To Easily Make Your Own Web 2.0 Blog Logo

  Posted in: Blogger Articles, WordPress Articles | By: David | 21 Comments

  It’s a question I get asked quite often and I figured it’s easier just to write a post about it. Many people who download Blogger templates or WordPress themes from our site would like to replace the default header image with one more personal and professional-looking. Some templates come with header logo or some with […]

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  How To UnZip A Downloaded Template

  Posted in: Blogger Articles, WordPress Articles | By: David | 2 Comments

  Any Blogger template or WordPress theme you download from our site will be in a .zip format. In order for you to get the template or theme in a usable state, you’ll need to unpackage or unzip the “template-name.zip” file. So what exactly is a .zip file anyways? A good analogy is to think of […]

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  WordPress 2.32 Released – Update Your Blog Now

  Posted in: WordPress Articles | By: David | 7 Comments

  If you haven’t already heard, the latest version of WordPress has been released. It includes a number of changes including one security fix (vulnerability for people to see your draft posts), and my favorite new addition — support for a custom database error page. The error page (db-error.php) will be displayed when WordPress has a […]

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  Do Your Blog Entries Have Zero Comments? Find Out Why

  Posted in: WordPress Articles | By: Kian Ann Tan | 1 Comment

  Blogs can be thought about from different perspectives. While the history of blogs reveal that they are meant to be online journals where people vent their daily frustrations and feelings, today’s blogs are becoming the mainstream media for the most updated news for any topic in the world. A good blog, however, requires good consistent […]

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  WordPress – The Ultimate Blogging Platform

  Posted in: WordPress Articles | By: Kian Ann Tan | Comments Off on WordPress – The Ultimate Blogging Platform

  WordPress is one of the leading blog platforms in the Internet today, and based on a search on Google trends, the number of searches with the word WordPress has at least tripled today, since the end of the year 2004. Having really tried and fiddled around with WordPress system, I must say that WordPress is […]

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  Get Your WordPress Blog To Rank Well In Google With SEO

  Posted in: WordPress Articles | By: Kian Ann Tan | 15 Comments

  Because of the way blogs are structures and how they work, sometimes, it can be said that Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for blogs is one step further than websites. While most of these techniques eventually also require a some tweaking, blogs need to be tweaked from a systems perspective – one single change to the […]